the sixers went down to the wire without joel embiid.ouncer: this is sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >>> hey hey, good to see you. i'm danny pommells with you once again. the sixers were going for a third straight win tonight against the grizzlies, believe it or not. it would be their longest winning streak. brett brown playing with a short bench. gerald henderson and richaun holmes both sick, not in this one. late fourth quarter, we've got more drama than a soap opera. sixers down three. nik stauskas nails it. sixers now down one. a little bit laider embiid with the steal. that was a chance to win it. 1.1 seconds left. embiid gets it deep in the paint, can't convert off the inbounds. we go to overtime. sixers down three. jerryd bayless, a clean look from straightaway. cash money. we go to a second overtime. but that ends embiid's night. 27 minutes on the evening. memphis controlled the second o.t. marc gasol inside. he got a technical for that. sixers fall 104-99. here's emb

the sixers and their plans for joel embiid is starting to get way out of control.ting him today and letting him play tomorrow is ridiculous and fans should be 100 purse upset. >>> sean bell is fired up taking on the pampering of joel embiid. his commentary in 15 seconds. ♪ >>> the sixers plans for joel embiid are out of control. brett brown said embiid was playing tonight because the medical staff said he shouldn't, but yet he will play in tomorrow's nationally televised game on tnt. i wonder why? today's game was at home against divisional opponent yet you want to play him tomorrow on the road against a team that doesn't play in the same division. there's only one reason they chose to play him against the timberwolves and not the wizards and it's because they want to showcase him to the rest of the it's not fair to the fans. i know someone who bought eight tickets tonight's game to watch embiid play but they got robbed of that opportunity. i get it. you don't want to get him hurt. but if he's healthy let him play you already have him on minute restrictions and why

to the first quarter, the sixers up by four, embiid drives to the put basket. them in the second, jahlil oakford gets into the act. sixers fell asleep allowing labron james to score. the sixers had a six point half time lead in the fourth, cavs taken the lead for good, 39 points be labron james had a triple double. 14 point deficit to beat the sixers 112 to 108. the flyers hosting the flames in south philadelphia, the second game of the complex today. nhl history as anthony stolarz became the first goalie from the state of new jersey. the 22-year-old had been called up seven times, played 26 games family on hand to watch the debut. second periods flyers up 2-1. picks up his fourth goal and the flyers are up 3-1. 24 seconds later. check out the great pass, hits wayne simmons 11th goal of the season, flyers up 4-1, stolarz is the story. he talked about his family and friends being there for him. >> probably had about 30, 40 friends and family in the arena, a lot of my buddies were buying tickets. they trying to be able to share a moment and go see my family and i

embiid doesn't play the rest of the way due to minutes restrictions.c gasol doing work in the paint. the sixers lose 104-99. >>> to the ice, the flyers on the second leg of a road back-to-back facing the lightning. second period, 1-0 tampa. dale wheat got his first goal as a flyer last night. a minute to play in the period. the rookie reports his first career nhl goal. 2-1 flyers. tampa bay forced two goals in 12 seconds. then ryan callahan sends one past mason. they would add another goal five minutes later. the flyers lose 4-2 and host the rangers friday afternoon. >> just who will lineup at wide receiver for the eagles monday night against the packers? doug pederson met with nelson aguilar. coach wants to see how he performance in practice after his subpar performance against seattle. he told reporters he needed to get out of his own head. he didn't speak with reporters today, but his teammates did. >> he wants to be perfect. he wants to be great. i just keep telling him, there's no reason to hang your hat. you just got to keep battling. >> he alway

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embiid tweets, well, america, it's tanking all we can do is trust the process. that's joel embiid.s opinion throughout the entire process no matter what it is and of course he thinks he is the process. that's what he's announced at the games, so he loves it all. >> okay. >> what a process it is. >> what a process. >> yeah. >> join us to to in it at 10:00. you may have seen kids out there popping wheel lease ripping them off right in the middle of traffic. looks like fun. at least for them but police say they are putting people in danger. >> um-hmm. >> all right so rain is out of here soon. >> rain is out of here. tomorrow the gun comes back but the cold air comes over the weekend. bum get the winter coats out. >> the sun will come out tomorrow. >> it will. >> warm it up for saturday. >> i knew there was something in there. >> that will do it for us here at 6:00. see you back here at 10 and 11:00. >>> a moment in history. >> i've just received a call from secretary clinton. [ cheering ] >> as hillary fights back tears. >> this is painful. and it will be for a longtime. >> worldwide

