sam hinkie brett brown basking in the glow of the team's first victory.ht a winning streak may be hard to come by. thunder of kevin durant. you have to think wednesday's win will help their confidence. brett brown paid a visit to our station today. >> i think it can can help a lot. weaver been within five points on 11 out of our 18 games in fourth periods. we've only been punched a few times. and you know how we close out games, how we learn how to win games, that's always the challenge with any team but it's highlighted with a bunch of 20-year-olds and so i think, you know, doing that the other night will put us in good shape. >> this is not exactly the hindenburg disaster but check out what happened at the pacers trailblazers game. the ford blimp crashed into the stands. no one was hurt. workers tried to should have it out the exit and clearly it was too big for that and got stuck. hope those fans didn't pay too much for those obstructed view streets. >>> that's sports. back to someone who is full of hot air, rick williams. >> okay, all right. i'll get

head coach brett brown shows love for brandon j.j. v. away from the sixers.obert covington makes the most of it. all six shots made from downtown. 20 minutes point. sim rz up one at the broke. michael carter williams this jam ties the game 56. he scores 14 point. nets are out scored by -- sixers out scored by nets in the 1st quarter. sixers lose 88-70. they commit 23 turnovers in the game. >> baseball, like waiting for your tax return to come n you know it will happen just not when. jimmy rollings trade to the la dodge certifies just not official. we caught up with larry boa he said the time to rebuild is now. >> as great as those guys were and some will still be with us. we have a cut the cord and move on. >> you feel like it's that time. >> i think if you watch the way we played the last couple years, it's nothing against them i think those guys hit good last year. i think it is a young fwi's game and i think phillies front office for the most part tried to get another championship out of them and it didn't happen. >> coming up next half hour we'll hear fro

almost seemed like the opposing coach was doing everything that he co too get brett brown a shot. >> didn't work. they may have a bunch. no names on the roster. they are this close living in it empathy. the spurs do so without their big guns. the sixers noel a hip injury. and the second quarter the spurs pull away. marco -- they lose it. a share of the record will be theirs. >>> to football dallas was stuff seattle may be tougher. sunday they have a date with the super bowl champs. seattle as defense is tops in the nfl. >> they are the best secondary that we play. they have players on every single position defensive side of the ball. there is a reason this that they won the super bowl last season. they have talented players. >> the only hiccup was this scene when mark sanchez and brent sellick had a public difference of opinion. the coach got to the bottom of what was being discussed. >> what they were going to eat at thanksgiving after the game. they yell at the guys all the time. >> more from the eagles ahead. jeremy maclin gives back. a 7-year-old ste i'm the parent of a victim of

. >> brett brown turns to brandon davies.t covington gets first start of career and makes it from down touj philly king in the nets. ntw. >> out scoring the sivrmz. sixers lose 8-70. making 23 turnovers in this game. >> moving on in better news the eagle injury report is relatively clean headed into the show down with the cowboys. first place on the line and loser could easily miss the playoffs. he had his best game of the over sdal as he expect the cowboys to come in. >> i think thighs guys know what they're thinking and that last performance was not up digty of the talent they have. >> we have to play better and i'm excited to sigh us step up to the challenge. >> they jumped to a 1st quarter lead. ron jaworksi says it could be a good idea to get things returning again. >> so when i look at the stale you have to start fast. get dallas thinking. ut, oh thanksgiving day we couldn't stop him. you want to sustain office and take any confidence away from dallas cowboys to begin win the game. >> jimmy rollings trade is not officia

the win is tough to come by, that is because brett brown's team is in town. they beat them by 25. it's a four-game homestand. it's little to cheer for. they lost by 7. he is a glass half full kind of guy. he is seeing things are better. >> i think we are getting close. we are improving every day, every game. i think we have to have more room for improvement. >> and back to the nfl. ryan fitzpatrick is a smart guy. he brought his 7-year-old son brady. check this out. >> brady i am going to put you on thon the spot. give him two numbers. 93, 97. >> he will multiple them for you. >> 9,021. can you look at your calculator. does that say 9,021. boom. thank you. how about that. is excited that my 2-year-old could count to 10. 91 and 94. >> 9,000 let's see 112 112 i t. close enough. >>> excitement is building here over pope francis's meeting with families. if you think it's impossible to get up close. think again. cutout is 5'11". we are told it is to scale. you can take pope francis to pose with your friends and family. part of the proceeds goes to charity. >> we know that cools, parish

