. >>> i'm danny pommels, the philly's best player was banged up. we'll give you the latest. plus by the time the puck dropped this afternoon in south philly the flyers needed a win over a depleted penguin's squad. highlights coming up. vo: president obama endorses katie mcginty for u.s. senate, calling her "a champion for working families." the 9th of 10 kids, her dad's union pension and social security made all the difference. in pennsylvania, mcginty helped implement obamacare and expand coverage. trump and toomey have attacked obamacare and social security. to fight back, president obama wants mcginty in the senate to protect women, families and seniors. vote in the democratic primary, april 26th. mcginty: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. now get super-fast 100 meg

danny pommels with you again. what seemed like insurmountable odds, maybe the flyers have erased a 0-3 deficit. it's time to start planning your vacations. here's more from the skate zone. >> game 5 required a herculean effort from the goaltender, but the flyers know to force a winner take all game 7, they need to play considerably better on sunday. >> the way they played last game, i think we can't let ourselves play another game like that. we got to be better. at the end of the day, it's about getting the win. >> when a team is coming as hard as they did at different time periods and i give them all the credit in the world for that, their five-man game was very good in all three zones last night, you know, what we need do is do a little bit better job under pressure. you always -- a lot of times you have a little more time or space than you think and we got to work a little bit better together to take advantage of those small areas. >> we're not going to play like we played last night. we had no -- we fully inte

we have an update coming up. >>> hey, danny pommells once again. it is the night fans have been waiting for. a chance to add another national championship to the trophy case. have a look at where we are right now. tied at 74. under five second to go in this one. we are possibly facing overtime. we'll see how things play out. villanova has the ball. we'll have coverage when it goes final. earlier today in houston, the answer with the answer regarding the hall of fame. he is in. enshrined in september. iverson was a nine-time nba all-star. >> this is the best feeling for me because it's a tribute to everybody that helped me accomplish it. like this is a -- this is not just my accomplishment. this is the people that supported me and loved me the whole way through. >>> march madness spilling into april, the phillies season opener. the first full season leading in to cincinnati. second in the action, freddie galves and out of the park. phillies up, 2-1. in the eighth things fall apart. reds score five in the eighth and then in the ninth, reeves. robbed

danny pommels from comcast sports net.ng to escape have a splitting headaches trying to figure out capital's power play. urging the team to win one for ed snider. alexander ovechkin. can't be a good omen. second period 1-0, caps steve mason, like an octopus in the net, doing the split comes up with big save. forty seconds later, look at this, mason from the penthouse to the outhouse, from center ice, jason gets the credit 2-0 capitals. flyers finally get their first goal of the series. jake voracek, where have you been? 2-1 game at this juncture. on the power play, employee number 8, ove right where he always is blasts one past mason, one game two, 4-1, leads series 2-1. more from the nation's capital. >> reporter: they have been outscored 6-1 and find themselves down 2-0 in the series. still flyers feel they have reason to be optimistic. they outshot washington 42-23 and now the series shifts back to home ice on monday in front of their fans. >> we carry the majority of the play here. you know, we just have to go home now

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i'm danny pommels. >>> thank you.unners and walkers hit the streets in philadelphia to help people battling blood cancers. the be the match walk and run kicked off in the rain at the navy yard in south philadelphia. the event raises money for research and people who need bone marrow transplants. violetta joins us for a last look at the forecast. what a shift in the forecast. >> it was summer just yesterday and it will feel like winter beginning tonight and into sunday. if you're going to be out for several hours, if you head out in the evening and stay out past midnight, make sure you're getting ready for the winds. again, it can potentially gust to 60 miles per hour. the strongest winds will be between 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on sunday. and the next couple of hours we could be talking about rain and snowshowers. sunday is definitely a heavy coat kind of day with highs in the 40s. with a stronger wind, wind chills will be into the 30s if not the 20s in some spots. we have another disturbance that can bring wet weather