lebron blocked by joel embiid.ks like goaltending but never let the facts get in the way of a good story. embiid getting started. open for three. banks at home. jojo with a smile. 4-for-4 from three-point land. career high 22 points. sixer ups up 2. just over a minute left. lebron finds channing fry. cavs go up one. big three. nicks sixer possession. embiid trying to make something happens, turns it over. joel with six turnovers but sixers have a chance to win. seven seconds to go. henderson back off the inbound. look at this, no foul call. brett brown wanted to get the ball to joel, sixers turned it over on their final five possessions. they lose 102-101. throw that towel. sixers 0-5. flyers going for four straight wins last night in montreal. michael del zotto making his season debut. take a look. tight at 1-1 in the first. del zotto shot, misses the net. corals, dishes to gossett, his third of the season. flyers have the lead up 2-1. take a look at the flyers power play. watch what happens to the puck. get behin

embiid on the bench, how can you do that?sixers to their first win. 25 points in 26 minutes firefighter embiid. sixers win for the first time in november since 2013, 109-105. iverson a legend in the house. the team wore his jersey in the warm up. he goes into the hall of fame of monday. simmons gave them the lead. they come back to score four times in the third period, four straight on steve mason. they lost the third strait. who is the highest position player? the answer is howie kendrick. they exchanged him for cameron rupp. he's a career .289 hitter. he will earn $10 million on his contract. >>> two days away from the battle of the birds, eagles and falcons. call it is dog days of november. they brought miles, the goldendoodle to practice. >> everybody loves dogs. we have had a tough couple weeks, so i brought bringing him in today would lighten the mood a little bit. >> friday night college football, penn hosting -- quaker scored two in the final 15 seconds. the quakers win 27-14. harvard's first loss in the ivy. congrats

embiid a averaging 17 points per game this season.will have to find someone to replace toes points because embiid was a no go this evening due to load management. busy day fort wells fargo crew nightcap second quarter sixers down six. robin lopez with the miss. bobby portis with the huge dunk. bulls bench loving it. third quarter sixers down 13. sloppy passing by the sixers. dwayne wade with the pick. wade would finish with 26 points. sixers go on to lose, 105-89. >>> on roll there. >> they were. and unfortunately no joel embi embiid. >> that will do it for us tonight at 10:00. stay tuned for the fox 29 special making miracles happen followed by your mega millions drawing and fox 29 news at 11:00. see you back here at 11:00. ♪ ♪ >>> the children's hospital of philadelphia is changing and saving lives. >> i knew someone finally listen, someone understood and that they were going to help h her. >> tonight patients and their families share how the hospital's treatment made all the difference in their world. >> i beamed with pride because

ten of the sixers first twelve points were embiid, a career high 26. best for any rookie this season in the nba. second half, another alley-oop, look at this, 21 points for him. he had a great game. sixers win their third straight home game 120-105. flyers and lightning, gosic back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch. johnson puts it into a wide open net. that was all tampa bay needed because the flyers were shut out for the first time this season 3-0. 0 for 5 on the power play. college football, penn state and rutgers. lions need to win their final two games to have a chance at the conference championships. johnson helping out his squad. blocks the rutgers punt. that led to number 26, bartley finding the end zone for a yard out. penn state up 16-0. they win 39-0. how about temple visiting tulane. third quarter we pick it up. walker drops back and hits thomas. he gets some blocks and if you didn't know number 5 got more moves than a u-haul truck. 42-yard house call. owls win 31-0. a win next week over east carolina puts them in the aac champion

embiid big numbers again but turnovers continue to be an issue. quarter, sixers trying to hang in. okafor scores. he had 15-point and four rebounds. later on in the third, joel embiid still keeps loose, he had 14 points, nine rebounds, but he had five turnovers in just 19 minutes. the 6ers were slip, 18 turnovers, gordan with a lay up. sixers lose by 25, they're o and six, including o and five at home. they play the indianna pacers tomorrow night. >> if at first you don't succeed, break a report, that's what secretary did last night for the warriors as they took on the pelicans, one game after snapping his league record streak of 157 games. with three pointer, the two time league mvp drained an nba record 13 of them last night, finishing with 46 points. he went 13 of 17 behind the arc. record of 12 by marshall, and kobe bryant, by the way, golden state won. 116-106. >>> hopefully the eagles were take notes last night watching monday night football. bills traveled to seattle to take on the seahawks, something the birds will do in two weeks. russell

