. >> you are looking at how well matt barkley does, people want to know are you trading mark sanchez, have you a very tale talented guy. >> we talk about that position being the most important position on the field, it's important to have not only two but three guys to go out and play. we saw teams last year that needs two and three quarterbacks we see that as an asset for our team. >> how important is it for matt barkley to shore up that position. >> the first time he had to prepare the whole week as a starter. he takes all the reps and gets into the game plan, a great opportunity for him. >> how excited are you to see this, chip kelly's second year and nick foles as the starter. >> it's exciting, around our building we have a young team that did a grade job in the offseason and being here and the whole preseason and offseason has gone really well in terms of work ethic u. lets go out and play. we are excited to see us grow, condition be more excited to get out here next sunday and see the fans and get going. >> i would imagine are you not sleeping much from now until then. >> thanks

the eagles ready for their final preseason game for michael vick and matt barkley and nick foles taking job as a waiter? that's next. >>> hey, i'm john clark live at the linc. we start with phillies news. their president and ceo, dave montgomery, is stepping aside, taking a leave of absence for a little while while he recovers from jaw cancer surgery and here is the man that's gonna take his place for a little while, senior adviser and former gm, pat gillick. we wish dave montgomery the best. >>> coming back out here live, this it is the eagles last preseason game tonight. as you can see, the starters are all standing behind me. they are watching the backups warm up. no starters tonight. the backups get to play their way onto the team. take a look at michael vick. it's his return to the link after signing with the jets in the offseason. catching up with some former teammates before the game and he did catch up with riley cooper. he says they have smoothed everything over, they have spoken. michael vick is thankful for his time in fill labor day with the eagles, gave him another chance i

but matt barkley has to do what to neat to prove he's an nnl quarterback. >> put the ball in the ende. not make mistake. he had interception problem last year. four in the three games he played. they want to is he him up tempo run the offense and beat the new york jets tonight. so it's an important game for him. >> he's probably going to play into the fourth quarter, right. >>> i would think he would play at least three quarters. kenny is really not a factor in this three-man quarterback race but matt barkley prepared you will week he's taking all the rep much this is big moment for him. >> another area of the decision making for the eagles now matt bark lull make the team are the running backs. chris polk, michael tucker and henry josie. >> yes. >> that's tough choice. >>> here the deal. chris polk is not going to play in the football game. so do you keep chris polk who has not played -- >> wait a minute, why isn't he playing. >>> i don't think that hamstring is up to par. >> isn't that problem. >>> that's big problem. he base him on what he did last year try to get him through at t

your starting quarterback matt barkley.re are many question whether he's a good enough quarterback to play in the nfl at a high level but he goes into the game knowing he can play. >> good mentality to have all the time that you are make or break and i mentioned this the other day. he mentioned that every year he came into camp they were bringing new guys and younger guys and he always had the mind set of make or break. >> phillies open a series at home tonight again the hottest team in baseball the washington nationals eight game lead in the division. won 12 of 13. tiger woods is playing the role of donald trump. you're fired! tiger woods never blames himself when he doesn't win. it always seems to be someone else. tiger fired his swing coach sean foley after four years. he did not win major in those last four years. but did not win major in his two previous years before foley. don't blame the tools. blame the carpenter. >> and there you have it from howard eskin. >> thank you very much. >> that does it for us here at 6:00

midway through the first, matt barkley well this is matt tobin here it look like he was injured on thee's walking off the field. now this is matt barkley a 43-yard bomb to ben. ben was wide open on the play to put eagles up seven to nothing. then we have codey parkey he's not making chip kelly's job cutting down the roster any easier. he kicks a 64 yarder and later a 53 yarder. he was three for three tonight, and the eagles went on to beat the jets 37-seven. here's chip kelly after the game on the roster cuts ahead. >> you got 90 guys and you got to cut to 53 there's ma'am that goes goes on there. if you don't make our team we hope you make another team. sometimes you sit there and you see some guys and it's difficult. you wish -- i'll tell you one thing i wish i can buy stock in people. alejandro, i'd buy stock in him as a human being. he's going to be success if you. he told me when i talked to him about the reasons we were cutting him loose and he look me right in the eye he said successful possible have to make difficult decisions you don't have to explain anything to me. >> finall

