Paul Domowitch

Paul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his 25 years at the paper covering the Eagles and pro football. A native of Wilkes-Barre and a graduate of Wilkes University, where he spent 3 years as the sports editor of the school paper and zero semesters on the dean's list, Domo came to the Daily News from the Fort Worth (Tx.) Star-Telegram, where he covered some very bad Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose two sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, who is a University of Oklahoma grad and is dangerous to be around following a Sooner loss, have been married 27 years and have raised 2 terrific daughters – Allison, 23, who attends Boston University School of Law; and Amy, 21, a sports marketing major at Clemson. When he's not writing about football, Domo enjoys reading Robert Parker, John Sandford and Harlan Coben novels and playing pickup basketball when his arthritic hip doesn't object.

Email Paul at pdomo@aol.com

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Paul Domowitch: Eagles' quarterly report 10/01/2008: SO, HERE WE ARE AT THE quarter pole and the Eagles are 2-2. If you're looking for a reason to believe the glass is half-full, consider that the other three times they've opened 2-2 under Andy Reid, they've finished with double-digit wins and made the playoffs.
Domowitch: Reid between lines on Eagles' running game 09/29/2008: CHICAGO - This tells you all you need to know about Andy Reid's lack of confidence in the Eagles' ground game last night: Facing a fourth-and-1 at the Chicago 32-yard line with 5 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter,
Paul Domowitch: As divisions go, the NFC East is a beast 09/26/2008: by Paul Domowitch

THREE WEEKS into the NFL season, there still are a million questions. But one of them clearly isn't the identity of the league's best division.
Paul Domowitch: It's still early, but Eagles' run defense is best in NFL 09/24/2008: DURING HIS nearly decadelong tenure as the Eagles' defensive coordinator, Jim Johnson never has been overly concerned with his unit's ability - or inability - to stop the run.
Paul Domowitch: Johnson's defensive mission a success for Eagles 09/22/2008: By Paul Domowitch

Jim Johnson loves to blitz. When he doesn't, well, you notice it. You definitely noticed it last Monday night when Johnson's defense sat back and relied mainly on a four-man rush to stop Tony Romo and the Cowboys. To say the strategy didn't work would be an understatement. Romo threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns and wasn't sacked a single time in a 41-37 Cowboys' win.
Paul Domowitch: Broncos quarterback making the Cut 09/19/2008: By Paul Domowitch

Mike Mayock has been getting a lot of phone calls this week from NFL scouts and personnel people. "They're saying, 'OK, you win. We missed,' '' said the NFL Network draft analyst.
Paul Domowitch: Don't pin this loss on Donovan 09/16/2008: By Paul Domowitch

IRVING, Texas – Those of you out there who have been in such a damn hurry to ship Donovan McNabb out of town and commence the Kevin Kolb era really need to rethink your position.
Paul Domowitch: Titans QB Young wouldn't like boo-tiful Philly 09/12/2008: by Paul Domowitch

IF YOU PLAY quarterback in the National Football League, you're going to get booed. That's just the way it is. It comes with the territory and the XXXL paycheck.
Paul Domowitch: Johnson, Eagles eager to put pressure on Romo 09/11/2008: You've only had to run so far, So good But you will come to a place Where the only thing you feel
Paul Domowitch: Between The Tackles 09/08/2008: Paul Domowitch

Maybe it was a message to the media, or maybe it was a message to his unhappy teammate Lito Sheppard and his troublemaking agent, Drew Rosenhaus.