Al Thompson

Philadelphia

Writer, Radio Host and Sports Director, WRDV Radio at WRDV-FM

Writer, radio host and Sports Director at WRDV Radio 89.3 FM in Hatboro, PA. Publisher, Editor-Footballstories Magazine. Author-The Gilmore Years.

Articles

IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPS- THE 2025 SEASON HAS STARTED FOR THE BIRDS

5 days ago | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

If you want a thumbnail description of the start of the 2025 Eagles season that officially started with OTAs last week…”Business as usual” may be the best way to sum it up. Players went about their business with stretching, blocking drills, defensive backs, receivers and all the other positions going through their routines like any other year. But this year is different obviously. The Birds are defending Super Bowl champions.
PHILLY AREA HAS ANOTHER GREAT LINEBACKER IN THE WINGS-ROMAN'S WALTER HUDSON, JR.

1 week ago | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

Al Thompson9 minutes ago5 min readDelaware Valley high schools have produced some exciting edge rushers/linebackers for the NFL over the past ten seasons or so. Eagles’ fans remember Haason Reddick from Temple and Haddon Heights high school. He's an All Pro who helped the Birds win an NFC title in 2022. This year, two quarterback hunters from the area were selected in the first round of the NFL draft.
PRIDE OF TIMBER CREEK, JIHAAD CAMPBELL, PICKED BY BIRDS IN FIRST ROUND

1 month ago | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

The Philadelphia Eagles took a chance picking an injured but talented player out of Alabama in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft. Offensive lineman Landon Dickerson rewarded the Eagles with three Pro Bowl selections, two NFC Championships and a Super Bowl win last February. It was just the second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history. Eagles Executive vice president/general manager Howie Roseman rolled the dice again this year with another injured but talented player from Alabama.
FOR JURGENS, ENDURING THE PAIN WAS WORTH IT

1 month ago | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

It's been quite a year for Eagles starting center Cam Jurgens. In 2024, he finally got to play the position the Eagles drafted him to play. He was out from under the massive shadow of future Hall of Fame center Jason Kelce. He made the most of it. The former Nebraska standout started all 16 games the Birds used their starters, was selected to the Pro Bowl and helped the Eagles win Super Bowl LIX.
BAUN SAYS HE ALWAYS WANTED TO STAY AN EAGLE - WILL WALK THE SAME WALK

2 months ago | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

One of the most pleasant surprises of the Philadelphia Eagles championship season was the outstanding play of linebacker Zack Baun. Baun had toiled in relative anonymity for four years in New Orleans, mostly playing on special teams.
ALL SIGNS POINT TO ANOTHER SUPER RUN FOR THE BIRDS

2 months ago | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

The Eagles went a perfect 4-0 in the post season culminating with a commanding Super Bowl LIX performance whipping the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. The score never felt that close. With 34 seconds left in the 3rd quarter the Birds were leading 34-0. The Chiefs never crossed midfield in their first 9 possessions. During the 4-0 postseason blitz the Birds took the ball away 13 times, a plus-12 turnover ratio. One team in NFL history had a better postseason ratio.
BONNER/PRENDIE WINS FIRST PIAA TITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY…WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT

2 months ago | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

UPPER DARBY: Teams that win championships regardless of the sport, almost always have an aura of confidence about them. Ask any coach how hard it is to get his or her team to capture that feeling of confidence, it’s tough. Former Eagles standout cornerback, NFL and college head coach and current television commentator Herman Edwards once said that when a team is on a role, it’s because it captured the ‘it” factor. Paraphrasing here…Edwards said, “Once you get ‘it,’ you don’t want to let ‘it’ go.
THIS WEEK IS ANOTHER YEAR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER WILL POISON THE YOUTH OF CENTRAL OHIO WITH HIS STEROID MACHINE AKA ‘THE ARNOLD’ - THE COLUMBUS & NATIONAL MEDIA ARE HOLDING THE DOOR FOR THE WORLD’S NO. 1 STEROID MONSTER. | POYS ORG

Feb 26, 2025 | poys.org | Al Thompson

If you think by now the national media has been complicit with some of the world’s most famous steroid users and traffickers in America through Linda and Vince McMahon plus IMG CEOs Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell…Wait! It’s worse! Every year the collective media of Columbus and Central Ohio as well as local and state elected officials, not to mention their regional law enforcement have told the national media to “hold my beer!” The most disgraceful, disturbing and deadly exhibition of...
OP-ED: PARENTS BEWARE THAT STEROID NATION BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS A DANGER TO EVERY KID IN AMERICA

Feb 21, 2025 | poys.org | Al Thompson

Many of the new Executive Branch choices for cabinet have been hit with much criticism. Here are the three most panned nominees by corporate media and the Democratic Party. POYS is in no way arguing these nominees should be in our government. The arguments against them are sound.
EAGLES WERE SUPER IN THE BIG GAME-CRUSH KANSAS CITY FOR SECOND FRANCHISE SUPER BOWL WIN

Feb 10, 2025 | footballstories.com | Al Thompson

NEW ORLEANS: The Philadelphia Eagles are on top of the football world once again. The Birds (18-3) won the Lombardi Trophy for the second time in eight years and did so in convincing fashion...to say the least. With 2:47 left in the third quarter, quarterback Jalen Hurts hit wide receiver DeVonta Smith with a spectacular 46-yard strike in the center-back of the end zone to take a 34-0 lead. Game-set-match...it was a blowout in the Big Game.