. >>> danny pommells with you.oming up, hear from the flyers on the most important game on the schedule as they take on the red wings. some of the wildcats most promising players next season turning pro? thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consistently get it? you do with comcast business. it's reliable. just like kung pao fish. thank you, ping. reliably fast internet starts at $59.95 a month. comcast business. built for business. >>> this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity, x 1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >> it's a classical game of musical chairs, flyers, red wings, bruins all have 91 points and there aren't enough playoff spots for all three. flyers battle red wings. beaten them twice this season. steve mason in net. he is 5-3-1 in the previous 9. flyers have four games left. detroit

danny pommels fr sports net. villanova didn't just beat oklahoma in their final four game, the wildcats annihilated sooners. josh hart wide open for the three. sports net break. look at this, kris jenkins, touchdown for mikal bridges, the bang and the bucket. ryan arcidiacono was the trifecta. part of a 25-0 run. wildcats win by 24, 95-51. shot almost 72% for the game. villanova will play north carolina for the national title on monday. >> it's amazing. definitely a dream come true. a little hungry, doing the things you've got to do. last national championship game. hopefully come out on top. >> to play in a national championship game. tell us how sweet it is. >> it's really cool, very humbling, man. again, it's not being the best team, it's being hot at this time. we all feel so blessed to be here. >> john clark on the scene for us in houston. meanwhile flyers continue their effort to grab playoff spot including saturday's game. just six games remain in the regular season. big game for the wayne train. wayne sim

. >>> good morning to you, danny pommels from comcast sports net. flyers trying to escape dc for sflit more than likely have a splitting headache trying to figure out capital's power play. urging the team to win one for ed snider. alexander ovechkin. can't be a good omen. like an octopus in the net, doing the split comes up with big save. forty seconds later, look at this, mason from the penthouse to the out house, jason gets the credit 2-0 capitals. flyers finally get their first goal of the series. jake voracek, where have you been? 2-1 game at this juncture. on the power play, employee number 8, ove right where he always is, one game two, 4-1, leads series 2-1. more from the nation's capital. >> reporter: they have been outscored 6-1 and find themselves down 2-0 in the series. still flyers feel they have reason to be optimistic. they outshot washington 42-23 and now the series shifts back to home ice on monday in front of their fans. >> we carry the majority of the play here. you know, we just have to go home. still in the series. >> take the nex

danny pommells with you. the eeg ms agles expected to ta carson wentz or jared goff depending who the rams settle on in number one. john clark was there to ask him what he's heard about where he's going. >> you know, i haven't heard much. you know, it's kind of a game time decision from talking to it my agents what we'll find out here soon. i know it can't come soon enough. >> for the people of philadelphia watching, why do you think you can be the franchise quarterback for the eagles? >> i think, you know, i think i've shown that i'm a winner. you know, i think i show a lot of intangibles that people might not see. you know, i think my physical ables speak for itself. i think i do a lot of things behind the scenes as far as my leadership and intelligence. i can really make myself a great quarterback going forward. >> you had a nice dinner in fargo with the entire eagles staff and standing ovation in the restaurant. what did you like about the eagles and learned from them? >> they seem like a lot of great guy

. >>> good morning to you, i'm danny pommells from comcast sports net.seemed like insur roumount odds have turned into just maybe. they've gone from 0-3 to just one down. >> reporter: game five required a herculean like effort from the goaltender, but the flyers know to force a winner take all game seven they need to play considerably better on sunday. >> the way they played last game i think we can't let ourself play another game like that. obvious obviously we know we've got to be better but at the end of the day it's our game to win. >> when a team is coming as hard as they did last night at different time periods, and i give them lots of credit in the world for that. their five-man game was very good in all three zones last night. what we need to do is do a little bit better job under pressure. you always -- a lot of times you have a little more time or space than you think and we have to work better together to take advantage of those small areas. >> we're not going to play like we played last game. we had one unbelievable performance from michael a

