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The League, a selective dating app for the elite, is set to go live in Cincinnati on Tuesday.
The Queen City is among several cities included in the latest expansion of the app, which first launched in San Francisco in 2015 and now operates in 37 cities.
But unlike popular dating apps Tinder and Bumble, not everyone can join.
The app, which is invite-only and designed for "aspiring power couples," will launch with 500 Cincinnati users, officials said in a release. More than 3,000 users are on a waitlist.
So, how does one qualify to take a dip in this exclusive dating pool?
First, you have to have the right professional credentials: The screening process takes into account job titles, career field and where one went to college or graduate school.
Applicants must also share their LinkedIn profiles and submit six photos, as well as a personal bio. The League then uses an algorithm to give applications an initial pass.
The final approvals, however, are made by humans.
What can one expect if they're approved?
Expect a much different dating experience than that on Tinder and Bumble.
The League allows users to set "ultra-specific" preferences so they can have more control over who can and cannot contact them.
Those LinkedIn profiles also come in handy for more than just confirming place of employment: The app blocks users from their business connections and coworkers.
For tighter security, users can also include their Facebook profiles to block friends.
And, because The League screens its users before they join, users will never have to wonder if who they match with is fake: "We do all the research," the website says.
Every day, the app sends users five prospects to scout. If both users show interest, they get a "home run." Then they can chat, message each other and set up a time to meet.
Despite the app's efforts to match users with their successful other half, some matches just don't take off. Instead of clogging the feed, inactive matches expire after 21 days.
Sound like a lot? That's because it is, and they want it that way.
"We're inherently niche for a reason because if you want to date everyone, you can go on Tinder," Meredith Davis, The League's head of communications, told the Detroit Free Press last year.
The League, which runs on a freemium model, will be available Tuesday on all iOS and Android devices.
Those who wish to bypass the waitlist or want additional features can upgrade to become a member, with memberships beginning at $99 for one month.
For more information on the app, click or tap here.
Democrats wasted no time announcing their candidacies for leadership elections after retaking the House Tuesday night.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made clear that after leading her party into the majority for a second time, she intends to be the speaker of the House again.
Minority Whip Steny Hoyer indicated he plans to seek election as majority leader, maintaining his spot as the second-ranking member in the caucus.
“I will certainly be running for majority leader,” the Maryland Democrat said.
Representative James Clyburn confirmed that he would seek to keep the third spot in the caucus hierarchy with a run for majority whip.
“I intend to write a letter to all my caucus members [Wednesday] informing them that I intend to be a candidate for whip,” he told reporters.
“I think you’ll see Nancy Pelosi remain No. 1, Steny No. 2, and hopefully I’ll remain No. 3,” Clyburn said.
The chairman of the DCCC, Representative Ben Ray Lujan, is looking at a run for assistant leader, the fourth-ranking leadership position, after leading his party to victory.
Murmurs from younger House members have made party brass’s road to retaining leadership positions more of a headache than it otherwise would be. Many newly elected members, including New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, distanced themselves from Pelosi or vowed not to vote for her for speaker during their campaigns.
But Pelosi has her defenders as well.
“Obviously you don’t fire the coach after you win the World Series,” said Representative Brad Sherman.
Even President Trump said he thinks Pelosi earned the title.
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17. Where can I get a deal on electronics?
To drum up sales, retailers have been offering lots of short-term bargains lately -- making it tough to know you're getting the lowest price at any given time. Zillions of sites out there can help you compare prices, but shopping engine expert Brian Smith loves PriceGrabber's combo of usefulness and comprehensiveness. Enter the product you want and your zip code, and up pops a list of retailers that offer the best prices after taxes and shipping. Money recently found a Panasonic Viera 50-inch plasma TV for $700 at superstore TigerDirect.com; after factoring in $99 shipping, NewEgg.com was $80 cheaper.
Coolest feature: Want to pay no more than, say, $650? Set an alert naming that price. You'll get an e-mail when a retailer hits it.
Try this too: Google.com/Products, Google's price-comparison tool. It lacks a price-alert feature but tracks some retailers PriceGrabber doesn't.
NEXT: 18. How can I pay less for everyday stuff?
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was booed before he even got out of the airport.
The No. 2 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft declined to sign autographs when he landed at Philadelphia International Airport in April and, as they are known to do, those spurned Eagles fans let him have it. Unlike Donovan McNabb, the last homegrown Eagles franchise QB who was also selected No. 2 and was showered with boos the moment the pick was announced in 1999, Wentz didn't hear it from the infamously hostile fans until after he arrived in April.
