{"id":102094,"date":"2019-10-22T10:39:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/?p=102094"},"modified":"2019-10-22T10:42:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:42:29","slug":"did-howard-eskin-buy-his-super-bowl-ring-an-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2019\/10\/did-howard-eskin-buy-his-super-bowl-ring-an-investigation.html","title":{"rendered":"Did Howard Eskin Buy His Super Bowl Ring? An Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday was an eventful day in the Philadelphia sports media.<\/p>\n

Let’s recap:<\/p>\n

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  1. Howard Eskin claims that Alshon Jeffery is Josina Anderson’s mystery source<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Anderson says that Eskin has “zero knowledge” whom her source is<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Jeff McLane asks Doug Pederson if Eskin is leaking information for the team<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. McLane and Eskin reportedly shared some words after the press conference<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Mike Missanelli rips both McLane and Eskin<\/a>, claiming the latter is a “water boy” for the Eagles and bought his own Super Bowl ring<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Is that true? Did Howard really buy his own ring?<\/p>\n

    Said Mike:<\/p>\n

    “The Super Bowl ring I can tell you, (Eskin) purchased it himself. He didn\u2019t get a ring, he bought it. That\u2019s how pathetic what we\u2019re talking about here is. Plus, he doesn\u2019t get paid for being on the sidelines. He just likes to be there to be included. That\u2019s the level of patheticness we\u2019re talking about here.<\/p>\n

    He\u2019s not really a member of the team and it\u2019s not endorsed by the team whatever he says. But he likes to think he\u2019s part of the team. You can judge for yourself somebody buying a Super Bowl ring, thinking he was part of it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Later in the day, two sources contacted Crossing Broad<\/em> to dispute that claim, saying that Eskin did not purchase a ring but was instead given one as a member of the Birds’ radio broadcast team.<\/p>\n

    Here’s what I was told:<\/p>\n

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    • the team wanted to “take care” of their people, so they gave rings to Merrill Reese, Mike Quick, Howard Eskin, and the radio producer, Joe McPeak<\/li>\n
    • the rings were handed out at a private ceremony at the 2300 Arena in South Philly, so the public was not in the room at the time<\/li>\n
    • there were apparently two different versions of the ring, one that was handed out to players and executives and employees, and then the one you were able to buy (so if you put them side by side, you should see a difference)<\/li>\n
    • the only non-Eagles personnel at the event were +1 guests that employees and players were allowed to bring (a wife, girlfriend, husband, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Here’s the kicker:<\/p>\n

      I was later told via a third source that Howard DID purchase a ring separately, but that it was not for him<\/strong>. It was given as a gift. So Mike Missanelli isn’t technically<\/em> wrong; but there are actually two different rings in play here<\/strong>. There’s one that Howard was given by the team and another that was purchased and not worn by him.<\/p>\n

      I went looking for some photos and write-ups of the event, which was private. Most of what you saw last summer was video that was filmed outside of the building before people went inside. The only pictures that appear from INSIDE the building are from the team website and social media accounts, and I didn’t see any pics that included the entire broadcast team.<\/p>\n

      I did come across this one from Angelo Cataldi:<\/p>\n

      https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngeloCataldi\/status\/1007559329560563712?s=20<\/p>\n

      Kind of hard to tell since that pic is a little blurry, but here’s a shot of the official rings via the team:<\/p>\n

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      That looks like the real one to me. Eagles logo with the Lombardi trophy and ring of diamonds.<\/p>\n

      And then if you scroll through Twitter you can find pictures of Howard and other folks with the ring. I guess he was letting fans wear the piece and take pictures with it. Here’s one via HughE Dillon:<\/p>\n

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      1degree of @taylorswift<\/a> who wore @howardeskin<\/a> #Eagles<\/a> #superbowl<\/a> ring earlier this month backstage at Linc which I\u2019m wearing right now. It\u2019s beautiful #taylorswift<\/a> Thanks Howard for letting me try it on! pic.twitter.com\/gDYq0v58rf<\/a><\/p>\n

      — PhillyChitChat (@HughE_Dillon) July 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n