embiid stifled right there. but embiid shows off all the moves late in the third quarter.biid gets the better here. sixers lose to utah, 109-84. they are 0-6. they are lost 43 straight games in october and november. the phillies have tendered jeremy heldicson an offer. >>> i'm john clark. we're right back. as the head of the pennsylvania commission on crime, i've helped local communities fund drug treatment programs to save our kids. i'm josh shapiro, and as attorney general, i'll crack down on the drug dealers and stop the overprescribing of opioid painkillers. i'm proud to be endorsed by law enforcement organizations representing 14,000 police officers. this is a fight we can't afford to lose. i miss my daughter every day. she was shot and killed in a movie theater. jessi's murderer used an assault weapon with a high capacity gun clip. these clips allow killers to keep shooting and shooting. senator pat toomey opposes banning these clips, and he opposes an assault weapons ban. pat toomey stands with the gun lobby and not you. i hope you remember that when you vote. major

bucket late and the sixers got win number two and tonight they visit the minnesota timberwolves, joel embiid is

what i don't get is, both players look healthy in fact joel embiid leaks dominant again to the sixersderstand it's a long season. but the time is now for sixers fans. we haven't been entertained since andre iguodala suited up and that was a long long time ago. it's time to remove the restrictions and let theaceae boys play. haven't the fans been through enough? i know i have. dawn? >> we have been. right? >> all right. singer michael buble' taking a break. grammy winner who's three-year-old son noah is battling liver cancer will not sing again he says until his child is well all of this according to his music producer and friend david foster. we wish the buble' family the very best and our prayers are with them. >> actor director robert redford is also stepping out of the spotlight he just announced that he plans to retire from acting once he finishes his two current projects. he says however he won't be taking it easy. redford says he does plan on focusing on directing. >>> and that will do it for us. more entertainment news straight ahead on fox 29 with tmz and dish nation. then sta

joel embiid. embiid gets deep. ten points for him on the night. end of the first half, wiggins nails a three at the buzzer. sixers down at the break. t-wolves get at embiid. a technical foul for tossing the ball at him. too much. 25 points. look at that move. the sixers lose 110- 86. it's nice to have an easy one now and then. flyers and jets. first period matt read makes a pass. how about that. flyers 2-1 in the second. mason, a huge save. 30 saves on the night for him. simmons gets a goal in the third period. the flyers take it, 5-2. eagles tight end zach ertz missed practice. it is clear the seahawks are 31-5 at home since 2012. >> need to be able to get some games on the road. this is one of the hardest places to win. it's a great challenge for us, as a team. it will be a big win for us. >> former eagle great trotter was at practice today. the semifinalist for the profootball hall of fame. he still feels the love from eagles fans. >> emotional right now. it's because of the amount of letters i've gotten of people being very, very in my uniform

joel embiid didn't even travel.w he's been out for two plus years, but players can't get into a rhythm and can't get end in game shape if they don't play. you can start to see the frustration in these guys paces when you take them out after just five minutes. you really see it in their faces. only way they're going to get in a groove is by playing. you can't worry about them getting hurt all the time. besides, they can get hurt at any time. whether they play two minutes or 32 minutes i understand easing them into playing, easing them into playing shape but the sixers going overboard with this thing at some point that's going to get players frustrated and get them out of the rhythm. they'll stay winless if you keep doing this. lucy. >> thank you very much, sean. >>> brad pitt now cleared of any wrongdoing in a child abuse investigation that word comes from source familiar with an investigation into whether the actor was abusive toward his son on a private flight in september. that source said the investigation closed

they will have joel embiid available. the team making that official. the 7'2" big man will play tomorrow, but not travel to toronto for monday's game against the raptors. embiid didn't play in the 6 ers' loss to the bulls on friday. >>> college football, nova hosting st. francis, nova jumps on top 10-0. later, in the first quarter, zach bed nazric. he's got reservations for six, all nova. and what may have been coach andy tally's final home game, nova wins, 31-21, denise, back to you. >>> well dozens of philadelphia kids will stay warm this winter. thanks to operation cold war for kids. members of the local chapters of alpha phi alpha fraternity. the fraternity raised more than $3,000 and 70 kids got to pick out new winter gear at burlington coat factory in center city. >> it did feel like coat weather today. >> with the wind gusts today. so definitely a breezy day today. breezy day tomorrow. but the big story denise is that we desperately need rain and the good news is mother nature will provide that. i'm going to go into our futurecast outlook. we ha

cleveland, they failed to make a shot until embiid is on the bench. here comes lebron slamming it down. he comes back inside, final seconds of the first, what a move in the lane. basket and foul. embiid with 22. jahlil okafor looking strong too. sixers up by 14 in the first half. but lebron, he sneaks them back in out of no where, rebound and put back. the lebron with the triple double. third quarter sixers trying to runaway with it, caught, robert covington, this is wide open lay up. sixers 62 turnovers last three games. fourth quarter cleveland takes their first lead and they don't look back. irving scores 19 of his 39 in the fourth. and cavilers close it out, sixers lose their third straight 112-108. brett brown says he is still proud of their effort. >> by and large you walk out of the game thinking i think our guys played well, you know, we always want more but free throw descrepancy is punishing, and the 12 turnovers in the second half is just, you will not make that autopsy begins players of that caliber. >>> no pressure or anything but the eag