When he set foot in Philly that day, the plan was for the rookie to wait his turn behind incumbent starter Sam Bradford. But days before the start of the season, Bradford was traded to Minnesota and Wentz was thrust into the starting role. Gulp.
Since taking command of first-year coach Doug Pederson's offense, Wentz has rocketed to stardom. He's been called a savior. The future. He started the season 3-0 with wins against Cleveland, Chicago and then Pittsburgh, throwing five touchdowns in those games without an interception and all of a sudden, the Eagles had themselves a legit QB with a bright future.
The fans here? They've been absolutely delirious with glee ever since.
They've fallen hard for Wentz. Local NBC sports anchor John Clark said in less than half a season on the job, Wentz is already revered "like a god."
"Immediately, when you saw his success at the beginning, they were calling it Wentzylvania, Carson Country, and I think people have been waiting for that sign that we have someone that can lead us to a Super Bowl," Clark told the Daily News. "I think they really have attached themselves to Carson Wentz and I think they also sense he has all of the things you need in a franchise quarterback. All the boxes are checked and they can see he has the intelligence, the physical skills, the intangibles, the leadership."
Now they'll see about his mettle.
With the Birds mired in a 1-3 slide after that miracle start, and with the rival Giants up next, Philly fans may be soon ready to clear their throats. The boo birds, like vultures, are always circling Lincoln Financial Field.
After a hot start, the Eagles and Wentz have come back to earth. In his last four games, Wentz has tossed just four TDs and three picks. His worst game as a pro was actually a win powered by the Philly defense and special teams against the Vikings in which Wentz threw for 138 yards and was intercepted twice.
"I need to be better," Wentz said last week. "I need to play smarter and protect the football."
But now Wentz and the Eagles are officially in a slump following an overtime loss at Dallas that's been blamed on Pederson's too-safe play-calling and poor receiver play. Nobody is ready to blame the 23-year-old quarterback yet.
"Carson gets better every week," Pederson said Monday.
"The numbers may not be there, but the thing is, he's not turning the ball over," he said. "The last couple weeks, he's had a couple interceptions, he's really protected the ball a little better. He's understanding how to spread the ball around, using his personnel a little better each week.
"I think just understanding the offense, when a play comes in, what we're trying to get done, why I am calling that play in that situation. He's getting better there. The sideline, which a lot of people don't see, the communication with his offensive line, his receivers, with myself, with (offensive coordinator) Frank (Reich), is the best I've really been around."
Making matters more difficult for Wentz has been his rickety receivers dropping too many balls. It's been a recurring problem. Last year, the Eagles led the league with 42 drops. Against the Cowboys, Eagles receivers dropped several, none worse than Nelson Agholor's blunder in the red zone on a third-and-6 that likely would have produced a first down.
After the game, Agholor went on a long rant about how "that s--t means nothing."
Wentz was not supposed to be the starter this season.
When you have a rookie QB who threw nine incompletions in the entire game, yes, actually it does mean something. That kind of poor receiver play does little to support a rookie under center and is why the Eagles have been mentioned in trade rumors heading into Tuesday's deadline.
To his credit, Wentz has not blamed his stone-handed receivers. "I have to help them out so it's not something we're too worried about," he said.
The Eagles enjoyed a hot start, but now Wentz will be called on to guide them through adversity. While Philly fans got a glimpse of their QB during the good times to start the year, now they'll see how he operates when things aren't going well.
"When you talk about Carson, you're talking about a blue-collar quarterback," Howie Roseman, the Eagles' VP of football operations, has said. "He fits into this city, into the personality of this city, and you see that when he plays."
Pederson, the former QB who ceded the starting job in Philly to McNabb in 1999, has already compared Wentz to Brett Favre — for the gunslinger mentality he has yet to tap into with a conservative playbook — and Peyton Manning — for the way he prepares and devours film, beginning at 5:30 a.m. every day.
"You hate to label him, but that's how Peyton prepared," Pederson said. "That's how these top guys prepare. He has that now as a young quarterback. That will just carry him throughout his career."
Backup QB Chase Daniel, who studied under Drew Brees and came with Pederson from Kansas City, has taken the kid under his wing. Like everyone else, he marvels at how intelligent Wentz is and what he picks up in their pre-dawn film sessions.
"He's extremely smart," Daniel said. "You have to be smart, but retention, especially in a wordy offense like this, you have to be able to spit it out when the bullets are flying and he has no problem with that."
Between Pederson, Reich and Daniel, Wentz, a high school valedictorian and two-time national champion at tiny North Dakota State, is being nurtured in an extremely quarterback-friendly environment.
