Nothing sexy in the NFC? You haven't been watching the Eagles roll off 6 in a row, 8 of 9, including two over your beloved G-men :-)

With the Giants out, the Eagles become my defacto favorite, because of McNabb. Rush Limbaugh can't be a happy man right now.

The prospect of an AFC playoff weekend with Colts at Chiefs and Patriots at Titans excites me more than Minnesota at St. Louis and Carolina at Dallas. Plus, the AFC has the first-place Bengals, which — I never thought I'd say this — could be fun to watch down the stretch.

Barry Bonds never ceases to amaze, both on and off the field. When I was a kid, I played a great baseball board game called Strat-O-Matic. What they do with players who are not part of the licensing agreement is put out a card with the exact stats, but no name on it. (Players perceived to have been scabs during the strikes of the 90s still aren't in the union). I wonder whether they'd be able to do this with Bonds?

Anyway, I was wondering if sports pages nationally played up the passing of Warren Spahn? Of course, here in Milwaukee, where he pitched, it was all over the news. He probably was the greatest lefty of all time, with 363 victories despite fighting the Germans for three years in the middle of his career.

On the sports tip: I just saw that the Philadelphia 76ers lead the 7-team NBA Atlantic Division with a 7-8 record. The Knicks are 5-9 and are just 1.5 games out of first place.

Six of the seven teams in the Midwest have winning records, and last-place Memphis stands at 6-7.

Bonds is a great player and also a first ballot hall of fame jerk.

A lot of good players have left the Pirates (and Steelers and Penguins) over money. When most of these players return a few fans boo them, but most fans still respect them. Not Bonds. He is hated by fans in Western Pa unlike any other athlete. It's not because he left for money. It's because he is such a greedy, obnoxious jerk.

Art

When is enough money enough? Some of these athletes grew up poor in the corn fields of Iowa or the 'hood in Compton, but are they ever grateful that they have made millions? They should be happy that they have talent and made a few buck off of it, period. As talented as Bonds is, I find his negative (actually shitty) attitude and arrogance to over shadow his talent. I hope young kids don't look to him as a role model or for guidance.

My Christmas wish would be to see Schilling come back here to Philly. If I can't get that, then I want to see him go anywhere BUT Boston.

Hey Paul,
Let's keep track of ESPN's free-agent signings predictions, and then, come spring training, see how well they did.

cheers,
Murph.

The Cuse got a couple of good players but they didn't have a lot of holes to fill.
Often with the college recruiting rankings it matters a lot more about quantity than quality.

Ouch... the 'Cuse went down tonight. :-(
Some guy from Charlotte his 10 3-pointers.

The Atlantic division has to be the worst division in NBA history.

I'll be rooting for the Bengals as well. Why not? Lewis put in his time before a team finally gave him a chance. Guess the Skins might have been better off with him instead of Spurrier!