. >>> sixers big man, joel embiid is not expected to play tomorrow night and embiid is due to rest afterast night and embiid is not too happy about it either. he kicked a chair on the sixers bench out of frustration, he wanted to play in the second overtime but the sixers medical staff shutting him down, brown was tempted to use embiid and sixers lost by 5 keeping them from their fifth straight win at home. >>> turkey and stuffing not the only items on the menu, a full slate of high school football playoffs. >> how about woodbury, they ate gateway alive today. marcus mcgruder, a 100 yard reception return. they win 43-6. the mayors cup haddonfield eats east haddonfield alive. all the pumpkin pie he will eat tomorrow. they win 31-0. the full menu of high school games tonight on a special thanksgiving edition of high school huddle at 11:30 on 6 abc. hopefully the tryptophan does to the kick in for you guys. >> a big show. >> thanks jeff. >>> a christmas display that caused controversy last year is back up in the city of reading, recorder of deeds fred sheller once again decorated the living

they are taking on memphis grizzlies a pick and roll with joel embiid.e drills the 6789 sixers lead 22-17. leave that to the end of the fourth quarter the game was that good. sixers down by three. the pass, and it is thick stauskus corner three is good. we are tied at 85. game goes into overtime. in the extra session now, sixers down by three. jared bayless leave him alone he will make you pay. and so we are tied at 91. sixers staff, letting joel embiid, the doctors, letting him know he cannot lay anymore not in the extra overtime. he already laid 27 minutes. he had 12 points, 11 boards and that is mark gasol with the jam taking advantage with no embiid patrolling paint. sixers fall 104-99 in overtime. >> all right. flyers in florida visiting tampa bay, last night, they are to go it without sean couturier out four to six weeks with a knee injury. we will pick it up, flyers down, and check out dale wade, the flyers tied it up at one. later in the second, ivan provorov, scores. is there the assist from matt read. flyers take a two-one lead. in the third pe

joel embiid's first game in the nba on the road. joel embiid hustling in houston.look at this. going for a loose ball. into the seats. he had a real quick start. dunking off the inbounds there. he finishes with 13 points, 10 rebounds. but james harden steals the show. my goodness, 23 points in the first quarter. 33 for the game. sixers lose 115-88. they are now 1-9. how about villanova, now number 3 in the country taking on number 15 purdue. from half-court, he's going to find a window. we are tied at 39 at the half. but the cats are going to pull away. chris jenkins to eric pascal for the dunk. purdue has a couple of chances to tie it late, but nova holds on. 79-76. josh hart, game high 24 points. >>> temple, down three late to new hampshire. shiz austin jr. can't tie it. temple loses at home to new hampshire, 57-52. >>> st. joe's hosting columbia. charlie brown driving baseline. there is charlie brown. peanuts there. st. joe's wins 85-65. they crushed them. >>> pitcher jeremy heldicson accepted the philly's qualifying offer of $17 million for one season, so he's

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first quarter, sixers up early, embiid breaks free.hrows down two, woe finish for 13-point, and -- ten rebounds, first quarter all about james harden, puts the rockets up, on the triple, and later in the first, harden, finishes okafor, really struggled last night, hard end eight for eight in the first quarter, scored 23 of his game hi, sixers lost 115-88. if you thought they would have easy schedule start the season think again. two games into the year, already they face the top 25 opponent. jay wright, and villanova, taking on perdue. second half, wildcats up two. still boost, move, looking for darryl reynolds, and reynolds would finish. he had 12-point on the night. after the boilermaker miss, nova on the run. josh heart goes, and won, the pre-season all american had a huge night dropping 24 points. villanova passes the early test, 79-76. >> over to the liacouras center, fran dunphy and his temple owls took on new hampshire. temple down 55-52. final 15 seconds of the game, long loom, rim's off, and the owls lose to wildcats 57-52. th