Wentz faces the Giants this week, but Jets fans have a better understanding of what it is to be desperate for a franchise QB like him. Eli Manning has won two Super Bowls for the Giants and provided stability at the most important position on the field for more than a decade, while the Jets are still looking for their first Super Bowl win since 1969.
The Eagles have been waiting even longer. Their last championship was in 1960 and the Eagles are the only team in the NFC East to never win a Super Bowl. For a sports-crazed city unified behind only one team in each of the major sports, it's been torture waiting. And waiting.
Maybe desperate is an understatement. The Eagles haven't won a playoff game in seven years. Since 2009, they are second behind only the wretched Browns with six starting quarterbacks to open the season (Cleveland's had seven).
Pennsylvania and his native North Dakota. The small town kid from Bismarck, N.D., is now the biggest star in Philadelphia.
Local sportscaster Al Morganti, borrowing the famous line from an early Bruce Springsteen concert review, recently wrote, "We have seen the future of the Philadelphia Eagles and his name is Carson Wentz."
Of course, there were plenty of Eagles fans who thought the likes of Bobby Hoying or Koy Detmer or Nick Foles or Mike Vick or Bradford all represented some kind of future, too. Hell, even Mark Sanchez had a moment in Philly when he beat the Panthers in a Monday night game two years ago and made local headlines when he showed up at Pat's and Geno's for cheesesteaks after the game.
Yep, even for a moment, the Eagles were in love with the Sanchize.
While Wentz isn't quite cut from the same fabric as local sporting legends like foul-mouthed underdogs Lenny Dykstra, Allen Iverson and Buddy Ryan, he's already won over this city. He dates his high school sweetheart, still drives a pickup truck, has sported a Flyers cap, and has a bit of Tim Tebow in him (he is also deeply religious) as the latest chapter of the Wentz legend was caught on camera Sunday night in Dallas before the overtime defeat. During warmups, he spotted a kid on the sideline in his green No. 11 jersey, got up from his stretches and went over to sign an autograph for him.
"God bless you," Wentz told the kid.
The clip was retweeted more than 1,400 times. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, an Eagles fan from South Philly, saw the video and commented on Twitter, "Simply a nice young man. Go Birds!"
If he didn't sign for the kid, nobody would have given it a second thought. And fans certainly wouldn't have booed Wentz for not giving him an autograph like they did six months ago at the airport.
Wentz has to do a lot worse to hear that from Eagles fans now.
But with three losses in four games, that may soon change.
REMI GARDE is set to suffer the same fate as predecessor Tim Sherwood after another defeat for Aston Villa proved how little progress has been made under the Frenchman.
Back in October it was a 1-0 defeat to Swansea that brought an end to Sherwood’s time in charge of Villa.
Five months and 20 games later, a single goal defeat to the same club seems appears to have closed the curtain on the Garde’s ill-fated spell as a Premier League boss.
Sherwood had taken four points from 10 games and had just lost six on the spin when he went. After Federico Fernandez’s goal from Brad Guzan’s blunder, Garde has five from the last 10 and has lost six in a row.
All the signs point to new chairman Steve Hollis ushering Garde and his coaching team to the exit door in the next couple of days, and asking Kevin MacDonald to begin his third spell as the club’s caretaker with legend Gordon Cowans alongside him.
That will be the first stage in getting the fans behind the club again. Then in the summer will come the biggest choice of all to name the man who will be tasked with winning a Championship promotion campaign.
Dare they risk repeating the Alex McLeish experience by going for first choice Steve Bruce? Probably not.
Unity is the key word for the next step forward and for all Bruce’s pedigree as a promotion winner the risk of another ex-Birmingham boss would be too big.
That leaves Nigel Pearson as an obvious target, with the alternative option of going for a boss with Villa roots such as Preston’s Simon Grayson who has won promotions at every club he’s managed.
Either way this game underlined why Garde, while he might not be the problem, won’t be seen as part of the solution.
He may have arrived with a strong reputation from his work with Lyon, but he hasn’t had any serious impact. There is not a single player who has significantly improved, and several who have gone backwards.
“The way we played today, I have to say I am quite pleased with the spirit,” was his verdict. But the reality was that Villa had not given Lukasz Fabianski a serious save to make.
Swansea were actually awful - there for the taking. Their manager Francesco Guidolin made the bizarre decision to start his biggest goal threat Gylfi Sigurdsson out on the left wing.
The experiment lasted 20 minutes and it wasn’t clear how much the Icelandic international had taken matters into his own hands to change the plan or whether Guidolin had realised he was wrong.
Either way it was enough to take the club to 36 points and within spitting distance of safety, but Guidolin is unlikely to be the man to take them forward when his short-term contract ends in the summer.
Chairman Huw Jenkins plans a top-to-tail review of the club once safety is secured, and skipper Ashley Williams believes it is essential that lessons are learned.
He said: “We definitely need that review. We need to do that every season, all of us and not just the chairman.
“For whatever reason we have got it wrong this season and it is unacceptable for a club like Swansea to have a season like this, I believe, with the players we have got.

