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Eagles ‘bearly’ escape Chicago to play another day: The front pages

While the Philadelphia area celebrates, they're mourning what could have been in Chicagoland.

Eagles defensive tackle Treyvon Hester (left) and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata leap to block Bears kicker Cody Parkey's game winning field goal. Hester got a finger on the ball.
Eagles defensive tackle Treyvon Hester (left) and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata leap to block Bears kicker Cody Parkey's game winning field goal. Hester got a finger on the ball.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer

It was the “doink” that traveled across the country as the Eagles survived to play another day when a field goal attempt by Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parker met metal instead of open space. Here’s how the newspapers in the rival territories played the story on their front pages.

First, the victors.

Now for the defeated.

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