No doubt about it, Kevin Kolb is the biggest story for the Eagles this year.

Kevin Kolb, takes the reigns from Donovan McNabb as starting quarterback for the Eagles in the 2010 NFL football season and it’s not surprising that he already has the support of the Eagles’ skill position players like DeSean Jackson and Brent Celek.

The Eagles recently traded Donovan McNabb, the franchise’s all-time passing leader – not to mention a six-time Pro Bowl selection who led Philly to five NFC championship games and a Super Bowl appearance in his 11 seasons – to the rival Washington Redskins for a pair of draft picks, including a 2010 second-round selection.

As a result, Kevin Kolb, a second-round pick in ’07, inherited the most pressure-packed job in America’s least-forgiving sports town.

After a few years of believing that the Eagles were a good team that wasn’t quite good enough under McNabb, 2010 brings optimism among Philadelphia fans since there’s something exciting about having a new quarterback. Eagles’ fans haven’t seen much of Kolb, but it is evident that he has the potential to be a star. In two starts last year, Kolb piled up great numbers, including in a losing effort to the New Orleans Saints.

Everyone in Philadelphia seems to have no worries about Kolb and the offense putting up points. The concern for the Eagles is on defense, where the team is younger and has concerns in the secondary. Super Bowl talk isn’t as common as it has been in recent offseasons for Philadelphia, but there is a legit amount of excitement as the team gets ready to bring in a new era.

Given the significance of the team’s first quarterback change in…

Yep, nobody has… YET.

For the second-consecutive year, Terrell Owens, the notorious wide receiver, is on the market as he remains unsigned with only a couple of months before the 2010 NFL football season begins but according to agent Drew Rosenhaus that will definitely change.

Rosenhaus said that Terrell Owens, who played for the Buffalo Bills last season, will have a new team “within the next few weeks.”

He added that five teams were interested in Owens. However, the San Diego Chargers aren’t one of them, despite Vincent Jackson being suspended three games by the NFL and threatening to hold out over his contact situation. “We’re all set right now with our receivers,” general manager A.J. Smith said in an interview.

The Seattle Seahawks are also out of the picture. “No, you know, I go way back with T.O.,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “I was there [as an assistant coach] when he showed up with the 49ers when he was a rookie and nobody knew he had any initials or anything. And I really liked Terrell. But we won’t be able to do that this time around. I think at our time in our program development, we’re going to continue to work with the guys that we’ve got and go in a different direction than that. We’re really looking to get the young guys going as much as we can.”

Owens said recently that he believed teams are swayed by the perception he’s a troublemaker. It’s a perception he believes he disproved with his agreeable behavior in Buffalo during a disappointing season in 2009.

“There were a number of times where prior I probably would…”

The Celtics only need one more win. The Lakers can’t afford another loss.

The Boston Celtics took Game 5 with a 92 – 86 win in the 2010 NBA Finals and in doing so they have given themselves two chances to win the NBA championship. It still will not be easy as both games 6 and 7 will be played at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. And for sure, the defending champs would give the Celtics hell before they relinquish the crown.

That is the situation as we head to Game 6 in LA. The Boston Celtics lead the best-of-seven series 3-2. Game 6 is Tuesday night, and a victory then would give Boston an unprecedented 18th NBA title.

Kevin Garnett scored 18 points with 10 rebounds and Rajon Rondo had 18 points, eight assists and five rebounds to help Boston become the first team in the series to win two games in a row.

If the Los Angeles Lakers can’t do the same at home, the Celtics will improve to 10-2 against them in the finals, from a 4-0 sweep over the Minneapolis Lakers in 1959 through the Bird-and-Magic era of the ’80s and Boston’s win in ’08.

The story surrounding Game 5 was whether or not Andrew Bynum would log big minutes with his knee problem. He did play a ton, 32 minutes in fact, but unfortunately for the Lakers Bynum was very ineffective.

He scored just 6 points, had no blocked shots, and grabbed just…

Lakers were the more physical team in their Game 1 victory.

