http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon RSS Feed for Sam Donnellon en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:07:06 GMT http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091120_Sam_Donnellon__Eagles__red-zone_woes_have_become_running_joke.html HIS ANGST came and went Sunday, but for a quarterback known for saying nothing, Donovan MacNabb's actions spoke a thousand words. The Eagles had just flubbed a third-and-1 from the San Diego 7-yard line, this time on a well-covered rollout incompletion into the end zone, and their quarterback, who has seen this sort of thing so often over 11 years on the job, had enough. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091119_Sam_Donnellon__Retired_Flyer_Primeau_on_concussions__Westbrook.html KEITH PRIMEAU feels good, speaks clearly, shows less and less of the symptoms that have plagued other professional athletes who have suffered the number of severe concussions that he did as the Flyers captain earlier this decade. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091117_Sam_Donnellon__Westbrook_should_retire_before_another_concussion.html I AM NOT a neurologist, nor do I play one in print or on television. But if "the No. 1 thing is Brian's health," as Andy Reid said yesterday, then there really is only one thing for Brian Westbrook to do: http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091112_Sam_Donnellon__Celek_won_t_put_positive_spin_on_Eagles__record.html BRENT CELEK had no idea that Donovan McNabb had said earlier, "I would say it's going well." He had no idea that Andy Reid had said earlier than that, "I have a pretty good idea of our team's identity." http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091110_Sam_Donnellon__Eagles_always_taking__the_next_step__but_going_in_circles.html Nov. 9, 2009 - Eagles head coach Andy Reid blamed himself for Sunday's debilitating, 20-16 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys, saying, "It is my responsibility to make sure that we win those games. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091105_Sam_Donnellon__Scrappy_Phillies_come_up_short_in_World_Series.html NEW YORK - On Sept. 24, 2004, Pedro Martinez walked off the Fenway Park mound in the eighth inning a cauldron of frustration. His Red Sox teammates had just tied the game at 4, had just built some momentum in a key game to http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091104_Sam_Donnellon__World_Series_shows_it_s_about_time_for_a_timeout_on_all_the_timeouts.html AMID A WORLD SERIES in which records have been threatened, tied and broken, one possible milestone slipped through unnoticed the other night. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091103_Sam_Donnellon__Utley_s_poise_makes_a_powerful_statement.html CHASE UTLEY WALKED to the plate to start the third inning last night and everyone expected more fireworks. That is what has made coming to Citizens Bank Park so compelling every summer of its 6-year existence, regardless of who is pitching, who is in your bullpen, who you're playing, really. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091102_Sam_Donnellon__Manuel_should_have_pitched_Lee_in_Game_4.html FROM THE MOMENT Cliff Lee put on a Phillies uniform and stymied the Giants with a complete-game victory in his first start, we have celebrated the acumen of Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/sam_donnellon/20091030_Sam_Donnellon__Phillies_probably_left_Pedro_in_too_long.html NEW YORK - Ninety-nine pitches. That was the pitch count when Pedro Martinez walked off the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning last night.