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Showing posts with label Washington Redskins. Show all posts

Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas Social Media Friends


Thank you for visiting my blog. If there is any way that I can help you, feel free to connect with me and let me know:

Add me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter @SeanyOB

Visit my Yahoo: Contributor Page where my entire portfolio over over 1,400 sports, news, interview articles and other special features can all be seen.

--->>>I'm especially thankful to every social media friend who have helped me to become one of Yahoo' top 100 writers (in total hits) among it's approximately 600,000 contributors.
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My eBook: Readers Who Have No Time for Words is now available on Amazon.com. These stories were specifically written for people who like to read, but don't have much time to do actually do so. Humor, horror, mystery, adventure, travel, sports and a few selected stories are all wrapped inside this mini-tome. Thank you for considering this download.
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Thank you for reading any of my Yahoo interview features that might interest you:





The Always Fashionable Biana DeMarco

Broadcast Journalist Erin Como Reveals Her Model for Success
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Classic headline: Those great hockey cards

Nothing topped the meaning that these hockey cards still hold. Here is the special feature that still ranks among the most-read articles that I've written since 2011:
Topps Hockey Card Mystery is Revealed
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Classic Headline: Three Flyers' Legends

Each of these Flyers' legends (Brian Propp, Dave Poulin and Tim Kerr) deserved their own feature article:

Here is a link to the story about Propp: 
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Classic Headline Topic: Bernie Parent interview

Based upon strong response, I'm re-posting the links to my series about interviewing Bernie Parent. 


Here is a link to Part 1 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Meeting a Legend  

Here is a link to Part 2 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Pregame Preparations

Here is a link to Part 3 in my series about that interview:
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Postgame Reflections
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Baseball cards

Bygone days spent with elementary school days and family members opening packs of Topps cardboard gold never truly fade away.

Here is my special feature that highlights many of our childhood memories: 
When Baseball Cards were King.

This article consistently ranks among the most popular of the 1,400+ features that I've been fortunate to have published since 2011.
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Classic Headline Topic: MMA Phenomena

I encourage fans of any sport to attend one of these events when you can. The excitement of the crowd and the efforts of the fighters will likely win you over to this superb athletic adventure.

Here is my most recent feature article about a live XFE Cage Wars event that I attended.
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Recent Headline Topic: Eagles and RGIII
Let me be very brief: If the Eagles had drafted someone like RGIII, would the world look vastly different right now? Of course.

The draft is so critical. Clearly, this area of the Eagles' operation has not been consistently good enough over the years. Regardless of a team's record, quality players must be added each season.

Injuries only provide a certain percentage of an 'explanation' for where this organization has gone during the past two seasons.

A new infusion of decision-makers is needed at a variety of levels in Eagle-town. Then, they will need a few years to have their plans work.
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Millions of hits have been recorded for my Yahoo Sports, Interview and News articles since 2/1/11. I'm grateful for all of them. Every click has helped my freelance position to be a better one. 

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Philadelphia Eagles - Washington Redskins - RGIII


Headline Topic: Eagles and RGIII
Let me be very brief: If the Eagles had drafted someone like RGIII, would the world look vastly different right now? Of course.

The draft is so critical. Clearly, this area of the Eagles' operation has not been consistently good enough over the years. Regardless of a team's record, quality players must be added each season.

Injuries only provide a certain percentage of an 'explanation' for where this organization has gone during the past two seasons.

A new infusion of decision-makers is needed at a variety of levels in Eagle-town. Then, they will need a few years to have their plans work.
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Thank you for visiting my blog. If there is any way that I can help you, feel free to connect with me and let me know:

Add me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter @SeanyOB

Visit my Yahoo: Contributor Page where my entire portfolio over over 1,400 sports, news, interview articles and other special features can all be seen.

