Onion Sports post on Eagles, Fans

Posted on September 13th, 2007 in Eagles, satire.

This is hysterical. I know Eric and I are big Onion fans, and the references and writing is awesome in this article. It’s worth the read, definitely. Enjoy!

For those of you not familiar with The Onion, it’s a satirical and completely fake news organization, um, on steroids. Think Barry Bonds… good, juiced and obnoxious as hell.

Eagles Fans Give McNabb Three-Week Deadline To Win Super Bowl

The Onion

Eagles Fans Give McNabb Three-Week Deadline To Win Super Bowl

PHILADELPHIA—Frustrated with the Eagles’ last-second 16-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers last Sunday, and with quarterback Donovan McNabb’s failure to single-handedly score three touchdowns, prevent two of his teammates from muffing punts,…

 

2 replies

  1. PaulD says:

    Added on September 18th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

    I thought this was one of the best TheOnion sports stories of the year. It was clearly written by someone who understands the Philly dynamic with Donovan.

    All kidding aside though – Dmac has to be one of the most consistently disrespected athletes in America, if not the most.

  2. Kris Krause says:

    Added on October 25th, 2007 at 10:34 am

    I thought this McNabb Onion storry was funnier:

    http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/donovan_mcnabb_has_perfect?utm_source=onion_rss_daily