sunday, the birds host the jets, the regular starters get backups for a job and prove their worth, matt barkley starts as quarterback, barkley is not focused on that. i don't have an agenda for that. i want to be consistent and i am not changing this strategy for this game because i am starting or having more reps, we'll score points. eagles-jets coming up on 6 abc. kickoff is set for 7:00. >> seeing a lot of michael vick tomorrow, he is starting for the jets. >> meteorologist, adam joseph with the accuweather forecast when we come right back. >>> red flags were flying today along the jersey shore, hurricane cristobal is off the coast and creating treacherous rip currents. in seaside heights they restricted swimmers to knee high water. lifeguards say that the rip currents will increase through tomorrow. >>> meteorologist adam joseph is here now and are you echoing that sentiment. >> it peaks tonight early tomorrow morning and then it diminishes friday and into the weekend, good news for beach goers, friday, saturday and sunday. live on double scan live, it's muggy and sunny, quiet and hot and t

no starters plays tonight and matt barkley gets the start for the eagles. ducis rogers, channel 6 "action news." >> thanks guy. >>> the ceremony on the lambertville, new hope bridge settled a trivia question, where does pennsylvania end and new jersey begin. a new line was presented by ian sandsers. >> more to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. >> a tiny battery nearly killed a 4-year-old boy after severely burning his throat and now his mothers and doctors are warning others, ali gorman will have that story in health check. the newest thing, a baby monitor for your baby. if your baby happens to be a brand new corvette. i'll have that story coming up. >>> joan rivers is in a new york city hospital after being rushed from a doctor's office in cardiac arrest. she was having a procedure on her throat when she stopped breathing, they are not releasing her condition of the 80-year-old entertainer, she is set to perform in atlantic city in november. no word on the status of those shows. >>> a new battle to control ebola, they are about to launch human testing

eagles and jets, matt barkley starts. at the linc. >> we'll keep an eye also on alex henry. >> david montgomery is taking a medical leave of absence as he recovers from cancer and jaw surgery and pat gillic will take over on a temporary basis. he underwent jaw surgery in february and he plans to return to the job once he fully recovers from cancer. >> owls kick off tonight against vanderbilt. and they are coming off an awful season and are trying to bounce back after a 2-10 year in 2010. the big issue is what we do, focus on us. if we learned one thing, we played really good teams it's what we did to determine whether we won or lost. and see what we do come game time. once the eagles start wrapping up. the kickoff is at 9:15 against vanderbilt. >> back to you in the studio. >> thanks jeff. a consumer issue, nydia han wants to help.. she is tackling a wide variety of -- and a wrap up. she joins us live now at the big board. >> hi nydia. >> we are busy and our viewers have too. if you missed what "action news" troubleshoote

matt barkley wins the number three quarterback spot with release of gj kinny.ut, kurdish marsh, three running backs including josie and tucker, your season, three running backs on the roster, mccoy, express, and chris polk. >>> we opened last season with three running backs, i think you are talking about three good players there, versatile skills set, that's kind of one why i made the de anything that direction. >> around the league, michael sam did not make the st. louis roster, he was among the last cuts today, by the rams. after his release he said on his twitter account, quote, the journey continues. >>> penn state and central florida playing in the park class nick dublin, ireland there is morning and this game truely was a classic. james franklin making his penn state debut, and his nittany lions led the entire game until minute 13 to go, central florida driving, and justin coleman, the back up quarterback, coleman from 6 yards out, central florida has a 24 to 23 lead. just enough time for christian, kid only through for 454 yards today. eighteen of these

. >> eagles quarterback that will start on thursday is matt barkley.kley should play quite a bit in this game. likely until the fourth quarter. thursday is the day to win jobs, secure jobs and in the case of matt barkley show the team he can play in the nfl. >> this is great opportunity for matt, first, he's able to know days in advance that he's starting so he's out here preparing to play the jets just like it's a regular season game. so that's good for him. we'll be able to evaluate him in a really good way for preseason. >> i don't have in an agenda per se. i just want to be accurate, be consistent like i tried to do every week thus far. i'm not changing my strategy going into this game because i'm starting or just because we'll be getting more reps. be consistent and protect the ball and score points. >> all right. the phillies begin a series get the hottest team in baseball tonight the washington nationals here. they have won 12 out of their last 13. now the last time the phillies played washington here they were nine games over 500 washington. ob

