How was your weekend? Couldn’t have been all that great if you consider yourself a Philly sports fan. Apparently God felt he had taken too much time off from torturing the City of Brotherly love. Maybe he’s pissed off about the eye-popping murder rate, but on Saturday, he made sure to reassert his hate for Philadelphia On the same day, the Phillies big offseason acquisition and the Flyers leader in points, goals and assists went down. Brad Lidge re-injured his surgically repaired right knee on his first pitch off the mound and Mike Richards tore his left hamstring in an overtime loss to Florida. Richards joins fellow teammates Derian Hatcher, Joffrey Lupul, and Simon Gagne (out for the season), on the DL. Oh, by the way, the Flyers haven’t won in 10 games and have plummeted to 9th in the conference standings.

If you’re a city college baskeball fan, the Big 5 is looking to get shut out of the NCAA tournament for the first time in 31 years. St. Joe’s and Villanova both kept their slim hopes alive over the weekend, but for both it might be too little too late. The Hawks had lost three of four (including an awful loss to La Salle) before topping Rhode Island on Sunday. The Wildcats meanwhile have won four of five including a huge win against UCONN, but they had lost five in a row before that. The Cats are tied for eighth in the Big East and need to win three of their last four (Marquette, Louisville, USF, Providence) if not all four and probably a game in the Big East tourney. Temple didn’t have a shot at the NCAA’s but had been playing good ball until a loss to Fordham. La Salle and Penn have had down years, and another city team, Drexel, never recovered from last year’s NCAA snub. And just for the hell of it, Kyle McAlarney dropped nine three’s including one from the Notre Dame bench, as they beat the ‘Cuse yesterday. Syracuse (and their seven man rotation) is another team that probably needs to win out to get into the dance.

I tell you all this - not to ruin your day, but instead to warn you: I had a dream (nightmare?) last night that Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb gets sacked and injures his knee in next year’s game at Dallas.   I couldn’t make this up.  Maybe it was the product of the recent string of injuries to hit the Philadelphia teams that embedded this in my psyche; regardless it seemed fitting. I’m eager for the schedule to come out so I can see exactly when the Eagles travel to big D. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it’s probably at a crucial juncture in the season. On that note, have a great week, and we’ll have a new episode up for you in the next day or two.