Neall Alcott

I’m going to try something here… live blogging the Eagles / Giants game. I might not make it to the end of the game (I have to get up early tomorrow) but we’ll see how far I get.
8:19pm - They just said Westbrook is not playing… uh oh.
8:24pm - Eagles kickoff, Giants down it and […]

What an incredible finish! The Phillies seem to have finally earned the nickname “The Fighting Phils” by coming from 7 games back to overtake the Mets. Of course the Mets helped tremendously by completely collapsing in the stretch, but it’s important to note that the Phillies swept the Mets to get that collapse started.
So, we […]

The Phillies don’t have a lot of room for error, so it’s kind of depressing to note that they lost to the Nats today and the Mets pulled one out against the Marlins in extra innings:
Mets win ‘big one,’ move closer to East crown

I don’t think the Eagles have scored this many points since…… the last time they played the Lions.
I don’t know if they righted the ship or not, but this was pretty impressive all around. Maybe it was the blue and gold uniforms. Maybe it was the fans booing McNabb during the preshow. Maybe the Lions […]

They’re still in it. And it doesn’t look good for the Mets:
Phillies rally, inch closer to Mets in NL East

Mets beat the Nats last night to end their losing streak. The Phils lost to the Cards 2-1 in 10 innings. They are now 2.5 games back:
Mets end 5-game losing streak, top Nats - Baseball - MSNBC.com

It seems like whenever his skills are in question, he throws this kind of stuff out there:
McNabb: Black QBs face greater scrutiny
In an interview on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” to be broadcast Tuesday, McNabb said black quarterbacks “have to do a little bit extra” because there are relatively few of them, adding “people […]

Phillies win in 14th, move within 1 1/2 of Mets
The Philadelphia Phillies kept their rapid playoff charge going with a wild win on a long night.
Pinch-hitter Rod Barajas singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the 14th inning, Jayson Werth added a two-run triple and Philadelphia beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on […]

The Mets are doing their best to get the Phillies into the payoffs!
Mets bumble, stumble to 4th straight loss
If the Phillies can keep winning, they’ll at least get the wild card spot, but they may even end up with the NL East title!
That’s the optimist in me talking…
The fatalistic Philly fan in me is […]

I mean Redskins 20, Eagles 12. Ugh… I’m afraid this is going to turn into a loooonnnnnggggg season.
I don’t know what the issue is. The most obvious is the same thing that has plagued the Eagles in the past: dropped passes. The Eagles coaches have said (for years) that their system doesn’t require top-tier wide […]

Once the Patriots’ CHEATING SCANDAL broke, this is the 1st thing that came to my mind:
Sheldon Brown and the Eagles hoped a blitz would rattle Tom Brady.
One problem: Every time the Eagles rushed Brady in the Super Bowl, the Patriots nullified the defensive attack with screen passes. Lots of them. On almost every play defensive […]

Ugh… well in my opinion the Eagles pretty much won that game. The defense played well, the offense played OK. But the special teams… man, that was ugly. They cost us the game. Greg Lewis and JR Reid really screwed up and obviously can’t make good decisions like a return man should. Why Andy Reid […]

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Here’s an interesting column about the pros and cons of competition on human nature. What caught my eye was the writer’s reference to both Lennon/McCartney and Jobs/Gates. Lennon and McCartney’s competitive streak was used for creativity and inspiration while the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates business rivalry was used to push a new industry to […]

Well, it’s that time of year. We’ve taken one whole month off from soccer and it’s time to start up again.
Lindsey and Lauren’s teams started practicing this week. They’ve been practicing with the New York Red Bulls professional soccer club. They’ve done this for the past 2 years and I have to say, I quite […]