IS GETTING ITS DRAFT BOARD READY
We rarely do promotional announcements here at Eagletarian, but this is for a good cause.
The Eagles have announced details of a new preseason fundraising event that will replace the annual Eagles Carnival.
Rather than an afternoon event in late August, the Eagles will hold Eagles Flight Night on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Financial Field, with proceeds still benefitting the Eagles Youth Partnership.
The new event features an open preseason practice, fireworks, player intros, autographed merchandise for sale, giveaways and interactive events, appearances by Eagles alumni, Swoop and the cheerleaders.
According to the Eagles' Web site, ticket prices start at $20 for an adult and $10 for children, 12 and under, who purchase seats toward the end zone. Tickets between the 40-yard lines will cost $30 per person. By purchasing club seats, at $45 a ticket, fans can meet cheerleaders and alumni members.
Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster at PhiladelphiaEagles.com or through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000.
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Les Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News since 2002. Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
Paul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his 27 years at the paper covering the Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo came to the Daily News from the Fort Worth (Tx.) Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually wa s boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose two sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, a University of Oklahoma grad and very dangerous to be around following a Sooner loss, have been married 29 years and have raised 2 terrific daughters – Allison, 26, a lawyer and graduate of Boston University School of Law; and Amy, 23, who graduated from Clemson and works in marketing and sales for a professional baseball team.