. >> well, quarterback matt barkley will start thursday's preseason finale against the jets.he second-year pro has been solid in the exhibition slate. he's a four-year starter at usc and is certainly ready to be the game for at least one game. >>> checking in on the high school ranks you can vote for our first high school blitz game of the week. choices are frankford at downingtown east, lasalle on the road at north penn. or martin cluther king at coatesville. or text your vote, 610-624-411 or go online to nbc10.com. the game with the most votes will be featured on the "high school blitz." that's every saturday night at 7:00 right here on nbc 10. >>> it is football season once again, denise. i'll send it back to you. >> all right, amy. thank you so much. and time now to dmek with lester holt for a look at what's coming up on nbc "nightly news." lester? >> hi, denise. coming up, the latest on the earthquake that rocked northern california. it's caused critical damage and widespread injuries. >>> plus an american hostage is freed in syria. we'll have all the details as u.s. air

matt barkley starting finale looks good runs for touchdown and throws for one too. how about this. benn 34 yard score and linc leap. kicking job gets interesting cody parkey 54 yard field goal got. it wow, now remember henry missed from 47 and 31 this preseason and helpry was supposed to come in for attempt here in the third and they give it back to parkey. this time from 53. good as well. ut, oh henery could be in trouble. eagles not in trouble tonight they win 37-7. live to ducis rogers tough decisions to make for chip kelly with roster cuts coming henery career long 51 ducis parkey hit two longer than that tonight. >> jeff after the game chip kelly was not nameing a starter kirk but after what we saw from parkey tonight you have to believe this is parkey's job. >> i did good tonight there is room for improve. couple kickoffs i would love to have back i'm known for putting them in the end zone and i need to do that for this team. whatever happens happens i did a pretty good job today and we'll see what happens. >> it's out of my control it's whatever happens, happens everything h

matt barkley gets the three quarter quarterback spot.hree running backs, including henry josie and matthew tucker, that means the eagles will start the season with only three running backs on the roster, mccoy, spree, and chris polk. for around the national football league, mime al sam did not make the st. louis rams roster among the last cuts today by the rams. afterward he said on his twitter account, quote, the journey continues. college football over in ireland this morning, the classic, james franklin and first game at penn state, nittany lion led the entire game until minute 13 to go when justin homered central florida puts the nights up by point. penn state tries to lengthen the field, final play of the game, bingo, sam, fourth field goal of the game. comes back to win the classic 26 to 24 over central florida i know

mark sanchez is listed as the number 2qb ahead of matt barkley and recently acquired cornerback nolanarol is also listed as the top kick returner. he's having a nice training camp and the coaches are taking notice. >> he drives himself every day. he is a perfectionist. i moved him inside to a dime align many in he's never played. he's struggling through the i placement of a dime linebacker as opposed to a corner. he's in the middle of a learning curve and hard on himself. i'm very pleased where nolan carol bringing. >> the rest of the defense is focusing on improving poorly ranked pass rush from last season. they brought in former all pro linebacker kevin green to consult on quarterback punish many during his 15 years in the league, he was considered one of the best. valuable experience to bring to the younger guys. >> i'm just, you know, teaching some of the things that i did on the corners as far as defeating offensive tackles big guys on the corner. so i'm primarily concentrating on pass rush fundamental and technique and this kind of thing. >> it was very basic fundamental way of

mark sanchez, matt barkley and dj kinney. what do you look for, chip?it more in the game or practice? >> we're judging all of them. i don't think you can just say that. i mean if you wanted that judge a quarterbacks you would throw every single down when they were in. but we also have to judge offense suv linemen, can they run block. we have a bunch of young running backs we got to see how they compete want they can do and there's lot of different aspects to it. >> all right. rory mcilroy the hottest player on the pga tour. he won two straight tournaments including the british open all the peel care about is tiger woods. after last week where tiger woods quit halfway through the final round of the tournament with back stiffness, here he is miraculously back today playing at practice round before tomorrow's first round of pga championship. tiger said he will play. i never had doubt he will play. this is not popular comment but how come tiger never has an injury problem when he's playing well. i'm just saying. i'm just saying. >> because when he's injured

