Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Ticket, get your (1960) ticket here!


Listing on eBay for an original, unused ticket from the 1960 NFL Championship game (description edited):

"THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1960 WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP TICKET. EAGLES VS. PACKERS AT FRANKLIN FIELD. NEVER USED AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE TICKET IS ONE OF A KIND. ORIGINAL PRICE ON TICKET IS $10.00. SECTION NJ BOX 93 SEAT 6. THE EAGLES WON WHEN CHUCK BEDNARIK TACKLED GREEN BAYS JIM TAYLOR AND HELD HIM UNTIL THE CLOCK RAN OUT. THIS WAS BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL GAMES WERE STARTED. THIS TICKET ... HAS BEEN KEPT IN A GLASS FRAME AND IS UNTOUCHED. FROM MY FINDINGS IT MAY BE THE ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE."

We know Eagles fans are a passionate bunch, but an opening bid request of $9,995.00 seems mighty steep. No wonder there haven't been any bids!

Five days left on the auction. Click here to see it.

Ready for some football?

Interesting quote from Jevon Kearse in this story from The Associated Press:

PHILADELPHIA - The helicopters are grounded. The stakeouts have ended.

The surreal circus that was the Philadelphia Eagles training camp is now behind them and not a moment too soon. The Eagles are ready to forget the daily bickering between Terrell Owens, Donovan McNabb and management and get down to business, get back to a normal schedule and get ready to defend their NFC championship.

"There's no better way to put the distractions behind you then to let everyone know where you stand and get that first game out of the way," said defensive end Jevon Kearse. "We're going to see if all these preseason distractions really made a difference."

The Eagles will get their first chance to find out next Monday night at Atlanta, the team Philadelphia beat in last year's NFC title game and the city Owens fled to after coach Andy Reid kicked him out of training camp for a week.

More on the offseason from tight end L.J. Smith:

"I'd just turn on "SportsCenter" every day and be like, 'Wow, this is crazy,'" said tight end L.J. Smith. "It's all about us all the time. From the Super Bowl all the way to now, it's been all Eagles. It's just been a lot of attention on us."

"I'm happy I'm on this Philadelphia Eagles ride."

And they also added an RB

The Philadelphia Eagles announced they have signed RB Bruce Perry to the practice squad.

Perry, a 7th round draft pick in 2004, led the Eagles with 142 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries during the 2005 preseason. He also caught 5 passes for 42 yards.