Yep, that was as clear as crystal after the Lakers dismantled the Celtics to start the 2010 NBA Finals, but Coach Doc Rivers’ Boston team vows to play with renewed urgency Sunday, and Lakers are trying to prepare for it. Adding fuel to the fire: Lakers’ Pau Gasol suggests Celtics’ Kevin Garnett has lost a step.

The aggressive tone in Game 1 surprised no one within the confines of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ locker room. They’d been taking a bellicose stance for several days. Their video coordinators inserted an inspirational speech from the war movie “Patton” into a team video session before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, joining the continual clips of “Inglourious Basterds” Lakers Coach Phil Jackson has insisted on including to foment an us-against-the-bad-guys mantra, a trend started by the team earlier in the playoffs with the Quentin Tarantino anti-Nazi movie.

Something’s obviously working. The Lakers stood strong against the ominous front line of the Boston Celtics, an event that was still the talk of the NBA Finals a day after the Lakers’ 102-89 victory.

“I thought one team was physical,” Celtics Coach Doc Rivers said, and he wasn’t talking about his own. The Lakers dominated all the power categories, winning points in the paint, rebounds and second-chance opportunities with ease, though they didn’t think it would be as simple in Game 2 of the best-of-seven series Sunday at Staples Center.

Their thinking: There’s no chance Kevin Garnett…

As expected the Western Conference is having a dogfight for playoff positioning.

With merely days before the 2010 NBA playoffs get here, the Dallas Mavericks, the Denver Nuggets, the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns are all battling for control of the 2nd through 4th seeds, each of which come with home-court advantage in the first round.

The only team that knows which seed will they be at are the defending NBA world champions Los Angeles Lakers, taking the number one spot in the Western Conference for the third straight year.

The San Antonio Spurs, the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Portland Trail Blazers could end up as the no.8 seed to face the Lakers and unfortunately for Laker fans, all three teams can upset this Lakers team that has been struggling recently. As for now, San Antonio, Oklahoma and Portland will continue to fight for playoff positioning as the no.6, no.7 and no.8 seeds are still up for grabs.

So which of these three teams should the Lakers hope they won’t have to face in the first round? That’s easy. That team would definitely have to be the San Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs are currently in the seventh spot and has a tough final day schedule when they face the surging Dallas Mavericks. If they lose they would most likely end up in the eight spot and play Kobe Bryant and his Lakers.

Facing the Lakers in the first round is not an easy task for Greg Popovich and the rest of the Spurs team. But they are a veteran team composed of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and the ever reliable Tim Duncan. They all know how to play in the playoffs. And with the addition of Richard Jefferson and Antonio McDyess, they can shock and beat the Lakers in the first round.

Hell, this Spurs team has been clicking at the right time…

Like Tomlinson, Westbrook has began looking for teams to play for.

With the 2010 NFL football season still more than a couple of months away, guys like Tomlinson and Westbrook have more than enough time to find a new place to call home where they try to salvage what’s left of their playing career.

In case you haven’t heard, the Philadelphia Eagles decided to part ways with their all-time leading rusher by releasing Brian Westbrook a few weeks ago. Westbrook, who has a history of injuries, missed eight games in 2009 after suffering ankle injuries and two concussions.

In his eight-year career with the Philadelphia Eagles, he never played a full season. This seems to be part of the reason why Philadelphia didn’t want to bring him back in 2010. He was also due to make $7.25 million.

Now that he’s a free agent, Westbrook may have to accept the fact that he will most likely be signed by a team for a limited role as a no.2 (or even no.3) running back. Here are just some teams that may consider signing Westbrook now that he is no longer with the Eagles.

The Minnesota Vikings may be a good choice for Westbrook since…

The guy dubbed as the best player on the planet today, just missed his fifth straight game.

It seems Kobe Bryant is having some injury issues at the midway point of the 2010 NBA basketball season. In case you haven’t noticed it yet, Kobe hasn’t been seeing action lately, all thanks to this sore ankle he has been nursing.

