Rich Hofmann arrived at the Daily News in 1980 for a job whose status was officially designated as "full-time, temporary." A senior at Penn at the time, he was hired to fill in on the copy desk during a staff illness. The notion of him covering the Eagles or being a columnist did not exist in anyone's imagination. It was supposed to be six weeks and out, but he never left. It is only one of the reasons why so many people have concerns about him as a potential house guest.
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- Eagletarian: Muddled Middle; Gocong back to SAM
- Rich Hofmann: Eagles QB McNabb calls for must win vs. Bears
DONOVAN McNabb played the "must-win" card yesterday. Fascinating, that is. He talks a lot these days about how young this Eagles team is, about how veteran leadership is lacking, and now a quarterback whose tendency is to say nothing (in as many words as possible) has chosen this moment to draw a bright line in the shifting sands. To repeat, fascinating.
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- Wild, wild loss
SUNDAY NIGHT, Soldier Field, Chicago.
Also known as the scene of the crime.
Late last September, this is
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SAN DIEGO - It has played on a seemingly endless loop for years now, the same song. The Eagles get down near the goal line and they cannot cash. They lack physicality and cannot get a yard on the ground when they need it. They lack the big outside target and cannot convince the quarterback that anybody else can make an athletic play in a tight spot. Over and over it plays then, slowly, mournfully, forever: the red-zone blues.
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THE NUMBERS HAVE tumbled, like water over the rocks. Not much more than a year ago, it was possible to write a column about how the notion that Donovan McNabb and the Eagles couldn't win a close game at the end was really an unfair rap. (I know, because I wrote just such a column after the Eagles lost that shootout last year in Dallas.) Now, though, it is entirely fair.
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Al we wanted was some clarity. In the middle of the NFL season, has that really become too much to ask?
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AFTER THE STING wears off and everybody gets a couple of nights' sleep, the quiet pride in the accomplishment of making it to a second consecutive World Series will envelop Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., and all of them. They should be given so
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Rich Hofmann: Manuel's teams never lack heart
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NEW YORK - You never get used to the suddenness of the ending. For the Phillies, it really does seem as if this has gone on for 18 months. The 2008 and 2009 seasons have always seemed joined somehow, inseparable, unforgettable. And then the Yankees flooded out of their dugout and it was over.
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NEW YORK - At times like these, great and historic and pivotal times for the Philadelphia National League Baseball Club, it is always wise to try to remember the acronym WWWS: What Would Whitey Say?
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SOMETIMES YOU get the 3 days' rest and sometimes the 3 days' rest gets you, or something like that. This World Series has come down to two managers, Joe Girardi and Charlie Manuel, two men and two fundamental decisions they have made about how to use their pitching staffs. The contrast is rarely this stark and now there is no turning back.
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FIVE APPEARANCES. Four innings pitched. One hit. No runs. That had been the postseason enjoyed by Brad Lidge before last night.
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IT IS NOT every day anymore that you get to write the name Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch in a story, so that is where we begin. In 1951, Crazylegs had eight touchdowns of 50 or more yards for the Los Angeles Rams. In 2007, Devin Hester also had eight for the Chicago Bears. Eight is the NFL record.
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ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Fox analyst Tim McCarver gave it to Charlie Manuel on the telecast about a strategic decision in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the World Series, about not starting his baserunners in what ended up being a doubleplay. Yesterday, Manuel gave it right back.
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Rich Hofmann: For Phillies' Hamels, it was a day of expectations
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Rich Hofmann: Phillies fans, it's time to trust
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Rich Hofmann: This time, Phillies' party is missing something
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Rich Hofmann: For Phillies' playoff hopes, no time like the present
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Rich Hofmann: Eagles' DeSean Jackson shows split personality
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Rich Hofmann: Eagles to Kolb: When it's your fault we'll let you know
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Rich Hofmann: Eagles rely on run game? Yeah, right
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Rich Hofmann: For Eagles, biggest change is an assertive McNabb
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Rich Hofmann: Vick sounds sincere, but it's early in his redemption tour
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Rich Hofmann: What's the Eagles' plan for Vick? We still don't know
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Rich Hofmann: OK, so Eagles' Shawn Andrews isn't your father's right tackle
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Rich Hofmann: Vick's debut falls short of all the hype
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Rich Hofmann: Phillies' Cliff Lee reminiscent of another Lefty
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