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Ellen Gray: She will 'Rock' you - (Found September 22, 2008 )

MAYBE THEY should just call that statue Tina. Upper Darby's Tina Fey and her little comedy that could, NBC's "30 Rock," last night walked off with the Emmys for outstanding comedy, lead actress in a comedy and for outstanding writing.
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Ed Moran: Flyers have busy preseason schedule - (Found September 22, 2008 )

THE FLYERS HAVE been in camp for all of 2 days and they will play their first preseason game tonight against New Jersey at the Wachovia Center.
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Sam Donnellon: Players, not ghosts, tell Yankee Stadium's story - (Found September 22, 2008 )

NEW YORK - Derek Jeter took his spot in the batter's box at 8:43 last night, and it wasn't hard to imagine what it looked like 86 years before. Cameras flashed with each pitch thrown, the way they must have when George Herman Ruth took his first swings in this place on April 18, 1923, beginning an endless montage of moments that transformed it from pretty structure to living museum.
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Bill Conlin: In heavyweight bouts, Birds 1-1 - (Found September 22, 2008 )

PLAYING THE Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers back-to-back is like fighting Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier 6 days apart. Having lost a narrow decision to the Cowboys' dancing, prancing Ali, Andy Reid prepared for the unbeaten Steelers' mauling Frazier in a short week of practice as if the Eagles were going against Joe at his left-hooking, rib-busting best.
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John Smallwood: Efficient McNabb is all the Eagles needed against Steelers - (Found September 22, 2008 )

THERE WAS no game-clinching drive. But on a day when the Eagles' defense was as forceful and dominant as it has been in recent memory, that wasn't what was required of Donovan McNabb.
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Stu Bykofsky: Revenge of the Nerds II: Byko gets info and action (maybe) - (Found September 22, 2008 )

IN THE COLUMNING line of work, rarely do I put an idea out there that isn't criticized by at least a few. Some are criticized by many. A few are booed by most.
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/20080922_Stu_Bykofsky__Revenge_of_the_Nerds_II_...

Harry Gross: A death benefit on life support - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Dear Harry: My husband applied for $300,000 of life insurance in August 2006. Just before he applied, he had a diagnosis of a serious cardiovascular problem. He did not reveal it on his application, for obvious reasons. The insurance company doctor discov
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Rich Hofmann: Westbrook's absence hurts McNabb - (Found September 22, 2008 )

AFTER THE magnificent brutality and the bloodlusting fans, after the celebration and the roar, there is the aftermath. In the NFL, until they get to the Roman numerals, there is always the aftermath.
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/20080922_Rich_Hofmann__Westbrook_s_absence_hurt...

Paul Domowitch: Johnson's defensive mission a success for Eagles - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Jim Johnson loves to blitz. When he doesn't, well, you notice it. You definitely noticed it last Monday night when Johnson's defense sat back and relied mainly on a four-man rush to stop Tony Romo and the Cowboys. To say the strategy didn't work would be an understatement. Romo threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns and wasn't sacked a single time in a 41-37 Cowboys' win.
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Bernard Fernandez: College football wrap - (Found September 22, 2008 )

PLAYERS OF THE WEEKEND National Vanderbilt safety Ryan Hamilton had three interceptions, scored a touchdown on an interception return and helped keep host Ole Miss out of the end zone with a goal-line tackle as the surprising Commodores upset the Rebels, 23-17. Vandy is 4-0 for just the fourth time since World War II, and has vaulted into the national rankings for the first time since 1984, at No. 21.
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