IS TALKIN' TEMPLE SPORTS WITH POMPEY
Donovan McNabb was back at practice today and available to talk about his counseling of Bengals receiver Chad Johnson/Ocho Cinco, who was extremely unhappy with his surroundings last offseason. Johnson/Cinco told reporters on a conference call Wednesday that McNabb had lent a sympathetic ear, and that he had "blown up" McNabb's phone all summer.
"Mr. Ocho Cinco, he's a great guy," McNabb said, perhaps wistfully. Johnson/Cinco was unsuccessful in his attempts to force a trade from Cincinnati, which hosts the Eagles this Sunday. "He brings a lot of attention to himself at times, but he's an entertainer. One thing about the guy, obviously, when he had his quarterback in there (now-injured Carson Palmer) he put up big numbers, so it's not like he's not able and capable of making big plays for them. Carson's a little banged up; they're going through some things on offense. Chad's a guy I've communicated with numerous amount of times. He's obviously changed from where he was in the offseason of how he felt, and where he's at now, and with whatever situation he ends up in. He just wants to win. That's all that you ask."
It was an interesting testimonial, given the bitter breakup three years ago of McNabb's relationship with another entertaining wideout, who knew how to make waves. The guess here is, if McNabb was ever in a place where he would rather work with less stellar talent in exchange for fewer headaches, he has left that place now.
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.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
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Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with 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 started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
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