Posters declaring that Vice President Kamala Harris is the "official candidate of the Philadelphia Eagles" were placed in at least six Philadelphia bus shelters, WCAU-TV reported.
The posters feature a profile image of an individual appearing to be Harris wearing an Eagles helmet and holding a football, along with the Eagles team logo and large bold letters spelling the name "Kamala" as well as the phrase "official candidate of the Philadelphia Eagles."
'It's encoded in people's brains, this picture of Kamala Harris with the Eagles,' city resident Mathilda Jones told the station. 'So no matter what happens now, the psychological effect is there. It's done.'
On the bottom is a link to Philadelphiaeagles.com/vote, which is a legitimate page on the Eagles website encouraging participation in the electoral process, but there's no Harris endorsement there.
The Eagles on Monday said the posters are not legitimate: "We are aware counterfeit political ads are being circulated and are working with our advertising partner to have them removed."
WCAU reported that a Harris campaign spokesperson said "no comment" in regard to the posters.
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While WCAU said the Eagles hope to have all the posters removed by Tuesday morning, WPVI-TV spoke to at least one observer who said that might be too late.
"It's encoded in people's brains, this picture of Kamala Harris with the Eagles," city resident Mathilda Jones told the station. "So no matter what happens now, the psychological effect is there. It's done."
Another city resident, Phillip Carter, told WCAU in its video report that "by definition it's wrong ... and yes, they're removing it, but it's still here. It's not going any place."
WCAU reported that it isn't known who created and paid for the posters.
Steve Keeley of WTXF-TV interviewed a man who was covering one of the posters with photocopies of the Eagles' statement calling them "counterfeit political ads":
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WCAU said Intersection Media — a New York-based company that owns the bus shelters where the posters were spotted — released the following statement: "We are aware that several of our bus shelters located in Philadelphia have been vandalized and that the paid advertising copy in each of those shelters has been replaced with unauthorized copy. While our bus shelters have locks that typically prevent the installation of unauthorized copy by non-Intersection staff, occasionally people find a way to unlock the ad box and insert unauthorized copy. The unauthorized copy in this case implies an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris by the Philadelphia Eagles. We note that the Eagles and Intersection had nothing to do with the creation or posting of this unauthorized copy and Intersection staff will be removing the ads as soon as possible."
A city spokesperson released a statement as well, WCAU said: "These were not digital ads placed by the Harris campaign, the Philadelphia EAGLES, SEPTA, the City of Philadelphia, or the media agency, Intersection, that handles the transit ad space. This was not a digital breach; whomever is responsible for the illegally placed posters broke into the securely covered shelter ad space and somehow put the posters in the space. Intersection has advised the City’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) that they plan to conduct a full inventory tomorrow of all bus shelters, and remove any illegally posters. The City has a process to review all bus shelter ads but this, again, was not a digital ad."
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Super Bowl winner Jason Kelce lost his Super Bowl ring in a kiddie pool filled with a concoction of chili, spaghetti, and more during an obstacle course competition. He added that he's filed an insurance claim for the "hunk of metal."
Kelce, along with his brother and fellow Super Bowl champion, Travis, explained on their "New Heights" podcast how they hosted a game show during a live performance of the podcast in Cincinnati.
The brothers put on the "Lombaby Games," an obstacle course competition that put student athletes up against academic students for a series of events. One of the events involved contestants diving into pools of chili, Travis Kelce explained. Jason Kelce corrected his brother regarding the pools' contents.
"This is actually technically a three-way. It's not just Skyland chili. There's spaghetti in there, cheese. ... Folks, the video does not do justice to just how disgusting this was."
"Mixed into that chili there were socks with some make-believe rings, and then there was actually only one real ring in there, which was my Super Bowl ring, but there was another kind of like replica Super Bowl ring," Jason Kelce recalled. "There were two Super Bowl-esque rings that they had to try and find, one in each pool."
The now-retired Philadelphia Eagle explained that while the game was drawn up because he "continuously" loses his Super Bowl ring, his team was unable to find it after the game's conclusion.
"Searching through the chili to try and find the sock that had my Super Bowl ring in it ... we have still yet to find it. All of this stuff has been thrown away, so I think we can safely assume that my Super Bowl ring is now in a landfill someplace in the Cincinnati, tri-state area," he prophesied. "I didn't think that would happen."
