Homer Spadaro

Any Eagles fan has come to expect the consistently sunny optimism of Eagles house organ, Dave "Homer" Spadaro, to the point where there is an odd affection for Sapadaro's company-line (if for no other reason than it is so easy to mock).

But is there trouble afoot for Spadaro among the mainstream Philadelphia sports scribes?

Writes Kevin Cooney,

"The real threat to journalism in the new millennium is Dave Spadaro.

For years, Spadaro has been the Eagles' minister of information — a.k.a. the “Insider” for the team's Web site. Basically, it goes like this: The Eagles' brass thinks it, and Spadaro writes it as fact.

Team doesn't think it needs a wide receiver. Spadaro really doesn't think it needs a wide receiver. Team loves its draft. Spadaro really loves its draft.

For the most part, the rest of the Philadelphia media accepted this as a guy just trying to collect a paycheck and doing his job. Sure, there were some giggles, but Spadaro seemed like a nice guy to those who met him and everybody went along their merry way.

That was until “Spuds” decided to become the lecturer on all things journalism on the first day of minicamp."

Apparently, the press can tolerate his one-sided stories. But want they won't abide is any suggestion, especially from Spadaro, that their stories are somehow biased against the home team. The Philadelphia media too negative? Say it ain't so!

"When things go poorly, Spadaro turns around the mirror and tries to blame people who had nothing to do with it. If this town were really as negative as Spadaro portrays it to be, the head coach would have been run out of it for what happened in his personal life last year.

There are a lot of ticked-off sports reporters in this city who feel the same way I do. This was a low blow that threw down the gauntlet between the franchise and some circles of the city's press corps. "

Should make for an interesting season: Spadaro vs. the Philadelphia media.