matt barkley got things started in the first quarter. 43 yards. barkley would finish with 253 yards passing and a rushing touchdown to cap it off. michael vick back in philly. he was in for one play. and then the jets took him out and he received a nice ovation from the crowd. >>> this morning police in ocean county are looking for a burglar who broke into the same school twice in the same day. it happened monday at st. dominick's. a staff member saw the burglar inside the building. he said he was looking for information on the school. the same guy returned and stole cash and school supplies. police are still trying to identify and find him. >>> a cool morning. clear skies. a live view of center city from the adventure aquarium. most of the area is in the 50s. center city right now 62 degrees. katy zachry is watching a bit of a mess this morning in some areas. good morning. >> good morning. we're keeping an eye on overturned tractor-trailer affecting drivers from route 1 southbound trying to get on 76 westbound. you can see a live look at the scen

training camp it shows mark sanchez at number two quarterback behind starter nick foles, and ahead of matt barkley. recently acquired quarterback nolan carol, top kick returner. coaches are noticing carol's strong camp. >> he drives himself every day. 's perfectionist. i have moved him inside to a lineman, he has never played, you know, he is learning, struggling through the placement as opposed to corner, so he is in the middle of a learning curve, hard on himself. but i am very pleased where nolan carol is brinking. >> in a that was football talk right there, i am telling you. the rest of the birds defense is concentrating on the pass rush. eagles brought in former all-pro linebacker kevin green to help pass rush. green one of the best during a 15 year career in the national football league. >> i'm just teaching some of the things did i on the corner, as far as offensive tackles, on the corner, so i'm primarily concentrating on pass rush fent million mentales, technique. >> it was very basic funds mental way rushing brink to go our guys, we're real excited about picking his brain for three, four

matt barkley and dj kenny will split the quarterback.he week of preparation we've had a good week so far with the guys that will be playing on thursday and we've got a lot of good looks with the jets will be doing. so it's a good feeling. just knowing that what you're getting into and i'm excited for thursday night for what we can do. >> special note tomorrow morning you can listen to our sports director beasley reece with the morning team over on our sister station 94 wip. beas will be filling in for angelo. the show start at 5:30 a.m. ♪ >> the 66th annual emmy awards held tonight in los angeles and some of the night's biggest winners can be seen right here on cbs-3 every week. jim parsons won for best lead actor in a comedy fort big bang theory. allison jannie pick up a supporting actor tress in comedy emmy for mom. and julianne in a marl goalies wouldn't lead actress in the drama series the good wife. amazing race taking home an emmy for the competition reality program. congratulations to all the winners and don't forget you can watch

matt barkley got things rolling in the first quarter with this 43-yard touchdown pass.y would finish with 253 yards passing and a rushing touchdown. eagles have to feel good about their backup and michael vick back in philly in for just one play. he was taken out and received a nice ovation from the crowd. >>> countless americans including a lot of celebrities have accepted the als ice bucket challenge this summer. you have seen these videos. maybe you have done it yourself. a new report says it's paying off. the als association says it has received $94.3 million in donations over the past month. 94.3 million in one month. that's compared to 2.7 million during the same time period last year. and those donations have come from existing donors and over 2 million new contributors. >>> a school has become the first in the nation to ban headers among middle school soccer players. yesterday officials held a panel about young athletes and risk of concussion. a growing trend of head injuries on the field. >> the evidence is pretty obvious. black and white. there's no upside to

matt barkley got things started in the first quarter. that is a 43-yard touchdown pass. barkley finished up the game with 253 yards passing. plus a rushing touchdown. eagles beat the jets 37-7. also, you see that guy. play before he was taken out. he did receive a nice ovation from the crowd. >>> speaking of football, you get to pick our high school blitz game of the week for next friday, september 5th. choices are council rock north at simon gratz and holy spirit against malvern prep. head to nbc10.com or go to our facebook page to vote once per day or call or text to 610-624-4111. high school blitz has the best highlights every saturday night at 7:00 here on nbc 10. >>> congratulations to the temple owls for their season opening victory last night over vanderbilt 37-7. they didn't finish the game until 2:00 this morning after a 1 1/2 hour weather delay. >>> internet explosion. president obama prompted quite the reaction yesterday when he stepped to the microphone but the big buzz online had nothing to do about with what he said. > >>> an emergency aboard this boat. how

