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At noon on a lush green field just west of Lehigh University's indoor tennis facility, a small group of athletes ran sprints and ducked around cones to the low bark of a coach prodding them to go "faster, faster." Yet the grandstand was empty. No cameras clicked. No one waited to spot their favorite Philadelphia Eagles star, or the team's new coach, Chip Kelly. The ubiquitous green welcome banners that hung across streets and from light poles in Bethlehem were absent. For the first time in 17 years, the Eagles opened training camp without the dark green backdrop of South Mountain. Click here to read article