Around the City of Brotherly Love

Remember that word change? Well the Philadelphia Eagles are one team in the City of Brotherly Love who are not looking to change. Owner Jeffrey Lurie confirmed this morning that the Eagles have signed head coach Andy Reid to a three year contract extension.

Reid, the winningest coach in Philadelphia Eagles history will coach the Eagles through the 2013 season. This is the longest tenure of any Eagles coach as he came in to replace Ray Rhodes in 1999.

In his time in Philadelphia, Reid has taken the Birds to five NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl appearance. He has compiled a total of 115 wins.


-The Phillies on the other hand, have changed. Their bench, or lack thereof in the 2009 season has been revamped and no longer includes the likes of Eric Bruntlett and crowd favorite Matt Stairs.

The Phil’s signed Ross Gload yesterday afternoon. It is a two year deal according to MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki. Gload led the league in pinch hits this past season for the Florida Marlins. His career .283 batting average should give skipper Charlie Manuel more options for the 2010 season.

Gload joins a bench consisting of Ben Francisco, Greg Dobbs, and two new additions in Brian Schneider and Juan Castro.


-The Flyers found a perfect way to get back on the right track last night as they stopped their five-game losing streak, score goals. Mike Richards was one goal short of the hat trick as the Flyers rolled over the Islanders. Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux also added two goals each to give the Flyers the 6-2 victory.

This was the first win for the Flyers under newly hired head coach Peter Laviolette. Laviolette began his stint in Philadelphia with back to back losses dropping one to the Capitals this past Saturday and then losing again two nights ago to Montreal.
Brian Boucher was back in goal for the Flyers to replace Ray Emery. Emery will be out at least six weeks as he will be getting surgery today to repair a torn abdominal muscle.

Here is just a little side note. Islanders defenseman Brendon Witt was in the lineup against the Flyers last night after being hit by a car crossing the street in Philadelphia yesterday morning. He is one tough guy.