No Murray, No Ware, No Problem: Cowboys hand Eagles 9th straight home loss

Nick Foles left the game in the fourth quarter with a head injury in the Eagles 17-3 loss to the Cowboys. Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com It made no difference who threw the ball, who caught the ball or who was out with injury. The Philadelphia Eagles were facing a Dallas Cowboys team without DeMarco Murray […]

Kevin Durso  •  20 Oct 2013
Game Preview: Eagles, Cowboys renew rivalry in battle for NFC East lead

Demarcus Ware is expected to miss Sunday's game while Nick Foles makes his second consecutive start. Photo Courtesy of NFL.com Perhaps since 2009 has there been a meeting between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys that provided similar meaning to this Week 7 game. The Eagles and Cowboys, a long-storied rivalry, a must-win in the […]

Kevin Durso  •  20 Oct 2013
The Struggle Continues: Fluery, Penguins turn away Flyers

Sidney Crosby scored with under three minutes to play in regulation to give the Penguins a 3-1 lead in their 4-1 win over the Flyers. For 56 minutes, it was actually a close game. For one shift in a dominant third period, the Flyers got caught in their own zone. That led to a goal […]

Kevin Durso  •  18 Oct 2013
Battle of Pennsylvania comes to Philly as Flyers host Penguins

Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Flyers, 2-1, in overtime in the final meeting between the two teams in 2013. A rivalry is renewed with the first of four meetings between the Flyer and Penguins on Thursday night. The Battle of Pennsylvania is always anticipated. For the Flyers, there is no good timing […]

Kevin Durso  •  17 Oct 2013
Kesler nets late goal, sends Flyers to worst start in franchise history

The Flyers react after Ryan Kesler's goal with 2:25 to play in the third period. The Flyers lost for the third straight game and fell to 1-6-0, their worst start in franchise history. When a team is desparate for any form of points, you can almost sense the clock moving slower. There was far too […]

Kevin Durso  •  15 Oct 2013
Holmgren: Pronger will never play again

Chris Pronger suffered what would eventually lead to a career-ending injury on October 24, 2011, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pronger played in just five games following the injury. It has been almost two full years now since Chris Pronger suffered the injury that derailed his career. The stick of Mikhail Grabovski hit Pronger square in the […]

Kevin Durso  •  15 Oct 2013
Coming home again, Flyers host Canucks

Claude Giroux scored in the Flyers last meeting with the Vancouver Canucks in 2011, a 5-4 Flyers win. It has been a week since the Flyers made a coaching change and picked up their first win of the season. They also lost both games in back-to-back games over the weekend. Following losses to the Western […]

Kevin Durso  •  15 Oct 2013
Monday Review: It starts at the line for Eagles

The Eagles offensive line protected Nick Foles on his three touchdown passes, including a second-quarter strike to DeSean Jackson. Forget the final score for a moment. Take Nick Foles out of the equation. There was a reason the Eagles won this game on Sunday. Does it have to do with a great performance by Foles? […]

Kevin Durso  •  14 Oct 2013
Game Preview: Eagles face another winless team in Bucs

Nick Foles celebrates after throwing a game-winning, one-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin last December against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Eagles opened the 2012 season with a 3-1 record before slipping into an anemic stretch. Sandwiched between all of the losses that followed was one memorable victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in December, […]

Kevin Durso  •  13 Oct 2013