The League, a selective dating app for the elite, is set to go live in Cincinnati on Tuesday.

The Queen City is among several cities included in the latest expansion of the app, which first launched in San Francisco in 2015 and now operates in 37 cities.

But unlike popular dating apps Tinder and Bumble, not everyone can join.

The app, which is invite-only and designed for "aspiring power couples," will launch with 500 Cincinnati users, officials said in a release. More than 3,000 users are on a waitlist.

So, how does one qualify to take a dip in this exclusive dating pool?

First, you have to have the right professional credentials: The screening process takes into account job titles, career field and where one went to college or graduate school.

Applicants must also share their LinkedIn profiles and submit six photos, as well as a personal bio. The League then uses an algorithm to give applications an initial pass.

The final approvals, however, are made by humans.

What can one expect if they're approved?

Expect a much different dating experience than that on Tinder and Bumble.

The League allows users to set "ultra-specific" preferences so they can have more control over who can and cannot contact them.

Those LinkedIn profiles also come in handy for more than just confirming place of employment: The app blocks users from their business connections and coworkers.

For tighter security, users can also include their Facebook profiles to block friends.

And, because The League screens its users before they join, users will never have to wonder if who they match with is fake: "We do all the research," the website says.

Every day, the app sends users five prospects to scout. If both users show interest, they get a "home run." Then they can chat, message each other and set up a time to meet.

Despite the app's efforts to match users with their successful other half, some matches just don't take off. Instead of clogging the feed, inactive matches expire after 21 days.

Sound like a lot? That's because it is, and they want it that way.

"We're inherently niche for a reason because if you want to date everyone, you can go on Tinder," Meredith Davis, The League's head of communications, told the Detroit Free Press last year.

The League, which runs on a freemium model, will be available Tuesday on all iOS and Android devices.

Those who wish to bypass the waitlist or want additional features can upgrade to become a member, with memberships beginning at $99 for one month.

For more information on the app, click or tap here.

Democrats wasted no time announcing their candidacies for leadership elections after retaking the House Tuesday night.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made clear that after leading her party into the majority for a second time, she intends to be the speaker of the House again.

