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Eagles Get Compensatory Draft Pick

The Eagles were awarded a compensatory seventh-round draft pick Monday, bringing their total number of picks to nine.

Here is the breakdown:

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Melissa Stark’s Road From “Sexiest Sports Reporter” to Mom Who Knows Football

It’s 6:40 a.m. in a frigid South Jersey TV studio, and in 20 minutes Me­lissa Stark—who looks better at this g­roggy hour than you ever […]

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Presenting the Official, Unsatisfying Explanation for the Super Bowl Blackout

Sorry to get your hopes up. It’s an explanation, but it doesn’t really explain much. According to the energy company that provides the New Orleans […]

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Did WHYY Cause the Super Bowl Blackout?

First we learn that the company that manages the Superdome is based in Conshohocken. Now, it seems little old WHYY may have been at the […]

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It’s the Third Quarter in America

On Sunday night, I obtained a leaked diplomatic cable during the Super Bowl blackout from none other than Clint Eastwood. Below, as a public service, […]

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Eagles Wake-Up Call: The Bizarre Ray Rhodes Factor

If you want to win a Super Bowl, it’s probably best to just hire a former Ray Rhodes assistant to be your head coach.

Worked for Baltimore. John Harbaugh spent most of his time in Philadelphia working for Andy Reid, but it was Rhodes who hired him to be the Eagles’ special teams coordinator back in 1998. Harbaugh spent Sunday night dancing in confetti. He now has a .675 win percentage, three AFC Championship Game appearances and a Super Bowl title in five seasons with the Ravens.

That is not Rhodes’ only claim to Lombardi fame. Not by a long shot.

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Too Much Downton Abbey Is Bad For Your Manhood

What with the Beyoncé halftime extravaganza and the mysterious third-quarter blackout that lasted for half an hour, Sunday night’s Super Bowl was even longer than […]

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The Internet Loved, Hated Beyonce’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

If you weren’t watching Downton Abbey last night, chances are you were one of the 110 million people who tuned in to watch Super Bowl […]

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Video: CBS Crew Was in Superdome Control Room When Power Went Off

This has got to be one of the luckiest interviews ever. 60 Minutes‘s Armen Keteyian was hanging out in the control room at the Super […]

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Eagles Need a Great Quarterback to Get to the Super Bowl

While we wait for Chip Kelly to announce the remainder of his top-secret coaching cabinet, we are left to contemplate a zany Super Bowl that […]

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The Company That Manages “Blackout Superdome” Is Based in Conshohocken

Desperate for scraps of Super Bowl glory, Philadelphians have been floating some pretty lame trivia lately: John Harbaugh was once an assistant coach with the […]

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WATCH: The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials

When I was a kid, the Super Bowl meant two things: The NFC team would blow out the AFC team, with the game usually decided […]

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Why Are Conservatives Defending Audi’s Rapey Super Bowl Ad?

Every Super Bowl brings with it a few commercials that cross the line into sexism and even outright misogyny. There was Dexter’s Dodge commercial a […]

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Budweiser Black Crown to Debut During the Super Bowl, We Give It a Taste

Earlier this week Philadelphia magazine food editor Jason Sheehan and I sat down at the office (it’s a tough job) to try Budweiser’s brand new Black […]

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Your Official Guide to Superbowl Food and Drink Specials

Unless you’re like me and refuse to watch this year’s Super Bowl, check out this comprehensive list of Philly bars featuring superduper Super Bowl specials, […]