Philadelphia Eagles

Michael Vick receives big pay-day from Philadelphia
By Jared Pomponio
March 2, 2011 - 2:45pm
Vick signs franchise tender worth almost $20 million.

Michael Vick won't be a free agent when the NFL begins its season this year, reports ESPN. He signed a franchise tender with the Philadelphia Eagles for one year worth about $20 million.

Vick was released from prison two years ago and signed a much smaller two-year deal with the Eagles who were one of the only teams to give him a chance. Vick made a little more than $5 million last year in a Pro Bowl season with the Eagles.  

U.S. Census Bureau sends out extra census forms
By Jesse Pantuosco
April 6, 2010 - 4:47pm
Plus, a Syracuse man is going to jail for a long time and Donovan McNabb's first day as a Redskin.

“Didn’t I already get one of these?”  That’s the question that almost 40 million U.S. households should be asking when they receive a second Census form in their mailboxes over the next week.  According to ABC News in Fort Myers, the U.S.

Wes Johnson is Big East player of the year, Jim Boeheim is coach of the year
By Erika Wachter
March 9, 2010 - 8:51pm
Plus, College students collect limbs for Haiti and Donovan McNabb and T.O team up again.

Syracuse University Basketball is racking up the Big East awards.

Wes Johnson was named 2009-2010 Big East Player of the Year and Jim Boeheim was selected as 2009-2010 Coach of the Year. The awards were announced at a press conference today at Madison Square Garden, the host site for the Big East Tournament.

Johnson, a junior transfer from Iowa, is the first transfer student to earn Big East Player of the Year honors. He is the fourth Syracuse player to earn the honor.