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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Water main break cancels morning practice
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- This morning's Eagles training camp practice was canceled due to a water main break near the practice fields at Lehigh University.

The water main break happened sometime overnight at the A. Haigh Cundey Varsity House, which is located right next to the Whitehead Football Practice Fields on Lehigh's Goodman Campus, an Eagles spokesman said.

Eagles equipment manager John Hatfield, the first one at the fields this morning, discovered the break around 5 a.m.

The building serves as the Eagles locker room. Without water, there are no showers and the training staff can not properly treat players.

Also, the water spilled onto the adjacent practice fields, causing significant flooding in some areas. Crews are working now in an attempt to fix the water main and bring the fields up to playing shape.

The Eagles remain scheduled to practice at 2:45 p.m. today, but if the water main is not repaired by then, that practice will also be canceled. An announcement will be made later today.

It does give the players a reprieve. Since the entire team reported, the Eagles have practiced on eight straight mornings.
Posted by Matt Gelb @ 9:03 AM  Permalink | 8 comments
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Posted 10:02 AM, 08/02/2008
cps147
Crash Davis is responsible for this.
Posted 10:24 AM, 08/02/2008
tjpup
CPS....I thought the same thing. I would love to see what the "official" cause of the break is made out to be.
Posted 11:15 AM, 08/02/2008
essell
Who is "Crash" Davis?
Posted 12:20 PM, 08/02/2008
TBear
It's John Runyan's alias.
Posted 03:39 PM, 08/02/2008
shoeshineboy
Dave Spuadauro indicated that Michael Gasperson looked impressive during the water main break, and that Dan Klecko "really has a motor"
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Posted 10:54 PM, 08/02/2008
tjpup
IN the movie Bull Duram....Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) flooded the field out overnight to cause the next days game to be called off...Got the team the day off..
Posted 10:54 PM, 08/02/2008
tjpup
IN the movie Bull Duram....Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) flooded the field out overnight to cause the next days game to be called off...Got the team the day off..
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