NHL cancels all games through Jan. 14
NEW YORK - The NHL could be one step away from canceling another hockey season because of a labor fight with the players.In the latest round of cancellations, the NHL on Thursday wiped out all games...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers Notebook: Bynum visited personal physician Thursday
Andrew Bynum visited his personal physician Thursday in New York and, depending on what David Altchek saw in the follow-up appointment or in the MRIs on Bynum's knees, a timetable for the injured...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers: Collins frustrated by recent lapse
HOUSTON - There's a mandatory cooldown period following NBA games, during which coaches and players are off-limits to reporters - mandatory unless the coach circumvents that policy.Still hot from an...
View ArticleNHL cancels all games through Jan. 14
NEW YORK (AP) - The next round of NHL cuts could be the deepest yet.With no deal in sight and no negotiations planned, the NHL chopped another two weeks off the schedule and moved closer to canceling...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: Birds slated for RGIII rematch
PHILADELPHIA - The way Robert Griffin III has performed, there shouldn't have been any bidding for his services before the draft.The St. Louis Rams would have been smart selecting Griffin with the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles Notebook: Birds keeping an eye on McCoy
PHILADELPHIA - LeSean McCoy starts at running back when the Eagles take on the Washington Redskins Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.Don't look for McCoy to finish the game regardless of how the Eagles...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers Notebook: Bynum takes baby step in recovery process
PHILADELPHIA - For the first time in a long time, good news came out of Andrew Bynum's camp.The injured center said Friday his bilateral knee bone bruises are healed and swelling has subsided, which...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers: Sixers snap five game skid against Hawks
PHILADELPHIA - Early Friday, Jrue Holiday said there's a lot of Lou Williams in Evan Turner.Holiday said Williams' light-hearted, comical mentality rubbed off on the impressionable Turner the two...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: Redskins are latest obstacle to halting downward spiral
PHILADELPHIA - It wasn't supposed to end like this.Not with Michael Vick healthy, yet not playing.Not with Andy Reid asked how he feels about what could be his last home game coaching the Eagles.What...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers: Holiday returns from injury, proves himself invaluable
PHILADELPHIA - Before Jrue Holiday sprained his foot against the Bulls Dec. 12, he was being mentioned as a possible All-Star selection.This is one of those rare instances where a player suffering an...
View ArticleNorristown brothers compete in Ultimate Trampoline Dodgeball tournament
NORRISTOWN - For most families, Christmas Day is spent with family sitting and talking around a great feast at the dinner table. For twin brothers Matt and Andrew Giovinco and their family, however, it...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: McCaffery: In the end, a sad Reid
PHILADELPHIA - A little short of its goal, after a draining of timeouts, with a penalty and ultimately with fan apathy.Such was the way Andy Reid's final Linc game ended Sunday.With the next great NFC...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: Foles remains focused amidst loss
PHILADELPHIA - Of the two enduring late-season questions about the failed Eagles of 2012, one gained clarity Sunday, while the other grew more mysterious.First, Andy Reid did nothing in a 27-20 loss to...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers: Sixers fall to Nets in close game
NEW YORK - Failure to hold a lead? Phooey. A discrepancy in trips to the foul line? Forget about it. What dogged the 76ers Sunday, in a 95-92 loss to Brooklyn, was their inability to win on the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: Birds lose to Redskins in home finale, 27-20
PHILADELPHIA - Andy Reid's last home game ended like no other.Rookie quarterback Nick Foles was flagged for intentional grounding with one second remaining, as he failed to get the ball back to the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: McCoy trying to keep it real
PHILADELPHIA - When LeSean McCoy found himself sucked into the strange vortex of Eagles injury luck this season, his team had long since made a southward standings turn and had just been buried by the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: Foles breaks hand, Vick likely to start
PHILADELPHIA - Eagles rookie quarterback Nick Foles has a broken right hand, and coach Andy Reid said Michael Vick will likely start against the New York Giants in Sunday's season finale.Reid said...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles: Avant rose from gang life to a man of Christ
PHILADELPHIA - Jason Avant raises his hands to the sky after every reception in celebration for much more than catching a ball.Playing football for the Philadelphia Eagles doesn't define Avant. After...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 76ers: Wright anticipating West Coast swing
Though he can't be home for the holidays, Dorell Wright rightfully considers the 76ers' current road trip one of both business and pleasure.He's among a trio of California kids on the Sixers' roster,...
View ArticleNFL: Manning, Peterson, Pagano: 2012 a year to remember
DENVER - From Peyton Manning overcoming four neck surgeries to Adrian Peterson's rebound from a shredded knee to Chuck Pagano's fight with leukemia, this has been the Year of the Comeback in the NFL.A...
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