After five nightmarish days of holiday travel, there was no better way to wind down than enjoying a Fat Tire or three in the Denver International Airport as the Eagles decimated the Dallas Cowboys.

After my flight from Idaho arrived, 20 minutes late, in Denver, I settled into the lone empty seat at the creatively named Colorado Sports Bar in terminal B just in time for the second half. A plane bound for Philadelphia had departed moments earlier, meaning that the majority of those watching the game with me were either neutral or partial to the blue and silver. I went in expecting a vocal tug-of-war between myself and the Cowboys fans, but soon it became clear that I was the only one there with anything to cheer about.

What has happened to this Eagles team that lost 5 of 6 earlier this season since Jeff Garcia has replaced an injured Donovan McNabb is nothing short of miraculous. The team has rallied around its vocal leader and at this point, it seems anything is possible.

Next up is the Atlanta Falcons. A win, no matter the outcome of the Cowboys/Lions game, would give the Eagles the division title, something that seemed out of reach just one month ago.

Basketball fans in Denver have no idea how lucky they are.

Yesterday afternoon, Allen Iverson's career in Philadelphia officially came to an end. While it was hardly a shock, that doesn't mean it is any easier to stomach. As documented numerous times on this site, I was never a basketball fan before Allen Iverson came to Philly. I've written countless times about how I feel about Iverson and to say that I, along with hundreds of thousands in my hometown, am not somewhat devastated by this trade would be a lie.

The exact details of the trade are not as important as the fact that Billy King and Ed Snider so significantly mishandled a situation that they were forced to trade, for pennies on the dollar, the number one scorer and most explosive player in the NBA.

Allen Iverson was the best, and only, good thing to happen to Philly basebatball in over a decade. He would have retired a Sixer. He should have retired a Sixer.

Now, we'll never get to take a day off work to see Iverson's Sixers ride down Broad Street. We'll never get to scour Ebay for overpriced tickets to Iverson's final game before retirement. And thanks to the Sixers' childish tactics, we won't even get to see Iverson's crossover in any of the highlight films shows at home games, because just like Snider's crusade against Eric Lindros, he's been erased from Philly sports memory.

Is there a bright side? For those of us who are stuck as Sixers fans thanks to blood and geography, not yet. But thanks to King and Snider, Allen Iverson may finally now be in a good environment to win a championship and show the league the kind of player, the kind of teammate, he can really be.

Funny that they could never do that for him while he was here.

This morning, there's really only one thing left to say.

Go Nuggets!


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To relive my favorite off-the-court AI memory from the last few years, check out this video, if somehow you haven't yet seen it, of Iverson's appearance on Stephen A Smith's Quite Frankly. Specifically, there's a conversation about Larry Brown 11 minutes into the video, and if that doesn't make you love AI, nothing will.

It's inevitable. After years of whispering and speculating about when Iverson's time with the Sixers would come to an end, it looks like the time has finally come. I can't speak for other Sixers fans, but I'll be cheering hard for whichever team he ends up on.

As for the Sixers, if they think they're having attendance problems now, just wait. They've mishandled one of the best players in the game for the last eleven years, and now they're being forced to give him away. What they'll get in return has yet to be seen, but judging from the past track record of this front office - don't hold your breath.