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embiid will sit out tomorrow. he looks great. the first double-double, 18 points, 10 boards in 20 minutes. sixers led by as many as 18. put the sixers up four with under four. but embiid, back to back-to-back turnovers. and misses under six seconds. mcconnell had no -- but to foul. it was a flagrant. win on free-throws. and the poor sixers. still winless, lose in heartbreaking fashion on a heartbreaking foul. 103-101. more news after this. katie: my mom was a restaurant hostess at a neighborhood favorite - a place for a good, family meal. she juggled customers, cooks, waitresses - and never complained. my dad was a police officer walking his beat. i learned from both what it means to be honest, to work hard, and love family. big banks, wall street, special interests - that's who pat toomey's with. in the senate, i'll work for you and your family. i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message. in pennsylvania, a packet of heroin can be cheaper than a six-pack of beer and prescription painkillers are too easy to get. as the head of

ten of the sixers first twelve points were embiid, a career high 26. best for any rookie this season in the nba. second half, another alley-oop, look at this, 21 points for him. he had a great game. sixers win their third straight home game 120-105. flyers and lightning, goesic back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch. johnson puts it into a wide open net. that was all tampa bay needed because the flyers were shut out for the first time this season 3-0. 0 for 5 on the power play. college football, penn state and rutgers. lions need to win their final two games to have a chance at the conference championships. johnson helping out his squad. blocks the rutgers punt. that led to number 26, bartly finding the end zone for a yard out. penn state up 16-0. they win 39-0. how about temple visiting tulane. third quarter we pick it up. walker drops back and hits thomas. he gets some blocks and if you didn't know number 5 got more moves than a u-haul truck. 42-yard house call. owls win 31-0. a win next week over east carolina puts them in the aac champion

embiid will sit out tomorrow. he looks great.le, 18 points, 10 boards in 20 minutes. sixers led by as many as 18. put the sixers up four with under four. but embiid, back to back-to-back turnovers. and misses under six seconds. mcconnell had no -- but to foul. it was a flagrant. win on free-throws. and the poor sixers. still winless, lose in heartbreaking fashion on a heartbreaking foul. you out. no warning, no hearing. it's a lending practice so outrageous, most states banned it. but at the bank founded by pat toomey it was business as usual. forcing small business owners out of their homes. toomey even used his power in the senate to help himself, voting to gut rules that protect us and crack down on big banks. pat toomey. out for himself, not us. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> an interesting stat i read. the last time there were two ties in the nfl which there have been this season, 1997 when the indians lost the world series in seven games. tonight the cubs are almost about to force that game sev

embiid just getting started, open at three, banks at home.o with smile. 4-for-4 three-point land. sixers up, lebron james finds frye, cavs go up one. big three. next sixer. embiid tries to make something happen. turns it over. six turnovers. seven seconds to go. henderson back off the inbound. look at this, no foul call. brett brown wanted to get the ball to joel, sixers turned it over on their final five possessions. they lose 102-101. yeah, throw that towel. sixers are 0-5. flyers going for four straight wins in montreal. michael del zotto making his season debut. tied at the first. del zotto misses the net, corals, dishes to gossett, his third of the season. flyers have the lead up 2-1. take a look at the flyers power play. watch what happens to the puck. get behind the flyers. this is a killer. the flyers lose to the canadiens 5-4. number 12 penn state hosting iowa. james franklin kind of gets that whiteout he wanted. fired up in happy valley. 19-yard touchdown and nittany lions rolling. look at barkley here. 57 yards to the house. he had

joel embiid, the figure fella, taking it hard to the 10 and 1 on richard jefferson. embiid talking some trash. jefferson doesn't like it, can't do nieg about it. sixers up early. late in the first half, no one with an eye on lebron james, and that's a problem. turns the sixers' defense into dunkin' dummies. lebron had a triple-double and way too much kyrie irving. sixers fall 112-108. but brett brown sees positives. >>> in terms of the flyers, they're in action on csn hosting the flames at 7:30. anthony stow lars is expected to make his first start in the nlh this evening. he was called up after the goaltender was sidelined with an injury. the flyers looking to snap a two-game losing skid. that's it for sports. i'm danny pommells. >>> let's check in now with kate snow. >> good evening, denise. hope you had a great holiday. donald trump again making news on twitter claiming that millions of people voted illegal illegally. >>> plus we're live in havana with reaction from cubans after fidel castro's death. >>> also the latest travel conditions aunder roe the country as

joel embiid and joel okafor on the court together. >> i look forward to playing them together. you know, it's up in the air in what it's going to look like. in defense of them and in fairness of them, because of so many different situations, it's not like they have had an abundance of time to practice together. >> we'll have highlights at 11:00. that's sports. we'll be right back. hey julie, i know today's critical, but i really... ...need a sick day. dads don't take sick days. dads take dayquil severe: the... ...non-drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat, stuffy... ...head, no sick days medicine. >>> right now, final preparat n preparations being made for the lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree will be lit. the 90-foot tree is decorated with more than 50,000 lights. you can watch the rockefeller center christmas tree lighting starting at 7:00 on nbc10. >> you can see this golden retriever that's dressed up like an elf. share your photos with us on facebook, twitter and instagram. >> looks like he was smiling despite the weather. >> we just heard it's pourin

