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get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month for the first year. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. jeff skversky has a check on sports. at this point, the wheels are falling off for the fliers. >> lost six. and running the risk of becoming the first to win ten straight in a season and miss the playoffs. they're three points out coming into play with four teams in front of them. can they stop the bleeding tonight in vancouver? hope so. mike making his fourth straight start against the canucks.
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a good start. the power play, wayne simmons on the rebound. his team leading 25th. 1-0. just over a minute into the second, jake foarachek scores. and braden schenn, 3-0. it's the first time they have two power play goals in the same game in more than a month. right now up 3-1 in the second period. can you name the last sixers player in the nba all star game? drew holiday. four years ago. yeah, it's been that long since the sixers were represented at the all star game. no sixers tonight. but philly represented in new orleans. quest love and the roots playing pregame on a sixers drum set right there. former teammates in oklahoma city, kevin durant and russell westbrook back on the same team. getting along. the jam. in the huddle looks like they have finally made up. everyone is going to clap for this, lebron james and the half court shot.
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23 for 23. but the story of the night, new orleans own anthony davis, 52 points. breaking wilt chamberlain's all star record of 42. the west wins by ten. a combined 374 points tonight. all right. college hoops. what happened to temple today? the owls up double digits on uconn late in the second half, but score only one basket over the final four minutes. hosting uconn. up ten, eight and a half to go and blow it. puts them up three, rose. and final seconds. temple clinging to a one point lead. oh, no, three seconds left. temple down one. one last shot. austin jr. -- no. wow. temple loses 64-63. and they're playing their best ball of the season. today against yale, penn beat up yale in the second half. starting on a 13-0 run.
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howard the three, then darnell foreman for three. penn, 71-65. won a season-high four in a row. tommy joseph, big shoes to fill with the big piece gone. taking over the position ryan howard occupied for 13 years. joseph who made his major league debut last season was the third rookie to hit 20 or more homers. ducis rodgers goes one on one. >> and another year for you, tommy, how different going in knowing that you are the man full-time first baseman? >> it's good that's the way people are talking about it. it's my job to go earn, though. nothing is given to you in this game. you have to continue to earn everything you get on the field. and that's what i'm going to continue to do. >> what did you learn from ryan in the last couple of years? >> such a great guy and competitor. between the lines, you know, he's still mentally locked in
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and streets everybody, no matter who you are, with such respect. to see a guy like that who's accomplished so much in the game do what we did was special. >> how good can this team be we have the potential to do a lot of great things. obviously our division is one of the best in baseball. pitching depth in the division is incredible. we can get on a good roll. we should have a really fun season. >> well, let's hope so. it has not been a lot of fun around here. more tonight on action news sports sunday at 11:45, talk sixers, flyers and phillies. >> a lot to talk about. thank you, jeff. still to come on action news tonight, life has come full circle for a world war ii pilot. >> the amazing journey of a 96-year-old war veteran showing the world.
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>> three, two, one, ignition and liftoff. >> the spacex falcon 9 lifted off from the historic launch pad where apollo took off for the moon. it's carrying supplies for the international space station. more than 5,000 pounds of research equipment and supplies on board. expected to reach the space station ton tuesday.
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a 96-year-old veteran who flew in world war ii is taking flight. >> last week this american hero had the chance to fly in a vintage p-51 mustang like the one he flew during the war. jon donovan has more. >> reporter: not exactly is this history repeating itself, but echoes something this 96-year-old in this particular aircraft. once about 70 years ohing bob was a world war ii flyer. flying against the japanese. it was dangerous duty. >> we started off with 1500 guys in flight school. graduated 971. we lost about 251. >> reporter: and he was delighted to take the chance once more, with a little help, into a world war ii vintage p-51 mustang. in the back this time. pilot in the front. >> you are amazing.
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>> reporter: speaking of amazing. they rocked maneuvers. >> complete control. and got to do a loop. >> reporter: a loop, that's like a big vertical circle in the sky. bob got through it all easily. but wanted it known none of it was easy back when he was a kid at war. >> i think it's important that the young people remember there was a war and it wasn't all parades and beautiful flight in the skies. >> reporter: though this time it looked pretty beautiful when history made a bigger circle back in the life of one man who was there. jon donovan, abc news. up next on action news, a great workout for a great cause. >> that's right. yoga enthusiasts.
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this is a big weekend at the adventure aquarium for button and jenny the hippos. displays and games about the two
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hippos and special hippo-themed items for sale. and lots of opportunities to watch these 3,000 pound girls enjoying their time in the so-called hippo haven. >> finally tonight, downward dog with dogs. sweat fitness teamed up with the morris animal refuge for an hour of yoga with puppies. participants held the dogs. and the puppies wandered around meeting and greeting everyone. all of these puppies are looking for forever homes that are up for adoption at the morris animal refuge. action news sports sunday is next on channel 6. action news continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, pamela edwards, matt o'donnell. >> and now for melissa mcgee, walter perez, jeff skversky and the entire action news team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great night. ♪
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tonight on sports sunday. it's the all star break in the nba, but we're not taking a break talking sixers. breaking down the issues facing this team. plus spring training in full swing. one on one with the phillies manager. >> as we grow into the season, i hope things improve. and hit the ice with the flyers who have gone ice cold. sports sunday starts now. >> this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. welcome to sports sunday. do you still trust the process? i'm just jeff skversky with our own jamie apody. the sixers at the all star break, but there is a lot to talk about. a bizarre last few weeks for the sixers. the way they have

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