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It'll be interesting to see what happens against the Vikings...

At this point, all bets are off. Regardless of the roller-coaster season they've had, the Eagles are fun to root for again.

Things got hot in LA this weekend and it looks like we may have a real series on our hands. A few head-seeking fastballs, a little bench-clearing, and a whole lot of jawing just turned this NLCS into a tense and competitive slugfest. Game 4 is tonight. Joe Blanton is winless in Chavez Ravine this season. Derek Lowe is pitching on 3-days rest. Gear up, Philly, this could get good as the Phils try to take control in a 3-1 series, or allow the Dodgers to knot it up at 2-2.

Last night, in case you missed it, the Eagles were topped by familiar foe Dallas. If you did miss it, shame on you. The teams combined for 54 first half points. If you didn't miss it, you'll know that six of those points were not awarded to DeSean Jackson. We all know rookies make rookie mistakes from time to time. Intentionally dropping a ball on the ground at the one-yard line is not a rookie mistake; it's a bonehead move. Lucky for him, Westbrook tumbled into the endzone on the very next play. Otherwise, he might have ended up eating a half-time knuckle sandwich from Andy Reid (assuming Andy didn't save his knuckle sandwich for himself). Nonetheless, Philadelphia entered the half up 30-24 over a very good Dallas team.

touchdown, Dallas's most prominent wide receiver imitated mounting a sprinter's starting blocks and then took off upon hearing a non-existent gunshot (who knows, it may have happened inside of his head). This resulted in a yellow, sand filled bag to be tossed high into the air and a kickoff from the 15-yard line. Did this act of entertainment warrant a 15-yard penalty? I don't think so and you'll be hard pressed to convince me otherwise. It's entertaining; it's entertaining in the way that Chad Ocho Cinco's Riverdance celebration was entertaining, or how his faux-Hall of Fame jacket was entertaining (though not an end zone celebration). It's funny. Chad Johns–, er, Ocho Cinco knows how to entertain. Not only that, but he's good at what he's actually paid to do: catch leather spheroids. There is nothing taunting about an end zone celebration and more often than not it doesn't "show up" anyone involved. Most often, it accomplishes what it aims to do: entertain. People laugh. Unfortunately, there are those who react like your mother would if your grade school principal called home saying you were eating one of your classmate's boogers. (See: Joe Buck's reaction to Randy Moss "air mooning" the Green Bay crowd in 2005.)

Hey you! Michael Cera fan. Yes, the one wearing the hoodie over the polo shirt. Can't wait to see Michael's new movie Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist? Philebrity has a contest that might just interest your nerdy, emo, super-bad self.

It is against my journalistic morals to report on a game that I did not watch in its entirety, so I’m not going to do a huge story on the Eagles today. I’ll keep it real: I went to bed with ten minutes left. Someone told me that a guy named Hank Baskett scored a touchdown before the game was over? Good for him. I was already in Dreamland, sickened by the prospect of watching another minute of the horrid, masturbatory exercise that the Eagles call football these days. The fact that I missed Dexter AND Curb Your Enthusiasm to watch T.O. get his dance on in the Linc end zone made me want to put a five-iron through my 56-inch plasma (Full disclosure: It’s really just a tiny thing I got at Target). But like the immortal Oran “Juice” Jones did in his classic hit “The Rain”…I chill. And put together this lovely ditty to commemorate the Eagles 38-17 suckfest loss to Tony Romo and the far superior Dallas Cowboys. Take the jump for a very beautiful poetic dedication to our boys in green.

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 up, only to disappoint us in heartbreaking fashion?

They did it. The Eagles came, they played hard and well on defense and offense, and then, most importantly, they finished the game, winning a huge, hard-fought victory over division rivals the Dallas Cowboys. Perhaps even more satisfying, they completely defeated ex-teammate Terrell Owens, making him a non-factor in the game. The Eagles might not have been the only ones involved in removing him from the game; there might also have been some bad juju working against him, thanks to a couple of recent promotions by local radio stations, wherein piles of T.O. jerseys were burned in a gigantic bonfire, and a car with "81" spray-painted on it was attacked by fans armed with sledgehammers and other implements of destruction. But regardless of what did it, T.O.'s stats in the game speak for themselves: three catches for only 45 yards and zero touchdowns. T.O.'s main contribution to the game was whining and complaining on the sidelines. The fans treated him to some brutal "O.D." chanting, while he dropped passes, or waited for throws that never came.

You may have perhaps heard at some point this week that an NFL team known as the Dallas Cowboys is coming to town this Sunday night to play against our Philadelphia Eagles. You may also remember that said Cowboys have playing for them a fellow named Terrell Owens, who used to play for us. What does all of that mean? It means, as the AP so aptly puts it, that the T.O. circus is coming to town again. The Daily News is preparing with a brutal article full of "love" for Dallas; T.O. prepared by publishing his first children's book. We shit you not. Yeah, it was mostly ghostwritten by Courtney Parker, and the illustrations were done by Todd Harris, but it's T.O.'s name that's in big bold capital letters on the cover. The book is called Little T Learns to Share, and it's about a little boy "learning to share his new football with friends." T.O. says that for him the book is about "sharing with children the lessons he didn't learn as a child (and has had to painfully acquire as an adult)." Yeah, well, we're not so sure he's learned all those lessons quite yet. Anyway, we're hoping the Eagles can teach him one or two on Sunday night.

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling is the sport of the working man (and woman!), which is why Phillyist was delighted to see the new Lucky Strike Lanes open up on Chestnut Street near Broad. Here, we thought, is our chance to hang out with friends, wear some smelly shoes that belong to who-knows who, drink cheap beer, eat bad nachos made with unnaturally Florescent cheese product, make the person closest to us explain again how to score a strike if someone gets it after getting a spare in the final frame, and every so often get up up to throw a heavy metal sphere down the lane only to watch it land in the gutter. Again. (Or you could try to hit the pins; we understand some people prefer that.) Ultimately - a laid back, casual night out where everyone can be themselves and not worry about their footwear or overall fashion.

Andy Reid said he wouldn't bet on Donovan McNabb being ready for Sunday's game against the New York Giants. Andy, though, is Mormon, so I don't think he'd be betting on anything. Unfortunately, none of the reporters at Tuesday's press conference raised that crucial point.

Chris Mortensen is reporting at ESPN.com that Terrell Owens has told the Eagles that he may not be available for the Eagles' next two games against the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.

The Eagles were beaten soundly yesterday by the Dallas Cowboys, 33-10, in Dallas. While some Birds fans were hoping for a comeback similar to last week's victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, there was no miracle comeback resting in the Eagles this week.

Just as fans were coming to terms with the Phils missing the playoffs, they switched to Fox and saw that their next big hope, the Philadelphia Eagles, were quickly on their way to a mediocre 2 - 2 start to their season. The Eagles, who followed up a tough opening night loss to Atlanta with two wins over the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, went down quickly to the Kansas City Chiefs, who pounced on them early and built up a 17 - 0 lead. A Sheldon Brown interception return for a touchdown sparked the team, but a missed extra point and a kickoff return by Chiefs return man Dante Hall for a touchdown quickly deflated them.