ies up day in and day out. you will never get nowhere in life playing it safe. that's any job. >> a pregame pep talk before facing central florida. fires up senior walk-on, leonard , the kid from college ville. back-to-back threes in his first start. temple starts on 16-0 run and win 75-66. nola carries himself like a super star. who better to start opening day than aaron nola? the manager naming him the game one starter. making his spring training debut against the yankees. that florida sun, well, not get ting along with franco. oops. leads to this. oh, nola, espinosa, the three- run in the first. nola, three runs in two innings, strikes out three.

making up for it with the bat, franco. not enough. phillies lose 8-3. it's early in spring training. >> exactly. >> the games don't count. >> but they need franco to bring that bat up to philadelphia. >> thanks, jeff. the public league of philadelphia, boys and girls championship games took place today. the first time the championship game, both have been held at the polestra in 20 years. they will face off against the philadelphia catholic league next month. >> want to stop the robocall calls from you? there's an app.

president trump welcomed many of the nation's governors to the white house for the annual governor's ball. rick scott from florida, a trump ally, is in town. he will be discussing the massacre with the governors tomorrow. long time u.s. senator dianne feinstein will not receive the endorsement of the california state democratic party seeking re-election. she received support of 37%. 64% supported her -- 54% support ed her opponent. 60% is required to get the

california state democrat endorsement. regardless, feinstein is heavily favored to win come november. former first lady michelle obama is working on a memoir set to be released on november 13th by penguin random house. becoming: the memoir of michelle obama will be published in 24 languages. an audio book version will be re leased voiced by the former first lady herself. it will be her second book. in 2012 she published american grown. >> there is a new app that could stop those annoying robocalling from invading your cell phone. zachary has more. >> reporter: tonight the department of justice cracking down on phone scams and fraud sters. >> hello, this is rachel at cardholder services. >> reporter: they're relent less, conning people like marjory out of her life savings. >> it pains me to say this, but she took her life because of this incident. en. >> reporter: the most common offender, robocalls.

the number one consumer complaint to the fcc. 2.9 billion nationwide in just one month. who is the real target here. they're targeting really the most vulnerable in society. >> reporter: this tech company in new jersey says it has a new remedy. an app called row bow killer. here is how it works. first, the calls stop. the app-based service instantly protects you from more than 200 ,000 numbers, spammers, scam mers and telemarketers. >> they won't ring on your phone you'll get a notification. >> reporter: second, answer bots, fake people, waste the spammer's time like this. >> i have a baby here that's sleeping. >> reporter: the app getting a little vindictive. >> and all the united states, it's just -- >> now, the developers say they constantly change their methodology to stay ahead of those scammers. >> tomorrow on action news at 11 :00, it's the most popular

game out there for tweens and teens and has parents wondering how to pull them away. we take a look at the frenzy. >> it's the video game shattering records. fortnight. >> get ready to fight! here we come. >> reporter: a game version of the hunger games and has 45 million fans glued to the screen s >> always on the game. >> why the game is so popular and should parents be worried? monday on action news at 11:00.

black panther continues to dominate at the box office. the disney marvel blockbuster has taken in more than $700 million globally. ticket sales were an estimated $ 108 million in the u.s. this weekend. star wars: the force awakens, is the only movie to make more in the second weekend. helping raise money for the upcoming philadelphia st. patrick's day parade.

held at the fraternal order of police lodge on carolina road. enjoying live irish music, dancers, food and beer. the parade is march 11th. the new hard rock casino and resort in atlantic city promis ing to be a live music destination. opening this summer. they'll have more than 200 nights in the first year alone of live music. they are enlarging the concert venue at the former trump taj mahal to fit more than the current 2500. hundreds of young musicians rocked out for a great cause in university city. >> 400 musicians took over the stage at world cafe live to benefit the non-profit, live connections which helps under resourced schools in the area. our photo journalist takes us inside the musical benefit. >> today is kids rock philly. our first ever showcase/benefit/

extravaganza. all of the proceeds today are benefiting live connections music education programs here in philly. ♪ >> that's such a great thing. that we're all here doing all this to raise money for music programs. make people happy. make people be able to do what they want to do. ♪ money >> it's great that me playing music is going to help other people, like, be able to play more music. which is just -- that's a really nice thing to hear. ♪ >> one of the things that's really fun is it's essentially kids rocking to support other kids. >> it's really inspiring just to watch all these really young kids perform on this big stage and watch them have fun. >> it's really fun. i love playing in front of a lot of people. i really like the energy from the crowd. upping stage, makes me more energized on stage.

>> we're really all about creat ing opportunities for people to be part of music mak ing and have music in their lives. >> mike put together that report yeah, they were really good. sports sunday is next on channel 6. 4:30 tomorrow morning, matt o'donnell, david murphy. >> for the entire action news team, i'm walter perez. have a great night and a great weekend. ♪ ♪ >> action news is sponsored by

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>> tonight on sports sunday. >> i am having some fun. >> it's fun to be a philadelphia sports fan right now. >> joel embiid. the last man on defense. >> since the eagles won the super bowl, the sixers and flyer s are on fire. and brett brown is fired up to make a deep playoff run. >> i want to try to win in the playoffs. and, you know, we feel like we can. >> the phillies believe they can fight for the playoffs too. >> that's why you play the game, man. it's -- i'm just getting chills thinking about it. >> we go one on one are rhys hoskins, plus we're talking eagles. who are still parading in the streets. listen up,