PREFERS TEMPLE'S OFFENSE TO PRINCETON'S
Brian Westbrook watched Friday's practice and he remains a gametime decision for Sunday's meeting with the Giants, Eagles coach Andy Reid said. He said Westbrook is listed as "questionable."
"Brian had another (neurological) test today; we're waiting on the results," Reid said. Reid added that the light exercise Westbrook was scheduled for today would not occur until the results came in
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Westbrook hasn't practiced since suffering a concussion in the first quarter of Monday night's victory at Washington. Reid said the pregame workout Sunday would enough of a test of readiness, should Westbrook be cleared by doctors. But that seems an unlikely scenario.
Reid praised Phils manager Charlie Manuel and wished the best for the defending champs as they bring the World Series here for Game 3 tomorrow and Game 4 Sunday.
"He's got some tough guys playing for him," Reid said.
Donovan McNabb repeated his prediction of a 6-game Phils victory. He said Cole Hamels would pitch well tomorrow, and "Howard, Werth and Ibanez will hit homers."
Then McNabb paused to consider the reaction of some elements of the Eagles' fan base. "Why is he focusing on baseball?" McNabb asked, in a shrill falsetto."He needs to be focusing on the Giants!"
Less eager to volunteer his thoughts was rookie running back LeSean McCoy, raised a Yankees fan in Harrisburg.
Other Friday nuggets:
*Free safety Macho Harris (ankle) hasn't practiced and is questionable for Sunday. Sean Jones seems likely to start for Harris.
*As stated earlier, DE Victor Abiamiri (knee), WR Kevin Curtis (knee), and corner Dimitri Patterson (quad) are listed as "out."
*Reid said DE Chris Clemons missed practice Friday with an illness, but on the injury report, Clemons was listed as questionable with an elbow injury.
*WR DeSean Jackson (foot) practiced again and is listed as probable.
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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.
