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Long before his dazzling footwork and punching prowess made him a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion known as Muhammad Ali, a young Cassius Clay honed his skills by sparring with neighborhood friends and running alongside the bus on the way to school.

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Young has become such a valuable commodity for the Sixers that the team made re-signing him one of its priorities coming into the season. Last month, the team signed the 6’8″ Young to a five-year, $43 million contract.

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In the bizarre case of your Philadelphia Eagles, there were four games that cost them a trip to the postseason. Had the Birds won even one of them, they would be practicing for a Wild Card weekend game this weekend. What makes matters worse is that in three of these games…

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As the Portland Trail Blazers’ lead dwindled, coach Nate McMillan decided to pick up the pace. Portland pushed the tempo late in the second half with a smaller quicker lineup and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 107-103 in the season opener for both teams.

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Ten years ago, the three biggest names in Philadelphia Sports were Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Sixers superstar guard Allen Iverson, and Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins. Of those three, only Rollins was able to bring to the city the one thing it had always wanted: another championship.

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This is the second time that the team has been recognized for its off-field activities by Beyond Sports. Nick Keller, the organization’s CEO, said the wide-range of community outreach projects that the Eagles participate in made them the obvious choice for this year’s award.

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The year 2011 will no doubt be remembered for the classic confrontations between millionaire athletes and the billionaires who pay them in both of America’s two most popular sports leagues – the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.

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I’ve come to the conclusion that Eagles fans have had enough of Andy Reid’s definition of insanity, which means pass, pass and pass on downs and situations in which you should run, and not executing in short yardage situations.

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After a 149-day lockout, owners and players reached the tentative deal early last Saturday. It comes at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars for both sides, on top of the fans and jobs that were lost during the stalemate.

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Coming into last Sunday’s win over the New York Giants, the only images that Eagles fans had of backup quarterback Vince Young were the interception he threw against the Washington Redskins in a brief relief stint for Michael Vick and not knowing where to lineup in another brief outing against the Arizona Cardinals.

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