http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan RSS Feed for Inq Col Phil Sheridan en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:27 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091119_Phil_Sheridan__Eagles_can_t_use_injuries_as_an_excuse.html His team went to the Super Bowl just once and has been a mediocre disappointment ever since. No wonder Lovie Smith jumped at a question about the Eagles' injury problems in order to make a point about his own team. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091117_Phil_Sheridan__Shut_Westbrook_down_for_season.html 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. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091116_Phil_Sheridan_.html 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. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091113_Phil_Sheridan__Owls_trying_to_focus_on_each_day_s_kill.html The Temple University football program has had its share of problems. No one is complaining about the latest: coping with success. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091112_Phil_Sheridan__Eagles__Hanson_snared_in_NFL_drug_net.html 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. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091110_Phil_Sheridan__Amen_to_getting_right_Eagles_on_field.html 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. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091109_Phil_Sheridan__Once_again__time_is_trouble_for_Eagles.html 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. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091108_Phil_Sheridan__Eagles__road_to_playoffs_goes_through_Dallas.html 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. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091106_Phil_Sheridan__Life_goes_on__Gloom_now__but_Phils__future_still_bright_.html 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. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/phil_sheridan/20091105_Phil_Sheridan__In_this_Series__the_Phillies_didn_t_play_like_champions.html NEW YORK - The greatest 13-month stretch in Phillies history ended one night too soon for the simplest of reasons.