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doing, really putting up some nice numbers, cleveland. that's what you always like about it, because you have to defend in order to win the championship. and you have to be able to take care of the defensive boards. >> mike: foye rattles out the three. the cavs have the monday game against the pistons, going to toronto on friday. and great job from toronto on all-star weekend. a basketball-loving city. and that's the old barkley rule. back it out for five seconds, dribble there. mozgov, called for that at the end of the game. the worst home losses for the thunder. it will be interesting to see what happens after a couple days' practice. guys, what are we doing.
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there's 26 seconds left. the local news is waiting on many of these abc stations. they'll bring mcgary, former michigan wolverine to the line. and he played there for two years, the national championship gam game. thanks for carrying me, fighting through my cold here today. much appreciate it. >> hubie: listen, we appreciate the fact you showed up today. because you're a gamer. like when you look at michael jordan, 82, 82, 82. that's you. >> mike: got to show up for work. great to see the cavaliers play so well. 115-92, thunder will inbound it here after the 24-second
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violation. love with 29 and 11. lebron, 25, 11 assists, 7 boards. durant, 26, westbrook, 20. but the cavaliers sweep the season series from the thunder. so long from oklahoma city. remember the lakers and bulls tonight. for many of you, local news or world news coming up on abc. ot . only available for a limited time by me... ahhhhhhh!!! same dream? some fake colonel, pretending to be, but i'm me! so only i can introduce kfc's delicious, new nashville hot chicken. with a spicy, smoky flavor, only available for a limited time, by me, colonel sanders. i know dear. [gasp] [ominous music] it's finger lickin' good!
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uber drivings/a deadly shooting spree in michigan. apparently taking people at random and we will have have latest. plus bill cosby a's wife abe or last tip up to a avoid a deposition why her lawyers said she should not have to testify. santa starting to get excited about the the start of spring training. >> that is right jeff skversky is live in clear water, hi there, jeff. inn hey guys, codey asche dibs here early fighting for a job, bottom line if he doesn't hit this year he will be out of the job. the latest on a mentally tough, 2015, from codey asche coming up in sports. all right, thanks, jeff. that and much more when "action news" comes right back.
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people killed. forty-five year-old jason dalton apparently picked his victims at the random outside an apartment complex at a car dealership and cracker barrel restaurant parking lot. dalton was married father of two, uber driver and no criminal record. he was finally arrested in kalamazoo after a massive manhunt. attorneys for bill cosby's wife have filed ab emergency motion to postpone her deposition, scheduled for tomorrow in massachusetts. camille cosby is supposed to answer questions in a deaf nation lawsuit, brought against her husband by seven women he is accused of molesting. on friday a federal judge ordered the deposition to go on, but her lawyers contend she has nothing to do with the allegations, so she should not have to testify. philadelphia's first responders abe their families were treated to well deserved fun today. police officers, fire fighters, military members and emt were admitted free of charge to the billboard park skating ring this afternoon. they got these skaters in the grove as mayor jim kenney and
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police commissioner richard ross thanked each an every person for their service. there were photo opportunities for people to take pictures with the member and women in blue. police officers from philadelphia and surrounding suburbs joined a man from south jersey on his mission to honor officers killed in the line of duty. james, left the art museum steps on the run in honor of sergeant robert wilson the third, killed in march of last year. in january and february he dedicates each day's run to the state and it officers, all while raising money for special charities. dear fellow citizen, i know how it feels to save for retirement and college - times two. i get that it can be overwhelming, because i'm living it. but i always tell people - saving's not that complicated.