Minority Whip Steny Hoyer indicated he plans to seek election as majority leader, maintaining his spot as the second-ranking member in the caucus.

“I will certainly be running for majority leader,” the Maryland Democrat said.

Representative James Clyburn confirmed that he would seek to keep the third spot in the caucus hierarchy with a run for majority whip.

“I intend to write a letter to all my caucus members [Wednesday] informing them that I intend to be a candidate for whip,” he told reporters.

“I think you’ll see Nancy Pelosi remain No. 1, Steny No. 2, and hopefully I’ll remain No. 3,” Clyburn said.

The chairman of the DCCC, Representative Ben Ray Lujan, is looking at a run for assistant leader, the fourth-ranking leadership position, after leading his party to victory.

Murmurs from younger House members have made party brass’s road to retaining leadership positions more of a headache than it otherwise would be. Many newly elected members, including New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, distanced themselves from Pelosi or vowed not to vote for her for speaker during their campaigns.

But Pelosi has her defenders as well.

“Obviously you don’t fire the coach after you win the World Series,” said Representative Brad Sherman.

Even President Trump said he thinks Pelosi earned the title.

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17. Where can I get a deal on electronics?

To drum up sales, retailers have been offering lots of short-term bargains lately -- making it tough to know you're getting the lowest price at any given time. Zillions of sites out there can help you compare prices, but shopping engine expert Brian Smith loves PriceGrabber's combo of usefulness and comprehensiveness. Enter the product you want and your zip code, and up pops a list of retailers that offer the best prices after taxes and shipping. Money recently found a Panasonic Viera 50-inch plasma TV for $700 at superstore TigerDirect.com; after factoring in $99 shipping, NewEgg.com was $80 cheaper.

Coolest feature: Want to pay no more than, say, $650? Set an alert naming that price. You'll get an e-mail when a retailer hits it.

Try this too: Google.com/Products, Google's price-comparison tool. It lacks a price-alert feature but tracks some retailers PriceGrabber doesn't.

NEXT: 18. How can I pay less for everyday stuff?

PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was booed before he even got out of the airport.

The No. 2 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft declined to sign autographs when he landed at Philadelphia International Airport in April and, as they are known to do, those spurned Eagles fans let him have it. Unlike Donovan McNabb, the last homegrown Eagles franchise QB who was also selected No. 2 and was showered with boos the moment the pick was announced in 1999, Wentz didn't hear it from the infamously hostile fans until after he arrived in April.

When he set foot in Philly that day, the plan was for the rookie to wait his turn behind incumbent starter Sam Bradford. But days before the start of the season, Bradford was traded to Minnesota and Wentz was thrust into the starting role. Gulp.

Since taking command of first-year coach Doug Pederson's offense, Wentz has rocketed to stardom. He's been called a savior. The future. He started the season 3-0 with wins against Cleveland, Chicago and then Pittsburgh, throwing five touchdowns in those games without an interception and all of a sudden, the Eagles had themselves a legit QB with a bright future.

The fans here? They've been absolutely delirious with glee ever since.

They've fallen hard for Wentz. Local NBC sports anchor John Clark said in less than half a season on the job, Wentz is already revered "like a god."

"Immediately, when you saw his success at the beginning, they were calling it Wentzylvania, Carson Country, and I think people have been waiting for that sign that we have someone that can lead us to a Super Bowl," Clark told the Daily News. "I think they really have attached themselves to Carson Wentz and I think they also sense he has all of the things you need in a franchise quarterback. All the boxes are checked and they can see he has the intelligence, the physical skills, the intangibles, the leadership."

Now they'll see about his mettle.

With the Birds mired in a 1-3 slide after that miracle start, and with the rival Giants up next, Philly fans may be soon ready to clear their throats. The boo birds, like vultures, are always circling Lincoln Financial Field.

After a hot start, the Eagles and Wentz have come back to earth. In his last four games, Wentz has tossed just four TDs and three picks. His worst game as a pro was actually a win powered by the Philly defense and special teams against the Vikings in which Wentz threw for 138 yards and was intercepted twice.

