Just a mundane check on the front page of ESPN.com today offers three more pieces of off-the-field news to the laundry list of sports storylines meant strictly to depress fans of Philadelphia sports.
- Ruiz was suspended for the first 25 games of the 2013 season for testing positive for amphetimines.
- The already lost Eagles season will finish without their best wide receiver, as DeSean Jackson (who was actually having a sneakily decent season this year) was placed on season-ending IR today.
- And, in maybe the most surprising (and head-scratching) news of the day – Jason Babin, fresh off an 18-sack season a year ago, was flat-out released by the Birds today.
Now, we can just sit in wait for the inevitable “Andrew Bynum to Miss Entire Season” headline which is right around the corner.