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training, of course, most of them are already there, so is our jeff skversky live from clearwater, florida. jeff, you caught up with one position player, the question is, what position will he play? >> well, ironically he could be playing first base. one codey asche is in camp early, he is fighting for a job. he is a man on the mission trying to avoid becoming a man without a position. asche is fighting for starting left fielder's job with aaron altear and many more. he had a heart to heart with manager pete mackanin. he said i think i'm better than some of the guys i'm putting out there and i will prove it to you. >> codey asche is in a tough position, he lost his job at third base last year to miguel franco and was sent to triple a to learn left feel. while lefties his focus this spring, phillies now want him to learn first base. >> are you a third base man, left fielder or first base
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man. >> or all of the above. >> i would say i can do all of the above. you know, my goal, it is to be an every day outfielder. >> reporter: for asche to play he needs to hit which was a struggle last season. .245 batting average and 12 home runs is not cutting it. on top the of the position change and demotion it was all eating away at him. >> mentally when you do a couple different things and going through stuff, you are not having success you should be, you know, that is when it get tough. >> reporter: after beating himself up and many sleepless nights, asche still has a clear mind in clearwater, and all of the confidence in the world. >> i have shown glimpses of being a middle of the row bat bat and glimpses of being a guy not the in the line up. you have to produce or we have to move on. i'm betting on codey to be successful. >> reporter: chase utley thinks the same thing, before he was traded he gave
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asche a lot of add rise. he also gave him an autograph bat. asche considers it a prize possession and if asche can hit anywhere close do what you the thely used to, he will play for the philadelphia phillies. we are live from clearwater, jeff skversky channel six "action news" good all right, that is a prized possession. we will have much more on "action news" sports sunday including the one on one with phillies manager pete mackanin. the ducis rodgers will be joined by 97.5 the fanatic mike missanelli, i will be here too after "action news" at 11:00. flyers have been hit by the your big. michael dell zotto is lost for the rest offers season. they are without shawn couturier and claude giroux. steve mason also had muscle cramps. lasalle at george washington today. colonials put on a shooting clinic. gw shot 63 percent from the field in the first half. ten of two from the three-point line. the from the opening tip to the final buzzer they could not miss beating explorers by
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40, nine on-50. temple looking back, and, houston tonight. and nast cat the with the 58th running of the daytona 500. dale earnhardt junior considered a favorite won but he his luck runs out with 30 lap toss go. matt can set had the lead on the final lap. watch what happens. falls all the way back to 14th. so martin truex will be will be neck and neck and hamlin will win it the by about, 4 inches. so closing finish in race's history. look at the that. >> hamlin gets his first daytona 500 victory by a nose. by a hair. >> really, that is something. >> yes. >> thanks, jamie. a look at your workweek forecast up next here on "action news". >> that is right, meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right back.
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so melissa is here with your check of your accu weather forecast. we have been feeling spring like. >> yes, and that will continue as we get into monday but in between that time we are tracking light showers tonight, guys. we will talk about what is going on, storm tracker six live double scan radar. we have a little precipitation scattered about the delaware and lehigh valleys. we show you that presip in the city and points north and west for lancaster, reading, allentown, poconos. we will go tighter on street level on storm tracker six down to south jersey. we will see moderate pocket there in atlantic city, traveling along route 50, between mays landing and sea isle city, light precipitation. same thing for millville,
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glassboro and off to the left in forte thecue and salem we have light showers. expect this to continue as we go throughout the early evening hours and then clearing, overnight tonight. we will show you picture outside action cam was outside earlier this afternoon looking at center city sky line from the bell machines plateau. we have plenty of unshine overhead and, of course, enough sun on get these numbers well above average. highs across the region today atlantic city 67 degrees, and million will 65. wilmington in philadelphia a, and in the letter 60's. will allentown today had a high of 57. so still quite mild even though we are tracking that precipitation as it is moving in. fifty-five in the city. forty at lancaster. forty-five in the poconos a long the coast at wildwood at 50. forty-seven in beach haven. here's satellite six with action radar. we are tracking moisture that is currently coming out of the ohio valley and some of this precipitation lifting off to the north which is why we have light showers scattered about the region. they will persist through early evening hours and we
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will clear out in time for start of the workweek on monday. call from accu weather over next 12 hours, light rain early, overnight clearing will be on the way, we will drop down to 31 in the suburbs. 36 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low. let's time out precipitation for you 9:00 o'clock this evening notice light showers will continue, from the west/east direction across the area. as we go throughout the overnight hours you can see that moisture pushes off shore and there was some talk, earlier in the week that there could be the possibility of some wet the snow on the back side of this. doesn't look like that will happen. temperatures nonetheless north and west of town will drop below freezing tonight or whoever just around that but by the time that occurs the precipitation is long gone, well out to the east. we are looking good for rest of tonight. tomorrow afternoon we are climbing backup into the upper 40's, lower 50's and then we're tracking another disturbance that moves in into tuesday afternoon and wednesday and with that there is potential of a good soaking
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