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Much like the Eagles offensive personal moves this off-season, Donovan McNabb's Yardbarker blog has been rather quiet. But his tour with Novartis to raise awareness for hypertension and high blood pressure brought him to the Keystone State's capital.

While McNabb was in Harrisburg, not surprisingly, he met with former Philadelphia Mayor and the current Governor of PA, Ed Rendell. For those unfamiliar with the affable former mayor, Fast Eddie is quite the sports fan and even appears on Comcast Sportsnet's Eagles Post Game Show to help analyze the games.

As usual when you get the Eagles QB in the house, things turned to football and the typical, "Did the Eagles do enough to compete?" questions.

McNabb answers honestly, but still doesn't seem thrilled with the tools at his disposal.

Q: Did the team do enough this offseason to compete for a Super Bowl?

A: We have enough to compete right now. If there is a chance to continue improving our roster after June 1 than we should look at that too.

The leading contender to host the NHL Winter Classic on New Year's Day 2009 may have come up lame, and we're barely past the quarter pole. In an interview with USA Today, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, the league has run into some unspecified snags when it comes to using Yankee Stadium next year:

"There is some construction going on, which may impact us," he said. "There are some winterization issues because it's an older stadium. As I sit here today, I don't know whether or not they can be resolved."

Fair enough. And if Yankee Stadium won't be available, what other options does the league have?

We already know that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has contacted the league and offered to have Penn State's Beaver Stadium host the game -- as long as its between cross-state rivals Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

Given how that series has proven to be something of a ratings winner for Versus during this playoff, it might not be a bad idea. As far as Bettman is concerned, he says that an announcement could come as early as next month.

But that's not the only option. There have already been reports concerning a possible game at Soldier Field in Chicago or even Fenway Park in Boston.