Daily News - Stan Hochman http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman RSS Feed for Stan Hochman en-us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28:26 GMT Stan Hochman: Great message from former Eagles tight end Lewis http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20091118_Stan_Hochman__Great_message_from_former_Eagles_tight_end_Lewis.html THE EAGLES WILL get to the Super Bowl this season! The Eagles will win the Super Bowl!! They will win another one within the next 5 years!!! Stan Hochman: http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20091106_Stan_Hochman_.html STAN'S PICKS Here are Stan Hochman's selections for the Breeders' Cup: TODAY Race Win Place Show Marathon Nite Light Mastery Father Time Stan Hochman: Baseball book a fall classic http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20091030_Stan_Hochman__Baseball_book_a_fall_classic.html BOB GIBSON and Reggie Jackson collaborating on a book? Jackson, who never met a reporter's notebook he didn't try to fill? And Gibson, who treated writers like they had swine flu, back before we'd ever heard of swine flu. Stan Hochman: Writer sympathizes with umps http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20091023_Stan_Hochman__Writer_sympathizes_with_umps.html BASEBALL HAS a growing problem. Uh-huh, just like those geezers at the ballpark who keep getting up, shuffling sheepishly past other geezers, to head for the men's room. Stan Hochman: McCarver sings, tunes out zings http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20091014_Stan_Hochman__McCarver_sings__tunes_out_zings.html THE FIRST ROUND of the playoffs is history. Tawdry, bumbling history, marred by shoddy umpiring, Minnesota's dumber-than-dirt baserunning and the babbling of Chip Caray on TBS. Stan Hochman: Celeks are game for backing a good cause http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20091007_Stan_Hochman__Celeks_are_game_for_backing_a_good_cause.html WHEN THEY approached Susie and Brent Celek about getting involved in trying to build a Miracle Field in Northampton Township, a safe, smooth baseball surface for kids in wheelchairs, it felt like deja vu, all over again. Stan Hochman: Vick has company on the comeback trail http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20090923_Stan_Hochman__Vick_has_company_on_the_comeback_trail.html MUHAMMAD ALI did it. Michael Jordan did it. Twice. Ted Williams did it. Twice. Mike Tyson came apart trying. Kim Clijsters? Oh, mama! Floyd Mayweather did it impressively on the weekend, against an undersized, overmatched warrior. Stan Hochman: Delaware gets into betting, even if it is Plan B http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20090911_Stan_Hochman__Delaware_gets_into_betting__even_if_it_is_Plan_B.html STANTON, Del. - Chuck Rudd got his 15 minutes and $20 worth of fame yesterday at Delaware Park, while the cameras whirred and the flashbulbs flickered like fireflies. Got to make the very first legal parlay bet on pro football since 1976 east of the Rocky Mountains. Stan Hochman: NFL fumbled by fighting Delaware sports betting http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20090828_Stan_Hochman__NFL_fumbled_by_fighting_Delaware_sports_betting.html THE NFL swiped a page out of Plaxico Burress' playbook. Pow, shot itself in the foot. Dragged the state of Delaware into Federal Court of Appeals to derail the start of single-game sports betting and, shazam, wound up with a unanimous verdict that the plans violated a federal law. Stan Hochman: 2006 Eagles season at center of local writer's novel http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/stan_hochman/20090825_Stan_Hochman__2006_Eagles_season_at_center_of_local_writer_s_novel.html MATTHEW QUICK quit his coveted job at Haddonfield High, where he was teaching American literature and film as art to bright, eager kids. Floated down the Amazon, climbed Peru's legendary steps at Machu Picchu, lived in a hut in South Africa, hiked to the snow-carpeted floor of the Grand Canyon.