NEWS
May 12, 2012 | By Peter Mucha, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
So you think you can sing? Melodiously enough to please thousands of cantankerous Eagles fans? Starting at 9 a.m. Saturday — a little after the dawn's early light — you could have your shot at becoming a National Anthem singer at a National Football League game at Lincoln Financial Field. The tryouts could last into early afternoon. A panel of judges will pick 25 competitors to move to the final round, at a later date, when three individuals will be chosen to perform during the coming season.
SPORTS
May 1, 2012 | BY LES BOWEN, Daily News Staff Writer
BRIAN DAWKINS did not limp into retirement. There were lots of things the Eagles' all-time greatest safety expressed gratitude for Saturday at the NovaCare auditorium, and that accomplishment was near the top of the list. "I know I'm shedding tears because I'm thinking back and reminiscing, but this is a happy time for me. I chose to walk out the way that I'm walking out," Dawkins told a group that included about 15 former teammates, a bunch of Eagles employees from all levels of the organization, team chairman Jeffrey Lurie, dozens of reporters, fans from the season-ticket advisory board, his wife, Connie, and their four children.
SPORTS
April 29, 2012 | By Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
Connie Dawkins didn't know what to expect. Her family was flying back to Philadelphia from Colorado for some sort of Saturday news conference at the NovaCare Complex, because her husband was retiring from football. They'd been in Denver three years. This seemed like a lot to go through just to pose for pictures and talk to reporters. "He's been gone for a while. I just said, 'I hope they haven't forgotten you.' We're in Denver, we don't hear the [Philadelphia] radio or see the papers," Connie said Saturday, after the Eagles announced they will retire Brian Dawkins' No. 20 in a Sept.
SPORTS
April 24, 2012 | By Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Despite the open invitation, Brian Dawkins said he had not yet decided whether he would retire as an Eagle. It was almost as if he were saying to the Eagles: "You had your chance. " Yet Dawkins, 38, spoke with Philadelphia-area reporters during a conference call organized by the team and agreed to travel to the NovaCare Complex for a Saturday news conference, which showed that the wounds were healing. Dawkins, who announced his retirement from football earlier Monday, said there was "always going to be pain" over the end of his 13-year run with the Eagles when he departed for Denver via free agency three years ago. "You forgive and you forget or you forgive and you still remember and it does not hurt as bad as it did at the time because you're in the moment," Dawkins said.
SPORTS
April 23, 2012 | By Jonathan Tamari, Inquirer Staff Writer
Love them or hate them, the Eagles' draft picks on the defensive line usually have been memorable. They are rarely boring. They have been stars who set standards of Eagles excellence. They have been colorful. They have been busts of historic proportions. They have been hated and loved and have died tragically early. Start at the top, with Reggie White, who was taken in the 1984 supplemental draft and became one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history. He made seven Pro Bowls with the Eagles and six with the Green Bay Packers after leaving as perhaps the most sought-after free agent in NFL history.
NEWS
April 22, 2012 | By Jonathan Tamari, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Love them or hate them, the Eagles' draft picks on the defensive line usually have been memorable. They have been stars who set standards of Eagles excellence. They have been colorful. They have been busts of historic proportions. They have been hated and loved and have died tragically early. They are rarely boring. Start at the top, with Reggie White, who was taken in the 1984 supplemental draft and became one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history. He made seven Pro Bowls with the Eagles and six with the Green Bay Packers after leaving as perhaps the most sought-after free agent in NFL history.
NEWS
April 16, 2012 | By Suzette Parmley, Inquirer Staff Writer
Come fall, Lincoln Financial Field may embrace more than just the Eagles and their legion of fans. For the first time, ads for Parx, SugarHouse, and the region's other casinos likely will grace the Linc, too, thanks to the NFL's reversal of a long-standing policy. Under rules set last week that allow the 32 NFL teams to tap into the $35 billion-a-year U.S. commercial casino industry, advertisements for gambling halls will be permitted on signs in stadiums, in game programs and brochures, and on local radio broadcasts - though not ads for a particular game such as slots or blackjack, or promotions such as a tournament.
SPORTS
April 15, 2012 | By Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer
Perhaps it was a good thing that the announced crowd was only 2,500 at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday. That's because, for the most part, Temple's spring-practice-concluding Cherry and White scrimmage failed to live up to the buildup. But there's always a silver lining. "When you can walk into that locker room and you haven't had any major injuries, you feel like, wow," Temple coach Steve Addazio said after the Cherry squad's 17-10 victory. "We had 15 days [including]
SPORTS
April 5, 2012
The Eagles will open their preseason schedule against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 9. In a development that is sure to please South Philly traffic cops, the Phillies are off that night. The Birds make a visit to New England on Aug. 20 in a nationally televised Monday nighter. After a quick turnaround, the Birds are back on a plane for a game at Cleveland on Aug. 24. The final exhibition contest is the night of Aug. 30 when the Jets come to Lincoln Financial Field. (The Phils have a day game against the Mets at Citizens Bank Park.)
NEWS
March 13, 2012
A Rider University student who claims she was injured during a brawl among drunken fans at an Eagles-Houston Texans game at Lincoln Financial Field in 2010 has filed suit against the Eagles. The suit by Amanda Mulheron, 21, contends that the Eagles and the stadium were negligent in failing to provide adequate security for fans, and that Aramark Food Services was negligent in selling beer to obviously intoxicated men. Mulheron says she wound up under a pile of brawling men in the stands during the game on Dec. 2, 2010, and suffered an injured ankle.