Phil Sheridan

Phil Sheridan became an Inquirer sports columnist after covering the Eagles for seven years. He brings a seasoned and reasoned point of view to a landscape of frustrated fans. But Sheridan knows where they're coming from, being a Philadelphia native and a graduate of Temple University.

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Phil Sheridan: Shut Westbrook down for season - 11/17/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

It was like watching a live reenactment of a highlight from the past, like getting to see Randall Cunningham scramble again or Julius Erving soaring in for a dunk.
Phil Sheridan: With no Westbrook, it’s time for a youth movement - 11/16/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

SAN DIEGO - The future of the Eagles offense is here, whether you (or they) are ready or not. Sometime in the third quarter, Brian Westbrook left the game with his second concussion in three weeks. It is fair to wonder whether he should have been playing at all. It is also fair to wonder whether he will, or should, play again this season. Or ever, for that matter.
Phil Sheridan: Owls trying to focus on each day's kill - 11/13/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

The Temple University football program has had its share of problems. No one is complaining about the latest: coping with success.
Phil Sheridan: Eagles' Hanson snared in NFL drug net - 11/12/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

Like most sports organizations, the NFL has a policy on performance-enhancing drugs that works like a fishnet in reverse. It is set up to let the biggest fish - the stars who can afford state-of-the-art "training regimens" - swim freely while snagging enough tiny fish to feed the public perception that the league is actively policing itself.
Phil Sheridan: Amen to getting right Eagles on field - 11/10/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

With the up-front acknowledgment that we're mining for gems in a mountain of muck, there was a glimmer of insight somewhere in the middle of Andy Reid's Monday Socratic dialogue with the media.
Phil Sheridan: Once again, time is trouble for Eagles - 11/09/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

Andy Reid's reasoning wasn't terrible when he sent his field-goal team out with 4 minutes, 33 seconds showing on the clock. His math was another story.
Phil Sheridan: Eagles' road to playoffs goes through Dallas - 11/08/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

One week after the big two-part grudge match against New York - and just days after the Phillies' dismissal from the World Series - the Eagles face the NFL equivalent of those Damned Yankees.
Phil Sheridan: Life goes on: Gloom now, but Phils' future still bright - 11/06/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

Five postseason series in a row had ended with the Phillies spraying champagne in clubhouses from Milwaukee to Los Angeles to Denver to South Philadelphia. The ritual of donning swim goggles and dumping buckets of ice and water on teammates' heads, a novelty in 2008, had become almost routine by the time the Phillies won their second consecutive pennant.
Phil Sheridan: In this Series, the Phillies didn't play like champions - 11/05/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

NEW YORK - The greatest 13-month stretch in Phillies history ended one night too soon for the simplest of reasons.
Phil Sheridan: For both teams, age before beauty on the mound tonight - 11/04/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

NEW YORK - The Old Goat has a little company, and the 2009 World Series rides on the way the two pitchers handle the pressure tonight.

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Phil Sheridan: Phillies' Manuel now looks like a genius - 11/03/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Eagles merit cautious optimism - 11/02/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Phillies struggling to recapture 2008 form - 11/02/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: A rattled Hamels done for the Series? - 11/01/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Phillies building a legacy of their own - 10/31/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Passive Phillies beat themselves - 10/30/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Lee cool customer in Series debut - 10/29/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Payroll disparity still a major problem for baseball - 10/28/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Real tests are still ahead - 10/27/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Retooled rotation is driving Phils - 10/25/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: The greatest Phila. team of all time - 10/22/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Phillies' Rollins: Straw that stirs the drink - 10/21/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Rollins greases tracks for thrill ride - 10/20/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Manuel getting the better of Torre - 10/19/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Phillies at home and holding advantage - 10/18/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Phillies won't let bad inning linger - 10/17/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Hamels is beginning to look like an ex-ace - 10/16/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Suspended, then upended - 10/15/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Already, Phils are in rarefied company - 10/14/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: The Phillies played this one like 2008 - 10/13/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Baby, it’s cold outside - 10/12/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Flaky weather gives Happ the chance he deserves - 10/11/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Baseball scheduling is hurting the sport - 10/10/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Phillies' offense betrayed Manuel - 10/09/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Phillies survive wind, Rockies in Game 1 - 10/08/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Charlie Manuel's encore - 10/07/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Setting the Phillies' dials back to zero - 10/05/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Offense holds key for Phillies this time - 10/02/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Math is Phils' friend, and not just for now - 09/30/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Eagles let it fly with the new-model Andy Reid - 09/29/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Kolb proves his quarterback chops - 09/28/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: A lesson for McNabb in Cunningham honor - 09/27/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Eagles' signing of Vick about Reid's Wildcat all along - 09/24/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Eagles' future more uncertain than usual - 09/22/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Methodical Saints march on - 09/21/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Eagles' Kolb to face pressure from Saints, fans - 09/20/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | A long, strange week for the Eagles - 09/17/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | As starter, Eagles QB Kolb has to be good - 09/15/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Questions about McNabb and Kolb - 09/14/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: An element of mystery to Act III - 09/13/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | It's what Eagles are not saying that's worrisome - 09/11/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Vick's redemption off to slow start - 09/09/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: With Vick, Reid puts pressure on McNabb again - 09/07/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Phillies' series had playoff feel - 09/04/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Goodell needs to make Vick decision soon - 09/03/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | For Eagles, NFL preseason not about football - 09/01/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Taking on Vick is a dangerous gamble for Reid - 08/30/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Vick debut: An exhibition Eagles fans don't need - 08/27/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | The Shawn Andrews experience - 08/25/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Found: A cheesesteak in Turin - 07/14/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan: Hoagie controversy could only happen here - 07/02/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | QB pressure: McNabb has always faced unfair criticism. - 02/01/2007: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Which college program has three players at the big game this year? Hint: It never had this much fun at Miami. - 01/31/2007: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Call it a victory, folks: In the topsy-turvy NBA draft, it's how you blow the game. - 01/27/2007: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Phillies add new fire to their lineup - 01/17/2007: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
Phil Sheridan | Man Behind The Mask - 01/12/2007: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

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