joel embiid not playing. it's all part of the process, says embiid. >> i'm going to do whatever they have for me. >> he's most disappointed that he can't be with his teammates. >> it's like i get why i can't play, and i respect him, put me on a plane an let me go with the guys. >> that's sports is, i'm danny pommells. >>> now for a look at what's coming up tonight on nbc10 news at 11:00. >> change is coming to the way you call people in philadelphia. the difference you'll notice with your phone calls, that's tonight at 11:00. >>> a live look at the white house as president-elect donald trump heads there tomorrow to meet with president obama. and join us at 7:30 tonight, for special coverage on the transition to president, we'll take a look at issues ranging from the economy, to health care and immigration. >> tomorrow is going to be a drastically different day than what we have seen today. we still have rain out there and a good bit of it as you can see, much of that radar scope is filled up all afternoon the

joel embiid and nerlins, that is how life plays out. my job is to coach what i have been stay focused with what i know needs to be done and keep us together. >>> a surprising loss at the wells fargo center the flyers lost a regular season game at home to the red wings, the first time since 1997. 19 years. wayne simmons -- they found themselves up but andres got one past steve mason and we when to a shootout and again they'll have nightmares about that guy. flyers lost the game 3- 2 and visit toronto on friday. >>> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast in just a moment. >>> it's an intricate process as they used a level to set the base and the tree will be brought in and decorated next week, the tree lighting ceremony is saturday september 26th. >> i was going to say wet and raw sounds like a rainy day in november. >> that is exactly what we got. it's a good thing because we need the rain and still more rain falling. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing if you are headed out you need the umbrella. we have a few pockets of steadie

embiid another day off as the team brings him along slowly with his right foot injury. having to sit out when he feels fine is frustrating. >> it's frustrating but they care about me. and i think it's going to help me a lot down the road. whatever how many years i play. 15 to 20 years, it's going to help me down the road. they care about me. frustrating i want to play but it is what it is. >> the flyers record is what it is. and last night was not just historic in politics but the wells fargo center. the red wings beat the flyers for the first time since 1997. he tied it up in regulation and won it with a lone goal in the shootout. they have eight straight games sided by one goal. >>> penn state up to 10th in the latest college football rankings. they are thinking this weeks that is all about indiana. >> i don't spend time thinking about those things. i don't spend time thinking to the team about those things. >> that that's the nature of this business. the nature of this profession. that is the nature of this game. >> and we are the place to watch the nittany lions tak

and no twin towers for the next few games, simmers host the magic and okafor will not play and embiid will and then embiid sits out and okafor will play. >> sometime we hope in the not too distant future, both will be available and both can split minutes and both can play together but that is not where we are at. we are in the piece meal stage, certainly with jahlil and joel. >> and the world series returned to cleveland for their game six. they could win it. manager francona says it's comforting being at the comforts of home. >> when are you the home team you hit last, you get to use your bullpen differently than is a huge advantage and that is why so many good teams have better records at home. >> makes sense. philadelphia native and welterweight champion, danny garcia is getting ready to take on vargus at an event at the center. >> i am focused and i have tunnel vision and is he coming to win, it's the opportunity of a lifetime for him. and i am prepared and i did everything i was suppose to do. i took no short cuts and ready right now, we are just on cruise control now. garcia is

the sixers tell embiid you're done for the night. you played 27 minutes that's three minutes over his minutes restriction. kicks the chair. poor chair. what did mark do to the sixers, the sixers fall 104-99, double overtime, not a good ending >>> flyers in florida visiting the tampa bay lightening, doing it without shawn. we pick it up in the second, i have an provorov. the score, the assist, flyers take a 2-1 lead. third period, game tied at 2, ryan callahan. major buzz kill for the fly guys, they fall 4-to 2, your final score in tampa bay. >>> villanova wildcats, number two, taking on charleston. show is some nice ball movement. how about the jam right there by darryl reynolds, nova winning easily tonight in blowout fashion 63-47 your final. >>> doug pederson has finally had a face-to-face meeting with stage fright receiver nelson agholor. he had a miserable game against the seahawks. pederson was asked at the 2015 first around will play monday against the packers >> i got to see how he handles this, this will be a big woke for him

