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  View image | gettyimages.com On just the second day of training camp, the Eagles have suffered an important loss.  According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, OLB Travis Long will miss the 2015 regular season with a torn ACL—the third ACL tear the 24-year-old has suffered in the last four years.

  View image | gettyimages.com The Phillies made three major trades last week: Jonathan Papelbon to the Washington Nationals, Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers, and Ben Revere to the Toronto Blue Jays.   The trades netted the Phillies eight prospects that came into the system.  Here is a breakdown of which prospects landed in […]

  View image | gettyimages.com When the Phillies made the Cole Hamels trade with the Texas Rangers, the Phillies flexed their financial muscles.    With very little substance committed in 2016 (just Ryan Howard's $25 million, Cliff Lee's $12.5 million buyout) the Phillies had some cash to spend.  To land better prospects from the Texas […]

View image | gettyimages.com   Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD It was technically the second day of the Philadelphia Eagles training camp, but since it was the first practice, and the media's first access to the players, it had the feeling of Day One. Day One normally offers enough news to fill the headlines, but […]

  View image | gettyimages.com  Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsPMC The Philadelphia Eagles had their first practice of training camp yesterday. Chip Kelly's drastically rebuilt team was finally taken from the abstract and put on full display. Here are 10 points you need to know following Day One: 1. Sam Bradford is Healthy and Ready […]

  View image | gettyimages.com   Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD   Chip Kelly had a press conference before the Eagles first practice in training camp. The hot topic of the day was the Eagles decision to trade Brandon Boykin to the Pittsburgh Steelers (covered here), and Boykin's comments that suggested Kelly doesn't understand African American […]

  View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD It was a crazy opening to the Philadelphia Eagles training camp. Let's get right to it. Brandon Boykin Implies Chip Kelly Does Not Understand African Americans Soon after being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, cornerback Brandon Boykin sent the following string of text messages to […]

At the end of the 2014 Philadelphia Eagles season, it was clear that—while the team was good—they were still not of the same caliber as the elite teams in the NFC.  The following statements were beyond dispute: The offense wasn’t good enough to beat the elite defenses: Seattle, Arizona, San Francisco, etc. The defense wasn’t […]

Just minutes before the trade deadline on Friday afternoon, Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly reported that the Chicago Cubs were showing some late interest on second baseman Chase Utley.   With just a few minutes to go, it is no surprise that the two teams did not get a deal done.  Now as Utley begins […]