--->>>I'm especially thankful to every social media friend who have helped me to become one of Yahoo' top 100 writers (in total hits) among it's approximately 600,000 contributors.
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My eBook: Readers Who Have No Time for Words is now available on Amazon.com. These stories were specifically written for people who like to read, but don't have much time to do actually do so. Humor, horror, mystery, adventure, travel, sports and a few selected stories are all wrapped inside this mini-tome. Thank you for considering this download.
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Thank you for reading any of my Yahoo interview features that might interest you:





The Always Fashionable Biana DeMarco

Broadcast Journalist Erin Como Reveals Her Model for Success
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Classic headline: Those great hockey cards

Nothing topped the meaning that these hockey cards still hold. Here is the special feature that still ranks among the most-read articles that I've written since 2011:
Topps Hockey Card Mystery is Revealed
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Classic Headline: Three Flyers' Legends

Each of these Flyers' legends (Brian Propp, Dave Poulin and Tim Kerr) deserved their own feature article:

Here is a link to the story about Propp: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Classic Headline Topic: Bernie Parent interview

Based upon strong response, I'm re-posting the links to my series about interviewing Bernie Parent. 


Here is a link to Part 1 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Meeting a Legend  

Here is a link to Part 2 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Pregame Preparations

Here is a link to Part 3 in my series about that interview:
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Postgame Reflections
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Baseball cards

Bygone days spent with elementary school days and family members opening packs of Topps cardboard gold never truly fade away.

Here is my special feature that highlights many of our childhood memories: 
When Baseball Cards were King.

This article consistently ranks among the most popular of the 1,400+ features that I've been fortunate to have published since 2011.
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Classic Headline Topic: MMA Phenomena

I encourage fans of any sport to attend one of these events when you can. The excitement of the crowd and the efforts of the fighters will likely win you over to this superb athletic adventure.

Here is my most recent feature article about a live XFE Cage Wars event that I attended.
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Millions of hits have been recorded for my Yahoo Sports, Interview and News articles since 2/1/11. I'm grateful for all of them. Every click has helped my freelance position to be a better one. 

Monday, November 19, 2012

Philadelphia Eagles Revealed As The "Negadelphia" Source


Thank you for clicking on my blog. I do appreciate it. If there is any way that I can help you, feel free to connect with me and let me know:

Connect to my Yahoo: Featured Contributor Page
(I'm thankful to every social media friend who helped me to become one of Yahoo' top 100 writers among it's approximately 600,000 contributors.) 
Add me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter @SeanyOB
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My new eBook: Readers Who Have No Time for Words is now available on Amazon.com. These stories were specifically written for people who like to read, but don't have much time to do actually do so. Humor, horror, mystery, adventure, travel, sports and a few selected stories are all wrapped inside this mini-tome. Thank you for considering this download.
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Headline Topic: Eagles - "Negadelphia" Link

This is hardly a scientific theory, but here goes:

For generations the city of Philadelphia has earned a reputation for being negative about all things sports. It's crusty edge originates from many sources, but I think it is actually centered on the "Green Team" and their fans

Think about it, only one team hasn't won a championship during most people's lifetimes. Constant letdowns, false hopes, endless roster moves, and on and on and on. 

The Philadelphia Eagles are the origin and still-central source of the the negative vibe in the city. The same can't be said of the Sixers, Flyers, or Phillies. It just can't.

My question doesn't involve why the football team rouses strong interest, because that's connected to the actual sport (football) itself. 

My question is: What does that support say about those who support that team? Do people actually feel more comfortable in relentlessly supporting a loser, rather than in simply not watching the team play? Apparently so. Other dysfunctional relationships (bad marriages, vengeful family members, false friends) follow the same destructive course. 

Solution: Stop following the team so closely. You will need to resist the enablers who are all around you to do so, but it's possible. Take it from someone who broke the habit more than ten years ago. I was not rooting against them, but didn't watch a full game during the Eagles' Super Bowl year and only turned on that final playoff game against the Patriots in the second half. I also haven't watched a full game ever since then.

->What have I missed during that time? 

-->What have the "fans" gained since then, that I (and others like me) have not?

I want to add that I didn't begin to support another football team during these years. I'm waiting until this franchise gets serious before investing any further time in it. It's that simple. 

Finally, let me add that (in all seriousness) that I think it's totally okay if you like football, the Eagles and sharing this sport with your friends. For me, I just found that it was best to move in a different direction. I'll be there with all of you if we (yes, we) win the Super Bowl someday. I just haven't been able to motivate myself to support that cause for a number of years because it didn't look like a real winner to me. I hope, for everyone's sake, that the future is a better football place for all of us.
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Recent Headline Topic: The new Reading Fightin Phils

My experience working in minor league baseball at the start of my career taught me that marketing was king. That's why I love the Reading Phillies bold move of re-branding their team name and becoming the Reading Fightin Phils. 