"I need to be better," Wentz said last week. "I need to play smarter and protect the football."

But now Wentz and the Eagles are officially in a slump following an overtime loss at Dallas that's been blamed on Pederson's too-safe play-calling and poor receiver play. Nobody is ready to blame the 23-year-old quarterback yet.

"Carson gets better every week," Pederson said Monday.

"The numbers may not be there, but the thing is, he's not turning the ball over," he said. "The last couple weeks, he's had a couple interceptions, he's really protected the ball a little better. He's understanding how to spread the ball around, using his personnel a little better each week.

"I think just understanding the offense, when a play comes in, what we're trying to get done, why I am calling that play in that situation. He's getting better there. The sideline, which a lot of people don't see, the communication with his offensive line, his receivers, with myself, with (offensive coordinator) Frank (Reich), is the best I've really been around."

Making matters more difficult for Wentz has been his rickety receivers dropping too many balls. It's been a recurring problem. Last year, the Eagles led the league with 42 drops. Against the Cowboys, Eagles receivers dropped several, none worse than Nelson Agholor's blunder in the red zone on a third-and-6 that likely would have produced a first down.

After the game, Agholor went on a long rant about how "that s--t means nothing."

Wentz was not supposed to be the starter this season.

When you have a rookie QB who threw nine incompletions in the entire game, yes, actually it does mean something. That kind of poor receiver play does little to support a rookie under center and is why the Eagles have been mentioned in trade rumors heading into Tuesday's deadline.

To his credit, Wentz has not blamed his stone-handed receivers. "I have to help them out so it's not something we're too worried about," he said.

The Eagles enjoyed a hot start, but now Wentz will be called on to guide them through adversity. While Philly fans got a glimpse of their QB during the good times to start the year, now they'll see how he operates when things aren't going well.

"When you talk about Carson, you're talking about a blue-collar quarterback," Howie Roseman, the Eagles' VP of football operations, has said. "He fits into this city, into the personality of this city, and you see that when he plays."

Pederson, the former QB who ceded the starting job in Philly to McNabb in 1999, has already compared Wentz to Brett Favre — for the gunslinger mentality he has yet to tap into with a conservative playbook — and Peyton Manning — for the way he prepares and devours film, beginning at 5:30 a.m. every day.

"You hate to label him, but that's how Peyton prepared," Pederson said. "That's how these top guys prepare. He has that now as a young quarterback. That will just carry him throughout his career."

Backup QB Chase Daniel, who studied under Drew Brees and came with Pederson from Kansas City, has taken the kid under his wing. Like everyone else, he marvels at how intelligent Wentz is and what he picks up in their pre-dawn film sessions.

"He's extremely smart," Daniel said. "You have to be smart, but retention, especially in a wordy offense like this, you have to be able to spit it out when the bullets are flying and he has no problem with that."

Between Pederson, Reich and Daniel, Wentz, a high school valedictorian and two-time national champion at tiny North Dakota State, is being nurtured in an extremely quarterback-friendly environment.

Wentz faces the Giants this week, but Jets fans have a better understanding of what it is to be desperate for a franchise QB like him. Eli Manning has won two Super Bowls for the Giants and provided stability at the most important position on the field for more than a decade, while the Jets are still looking for their first Super Bowl win since 1969.

The Eagles have been waiting even longer. Their last championship was in 1960 and the Eagles are the only team in the NFC East to never win a Super Bowl. For a sports-crazed city unified behind only one team in each of the major sports, it's been torture waiting. And waiting.

Maybe desperate is an understatement. The Eagles haven't won a playoff game in seven years. Since 2009, they are second behind only the wretched Browns with six starting quarterbacks to open the season (Cleveland's had seven).

Pennsylvania and his native North Dakota. The small town kid from Bismarck, N.D., is now the biggest star in Philadelphia.

Local sportscaster Al Morganti, borrowing the famous line from an early Bruce Springsteen concert review, recently wrote, "We have seen the future of the Philadelphia Eagles and his name is Carson Wentz."

