A quick note regarding multi sport athlete and former Eagles running back Hershel Walker. 

He recently embarked on a new career, this time trying something decidedly new.  MMA fighting. 

He won his first bout, and now fans, when polled, think his next logical opponent would be retired baseball star, Jose Canseco.  Walker, 47, college football’s 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, floored his first opponent, Greg Nagy in each round, but was unable to force [...]

Are you ready for some football? Indoor football that is.

The reborn Arena Football League is looking to bring the Philadelphia Soul back into the fold, among several other teams.

The original AFL went bankrupt last year, but promised to be back after a short renovation process. The new league is scheduled to launch in April and it hopes to have the Soul back in the fold by 2011.

Bellow is an excerpt from the Associated Press article:

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Arena Football [...]

The Philadelphia Union is not the only soccer team coming to Philly this Spring.

The United States men’s national team will face Turkey in a friendly on May 29 at Lincoln Financial Field. Bellow if the official release sent out by the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. will meet Turkey at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on May 29 in the Americans’ last warmup match before leaving for the World Cup.
The NFL’s Eagles, the stadium’s primary tenant, has called a Wednesday [...]

Food, women, puking.
You can tell by the intro that this blog will not be for everyone.
 

 Wing Bowl 18 had all of the familiar elements. This years contest was won by Super Squib who consumed a ridiculous 238 wings in 30 minutes. The mark was a few wings short of Joey Chestnut’s record of 241 in 2008, but it was more than enough for a landslide victory. Not Rich finished second with 145 wings.

As has been the case since 1993 Al [...]

It’s almost time for the big event!
No I’m not talking about the Super Bowl, I’m talking about the Wing Bowl. For the 18th consecutive year contestants will stuff their faces with chicken wings in hope to be crowned the top eater in Philadelphia. Hosted by 610 WIP the event takes place at the Wachovia Center at 6 a.m.
It is madness; it is mayhem; it is Philly.
 
 
 

The odds-on favorite is a contestant that goes by the name of Super Squid. He [...]

In his three seasons with the Eagles Garry “G” Cobb made his presence felt on the Eagles defensive line. Teamed with Reggie White, Seth Joyner and Jerome Brown, Cobb was a productive player on the field.

I wish I could say the same about his radio career.

As a member of 610 WIP, Cobb brings his insights to the late night listeners. Cobb doesn’t lack in experience - he was a CBS sports anchor for eight years, runs his own web site gcobb.com [...]

While the Phillies have locked up their key pieces and brought in the best pitcher in baseball the New York Mets have done little to suggest they will compete this season. The team did acquire Jason Bay and is expecting a healthy return from the likes of Jose Reyes and Johan Santana, but that has done little to ease the nerves of the team’s fan base. The team is short on quality starters, and experience at first base and catcher. [...]

Scott Hartnell was not the only one delivering blows on Thursday night.
Following the Flyers’ 2-0 win over the Rangers, New York coach John Tortorella

got into it with New York Post hockey writer Larry Brooks. As you can see Tortorella was the clear winner of this exchange.

My favorite part of the series comes at the 40 second mark when Tortorell tells Brooks that he probably got beat up at the bus stop a lot. At this point a fellow reporter laughs [...]

I have always appreciated rivalries, whether it be in sports or business. Rivalries can be healthy, forcing each competitor to work his butt off to ensure that his counterpart does not gain an upper-hand.
So when I first hear about a local bowling ally owner being investigated for a deed done to a competing bowling ally I had a little chuckle.
Did he let a couple of rats loose in his competitors ally?
Did he fill the finger holes of the bowling balls [...]

Okay, Mark McGwire came out and told us all about his sins, and he did it so he could be welcomed back into Baseball as the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.  We also know that Andy Pettite took stuff, and we know that Barry Bonds admitted to taking either “the cream” or “the clear” (he’s still “the creep”) and of course we know that Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa both failed the tests years ago that were supposed [...]

Some of you may be surprised, others may not be.  Mark McGwire issued a statement Monday saying that he did take steroids during the 1990’s including the 1998 season where he broke Roger Maris single season homerun record, a record that had stood since 1961.

The big first baseman, who hit 49 homers as a rookie for the Oakland A’s in 1987, said in a statement issued at 3pm on Monday, “I used steroids during my career and I apologize.”.  The [...]

The Philadelphia Wings of the National Indoor Lacrosse League returned to action this weekend  playing the Titans, the former NY team, in Orlando at their new home.  The Wings lost by a surprising 13-8 score in the first professional lacrosse game ever played in Orlando.   It is true the Titans were winners of the NILL championship for the 2009 season, but it was thought the Wings would be more competative, espeically with the changes made to the defense on this years [...]

If I had the privlege to vote for the Hall Of Fame candidates, and my wife will remind me that I don’t, the following are the ten candidates that I’d vote for.   Unlike many writers, I’d always vote for ten candidates and I would more often than not take into account what they did on the field as a player and not so much what may have happened off the field during or after their playing days.  I mean really [...]

Well, its just about time for Christmas and I thought it would be nice to come up with some Holiday wishes for the Philly Sports fans who believe in Santa Claus.

So, If You Still Believe In Santa, Then………

You believe that Andy Reid is a Super Bowl winning coach, and Donovan McNabb is that games MVP

You believe that Alan Iverson is not only teaching the young 76ers how to be unselfish on the court, but also about the virtues of practice.

You [...]

From “The Axeman” to The Executioner.”

When people think back at the list of dominant athlete’s this city has seen over the last 10 years, the likes of Donovan McNabb, Chase Utley and Allen Iverson (who you will see later) come to mind. Rarely does that name Bernard Hopkins ever get mentioned.

It should.

Make no mistake Hopkins’ best decade came in the 90’s, but what he has been able to do at an older age, for a dying sport, is something that [...]