All the News That's Fit to Print ... Unless Someone Else Got It First

YOU'D THINK that the Daily News, which ranks behind only WIP in the resources it devotes to covering Eagles minutiae, would have been all over the story that Donte Stallworth, the Birds' free-agent wideout, had allegedly been cited by the NFL for violating its substance-abuse policy. Yet not only did the DN get its lunch eaten by the Inquirer yesterday, it didn't even play catch-up today, at least not in its online version. I know it's embarrassing to concede in print that you've been beaten by your competitor, but news is news, and it needs to be reported, regardless of who had it first.

And speaking of our wayward wide receiver, regardless of where you stand on the war on drugs -- and I'm much less convinced of its efficacy or its justness than I used to be -- you have no choice but to conclude that whatever high Stallworth enjoyed wasn't worth the millions of dollars he'll likely lose now that the market for his services has bottomed out. Donte, baby, couldn't you have just had a shot and a beer instead?

Comments

[Matt]

Unless, of course, it's the shot and beer that he's in the program for . . .

[Tom Durso]

Good point ...

[BustyBoots]

I don’t want to wait till the end of Summer :( , I want it now. Who with me?
save your time and join me. ;)