PHILADELPHIA – In a performance befitting their dismal, error- and injury-plagued campaign, the Washington Redskins stumbled their way through a 34-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in their final game of the season Sunday. The Redskins have been plagued by mental gaffes, turnovers, injuries to key players and flat-out poor play all season long. Read full article > >

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Redskins vs. Eagles: A season of woes packed into one game as Washington loses to Philadelphia, 34-10

Mike Shanahan will close his 28th season as a coach in the NFL on Sunday, when his Washington Redskins play what is essentially a meaningless game in Philadelphia . And though he has seen almost everything in pro football – he has been hired and fired, made and missed the playoffs, won and lost the Super Bowl – he has never faced the circumstances he does now. Whatever happens against the Eagles, Shanahan will have back-to-back losing campaigns for the first time in his 17 full seasons as a head coach. Read full article > >

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Mike Shanahan says Redskins are pointed in the right direction despite the results

Chris Eagles and Ivan Klasnic both score twice as Bolton hammer Stoke City to pick up their first home points of the season.

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Bolton 5-0 Stoke

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles have been derided as the biggest underachievers of the early NFL season. Their sluggish play included a four-game losing streak and produced speculation that Andy Reid’s tenure as coach could be coming to an end. The team’s defensive strategies and post-lockout approach to building its roster were widely questioned. Read full article > >

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With Redskins unraveling, Eagles set eyes on Giants atop NFC East

Before the Washington Redskins began practice and the installation of their game plan for the Philadelphia Eagles , they gathered for their weekly team meeting.  Coach Mike Shanahan can’t hide from last year’s debacle against the Eagles. But he certainly didn’t want his players dwelling on it. Just like last year, the Redskins meet the Eagles coming out of a bye week, which means they essentially had an extra week to rest, study and prepare. They’re hoping for a different result this time. Last November, the Eagles came to FedEx Field and dismembered the Redskins, 59-28 , in one of the worst losses in Washington history. Read full article > >

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Redskins-Eagles: Shanahan says this year’s team won’t be affected by last year’s debacle

Philadelphia Eagles Coach Andy Reid said Monday that quarterback Michael Vick ’s non-throwing hand is bruised, not broken as the team had announced on Sunday. It’s not clear how long Vick will be sidelined, if at all. Reid said he was uncertain if Vick will be able to play next weekend, when the Eagles host San Francisco. Read full article > >

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Michael Vick’s hand is bruised, not broken; Peyton Manning unlikely to play all season

Ah, the serenity of a library on Sunday, that quietest of places on the most quiet of days. So why did Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown D.C. sound so much like a sports bar yesterday? “Oh, yeah, go! Go! Go!” shouted a group of men watching the Eagles vs. Giants game in the library’s upstairs hallway. Read full article > >

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Downtown library shutting its doors on Sundays

PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Eagles lost their second straight game and might have suffered an even more significant setback here Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Quarterback Michael Vick exited the lineup with a broken right hand during the Eagles’ 29-16 loss to the New York Giants . Vick left the field in the second half and the Eagles announced that he was undergoing X-rays in the locker room on his right (non-throwing) hand. Vick returned to the game temporarily but was replaced by backup Mike Kafka. The Eagles announced that Vick had a broken hand. It was not immediately clear how long he might be sidelined. Read full article > >

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New York Giants top Philadelphia Eagles, 29-16, as Michael Vick breaks hand

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—There were no signs of football traditionalists here to lecture the Philadelphia Eagles that championships simply cannot be purchased in the NFL . Instead, the large and enthusiastic crowd of green-clad fans at the team’s training camp last weekend marveled at the talent assembled by the Eagles in a post-lockout shopping spree that has been the talk of the sport in recent weeks. The Eagles, one of the sport’s steadiest and most consistently successful franchises, are making their boldest attempt yet to secure the Super Bowl triumph that eluded them even as they reached five NFC title games in a dozen seasons with Andy Reid as coach. Read full article > >

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Philadelphia Eagles take advantage of NFL free agency to build possible ‘dream team’

At any local high school other than Gonzaga, Daniel Collins and his sport might seem a little out of place. The senior plays a contact sport, rugby, that features an oblong ball and little more than a polyester shield of a jersey and shorts for its players. He plays a position, hooker, that draws unusual looks when repeated out of context. But at this Northwest private school of more than 900 boys, Collins and his passion are at home. Nearly one out of every five students plays rugby at Gonzaga, and the Eagles are the country’s top-ranked team and chasing their first national title. Read full article > >

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Rugby finds a home at Gonzaga

Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes to help the sixth-seeded Packers hold off Michael Vick and the Eagles.

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Packers 21, Eagles 16: Packers’ Pressure Neutralizes Vick

Analysis of each of the playoff matchups and which teams have the best chance to make it to Super Bowl XLV in Dallas on Feb. 6.

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The Fifth Down: N.F.L. Playoff Preview

The Giants’ coach Tom Coughlin, after a demoralizing loss to the Eagles, may need a victory over the Packers to keep his job.

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Fate Hanging in the Balance, Coughlin Keeps Focus

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick may be getting a little bit ahead of himself on his rehabilitation tour: He told NBC News, “I would love to get another dog in the future.” He said such a move “would be a big step for me in the…

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The Giants took the lead in the fourth quarter, but a series of miscues, including a couple of costly fumbles, let the Eagles rally.

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Eagles 27, Giants 17: Giants Let Game Slip Through Their Fingers