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As things turned out, the worst injury was to Garrett Compton's heart.
On Sept. 26, the star senior running back from St. Joseph's Prep suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a partially ripped medial collateral ligament in his left knee on a carry vs. La Salle.
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LeSean McCoy zips past Bears defenders for the winning score in the fourth quarter. With Brian Westbrook sidelined, McCoy rushed for 99 yards on 20 carries.
CHICAGO - Must win? Did win.
A fourth-quarter drive in which the Eagles atoned for having made enough mistakes to fill Lake Michigan gave the Birds a 24-20 gut-check victory last night over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.
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Perhaps all Elton Brand needed was a little time. Time to fully recover from the injuries he has suffered the past two seasons and time on the basketball court to rediscover his game - the one that produced 20 points and 10 rebounds for nine seasons and enticed the 76ers to sign him before last season for 5 years and $80 million.
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Frequent Flyers: There is a reason Blair Betts went unsigned until the last day of training camp in September. When Betts is healthy, everyone knows the impact he can have as a defensively responsible faceoff and penalty killing expert.
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CHICAGO - The Eagles entered last night's sort-of-a-must-win game against the Bears with well-documented red-zone problems. They were a respectable 12th in the league in total offense, but a grim 22nd when it came to converting trips inside the opponents' 20-yard line into touchdowns (11-for-23).
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CHICAGO - It was like most nine-car pileups when viewed in slow motion. A dozen things had to happen along the way for the result to end up being what it was, in this case a 24-20 Eagles victory over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.
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CHICAGO - It was the best of times. It was the . . . well, you know. Joe Mays came home and came up short.
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CHICAGO - The Eagles believe they already are in compliance, at least in spirit, with the new NFL concussion policy reported by Fox analyst Jay Glazer yesterday, Birds general manager Tom Heckert said before last night's game.
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Players of the Weekend National Andre Dixon, who scored on a 4-yard run in the second overtime to give Connecticut a 33-30 win at Notre Dame. UConn had lost three straight close games since cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The kid is all right. It might not have looked that way over the last month, or over the first half yesterday against the Giants, but Matt Ryan will survive this second-season blip of his, will survive the rushed throws and the happy feet and the sellout blitzes that he saw again from the well-rested and well-schemed Giants.
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After every Penn State game this season, Daily News beat writer Bernard Fernandez will provide Nittany Line Plus with his observations and analysis. Here is his take on Saturday's 42-14 romp at Michigan State.
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RUSHING OFFENSE LeSean McCoy shook off a near-fatal fumble and had a game-winning, 10-yard touchdown. He had a season-high 99 yards on 20 carries.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Eli Manning and the New York Giants were just happy to celebrate a victory again. After all, it had been 6 frustrating weeks.
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