danny pommells joins us with more on that. y, ed snider continued to be a great source of inspiration for the team. >> that's exactly right. saturday it was the captain who made sure that snider was a big part of the team celebration in the locker room. skbr mr. snider, got the whole team here, a big win. we missed you in this room. we're playing for you. >> how often is that. the team was struggling back in december but that's when they met with snider at his home and took this final team picture with him. they went 26-12-7 after that, a push that has been and will continue to be inspired by snider. >> he's a philadelphia flyers. he started the whole thing and he will always be the guy that kind of brought that to the city and he's a really good man. pretty glad we were able to make the playoffs for him. the whole year we were playing for him and that's not going to change for the playoffs. >> though we'll be playing with heavy hearts, you know, we're going to do everything we possibly can to be successful in the playoffs beca

i am danny pommells.ing up, john clark goes one on one with jay wright on the eve of the championship. two brothers wearing different shades of blue in tomorrow's game. we have that story coming up. >>> danny pommells with you once again. by this time tomorrow night, we will know if villanova can call themselves national champions. john clark went one on one with top cat, jay wright. >> jay wright, when you see the team, what they've's become, they didn't celebrate after making it to national championship game, how dialed are the kids? >> i'm proud of them, really am. hard for me to keep focused and to watch 18 and 22-year-olds do this intelligently. it's really cool. it's inspiring. >> north carolina's big height, length, how much of a different challenge is this? >> there's no team we played like this in the tournament. we played high scoring teams like oklahoma, athletic teams, but haven't played a team of this size, length, depth in the frontcourt. that's what concerns me. we've got daniel and daryl u

. >> hey, i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. five days after the eegss acquired number two big pick in nfl that did not sit well with sam bradford. confirmed in an interview this evening his compliant is lient g a trade out of philly. >> sam's a competitor and wants to go someplace and knows he's the man, he doesn't want to be there holding the place card. and then wondering where he's going to go at the end of the year. >> i completely understand from howie's standpoint and the philadelphia eagles, they signed sam, had no idea they were going to come up and get the second pick in the draft and have that be a quarterback. none of this is personal. it's just -- it's just business. >> here's the latest from inside the organization. eagles vice president of player personnel howie roseman sat down for an exclusive interview with john clark today and john asked the question on everybody's mind. >> has sam bradford informed you guys he wants to be tradened? >> i want to reiterate our support for sam bradford. i go back to our statemen

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i'm danny pommels from comcast sports net. villanova didn't just beat oklahoma in their final four game, the wildcats annihilated sooners. josh hart wide open for the three. 'nova 14 at the break. second half. look at this, kris jenkins, touchdown for mikal bridges, the bang and the bucket. ryan arcidiacono with the trifecta. part of a 25-0 run. wildcats win by 24, 95-51. shot almost 72% for the game. villanova will play north carolina for the national title on monday. >> it's amazing. definitely a dream come true. we have to stay humble and hungry and keep doing the things that got us here. last national championship game. hopefully come out on top. >> to play in a national championship game. tell us how sweet it is. >> it's really cool, very humbling, man. again, it's not being the best team, it's being hot at this time. we all feel so blessed to be here. >> john clark on the scene for us in houston. meanwhile flyers continue their effort to grab playoff spot including saturday's game. just six games remain in the regular se

. >>> good morning to you i'm danny pommels from comcast sports net.eat oklahoma in their final four game, the wildcats annihilated sooners. josh hart wide open for the three. sports net break. second half. look at this, kris jenkins, touchdown for mikal bridges, the bang and the bucket. ryan arcidiacono with the trifecta. part of a 25-0 run. wildcats win by 44-95-41. shot almost 72% for the game. villanova will play north carolina for the national title on monday. >> it's amazing. definitely a dream come true. we have to stay humble and hungry and keep doing the things that got us here. last national championship game. hopefully come out on top. >> to play in a national championship game. tell us how sweet it is. >> it's really cool, very humbling, man. again, it's not being the best team, it's being hot at this time. we all feel so blessed to be here. >> john clark on the scene for us in houston. meanwhile flyers continue their effort to grab playoff spot including saturday's game. just six games remain in the regular season. big game for the wayne t

