Irv Cross, a Pro Bowl cornerback who would become the first Black man to work as a full-time sports analyst on national television, died Sundday near his home in Roseville, MN. He was 81.
His death was announced by both CBS Sports and the Philadelphia Eagles, his former NFL team. A cause was not disclosed.
“Irv was a…
UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: While NFL players debate the severity of punishment that might come the way of Philadelphia Eagles WR DeSean Jackson for tweeting anti-Semitic comments and evoking Adolf Hitler in a widely derided social media rant, team owner Jeffrey Lurie coincidentally launched his new production company Play/Acti…
Timmy Brown, a three-time Pro Bowl running back for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1960s and later a Hollywood actor, has died from dementia complications, the team announced. He was 82 and was living in Southern California with his son at the time of his death.
"He was such a kind, warm person," said his son, Sean…
UPDATED, 12:55 PM: It may have been the matchup, it may have been the drama in the Philadelphia Eagles' 34-27 win over the Green Bay Packers, or it may have been all of the above. Regardless, the debut of Thursday Night Football this season on Fox was a rocket-fueled lift-off for the network as Premiere Week started…
ESPN’s loss is the Philadelphia Eagles gain, as veteran quarterback Josh McCown has opted to leave his position as an analyst with the sports network to return to football.
McCown retired in the off-season after serving as a mentor last year to New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold. He will fill the Eagles need for a…
Former USC and National Football League star Tim Rossovich, who built a post-athletic acting career in various roles, has died after a long illness, according to USC News. He was 72 and passed Thursday in Sacramento.
Rossovich was an All-American and co-captain of the USC national championship team in 1967, remembered…
America's team clipped the high hopes of the defending Super Bowl champions on Sunday Night Football, but the weekly NFL game delivered a mixed result for the league and NBC.
In a season-saving Week 10 victory, the Dallas Cowboys beat the inconsistent Philadelphia Eagles 27-20 in the City of Brotherly Love on the…
After five weeks of adequate performance, the team that captured Super Bowl LII took off the training wings last night and flew high over the New York Giants. Taking down Eli Manning and crew at home 34-13 on Fox's Thursday Night Football, the Philadelphia Eagles proved that they own the NFC East right now – and…
UPDATE, 12:02 PM: The final numbers of the first official game of the NFL’s new season are in and the league and NBC looked to have been drenched by more than the rain that delayed the Eagles and Atlanta Falcons match-up in Philadelphia last night.
Snagging 19 million viewers on the Comcast-owned network, the late…
SECOND UPDATE: Philadelphia Eagle defensive end Michael Bennett walked behind his teammates during the national anthem, then sat on the bench near its end. Most of his teammates were lined up along the sideline. Bennett protested last year during the anthem when he was with the Seattle Seahawks. Eagles defensive back…
“Last night during our report about the president canceling the Philadelphia Eagles trip to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win, we showed unrelated footage of players kneeling in prayer,” Shannon Bream said on air during her Fox News Channel primetime program Tuesday night.
“To clarify: No members of…
President staged his Celebration of America on the White House lawn this afternoon, after pulling the plug on the annual invitation to Super Bowl champions.
Trump left about 10 minutes after the start of the ceremony, at which he sang the national anthem and “God Bless America.”
At a press briefing shortly before the…