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who are participating in the up
coming aw areness day?
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Diata Rhodes, an African-Ameri
can com m unity health specialist
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w orker David Zambrano, a His
panic man from Venezuela, called
it "the need we have in our hearts
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Eagles haven’t lost their swag
ger. Despite being seven-point
underdogs against the New En
gland Patriots on Sunday, the
Eagles are walking around as
though they’re favored to win
the Super Bowl.
“W e’re not just happy to be
here, w e’ re here to win the game,”
center Hank Fraley said Monday.
This is Philadelphia's first trip
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to the Super Bowl in 24 years,
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The Eagles h av en ’t won a
begins at 3:30 p.m. (PST) on
championship since 1960, while
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the Patriots are seeking their third
title in four years.
Still, this is a confident, even the NFC this season, winning
cocky, bunch.
nine games by double-digit mar
“They think they're as good as gins, including five by at least 21
any team in the NFL,” Eagles points. Even without injured All-
coach Andy Reid said. “They Pro receiver Terrell Owens, they
understand that you have to prove outscored Minnesota and Atlanta
that each and every Sunday. I 54-24 in the playoffs.
think th a t’s how th e y ’re ap
But the Patriots (16-2) are the
proaching this.”
defending champions, and they
The Eagles (15-3) dominated shut down Peyton M anning and
Super
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Sunday
the rest of the Indianapolis Colts
in the playoffs and knocked off
the Steelers in Pittsburgh in the
AFC championship.
“W hen you play this game,
somebody has to be an under
dog. At times, the underdogs are
the ones that shock you,” quar
terback Donovan McNabb said.
“It’s an exciting tim e for us.
W e’re going to go out there and
do our job and have fun.”
Plenty o f underdogs have won
the Super Bowl, including the
Patriots. New England was nearly
a tw o -to u c h d o w n u n d e rd o g
against St. Louis when it won its
first cham pionship three years
ago.
The point spread makes little
difference to the Eagles.
“I don’t think you need to use
that as motivation in a game as
big as the Super Bowl,” Fraley
said. “People aren’t expecting us
to win this game, so I guess you
could use being a seven-point
underdog as motivation, but it’s
the biggest game o f the year and
it’s what you play for all year so
that’s motivation enough.”
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