. >>> sixers taking on miami tonight just eight players available for brett brown.y wroten was a late scratch with a right knee injury. game tied in the fourth, mcw passes to jeremy grant he drives to the basket scores, he's fouled. sixers take a three-point lead. sixers now up by one. luke scores in the low post and the sixers back up by three. final seconds the heat need a basket to tie the game but they can't. the sixers win back to back games for the first time this season, 91-87 is your final. >>> college hoops now villanova hosting new jersey. institute of technology. who you ask? well, they upset michigan earlier this season. they had a seven-point lead in the second half but the cats came clawing back. dillon ennis drives down to score. then ryan arcidiacono drives the three ball home. seventh ranked wildcats move to 12 and zero with a win at the pavilion. >>> professional pride on the line. final week of practice at the novacare complex. chip kelly is going to practice and play like they are going to win the game down in the meadowlands. >> going to play fo

brett brown was happy with his team's effort. >> there was a physical side of the group tonight albeit young guys that, you know, i was proud of. there was no back down. we had that one bad lull in the third period. we called a quick time-out and tried to, you know, get back on track. >> halftime of last night's game the sixers celebrated the release of the new wilt chamberlain stamp. lewis irving on hand and his sisters. first nba player to have his photo on a u.s. postage stamp. >>> the eagles are 9-3. they could be better with more success in the red zone. the birds had five trips inside the 20 yard line against the cowboy on thanksgiving day and scored just one touchdown. eagles are 29th in red zone efficiency but chip kelly isn't spending more time in practice trying to fix it. >> we can't because it's going to be somewhere else. we just have to do a better job executing. we spend a lot of time in the red zone just because it's such an important area for us. i don't think we need to spend more time, i think we need to do a better job when we're down there. >> flyers winless. head

sixers gm sam hinkie coach brett brown talking at practice today. how many games you going to win?on't know. sixers trying to win their first home game tonight. it is baby steps for the youngest team in nba history. >> we want to get greedy, we want to build on it. i'm most pleased for my players. i love coaching the guys and i think that for them to release some type of pressure is a good thing. >> a lot of smiles after the game the other night and i think it built our confidence. we're coming into tonight feeling better about our chances and how we feel and how well we prepared. >> temple football preparing for one last shot to become bowl eligible tomorrow against tulane after a four and one start temple has lost five of their last six. >> it would be an accomplishment for those guys. it hasn't been many teams that have done it in temple's recent history. it's been three years or so since we did it last. i want us to go do it. >> former philly star jayson werth sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving 105 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone in virginia back in july. the n

. >> gary: history of burdensome what tonight in the nba brett brown and his philadelphia 76ers' when a loss that would tie the worst in nba history and then somebody named henry sense is that during his gear philadelphia only shot 39 percent and they had several turnovers. but they went tonight over minnesota 85 pad the worst start in nba history. >> gary: in nba circles may be the hot the highest professional basketball player with they love to watch him shoot the to relate to it now. normal guy good personality handles himself beautiful is the nba player of the month for november. we 15 into the motorola team is really really high are you hoping that other people being knowledge along the way >> gary: of course when you're a ichor curry everything you do is monitored. and now he's rapping with his wife. music >> gary: yester right that is drake 0100 and curries wife also have her own website. she sells only call of oil. olive oil.... >> gary: the a's caused a lot of what or they do on the let donaldson doll and now apparently brandon malls is next 81 rbis 21 home runs last year and

. >>> ing is certification taking on miami tonight eight players available for brett brown. tony wroten was a late scratch with a knee injury. game tied in the fourth. mcw pass that is grant. he drives in he's fouled the sixers take three-point lead. sick social security now up by one and luke, scores in the low post and the sixers are back up by three. final seconds the heat need a basket. and they don't get it. sixers recallly from 23 points down and win back to back games for the first time this season. none-87 the final. >> college hoops nowville never have a hosting new jersey institute of technology. who you ask they have upset michigan earlier this season. had a seven-point lead in the second half but the cats clawed back. dylan innis driving down the middle and scoring. and that tied the game at 51. then ryan drains the three ball to put villanova up five. the seventh ranked wildcats move to 12-zero with 92-67 win at the pavilion. >>> only professional pride on the line in sunday' meaningless game. against the giants. final week of practice at the novacare complexion

brett brown drove this off. hol us thompson off dallas at three. ties it up.ot michael carter williams. it's second of the year. starting 0-17 they won two of last three games. what a finish for the sixers. more on that and college football and college basketball and guess who was mad at chip kelly we'll tell about you that coming up in the next half hour. walter, back to you. >> all right. thank you, jeff. local authors and familiar face work to inspire love of reading today in west chester. very own matt o'donnell reading to a group of school kids this morning. this read to dream gift of litcy event is result of collaborative effort involving local teachers andage you'res and entertainment and each family went home with stack of brand new books. >> caidlees to crayons hosted 7th annual ungala in west conshohocken this event is organization largest annual fundraiser and helps them provide senlz to r50,000 children each other. all caidlees to crayons events are family friendly and anyone can come out and have fun and help make a difference. "action news" news

