Merrill Reese Joins Falcons
Philadelphia Inquirer Sports Columnist Bob Ford writes about the Eagles, the Phillies, the Sixers and the Flyers.
Merrill Reese Joins Falcons
Bob Ford, Inquirer Sports Columnist
All right. Sorry about the headline, but they pay us by the Web hit. Thanks for visiting.
Merrill Reese did switch to broadcasting the Falcons on Saturday, but it was the Pennsbury Falcons as they played against Norristown in a Prime Time Shootout tournament game at the Villanova Pavilion.
Reese, who is part owner of WBCB-AM 1490 in Levittown, usually does one or two basketball games a year. This one just happened to fall on Super Bowl weekend, and, incredibly enough, Reese was available.
At least Reese (pictured here with color commentator Dave Moyer) saw a good game, with Pennsbury beating Norristown in overtime, 61-54. And the listeners got a good call, too, even if Reese would have rather been a lot farther south.
"It's just a shame," Reese said of his absence from Tampa this week. "The worst part is I don't think there's a great team this year. I don't think Pittsburgh is anywhere near as good as New England was the year the Eagles played them in the Super Bowl."
Check out the Sunday editions of the Inquirer and Philly.com to read the whole column about Reese, his excellent basketball adventure yesterday and his struggles to cope with yet another Eagles' disappointment.
"I don't need sleeping pills, but every time I think about it, I can't get it out of my mind," he said.
Join the club.
Welcome to the Philadelphia Enquirer.— fred2fred1- Sorry about not reading the article after seeing that it was a con job. At least you got paid.— Neal Obstat
- Time for vacation.
- Was anyone actually dumb enough to read this article because they thought Merrill Reese left the Eagles?? It would alot bigger news than this. It would've been front page news or at least the biggest story in the section rather than some little link that you click on at the bottom of the page. Oh and the fact that you admitted that you need to post a phony headline to get some attention for your little article is really pathetic.— philliekev04
- You guys really need to develop a sense of humor. It will make you a lot happier.— Bob Ford
- I agree Bob - it gave me a chuckle.— Bobphxville
- "He rebounds, he's dribbles past the foul-line, at post foul-line, he's at half-court, now at post half-court, at the other foul-line, he's in the paint-- TOUCHDOWN EAGLES!...Sorry I meant lay-up Falcons."— Will T.
- Sense of humor? Why, was something funny? I must have missed it (while wasting my time with a misleading article).— Neal Obstat
- You seem to be the only journalist on philly.com that responds to users on the comments. I wish the other ones did too. Oh, I gotta say something negative now to prove my internet toughness: articles sucks, misleading headline, etc..— johnnysanz3
- um it was funny, he is right get a sense of humor u losers— Sgasda4
- Yes, the headline was misleading (whether the article sucks is personal taste; you're welcome to that opinion). But the headline was SUPPOSED to be misleading, for the sake of the joke. Wow, let's move on.— Bob Ford