danny pommells. a lot going on. has it started to sink in yet for the wildcats?e wildcats had a couple of days to process what has happened but it's a life-inc. chaing event. we talk about the 1985 championship team in glowing terms and three decades from now we'll still be talking about this team. it's like a lifetime membership to an exclusive club. >> brotherhood for life. we were even before we won this. it just makes it that much -- that much deeper. >> '85 team set a great example in that sense we had 30th anniversary, every one of them was here, stay in touch all the time. and i want our guys to follow that example. it important that we stick together. >> more on villanova at 5:15 and sports at 6:00. i'll be back with the latest on the flyers' playoff push. a huge game against the red wings. >> coverage of the national champion villanova wildcats continues at 4:30, with a look at the parade plans. what you can expect to see. and the best way to see it at 4:30. watch villanova's victory parade here on nbc 10. coverage 1:00 friday. >>> police will have more

i'm danny pommels from comcast sports net. in just a few minutes from now, 7:00, thousands of runners will take off for 10-k. you're looking live philadelphia museum of art where 21st annual donner dash starts. the donner dash helps raise money to raise awareness about the need for organ and tissue donation and how it can save lives. a little bit later on this morning in an hour and a half from now, runners will participate in revolutionary valley forge national historical park and run. proceeds will improve the park and visitors center. the event celebrates 100th anniversary of the national park service. 6:57 right now on this sunday and we are following some breaking news in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood. a gunman surrendered to police following a deadly end to a standoff. nbc 10's monique braxton is gathering new information at the scene. she's going to join us in a moment with a live update. sheena. >> good morning, rosemary. your neighborhood weather forecast coming up. i'll narrow it down to wherever you live, s

. >>> danny pommells with you again. watching the bruins lose the flyers took thes ice knowing a win would get them in the playoffs. check this out. lauren hart sank god bless america. flyers, some mo jo, late first period. wayne simmonds. the shot in the back of the net. flyers add an empty-netter and grab the second wild card. more from the dressing room. >> with a new head coach the flyers won five of their first 18 games. despite that slow start here they are back in the playoffs. >> we work so hard to get to this point. i thought we deserved that. that's only one step but it's huge for us. >> we've been through a lot since well, the whole season. we really believe in what we were doing and how we were going to do it. it's kind of relief to know we're going to play in the playoffs. >> we've been pushing hard, put a lot into it. this is one of the rewards for the guys. so step one accomplished. but that's it, step one. >> when the flyers start the playoffs next week it will be against washington, the team with the bes

. >> i'm danny pommel from comcast sportsnet. the flyers try to pick up the pieces after falling into an 0-2 hole against the capitols and the phillies find a way it celebrate, salvage their series with the nationals, how they came up with a win, next. >>> hey, dammy poml my pommels. a a good news for the flyers is washington has blown two leads, two-game leads in series ten times, more than any team in the nhl history this will be the first flyers home game since the passing of the chairman and managing those feelings will be a challenge for the orange and black. >> emotions will be high. but for us to be successful, we can't overdo things. we have to continue to do what we've been doing in the last 60 minutes of effort. i think game two overall, we were probably the better team. we have to keep pushing forward. >> we're back at home and a lot of success here in front of our fans. a lot of people like to come play in philly for the playoffs. so we've got to take advantage for us. and i think it will be great to have the first go

i'm danny pommells. we'll be right back. across pennsylvania, he's praised as a progressive champion with a record of reform. josh shapiro the democrats most compelling candidate for attorney general. he'll protect seniors from scams and stand up to polluting frackers. he's backed by law enforcement, supported by planned parenthood and he's endorsed by president obama - who says shapiro "represents the next generation of progressive leadership". democrat josh shapiro an attorney general...for us >>> glen's back with a final check of the forecast and more sunny skies? >> one more day and then boy, do things change. tomorrow we're talking 76 degrees and sunshine and philadelphia and 82 with thunderstorms tuesday and then 67, but dry on wednesday. the suburbs, south jersey and they're talking about dry weather monday and stormy weather tuesday, dry, but cool weather on wednesday and then starting on thursday we get into wet weather pattern that will last through last weekend. >> it looks like the warmth is with us. >> all right