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His younger brother playfully mocked him in disappointment.
"What did you expect to happen?" Travis asked.
"I thought that we would just go in the pool and get the ring afterwards," Jason replied. "The only thing I can think of is, at some point, the sock got kicked out of the three-way, and it made its way out of the pool and that it was thrown away in some shape or form. The Super Bowl ring is officially gone. We've already put the insurance claim in, which I think the insurance company might have some things to say about whether they'll cover that."
"100% they're going to, especially if you're going to tell the entire world how you lost it," Travis, baffled, retorted.
The two then argued whether or not it was a reasonable excuse to have lost the ring in the vat of chili, with Jason saying that it "doesn't matter" where he puts his ring as long as he "knows where it's at."
In the end, Jason Kelce said he thinks he should be able to have another ring made — which he described as "just a hunk of metal" — while learning at the same time that a metal detector doesn't work with the Skyline brand of chili because it has "traces of iron within the chili itself."
"Kids, if you're watching at home, do not do what Jason's doing. Don't do this," Travis warned.
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Buffalo Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson apologized after cellphone video caught him appearing to hit a Philadelphia Eagles fan in the stands during Sunday's game in the City of Brotherly Love.
"Those of you who know me know that I'm all about the fans, and I have a lot of respect for the game I play and my opponents," Lawson wrote on Instagram on Monday, according to ESPN. "Before the game started yesterday, there was a fan behind our bench, who was making life threatening remarks towards us and our families. We asked Philadelphia security to remove the fan, but he was allowed to stay for the entire game. Eventually, our emotions boiled over, and I made a mistake. For that, I apologize, but there are certain lines that should not be crossed." Lawson's Instagram account was on the "private" setting Tuesday morning.
Video shows four Bills players walking from their bench to the stands to confront an Eagles fan. Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips — who stands 6 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 341 pounds, and wears the number 97 jersey — gets into the face of the fan, who continues to yell from the stands while holding what appears to be a Miller Lite beer can.
Lawson — who stands 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 265 pounds, and wears the number 90 jersey — is just behind and to the right of Phillips and is seen appearing to strike the fan with his right hand as the hooting and hollering intensify. Content warning: F-bombs and raised middle fingers:
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Phillips — using similar words and phrases as Lawson — also claimed on Instagram that he and his family were threatened: "I love the crowd I love rowdy fans it makes the game fun. But one thing I'm not going to tolerate is someone threatening me or my family. This is a line that shouldn't be crossed."
Here's video of the incident from the opposite angle:
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The following video contains four cuts showing the same Bills players getting angry at Eagles fans during the game; it's not clear if what is depicted in the video was recorded before or after Lawson apparently hitting the fan:
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In one cut from the above clip, Lawson appears to visually suggest putting an Eagles fan to sleep, which can be viewed as a euphemism for knocking out an adversary:
Bills coach Sean McDermott at his weekly news conference Monday called the situation "unfortunate," ESPN said, adding that "it's unfortunate that that would go on during a game in particular. And what I'm aware of is that people were asked to have the fan removed and nothing was done. So, at the end of the day, that's not for us to concern ourselves with at this point. It's just unfortunate overall that that would be taking place during a game."
An NFL source told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Lawson likely will be fined and probably suspended. The Eagles beat the Bills 37-34 in overtime.
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Cellphone video appears to show a Buffalo Bills defensive end hitting a Philadelphia Eagles fan who was heckling Bills players from the stands during Sunday night's game in the City of Brotherly Love — an incident that promises only to deepen Philly sports fans' notorious reputation as rowdy, obnoxious trash-talkers.
Now, they may be known as literal game-changers, as an NFL source told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the Bills player in question likely will be fined and probably suspended.
Video shows four Bills players walking from their bench to the stands to confront an Eagles fan. Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips — who stands 6 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 341 pounds, and wears the number 97 jersey — gets into the face of the fan, who continues to yell from the stands while holding what appears to be a Miller Lite beer can.
