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Super Bowl XLVII's Media Day didn't disappoint, led by Michael Oher's candid chat, a cameo by Juan Castillo and a talkative Terrell Suggs. Don Banks recaps with Snap Judgments.

Cash Kruth, MLB.com

Catcher Brian Schneider, who caught 13 years with the Expos/Nationals organization, Mets and Phillies, has decided to retire, according to his hometown newspaper, the Allentown Morning Call.

Don Banks, CNNSI.com

NEW ORLEANS -- Musings, observations and the occasional insight from Tuesday's Super Bowl Media Day at the Superdome, always the most inane day on the league's annual calendar...

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Some people doubt that new Eagles coach Chip Kelly can succeed in the NFL with the same kind of offense he ran at Oregon. But 49ers running back LaMichael James, who played for Kelly at Oregon, has news for those doubters: James says Kelly’s offense is …

Jeff McLane, philly.com

NEW ORLEANS – Juan Castillo must have said the phrase “hard work” a thousand times during his less-than-two-season tenure as the Eagles defensive coordinator. So when he was fired and unemployed for almost three months, the coach that would often sp…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Reliever Chad Durbin and the Phillies have finalized a $1 million, one-year contract.

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NEW ORLEANS -- Alex Smith, the backup quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, drew a good-sized crowd Tuesday at Super Bowl media day. Smith led his team to the brink of last year's Super Bowl and to a strong start this year before losing his job to the…

Jeff McLane, philly.com

Super Bowl media day, Ravens defensive backs coach Teryl Austin, standing nearby, announced to his colleague the kind of questions he was about to be asked. "He's going to ask you about becoming the next defensive coordinator of the Eagles," A…

Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com

Eagles observers are currently in guessing-game mode about the future of the quarterback position under rookie coach Chip Kelly. Michael Vick is on the roster with a bloated, $15.5 million base salary. Nick Foles was a rookie in 2012, and his performanc…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Virginia offensive coordinator Bill Lazor will join Chip Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles staff as quarterbacks coach, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

philly.com

The way the story goes, 49ers quarterback Alex Smith was partly responsible for starting Chip Kelly's meteoric rise from assistant coach at New Hampshire to head coach of the Eagles.

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The bad news about Cole Hamels' left shoulder was news to him. "I don't even know what it was about," the Phillies' pitcher said Monday night in his first interview since a report surfaced earlier this month that he experienced some shoulder d…

Brian McCardle, philly.com

Eagles running back LeSean McCoy released a statement Monday apologizing for a spat with the mother of his son on Twitter late Saturday night.

philly.com

IT DOESN'T matter that the Sixers were undone by a pair of last-minute offensive rebounds, or that they missed two good shots in the final moments.

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Philadelphia's 103-100 loss to Memphis was tough. So is trying to salvage a once-promising season not knowing when, or if, Andrew Bynum will return, writes Chris Mannix.