of back to back games and the sixers are 0-3 without embiid. they lost nine of 10 to start the season and the only w was with embiid in the lineup so jahlil okafor has to step up his game. and the sixers lost their last two by 50 combined points but they feel they are still a good basketball team. >> many thought we should have won. everybody is helping each other even with that being said there are a lot of games we feel we dropped the ball on, we think we are good better than what the record shows. >> hopefully they can turn it around like penn state. they were not evening ranked and now ranked eighth in the college playoff rankings. >> we'll focus on the things we can control. that is not one of them. so our focus in our locker room was makele corrections from saturday and then we are moving on to rutgers. >> and we are moving on too. >> a knock against the eagles and the biggest would be the receivers right. dropping the ball, hopefully the eagles scouts are paying attention to this. check out the cats and college football, tyler conklin ma

the sixers tell embiid you're done for the night. you played 27 minutes that's three minutes over his minutes restriction. kicks the chair. poor chair. what did mark do to the sixers, the sixers fall 104-99, double overtime, not a good ending >>> flyers in florida visiting the tampa bay lightening, doing it without shawn. we pick it up in the second, i have an provorov. the score, the assist, flyers take a 2-1 lead. third period, game tied at 2, ryan callahan. major buzz kill for the fly guys, they fall 4-to 2, your final score in tampa bay. >>> villanova wildcats, number two, taking on charleston. show is some nice ball movement. how about the jam right there by darryl reynolds, nova winning easily tonight in blowout fashion 63-47 your final. >>> doug pederson has finally had a face-to-face meeting with stage fright receiver nelson agholor. he had a miserable game against the seahawks. pederson was asked at the 2015 first around will play monday against the packers >> i got to see how he handles this, this will be a big woke for him

. >> now, five games, in eight days, means a forced day off for joel embiid. sixers visit indiana tonight after consulting with the medical staff the team decided to leave joe, joy here in philly. they could use him though. sixers are zero and six. they are one of only two winless teams in the nba. new orleans pelicans zero and eight. without embiid sixers are missing their number one scorer and rebounding, highlights tonight at 11:00. jessica dean i know were you down there watching joe, joe play you were impressed. >> very impressed. >> very. >> thanks, sir. >> up next special visitor to a south jerseyc3c3 fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for this amazing price. cab

the sixers will have joel embiid available to play sunday against lebron james and the cavs. should be a good one. embiid will not travel to toronto for monday's game against the raptors remember the sixers played the cavs pretty tight earlier this season. that's it for sports i'm danny pommells. >>> before we leave you this morning one last check of the weather. looking behind us, it is clear out there. >> it's a really nice forecast for some shopping you didn't get done the last couple of days. live look outside, the flags are starting to move around. the wind here because we are going to track those breezy, then windy conditions by this afternoon. overall mostly sunny, 51. tomorrow pretty good, as well. building clouds, chances of rain by overnight into tuesday, wednesday, even thursday morning. >> all right. that's going to do it for us on this sunday for krystal klei and all of us here at nbc 10 have a good one. of course the eagles play tomorrow night. and we've got you covered with "eagles gameday kickoff" next. >>> ball at the 25. a first down, wentz is back, looks, f

the sixers will have joel embiid available to play sunday against lebron games. embiid will not travel to toronto for monday's game against the raptors remember the sixers played the cavs pretty tight earlier this season. that's it for sports i'm danny pommells. >> 5:57 and we're following the rush to get home. coming up the travel time checking in on the busiest travel spots of the holiday weekend comes to a close. we'llville a live report of what you can expect next. >>> and today we're talking mostly sunshine but in the days to come that changes. chances of rain hitting the forecast for several days. the details on that and some wind for today coming up. >>> travel time round two, here is a live look at philadelphia international airport where thousands are hoping for a smooth flight home after the long holiday weekend. in a live report we'll find out how the crowds are navigating security. >>> it's a cold start for travelers. here's a live look outside at 30th street station plenty of people coming home by train. the winds will be picking up a little bit late

third quarter, embiid, the jumper 18 points, ten boards. first career double. orlando recovers, the sixers now. look at the -- another turnover but the ball ends up to surge. he's bound by tj mccouple with a chance to win it. he nails him. and that's how the sixers fall tonight. 103-101, heartbreaker almost inventing new ways to lose. >>> before the game, the sixers trading away jeremy grant to the oklahoma city thunder. grant was a second round selection in a 2014 draft. made immediate contributions to the team. in the deal, the sixers acquired turkey big man and a conditional first round pick from okc. >>> we need your help picking our friday football frenzy game of the week. here are your choices, wore the at collingswood. cherry hill west at camden catholic, westmoreland. cbs.com/frenzy. it is a voting season, by the way >> the sixers going to have the close? you got to finish them >> inventing new ways to lose >> they played hard. >> thank you. >> up next, the flyers team up to in pennsylvania, a packet of heroin can be cheaper than a six-pack of beer and