It's basically the same name, has a nice reference to nickname (The Fightin's) that many fans have used for years and caused everyone to talk about the team for two weeks in November.

Many of the locals, who had enraged red faces for the past few weeks, should notice the tint in their cheeks subside just in time for spring to arrive. They'll head out to the same great ballpark, park for free, experience the same great atmosphere, pay the same great low prices, watch the same great quality of play, with the same great family crowds in 2013. 

The only people who would actually refuse to watch Reading's Double-A team next year, because their name was slightly adjusted, should seek immediate mental health treatment for the condition known as: "Get-over-yourself-and-grow-up".
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Baseball cards

For those of us who are old enough to remember
When Baseball Cards were King, the spring is always a special time of year.

Bygone days spent with elementary school days and family members opening packs of Topps cardboard gold never truly fade away.
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Classic Headline Topic: The Best Phillies of the Current Era

-->>Due to the volume of interest generated in this specific article, it has been re-posted. If you have read it, or choose to open this link now, I hope that you enjoy:  
The 10 Best Philadelphia Phillies of This Era

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Classic Headline Topic: Pete Rose's date with history.

Pete broke Ty Cobb's hit record on 9/11/85. The man was unique in the annals of baseball history. 

For those who are interested, my recent feature comments on Rose's time with the Phillies and the complex feelings that many of us have about his gambling issues:
Phillies' great Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose, and baseball justice

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Recent Headline Topic: Bernie Parent interview

Based upon strong response, I'm re-posting the links to my series about interviewing Bernie Parent. 


Here is a link to Part 1 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Meeting a Legend  

Here is a link to Part 2 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Pregame Preparations

Here is a link to Part 3 in my series about that interview:
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Postgame Reflections

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Classic Headline: Three Flyers' Legends

Each of these Flyers' legends (Brian Propp, Dave Poulin and Tim Kerr) deserved their own feature article:

Here is a link to the story about Propp: 

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Millions of hits have been recorded for my Yahoo Sports, Interview and News articles since 2/1/11. I'm grateful for all of them. Every click has helped my freelance position to be a better one. If there is any way that you feel I could be of help to you, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
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Thank you for reading any of my Yahoo Voices features that might interest you:





The Always Fashionable Biana DeMarco

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Emotional Philadelphia Eagles' Fans, the Redskins' Game + Reading Fightin Phils


Thank you for clicking on my blog. I do appreciate it. If there is any way that I can help you, feel free to connect with me and let me know:

Connect to my Yahoo: Featured Contributor Page
(I'm thankful to every social media friend who helped me to become one of Yahoo' top 100 writers among it's approximately 600,000 contributors.) 
Add me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter @SeanyOB
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My new eBook: Readers Who Have No Time for Words is now available on Amazon.com. These stories were specifically written for people who like to read, but don't have much time to do actually do so. Humor, horror, mystery, adventure, travel, sports and a few selected stories are all wrapped inside this mini-tome. Thank you for considering this download.
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Headline Topic: Considering RG III, hopes for the Eagles' season and natural optimism, many believed that today's game was going to mean something a few months ago. Unless weekly miracles unfold from now through the end of the regular season, it won't.

It seems very obvious that a combination of poor long-term planning decisions and the terrible impact of Andy Reid's son's death have created this disastrous season.

The apparent coming end to the "Andy Reid era" has many people still mouthing the words "he was/is a great coach", but I wonder about that mentality.

As someone who isn't a deep Eagles' fan, I don't have emotion mixed with my logical football drink. I don't think those who are emotional thinkers can understand, or be convinced, that their conclusion is flawed. 

A good coach. Okay. A great coach? 

Recent Headline Topic: The new Reading Fightin Phils

My experience working in minor league baseball at the start of my career taught me that marketing was king. That's why I love the Reading Phillies bold move of re-branding their team name and becoming the Reading Fightin Phils. 