back up quarterback matt barkley started the game for the birds. he tossed 43-yard touchdown pass to ben, to give the birds an early lead on the jets, the lincoln leap into the stands, love it. kicker codey parkey he made his case to make the team, made, and competing with last year's kicker alex henry t looks like he may have lock up a roster spot. eagles beat the jets in the last tuneup practice game 37 to seven. >>> there he is, vick would start against the birds last night, decks but lifted after one play. the philly crowd gave micah big ovation as he left the game, nice move by buddy's son recommendation ryan, he will be the jets back up this season. >>> temple owls against vanderbuilt in nashville, tennessee last night. most of the game probably went down while were you asleep. the owls defense forced seven turnovers, including a 73-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by avery robinson. temple rolled over vandy, 37 to seven. kick off delayed 90 minutes by lightning and the game ended about quarter after 2:00 this morning. penn state plays uc

matt barkley starting for the eagles.e's going to find arrelious benn wide open for the touchdown and he's going to do the leap. barkley with a nice night. 253 yards, passing and rushing touchdown. how about the kicking battle? newcomer cody parkey, park swey power. alex henery thought he was going for it. parkey went out and got it. 54 and 53 yarder both longer than alex henery's career field goal. fourth quarter, damaris johnson. 37-7. looks like cody parkey could be winning the job. >> i know you got to ask questions, but we're not making any cuts right now, so we'll go back, play the tape, sit down with the staff tomorrow and saturday and make final decisions. >> give alex some competition and, again, we'll go through everything, what the whole week was like with him and make our decisions on everybody tomorrow. >> cody parkey is 5 for 5 in the preseason. >>> michael vick on his return, he said the ovation from the eagles fans was classy and loves this place. it gave him a start again after being in jail. >> you know,

now, the three quarterback will be matt barkley.efense getting in gear, as well, with defensive coordinator billy davis look to go improve on last year's sporadic pass rush. >> i don't think a year ago early in the season it was comfortable. now they know they know. if that makes sense, they know what their responsibility s so i anticipate the group is a whole better individually and directively. >> the birds have also brought in former all-pro linebacker kevin green to help with that pass rush, got anything left in the tank big fellow? green played 15 seasons in the ffl, and ranks thirds all time in sacks. i'm sure the guys can benefit from kevin's presence and knowledge, drop some knowledge on the fellows, let's about birds. >> coming you in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", three children killed in carjacking crash were laid to rest yesterday. but donations continue to pouour in to the family. >>> and, it was an emotional scene at vigil in upper darby for the woman who was found dead in her home. >>> bob and katie return w

matt barkley rough start interception and that stop the opening drive.ut he would redeem himself just few minutes later. first and 10 from mid field he connected on a 43-yard pass to ben and that put the birds up seven to nothing. meanwhile, former he gel michael vick got the start for new york he only played one play. coach letting him do so so that the he guess fans could recognize him and thank him and it was warm. but tonight was mostly about the younger guys trying to earn a roster spot. men tee of competition among the running backs henry josie made case for himself with 18-yard rush for first down and did he marius johnson also having good night. including a 46-yard dash for the touchdown. overall a good performance by the backups. wiping this one the eagles 37 37-seven. >> now let's talk more about the kickers. it was a heated competition there. they have a decision to peak because kiddie parkey hit a 54 yarder, back that up with a 53 yarder and i know you're saying that's just preseason, but the kid was kicking for his life. that's as pressure p

matt barkley and dj kenny will split the quarterback.he week of preparation we've had a good week so far with the guys that will be playing on thursday and we've got a lot of good looks with the jets will be doing. so it's a good feeling. just knowing that what you're getting into and i'm excited for thursday night for what we can do. >> special note tomorrow morning you can listen to our sports director beasley reece with the morning team over on our sister station 94 wip. beas will be filling in for angelo. the show start at 5:30 a.m. we'l have you seen tom corbett's negative ad with this actress. it's just not true. and more of the same from corbett. tom wolf's company is headquartered and files taxes right here in pennsylvania. and it's tom wolf who'll be the governor we need. he'll make the gas companies pay up to fund our schools. build a 21st century infrastructure. and restore manufacturing for the jobs we need today. take a look at his plan for yourself. tom wolf. a fresh start for pennsylvania. (vo) ours is a world of the red-e