. >>> i'm danny pommells. when a day for the villanova wildcats.rs after binning of the best college basketball games of all time, they returned home in style. here's john clark. >> thousands of villanova fans lined up here awaiting the team returning home first national champions for villanova in 31 years. >> let's go, cats! whoo! >> they got a hero's welcome arriving back in philly and then a police escort all the way back to campus, people were pulling over on the sides of the road and taking pictures of them. it was wild. >> great feeling. just looking outside. seeing a lot of nova fans, people pulling over, beeping their horn. and everything, it's unbelievable feeling. >> when i saw them shut down 95, you know what that means in philly at 6:00. people are not happy about this. >> kind of crazy people were pulling over on the side of the road and getting out to take photos of the bus just driving by and it's pretty surreal. >> here they are, the 2016 national champions -- >> how are we feeling, nova nation. >> >> you guys stick with us every ye

. >>> hey, danny pommells here. the games mean so much more.s and red wings enter the contest tonight tied with the bruins with 91 and two postseason spots up for grabs. gostisbehere. helm says i'll take that. cashes in on the mistake. 1-0 detroit. second period. shorthanded breakaway. that kind of game he beats mason 2-0. red wings win 3-0 leaving the flyers and bruins two points back. >>> a shake-up in the sixers front office. heinkey was trying to rebuild the team but the sixers are -- they say coangelo will replace him. >>> a late lead and then bullpen problems arose. top of the first. no problems here. two-run opposite field home run. into the wind. a strong wind. up and out. his first of the season. matched a career high eight strikeouts and seven innings, dominant. allowed a run. bases juiced. a double given up. phillies bullpen blows the second save in as many games. >>> to the college ranks, hart and jenkins celebrating with the teammates tomorrow for the ncaa champions and then they have a decision. return to villanova for the senior

. >>> hey, i'm danny pommells. close but not quite. how the phillies came up short in the home opener and remembering ed snider. how the players have and continue to pay tribute to him when we come back. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >>> flyers founder ed snider passed away this morning at 83 but saturday clinching the playoff birth, the captain made sure he was a big part of the team's celebration. >> hey, mr. snider, got the b whole team here. we're playing for you. >> the team was struggling mightily in december meeting with snider out west and took a final team picture with him. they went 26-12-7 after

i'm danny pommells. after watching the bruins lose to the senators, the flyers took the ice knowing a win over the penguins would get them to the playoffs. ed snider who is resting in california with health issues, the wildcats brought the mojo. late first party, down 1-0 until th this. flyers hold the lead and that is an empty netter, 3-1 and the second wild card. marshall harris has more. >> reporter: with a new head coach in dave hakstol, the flyers won five of the first 18 games. despite that close start, here they are back in the playoffs. >> we worked so hard to get to this point. i thought we deserved that. that's only one stop. but it is a huge stop for us. >> we have been through a lot since the whole season, you know. and we really believe in what we were doing and how we were going to do it. and it is a relief to know we're going to play in the playoffs. >> we have been pushing hard and put a lot into it. this is, you know, this is one of the rewards for the guys. so step one accomplished. tha

