Pam Oliver v Donovan McNabb round 2

by JasonB on Dec 19, 2007 6:58 AM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

Round one was of course Oliver's report and McNabb's denial...

Sounding upset and hurt by McNabb's denial, Oliver is sticking by her story.

Fox sports sideline reporter Pam Oliver told The News Journal on Monday that she can't trust the Eagles quarterback anymore after he public denied the accuracy of her report during Fox's broadcast of the NFC showdown.

"I just feel like our relationship is definitely broken," Oliver said in a phone interview. "It's not easy to be called a big, fat liar. You wake up to that and it's unpleasant."

Just to show she serious she is... she pulls out the "swear on my mother's grave card"

Oliver also said she purposely withheld some of McNabb's more pointed remarks about the organization to keep him from getting in trouble.

"My only professional regret is: Why on Earth did I bend over backwards to make it less impactful?," she said. "And then wake up to ... to someone throwing you under bus like that."

"All I can tell you is I stand by it 100 percent," she later added. "It's on-my-mother's-grave accurate. That's the bottom line."

McNabb speaks to the media today in his normal Wednesday press conference and he's sure to face a whole slew of questions about this little controversy. Let's see what happens...

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this kind of stuff is why i hate the media

700 Level

by 700 Level on Dec 19, 2007 8:07 AM EST reply actions

WHO CARES!

Everyone stop writing about this non-story.

We just beat the 12-1 Cowboys in Dallas. Can't we sit back and enjoy it for a week? How about 3 freaking days?

The Philadelphia newspaper/radio media is a joke.

Thank god for Eagles blogs like this one where we can discuss real football issues.*

*How about no more Pam Oliver stories and more real Eagles stories?

by slackerjoe on Dec 19, 2007 8:27 AM EST reply actions

Less Impactful?

She led off the story with her "impressions". How could it possibly be less impactful?

by Andrew @ Bleeding Green Nation on Dec 19, 2007 9:15 AM EST reply actions

Sick of this.

As if the mediocrity wasn't bad enough, the over-the-top QB controversy has made this season really un-enjoyable.

At least in 2005, there was someone (Owens/Rosenjerk) that I could consider the "bad" guy.

2007 Philadelphia Eagles -- Thanks for the terrible memories!

by BrianS on Dec 19, 2007 10:39 AM EST reply actions

Who needs sideline reporters?

They are pretty much worthless. They have few useful/intelligent/novel insights. Most aren't that attractive (save Erin Andrews). How different would the world truly be if they didn't exist? The only tangible difference I can imagine is a drunk Joe Namath this Xmas.

by brooksy on Dec 19, 2007 2:38 PM EST reply actions