Lawson — who stands 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 265 pounds, and wears the number 90 jersey — is just behind and to the right of Phillips and is seen appearing to strike the fan with his right hand as the hooting and hollering intensify. Content warning: F-bombs and raised middle fingers:
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The fan didn't appear to suffer any injury, the paper said, and the Bills players walked back to their bench after the altercation. If the fan's words managed to damage the Bills' egos, the Eagles players delivered the bigger blow, coming from behind and beating the visiting Bills 37-34 in overtime.
Eagles fan Becca Cavalier, who recorded the video, told the Buffalo News she believes the confrontation took place during the first quarter.
"I'm not sure exactly what happened that led to them all coming over," Cavalier added to the Buffalo News, noting that Phillips "and the fan in the video were chirping at each other a lot the whole game, but I couldn't really hear what was being said."
The Buffalo News said neither the Bills nor the NFL immediately responded Sunday night when asked for comment. The Inquirer said the Eagles early Monday morning had not responded to its request for comment.
Eagles fans are well known for their, er, enthusiasm:
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Security ripped down an Israel-U.S. flag from the outside wall of a luxury box during Sunday's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the visiting Dallas Cowboys — and reportedly kicked out prominent New Jersey Democrat George Norcross who was displaying the flag.
Norcross, 67, was seen on video arguing with a security guard who confronted the political power broker, the New York Post reported.
Video also appears to show Norcross grabbing the security guard's shirt.
After Norcross was led away, the security guard tore the Israel-U.S. flag from the suite's outside wall at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Post said the dual flag was an apparent display of support for Israel amid its war against terrorist group Hamas.
Here's the clip:
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The paper said a stadium official indicated that a “long-standing policy" prohibits flags in the facility, and Norcross was removed after becoming “verbally and physically abusive."
More from the Post:
Lincoln Financial Field’s policy on signs and banners says security can remove anything that is “potentially offensive."
“Signs, banners or similar items that are obscene or indecent, not event-related, potentially offensive to other patrons, capable of blocking views of other fans or otherwise deemed dangerous or inappropriate by the Eagles are prohibited,” it says.
“Lincoln Financial Field reserves the right to confiscate any signs that are in violation of stadium policy.”
Norcross reportedly had the following to say about the incident, telling the New Jersey Globe that he was "forcibly removed and assaulted by the non-police security staff of Lincoln Financial Field and the Eagles/NFL for refusing to remove a 3′ x5′ American and Israeli flag I’d hung off the box I was sitting in."
He added, “As a longtime passionate fan and season ticket holder, I have watched the Eagles/NFL make clear and strong statements on numerous important civil justice issues and ethnic and world conflicts, including supporting the people of Ukraine, so as a strong supporter of Israel – a country which was viciously attacked by the terrorist group Hamas less than a month ago – I thought it was an important statement to make," the Globe noted.
Norcross also said "it remains unclear why the Eagles/NFL believe that the US-Israeli flag should be deemed ‘obscene or indecent’ or otherwise inappropriate — which is what I was cited for — and should therefore be ripped down despite both issuing public statements strongly supporting Israel following the October 7th attacks. But as I consider whether to file suit against the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL, and the security company which yanked me out of the box and paraded me in front of thousands of fans, I urge other supporters of Israel to make their feelings known to the team and the NFL just as they have to universities like Penn and Harvard," according to the Globe.
The Post said Norcross' endorsements are widely sought after in New Jersey, and the Norcross family has expressed its support for Israel. Norcross' brother Donald — a Democrat U.S. representative from New Jersey — joined a congressional delegation on a visit to Israel just three days after Hamas launched its Oct. 7 surprise attack against the Jewish nation, the Post reported.
The Eagles did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment, the Globe reported.
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Typically speaking, sports fans engage in joyous rioting such as flipping cars after their team wins the championship. However, Philadelphia Eagles fans wasted no time in damaging property in their own city ahead of the Super Bowl.
Before even one snap of Super Bowl 57, Eagles fans were getting rowdy. Roughly 30 minutes before the kickoff of Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Eagles fans were caught on video tipping over a car.
Video shows disorderly Eagles fans tipping over a vehicle at Temple University in preparation for the Super Bowl game against the Kansas City Chiefs. After the car was flipped on its roof, the Eagles fans danced and cheered. Fans then climbed on top of the toppled car and high-fived each other in celebration.
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