we'll have much more reaction later in the show, but for now i'm danny pommels, com cart sportsnet. >> fans we spoke to are proud of the team's accomplishments this season. >> weir going to get better and we fought hard and played well. we're all happy here today for the most part. we'll be back. it's a tough game and it was fun to watch. >> washington advances to the second round to take on the pittsburgh penguins. >>> turning now to our weather and what a wonderful way to wrap up the weekend. we found these girls riding their matching bikes out in marconi park in south philadelphia. >> let's check the forecast where you live with the neighborhood forecast and chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the details. what a gorgeous day. >> yeah, denise. we have a nice one tomorrow as well and it was a whole lot better today than it was on saturday. 68 degrees and lots of sunshine in philadelphia and 60s across the entire area and places are going to be getting down into the 40s overnight tonight. as you can see, philadelphia down into the mid-40s and redding down clos

danny pommells joins us.layers are enjoying much-needed rest. >> i'm sure the media members as well. wildcats back on campus 24 hours, after the celebration at the football stadium yesterday. they finally had some time to themselves. >> i stayed in my room, had ice cream, you know, watched, you know, the tv show "o.j." played xbox. that's all i did. >> time to decompress. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. my x box was missing me. i had to show it attention. >> spent it in my bed. talked to my family on the phone. i was trying to relax, catch up on sleep. i haven't slept that much past couple of days. last night was a good step in the right direction to get sleep. >> that college lifestyle, remember it well. a decision to make possibly entering the nba draft. we'll hear about those chances at 6:00. >> busy times. thanks so much. >> if you want to celebrate villanova's big win, you can't make it downtown for the parade, watch it here on nbc 10. our special coverage starts friday at 1:00. >>> people in center city to cheer o

. >>> good morning, i'm danny pommells from comcast sports net.nsurmountable odds have turned into just maybe. the flyers have nearly erased an 0-3 deficit as a win today would even the series against the capitals. a loss and it's time to plan your vacations. here's there are the skate zone. >> reporter: game five required a herculean like effort from go tend tend michal neuvirth but the pliers know they need to play >> i think we can't let ourselves play another game like that. obviously neuvi got off the win. we know we have to be better÷ bt at the end of the day it's our game to win. >> when the team coming as hard as they did last night at different time periods, i give them all the credit in the world for that ch. what we need to do is do a little bit better job under pressure. a lot of times you have more time or more space and we have to work a little better to take advantage of those small areas. >> we won't play like we played last game. we had one unbelievable performance and that from from michal and we intend to have a way better game,

i'm danny pommells.er watching the bruins lose to the senators, the flyers took the ice knowing a win over the penguins would get them into the playoffs. before the game, have a look at this, lauren hart, singing god bless america, ed snyder resting in california with health issues. late first period, down 1-0. wayne simmonds ties the game. more simmonds. flyers hold the lead and add an empty netter 3-1 and grab the second wild card. marshall harris has more from the dressing room. >> reporter: with a new head coach in dave hakstol, the flyers won five of their first 18 games. despite that slow start, here they are back in the playoffs. >> we worked so hard to get to this point in the year. and i thought we deserved that. that's only one stop. but it is a huge stop for us. >> been through a lot since the whole season, you know, and we really -- we really believed in what we were doing and how we were going to do it and it is a relief to know we're going to play in the playoffs. >> we have been pushing ha

i'm danny pommells.to the senators, the flyers took the ice knowing a win over the penguins would get them into the playoffs. before the game, have a look at this, lauren hart, singing god bless america, ed snyder resting in california with health issues. late first period, down 1-0. wayne simmonds ties the game. more simmonds. flyers hold the lead and add an empty netter 3-1 and grab the second wild card. marshall harris has more from the dressing room. >> reporter: with a new head coach in dave hakstol, the flyers won five of their first 18 games. despite that close start, here they are, back in the playoffs. >> we worked so hard to get to this point in the year. and i thought we deserved that. that's only one stop. but it is a huge stop for us. >> been through a lot since the whole season, you know, and we really -- we really believed in that we were doing and how we were going to do it and it is a relief to know we're going to play in the playoffs. >> we have been pushing hard. we have put a lot into