sixers lose with brett brown happy with his team's effort. >> there was a vis call side to the groupth young guys that i was broad of. there was no back down. we had that one bad lull in the third period. we called a quick time-out and tried to get back on track. >>> halftime last night. sixers celebrated the release of the new wilt chamberlain stamp. lewis irving on hand as the sisters. chamberlain is the first nba player to have a photo on a u.s. postage stamps. >>> the eagles may be 9-3 in first place in the nfc east but could be bet we're more success in the red zone. the birds had five trips inside the 20 yard line against the cowboys on thanksgiving day and scored just one touchdown. eagles are 29th in red zone efficiency but chip kelly isn't spending more time in practice trying to fix it. >> you can't because then you will be short yourself. we spend a lot of time in the red zone itself anyway because it's such an important area for us. i don't think we need to spend more time down there. i think we need to do a better job down there. >>> to the ice. flyers winless and only 1

sixers ended holiday on the high note they rallied from 23 down last night to beat miami in miami, brett brown, only eight players available but they have a great effort out of mcw and luke in the 91-87 win. sixers winners of back to back games on the road. and jay voracek, and, points what a year for him. the the flyers are off for christmas and they will play nashville, on saturday. >>> all right. so, that is what we have, the flyers, and the sixers won. >> yeah. >> on that, that is good. >> thanks so much. >> and they are cleaning up from the south tonight, next up, tonight at 5:00 pot storms that tore a path of destruction hours before christmas. >>> also on the way tonight little league storm mow in a davis, delivering holiday cheer to families in need. beer delivered tour front door, pennsylvanians can order their favorite brew over the phone, but there is a catch. >>> also new at 6:00 tonight local police come together for a family in need, what they do to brighten the spirit this holiday season. >>> i'm jessica dean with the day's top stories. police are on the hunt right new for a hit

brett brown was happy with his team's effort. >> there was a physical side to the group tonight, albeitith young guys that i was proud of. we -- there was no back doup. we had that one bad lull in the third period. we called a quick timeout and tried to get back on track. >> halftime of last night's game the sixers celebrated the release of the new wilt chamberlain stamp. lewis irving on stand. dh >>> meanwhile, the eagles may be 9-3, squarely in first place in the nfc east but they could be bet we're more success in the red zone. the birds had five trips inside the 20 yard line against the cowboys on thanksgiving day and scored just one touchdown. eagles are 29th in red zone efficiency but chip kelly isn't spending more time in practice trying to fix it. >> you can't because then you're going to be short somewhere else. we just have to do a better job executing when we're down there. it's such an important area for us. i don't think we need to spend more time down there. we just need to do a better job when we're down there. >>> the fliers winless in the last six and 1-8-2 stretch in t

even head coach brett brown calls it an unlikely win last night against the heat.mi thanks to the sixers. how about kj mcdarnels. come back from down 23 despite only having eight players. they slammed the door on miami. heat star dwyane wade says it doesn't get any worse than this. finally insane finish to the bahamas bowl today. central michigan down 35 with 12 minutes to go they come back against western kentucky. no time left. final play down one score. central michigan's quarterback cooper rush to jessie sproul and watch the insanity. lateral, six different guys touch ball 75 yards for the touchdown: 35 straight points. unreal. they're down one. all they needed to do was kick an extra point to force overtime. they go for two. they don't get it. they blow it. all they had to do was kick the extra point. central michigan loses to western kentucky by one and you heard the entire news room here screaming for that unbelievable. you go there far and lose the unbelievable. sharrie back to you in the studio. >> yeah, big game then fought back. jeff, thanks. >>> shopper

welcome to a more thoughtful >> sixers home back tonight, last night they played the nets, brett brown'seir only two wins this season in 21 games, that constitutes a hot streak, second quarter, robert, playing very well, knocks down the triple. he is six for ten from long distance, covington 20 on the night, sixers led, after two quarters, third quarter watch the move. and jam right there. ncw. he finished with 14 and nine. but the net pulled away in the fourth, the lob for making commonly, he throws it down, he had 18 and ten, sixers fall 88 to 70. they're now two in 20 on the season. >> all right, not since rocky two, has a philadelphia rematch had such height anacine mattick appeal. but tomorrow's eagles cowboys game fits the bill, could mean division title or the end your season, last time, way back on thanksgiving, dominated the cowboys 33 to ten, off offense, too much for the boys, eagles contain dez bryant, while sacking romo. here are the combat and the. >> can't get no better than there is home at the linc, playing dallas, you know, now we come here, and, you know, we need to ca