Eric Karlan

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• Posted E-A-G-L-E-S...WIN! to Phillyist
  Less than twenty-four hours after Tony Romo committed one of the most embarrassing, costly blunders in football history, not much else will be talked about after the Eagles defended Lincoln Financial Field in a 23-20 Wild Card Weekend triumph. The final 137 yards of Tiki Barber’s career—now overshadowed. Brian Westbrook’s leadership, not to mention his forty-nine-yard touchdown dash despite stomach cramps—no longer headline making. Jeff Garcia continuing to lead the Eagles to an improbable six-game...
• Posted Eagles Holiday Poem to Phillyist
  Twas three nights before Christmas, and Philly remembers When we weren’t this nervous so late in Decembers, Yet not long ago, we had hung up our stockings, Thinking the playoffs would only be shocking, The Eagles were average, they were hardly fightin’, And then came along the Tennessee Titans Who led by a rookie arrived and then stunned Our home team by winning thirteen - thirty-one. We watched McNabb be hit and he fell,...
• Posted ROAD to the Playoffs to Phillyist
  How cruel of the Eagles to win on Monday night, pulling us all back into the hunt for the playoffs like that. Why did they have to beat a Panthers team expected to win Super Bowl XLI and take their spot in the playoff ladder? Why couldn’t Jeff Garcia have just embarrassed himself and taught coach Andy Reid a lesson for not opting for A.J. Feely? Why did they have to build our hopes back...
• Posted Unofficial Philadelphia College Hoops Day to Phillyist
  Just over nine and a half hours, five home-city teams, and three games made for one crazy Saturday of men’s college basketball in Philadelphia. It is not often that hoops diehards get an opportunity to attend a trio of games in one day, but December 2, 2006 brought just that. Unfortunately, I was only able to go to the nightcap due to a massive amount of work and no access to a car. But in...
• Posted Phantoms Drop Second Straight to Penguins to Phillyist
  As soon as we ascended to the upper level, the brawl broke out. We leaned over the railing and joined the fans’ roar, volume oscillating with each flurry of punches thrown. Grabbing each other’s uniforms at arm’s length, the two skaters-turned-prize fighters continued to take swings until the refs intervened. With the fight quelled and the crowd subdued, we took a chance to survey the scene around us—and quickly realized that thirty collegiate males...