Yes, Kobe Bryant missed his fifth consecutive game with an ankle injury, missing out on their rematch with their rivals Boston Celtics, at the Staples Center last Thursday night.

He did not play against the Golden State Warriors though they won the game 104 – 94 with huge help from other Laker guard Shannon Brown. Brown had his best game of his career, who paced the Lakers with 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

The Los Angeles Lakers improved to 4-0 before losing to the Celtics since Bryant pulled himself out of the lineup with a high sprain in his left ankle. Having missed five consecutive games, Bryant and the Lakers are being cautious about his injuries, as everybody knows he has another injury on his…

For the first time ever, the Pro Bowl will come a week before THE big game, as this year’s Pro Bowl kicks off Super Bowl week with a bang.

Yes, the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl will now come before the Super Bowl and this year, the best players from both the AFC and the NFC will play at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida for this year’s annual showcase of the league’s premiere talent.

This way, football fans will be able to further build their anticipation heading to Super Bowl XLIV and as far as this year’s Pro Bowl starters are concerned, both teams’ rosters have some familiar faces.

Leading the pack for the AFC squad is Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. Other selections include Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson, Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson and Colts teammate Reggie Wayne.

Dallas Clark, who also plays for the Indianapolis Colts, was also voted in for the Pro Bowl to play tight end, starting tackles will be the Dolphins’ Jake Long and the Broncos’ Ryan Clady. Starting guards for the AFC will be the Patriots’ Logan Mankins and Alan Faneca of the New York Jets.

Faneca’s teammate Nick Mangold will be the AFC’s starting center…

Betting on the NFL for the last time before Christmas Day couldn’t be any better.

Because Week 15 of the 2009 NFL football season has FOUR games for you on primetime, two of ‘em could very well rewrite history while the other two could very well rewrite the playoff seeding.

Let’s start with the first team looking to rewrite history this season, the Indianapolis Colts. In case you haven’t noticed, they haven’t lost a game for quite some time now and on Thursday night Football, they are looking to continue their undefeated streak against the Jacksonville Jaguars to kick off Week 15.

Yep, the Indianapolis Colts and the Jacksonville Jaguars relive their AFC South rivalry. The Colts have already secured the AFC’s No.1 seed for the playoffs. And while the Jaguars would love to beat their AFC rivals this Thursday night and give themselves that late push for a wild card spot, the Colts are just playing too good to be beat these days.

The last time these two teams met, Indianapolis beat Jacksonville 14-12. The Colts are 12-4 all-time against the Jaguars with Peyton Manning at quarterback. The three-time league MVP, 28 of 38 for 301 yards with a touchdown and an interception in their last meeting with the Jaguars, passed for 4,354 yards with 30 TDs and 11 picks in those 16 games against Jacksonville.

Manning is looking to get back on track following a shaky…

This week, we’re kicking off on the wild side.

Yep, you read it, Week 11 of the 2009 NFL football season will kick off on the wild side because this week, the Miami Dolphins and that wildcat offense will travel to Bank of America Stadium to take on the Carolina Panthers on Thursday Night Football.

Now I don’t know about you but that’s the way to start a week of football. The Miami Dolphins have become one of the most exciting teams in the NFL because of that explosive wildcat offense that the Dolphins introduced to the league last year. If they can just win more games with the wildcat.

As of this writing, both the Miami Dolphins and the Carolina Panthers have an identical 4-5 mark. The Panthers’ 28-19 win over Atlanta last Sunday put them one game behind the Falcons, Packers, Eagles and Giants in the wild card picture, with a game in New York still remaining on their schedule.

The Dolphins BARELY saved themselves from falling to 3-6 after quarterback Chad Henne gave up an interception in the last two minutes of their game against the Buccaneers last Sunday. The Bucs came up with a touchdown, giving them the 23-22 lead with 1:14 to go. Thankfully, Henne didn’t made the same mistake when they got the ball back as…