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his name is matt barkley, he is the number three guy, it will be hard for him to play in this game. he usually gets a week notice and have you to prepare the way you did in college as a starting quarterback. i asked him how that will affect his play tonight. >> it's comforting and it feels like it has been a while since that time, but it is nothing foreign to me, and i have a good week of preparation so far with the guys that are playing on thursday and a lot of good looks at what the jets will be doing. it's a good feeling what you are getting into and i'm exciting for thursday night. >> the qb on the other side, is a familiar face, michael vick makes his return to the linc. he is the jet's backup quarterback but starts tonight as the jets are resting their starters as well. of course, we'll have the game for you coming up on 6 abc and the earlier kickoff here, the jets and the eagles. >> he will not play vick long but it will be wreerd to see him in a different shade of green here at the linc. back to you guys. >> an interesting game to watch. thank you. >>> still ahead, is it the

quarterbacks nick foles and mark sanchez matt barkley with the music blaring will get the sta start. o see matt play for an extended period of time. matt has gotten in there with the twos, three work i think he's done a real nice job. we kind of thought about it as a staff. i think mark 25 of 31. we feel comfortable with our one and two quarterbacks. we'll give matt a real extended look against the jets on thursday night. >> chip. phillies getting ready to host the cardinals down at citizens bank park. phillies are three and one on this home stand and i know they're small and sometimes hard to see, but maybe just maybe there are some glimmers of hope in what has been just a down right miserable summer for the phillies. let's start with the phillies bullpen and three and one home stand so far. look at these numbers for the phillies penn. 10 innings, no runs allowed, only seven hits and all three of the wins saved by papelbon. ben revere in the lead off. 13 hits in his last 28 bats average .315 trails colorado justin, by four points believe it or not national league batting title. >> i'

matt barkley will star at quarterback on thursday and of course thursday we'll see barkley play for thend of named michael vick will be the starting quarterback for the new york jets. >> interesting to see the reaction he gets thursday night when he comes back to philly. >> it's preseason much that's it for us tonight. >> it's preseason much that's it for us tonight. jothe wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, thanks to volvo, i'll pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. they even cover my first month's payment. so, i'll be happy wherever the summer takes me. the wonder of summer event. the 2015 volvo s60 sedan with complimentary first month's payment. starting at $319 a month.

matt barkley will play the game and we will hear from him coming up at 6:00.r now, i'm john clark, live at the link, back to you. >> get to pick our high school blitz game of the week for next friday, september 5th. here are your choices -- high school blitz has the best highlights every saturday night at 7:00 right here on nbc 10. >>> well, the calendar says august but we are enjoying a brief break from the heat. but don't get used to it the steamy weather will make a return for the holiday weekend. our temperatures today below average, same thing as we head into tomorrow, we are going to turn up the heat, tracking a phoning of of a heat wave as we head into the end of your weekend, into next week. we are also tracking a high rip current risk and stormy holiday for you. go over all the details in your 7-day forecast, live look outside right now, barely a cloud in the sky, nice and mild and comfortable, humidity is low, 35%, 80 degrees with our temperatures in philadelphia. down nine degrees from this time yesterday. the only other thing we are dealing with, b

matt barkley the number three quarterback right now, eagles also enlisted the services of all-pro linebackeren to help out with the defensive line. that guy was a bees, players play inter-league game, houston astros in town for 7:05 start. kyle kendrick gets the start against the astros. phils were off last night. checked out stands up for literacy event to benefit ryan howard's big piece foundation. the foundation promotes academic and athletic development in children. great time for a fantastic cause. >>> on the road to williamsport. philadelphia's own taney dragons play little league team from at lani new york, in brings to connecticut. cheney undefeated so far. toms river plays maryland team tonight as well. good luck to our locals. that the tasha, back to you. >> the list is out of the top party schools. there is a new college on top that far list, in some area schools, also, made the cut. and, swimming into the record books. the impressive swim a teen from new jersey just finished, and the big goal she is trying to accomplish. stay with us. >> it will be hot today. yesterday warmed up