and embiid will play tonight. he did not have to travel far because matt stairs has to head down from the broadcast booth. and forget the super bowl tonight the best night you can get in sports. game seven of the world series, they got there because addison russel drove in six runs four of them on this grand slam. chicago beat cleveland 9-3. tonight cubs indians winner take all. one of those long waits will finally be over. is it the cubs year? >> it's going to be exciting. >> i love game seven. >> is there anything better? >> game eight. >> they don't have game eight. >>> if you are planning to watch the final game of the world series you may be bleary eyed tomorrow. a note excusing you out sick is from the chicago cubs of course they are playing, they tweeted an excuse note fill in the blanks in case you need help explaining to your boss. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. we guarantee to make switching easier. we'll show up on time. you're right on time. as promised, to install fios and set up the wi-f

ten of the sixers first twelve points were embiid, a career high 26. best for any rookie this season in the nba. second half, another alley-oop, look at this, 21 points for him. he had a great game. sixers win their third straight home game 120-105. flyers and lightning, gosic back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch. johnson puts it into a wide open net. that was all tampa bay needed because the flyers were shut out for the first time this season 3-0. 0 for 5 on the power play. college football, penn state and rutgers. lions need to win their final two games to have a chance at the conference championships. johnson helping out his squad. blocks the rutgers punt. that led to number 26, bartley finding the end zone for a yard out. penn state up 16-0. they win 39-0. how about temple visiting tulane. third quarter we pick it up. walker drops back and hits thomas. he gets some blocks and if you didn't know number 5 got more moves than a u-haul truck. 42-yard house call. owls win 31-0. a win next week over east carolina puts them in the aac champion

third quarter embiid down low nice little baseline spin reverse layup.l finished with a career high 26 points in just 20 minutes of action. later in the third sixers on the break and nik stauskas throws it down and this little fan lovers it. sixers tied the franchise record with 17 3-pointers and beat the suns 120 to 105. >>> the eagles are a six-point underdog to the seahawks tomorrow. seattle has won last four out of five against the birds. now, the question is what eagles team will be showing up for tomorrow. the one that is unbeaten at home giving up under 10 points a game or the squad that is one and four on the road. the seahawks 31 and five at home since 20's 12 and have the second best scoring did he first in the entire league. >> being able to win at home which is really important and now you need to be able to go get some games on the road. this is one of the hardest places to win and it's a great challenge for us as a team. it would be a big win for us. >> so i think we're right there. obviously we figured that out at home and what better way

joel embiid has sixers fans chanting trust the process. i >> today down at the center flyers took on the lightning. orange and black have won two out of three and tampa came in riding a three game winning streak. power play steve mason in goal past tyler johnson. mason had no chance on the shot. one-nothing tam pennsylvania. second period flyers trailing. andre, pulot. flyers in a two goal deficit. third period jonathan duro there., skates in. three-nothing is the final. they removed the ice and put down the hard word for the sixers who were looking for the third straight home win against suns. >>> big fella had it going on here in the first quarter knocked down the three. he scored 17 points in the quarter. sixers led by 13. third quarter embiid down low nice little baseline spin reverse layup. joel finished with a career high 26 points in just 20 minutes of action. later in the third sixers on the break and nik stauskas throws it down and this little fan lovers it. sixers tied the franchise record with 17 3-pointers and beat the suns 120

sixers coach says joel embiid on restriction and he will be through holidays.e a look against cavs. lebron blocked by joel embiid. never let the facts get in the way of a good story. embiid getting started. banks at home. jojo with a smile. career high 22 points. sixer ups up 2. lebron finds frye. cavs go up one. big three. next sixer. turns it over. joel with six turnovers but sixers have a chance to win. seven seconds to go. henderson back off the inbound. look at this, no foul call. brett brown wanted to get the ball to joel, sixers turned it over on their final five possessions. they lose 102-101. throw that towel. sixers 0-5. flyers going for four straight wins last night in montreal. michael del zotto making his season debut. take a look. tight at 1-1 in the first. misses the net, corals, dishes to gossett, his third of the season. flyers have the lead up 2-1. take a look at the flyers power play. watch what happens to the puck. get behind the flyers. this is a killer. the flyers lose to the canadiens 5-4. number 12 penn state hosting iowa. james franklin