Of course, there were plenty of Eagles fans who thought the likes of Bobby Hoying or Koy Detmer or Nick Foles or Mike Vick or Bradford all represented some kind of future, too. Hell, even Mark Sanchez had a moment in Philly when he beat the Panthers in a Monday night game two years ago and made local headlines when he showed up at Pat's and Geno's for cheesesteaks after the game.

Yep, even for a moment, the Eagles were in love with the Sanchize.

While Wentz isn't quite cut from the same fabric as local sporting legends like foul-mouthed underdogs Lenny Dykstra, Allen Iverson and Buddy Ryan, he's already won over this city. He dates his high school sweetheart, still drives a pickup truck, has sported a Flyers cap, and has a bit of Tim Tebow in him (he is also deeply religious) as the latest chapter of the Wentz legend was caught on camera Sunday night in Dallas before the overtime defeat. During warmups, he spotted a kid on the sideline in his green No. 11 jersey, got up from his stretches and went over to sign an autograph for him.

"God bless you," Wentz told the kid.

The clip was retweeted more than 1,400 times. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, an Eagles fan from South Philly, saw the video and commented on Twitter, "Simply a nice young man. Go Birds!"

If he didn't sign for the kid, nobody would have given it a second thought. And fans certainly wouldn't have booed Wentz for not giving him an autograph like they did six months ago at the airport.

Wentz has to do a lot worse to hear that from Eagles fans now.

But with three losses in four games, that may soon change.

REMI GARDE is set to suffer the same fate as predecessor Tim Sherwood after another defeat for Aston Villa proved how little progress has been made under the Frenchman.

Back in October it was a 1-0 defeat to Swansea that brought an end to Sherwood’s time in charge of Villa.

Five months and 20 games later, a single goal defeat to the same club seems appears to have closed the curtain on the Garde’s ill-fated spell as a Premier League boss.

Sherwood had taken four points from 10 games and had just lost six on the spin when he went. After Federico Fernandez’s goal from Brad Guzan’s blunder, Garde has five from the last 10 and has lost six in a row.

All the signs point to new chairman Steve Hollis ushering Garde and his coaching team to the exit door in the next couple of days, and asking Kevin MacDonald to begin his third spell as the club’s caretaker with legend Gordon Cowans alongside him.

That will be the first stage in getting the fans behind the club again. Then in the summer will come the biggest choice of all to name the man who will be tasked with winning a Championship promotion campaign.

Dare they risk repeating the Alex McLeish experience by going for first choice Steve Bruce? Probably not.

Unity is the key word for the next step forward and for all Bruce’s pedigree as a promotion winner the risk of another ex-Birmingham boss would be too big.

That leaves Nigel Pearson as an obvious target, with the alternative option of going for a boss with Villa roots such as Preston’s Simon Grayson who has won promotions at every club he’s managed.

Either way this game underlined why Garde, while he might not be the problem, won’t be seen as part of the solution.

He may have arrived with a strong reputation from his work with Lyon, but he hasn’t had any serious impact. There is not a single player who has significantly improved, and several who have gone backwards.

“The way we played today, I have to say I am quite pleased with the spirit,” was his verdict. But the reality was that Villa had not given Lukasz Fabianski a serious save to make.

Swansea were actually awful - there for the taking. Their manager Francesco Guidolin made the bizarre decision to start his biggest goal threat Gylfi Sigurdsson out on the left wing.

The experiment lasted 20 minutes and it wasn’t clear how much the Icelandic international had taken matters into his own hands to change the plan or whether Guidolin had realised he was wrong.

Either way it was enough to take the club to 36 points and within spitting distance of safety, but Guidolin is unlikely to be the man to take them forward when his short-term contract ends in the summer.

Chairman Huw Jenkins plans a top-to-tail review of the club once safety is secured, and skipper Ashley Williams believes it is essential that lessons are learned.

He said: “We definitely need that review. We need to do that every season, all of us and not just the chairman.

“For whatever reason we have got it wrong this season and it is unacceptable for a club like Swansea to have a season like this, I believe, with the players we have got.