quarterback matt barkley involved in one of the only competitions this training camp him and mark sanchezb number two which moans tomorrow night isn't just another preseason game. >> i figure every chance you get to be on the field in front of an audience that you are -- it's a trial of sorts. whether it's for your own team, for your own self or for another team you have to prove that you're capable of playing against so and so. i'm not going to be thinking of as a test while it's happening. i'll just be playing and having fun. when it comes down to it that's what's going on. >> and another back up quarterback well known around here michael vick making his jets debut. he shows off his legs on thursday down with 15-yard scramble and later converted a fourth down to set up chris johnson touchdown run and the jets within the game 13-10. >> all right. a look at the pga championship leader board after the first round. a three-way tie for first place lee westward sharing the top spot with americans kevin chappelle and ryan palmer. the number one player in the world roar row mcilroy finish one s

we know the starting quarterback will be, that will be nick foles, but don't tell matt barkley that. >> i don't even know if i can define who my battle is against right now but i do have that mine set that something could be taken for me so you have to fight for it. >> another bad day at the ballpark for the phillies. to washington, that is coal ham holes pitched great, seven innings, one unearned run because codey ashe should have a had two errors, but he had one. that led to an unearn run in the third. one run is all washington needed because steven strasburg against philadelphia is a lot of people are dynamic but struck out chase utley right here. struck him out twice. ten strike outs. phillies lose to washington four to nothing. that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >> all right. it is 4:26. another win for tanen dragons little league team, they won their second game in the regional tournament beating delaware's new washing national eight-four. now if they make it to the little league world series the teams pitcher, davis will be the 17th girl to ever reach the tournament

matt barkley will start against the jets.re's more drama and chatter on sports talk radio about mark sanchez being traded. st. louis rams lost their quarterback. the coach said we are not looking for quarterback. so here come the rumor. on the internet along with a story that sanchez said he would not go to st. louis. he's never said anything until today. and more worried about his teammates and staying here. >> i have men tee of things to correct, foot work wise, you know, studying, mastering the system. i got long way to go, and we'll just keep plugging away and get ready for help these guys that are playing on thursday for the jets and then get ready for jacksonville. >> all right. phillies begin a series tonight again the hottest team in baseball. the washington nationals had won 12 of 13 lead division by eight games but the phillies a game closer. now, 16 and a half behind. okay. seriously phillies played a good game. to the ballpark. aj burnett really pitched well. seven innings, 12 strike outs, he was throwing really w

matt barkley all wrapped up the number three quarterback spot last night over kinney.ey did was go 23 of 33. through for touchdown. ran for another. just call it another step for the second year quarterback. >> i feel like i'll progressing which is great and you always weren't to be getting better and i was feel like i have. run the knowledge of of the offense. just general quarterbacking, you know, movement in the pocket, arm feels a lot better than it did last year. that's for sure, and progressing forward. >> while you were sleeping we don't get to say it how often how about the temple owls. they shocked vanderbilt and the college football last night winning 37-seven on the road in nashville. pj, through for 207 yards an pair of touchdown. the temple defense forcing seven turnovers. the owls one and zero. they'll host navy next saturday. >> two races left to determine which drivers will make the sprint cup chase. sunday night in atlanta won't be like any other race. tone know stewart will be back behind the wheel for the first time since he hit and killed a driver a

. >> the backup quarterback competition is the only real battle this training camp matt barkley competingnchez for the number two spot. barkley spend a lot of his time waiting for reps witness second time. tomorrow night he'll get a good amount of time on the field something he's looking forward to for a couple of reasons. >> every chance you get to be on the field in front of an audience that you are -- it's a trial of sorts whether it's for your own team, for your own self or for another team you have to prove that you're capable of playing in the nfl. i'm not going to be thinking of it as test while it's happening. i'll just be playing having fun. when it comes down it to that's what's going on. >> the phillies wrapping up their series against the astros tonight. and there's already been pitching change. hold on to your seats roberto hernandez traded to the dodgers for two players to be named later. the only issue here is hernandez was supposed to start tonight. the phillies are scrambling to get sean o'sullivan here in time for the game. o sullivan was in tow lead dode for the iron pi