It's basically the same name, has a nice reference to nickname (The Fightin's) that many fans have used for years and caused everyone to talk about the team for two weeks in November.

Many of the locals, who had enraged red faces for the past few weeks, should notice the tint in their cheeks subside just in time for spring to arrive. They'll head out to the same great ballpark, park for free, experience the same great atmosphere, pay the same great low prices, watch the same great quality of play, with the same great family crowds in 2013. 

The only people who would actually refuse to watch Reading's Double-A team next year, because their name was slightly adjusted, should seek immediate mental health treatment for the condition known as: "Get-over-yourself-and-grow-up".
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Baseball cards

For those of us who are old enough to remember
When Baseball Cards were King, the spring is always a special time of year.

Bygone days spent with elementary school days and family members opening packs of Topps cardboard gold never truly fade away.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Classic Headline Topic: The Best Phillies of the Current Era

-->>Due to the volume of interest generated in this specific article, it has been re-posted. If you have read it, or choose to open this link now, I hope that you enjoy:  
The 10 Best Philadelphia Phillies of This Era

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Classic Headline Topic: Pete Rose's date with history.

Pete broke Ty Cobb's hit record on 9/11/85. The man was unique in the annals of baseball history. 

For those who are interested, my recent feature comments on Rose's time with the Phillies and the complex feelings that many of us have about his gambling issues:
Phillies' great Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose, and baseball justice

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recent Headline Topic: Bernie Parent interview

Based upon strong response, I'm re-posting the links to my series about interviewing Bernie Parent. 


Here is a link to Part 1 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Meeting a Legend  

Here is a link to Part 2 in my series about that interview: 
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Pregame Preparations

Here is a link to Part 3 in my series about that interview:
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Postgame Reflections

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Classic Headline: Three Flyers' Legends


Each of these Flyers' legends (Brian Propp, Dave Poulin and Tim Kerr) deserved their own feature article:

Here is a link to the story about Propp: 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millions of hits have been recorded for my Yahoo Sports, Interview and News articles since 2/1/11. I'm grateful for all of them. Every click has helped my freelance position to be a better one. If there is any way that you feel I could be of help to you, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
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Thank you for reading any of my Yahoo Voices features that might interest you:





The Always Fashionable Biana DeMarco

Monday, January 2, 2012

Eagles Future + Flyers & the Winter Classic

Happy New Year to everyone who helped me to hit the one million reader mark during the weekend of 12/17/11. My first Yahoo Sports story was published on 2/1/11. 

My Yahoo Sports/News/Voices page can be found here:
http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/977720/sean_obrien.html

You can can also follow me on Twitter @SeanyOB


Eagles

The final game against the Washington Redskins was bittersweet win that took the team to the .500 mark at 8-8.

Next season, the Birds must find a way to stop turning over the ball so much and need Vick to remain healthy. With those two elements in place they can return to the playoffs and take their chances.

As for the head coaching and assist coaching matters - time will tell what's done, or whether any changes were needed, took place, or were worthwhile.

Winter Classic

The Flyers and Rangers face off in the Winter Classic in Philadelphia. Magic is one of the words that can best describe what has become one of professional sports best true 'events'.

Thank you for clicking on one, or more, of my Yahoo news articles below:






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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Final Eagles Game + Flyers & the Winter Classic

An early Happy New Year to everyone who helped me to hit the one million reader mark during the weekend of 12/17/11. My first Yahoo Sports story was published on 2/1/11. 

My Yahoo Sports/News/Voices page can be found here:
http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/977720/sean_obrien.html

You can can also follow me on Twitter @SeanyOB


Eagles

The final game against the Washington Redskins was bittersweet.

The offseason should bring change, because that is the only way that next season isn't like all others since 1960.


Winter Classic

The experience of covering the Winter Classic was beyond memorable.

The Flyers organization is accurately recognized as one of the best in sports. They also treat the media with class as well.

The access that we were given to the players after the game in the locker room was fully open.

All of the guys were in such a good mood and were willing to talk at length about the game, their careers and their lives.

Working in sports two decades ago left a positive memory in my mind. Modestly returning to this field in 2010 has been a pleasure.

Thank you for clicking on one, or more, of my Yahoo news articles below:






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