. >> how do you see this playing out between okafor?ation for the forseable future. i'm sure that has nothing to do with the fact that he mouthed off. they backed themselves in the quarter. he has to be traded, but what kind of value are you going to get when teams know you have to unload these guy, at least one of them. he's not getting the a offers he wanted. if you go back in time, drafting the best player has not worked out. >> if you move someone, would it be noel or okafor? >> noel can run the floor and be a better sub. i don't think okafor is going to be able to play with nba. >> wayne johnson is set to return from his suspension. what should the eagles do with him? we'll discuss. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stay tuned for more "action news" sports sunday. ♪ ♪ ♪ hello, peco. so i'm calling to see if you can help me save on my energy bill. we can do that. great. i live in a post-war, pre-war, mid-century home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the

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okafor, hooking newspaper the third quarter, okafor 17, sixers down six.en scores 31 points by the end of the third quarter, sixers down 18 after three. kyle lowry, 20 points. sixers lose. >> eagle guard brandon brook has missed two of the last three games. now we know why. he's been diagnosed with an anxiety condition. he's work with a doctor to get the help he needs. >> eagles don't think they are a bad football team. >> we are not talking about a huge margin. we have one or two plays that flips the entire trajectory of the season. >> that little detail. if i locked it in that much more, tweaked this one detail, the outcome would be different. still ahead, st. joes >> temple's new head coach was raised in georgia. he says he grew up a flyer hockey fan loving them because of their toughness. sounds like collins will fit in nicely. he spent the last two years with the florida gators. he's so good he even asked himself questions at the news conference. >> i know the question so i'll ask it now. do i feel pressure? back to back winning the east. do i feel pr

playing with okafor. bead comes out firing with three three pointers in the first half adding up to 25. sets up okafor coming together for 41. sixers down 29. they lose 105-88. it is their fifth straight loss. now temple, they can win their first title game tomorrow against navy. navy averaging 61 points per game the last three weeks. temple packed their bags for annapolis maryland. temple, they could got get their ands on the american trophy last year, it's within reach again. >> you have had six straight wins. what's the difference? >> i think we have gotten better. we have put early pressure to the side, went back to playing ball and having fun. we try to play the philly temple style of football that's been good to us. >> temple wins this game if? >> if we play our best. >> more tomorrow morning on the temple play book here on "6abc." keep it here all day, semple-navy at noon. >> penn state also playing for a championship, nittany lions in the conference game. if penn state wins, they could end up in t

are expected to play and embiid plays the four four and okafor playing center. >>> flyers, we see you their nine game win streak on the line tonight on the road against the colorado avalanche, it's longest win streak in 21 yours. what has gotten the team to this point. >> it indicates good team efforts, it's the difference between winning and losing so closely think we all know and understand that. you know so, you know your effort has to remain solid and consistent. >> the phillies have resigned andre blanco, he gets a two year deal. that is a look at sports. >> you were 15 when flyers had their last win streak. >> you said 21 years. not quite 15. >> come on. >> delaware hotel is helping holiday wishes come through tore local children. "action news" is at the crown plaza hotel in claymont as it hosted a marine toys for tots collection event. visitors and workers were invited to bring new unwrapped toys and the group also collects books and other gifts for the less fortunate. >>> the cold is going to be potentially dangerous and philadelphia is going into a code blue situation at 6:00

here's embiid and jhalil okafor on playing together. >> i thought we had our moments. we shared the ball. we missed shots and obviously we we shared the ball. we missed shots and obviously we need to play more together. >> the floor spacing, i know that was something people thought might be an issue, but i think that went well with me staying low and him staying high. >>> we turn to the eagles now, ryan matthews out for sunday's game against the bengals with a knee injury. wide receiver jordan matthews questionable with an ankle iws oury. if matthews can't play, doug pederson really has no choice but to play nelson agholor. even if matthews plays, pederson leaning towards plat mng agholo. >> his mind has been great. his attitude has been good. he's been working hard. right now nothing says, you know, not keeping him up, you know, keeping him out. everything is leaning towards keeping him active. >>> local college football. temple, navy, and the american athletic championship game in annapolis. penn state faces wisconsin. and the nittany lions need to win but there are

here's embiid and jhalil okafor on playing together. >> i thought we had our moments.ts and obviously we need to play more together. >> the floor spacing, i know that was something people thought might be an issue, but i think that went well with me staying low and him staying high. >>> we turn to the eagles now, ryan matthews out for sunday's game against the bengals with a knee injury. wide receiver jordan matthews questionable with an ankle. if matthews can't play, doug pederson really has no choice but to play nelson agholor. even if matthews plays, pederson leaning towards playing agholor. >> his mind has been great. his attitude has been good. he's been working hard. right now nothing says, you know, not keeping him up, you know, keeping him out. everything is leaning towards keeping him active. >>> local college football. tomorrow temple, navy, and the american athletic championship game in annapolis. penn state faces wisconsin in. and the nittany lions need to win but there are no guarantees. >> if we take care of our business and play the way we're capable of

plus the phillies making a roster move and the sixers unveiled the twin towers embiid and okafor had great numbers but was it does ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand. ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪ take a good look around... ♪ ...and if you're lookin' down, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart. (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars to help real people like these. >>> sixers brett brown over the couple of weeks when would he be okafor and embiid on the court today. against the magic the fans got to see the twin towers. second quarter embiid with the pass to jahlil little. scored 16 points. season high 13 rebounds. on the next possession jah returns the favor to joel hits the jumper. eastern conference rookie of the month and 25 points and 10 boards. fifth double double. you think that was enough the third quarter the magic pulled away came into the game with the worse three-point shooting percentage in the league but apparently not tonight. they hit 13 of them they beat th

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okafor and embiid combine for 29. randall the steal, the slam, sixers go 100-89.have the most losses in the nba. >> reporter: feeling the effects of a concussion darn sproles is out for the game against joe flacco. tackle alan barber is questionable with a hamstring injury. in a virtually meaningless game should the eagles sit out carson wentz and keep him out of harm's way. coach peterson says no way. >> i'm a believer we finish this out the right way. we play our guys and play them who have been there all season long, he's been a big part of that. i don't want to do that right now with him. i want to send that type of message not only to him, but the team. >> flyers will try to win their 11th straight day in dallas. they will try to do it for the first time in 39 years. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. >> we have much more coming up on "action news" saturday morning. sky6 live hd taking you live outside right now, spring mountain, the resorts are getting a little help before they open for the season a bit later this morning. source sirs is tra

here's embiid and jhalil okafor on playing together. >> i thought we had our moments.sly we need to play more together. >> the floor spacing, i know that was something people thought might be an issue, but i think that went well with me staying low and him staying high. >>> we turn to the eagles now, ryan matthews out for sunday's game against the bengals with a knee injury. wide receiver jordan matthews questionable with an ankle injury. if matthews can't play, doug pederson really has no choice but to play nelson agholor. even if matthews plays, pederson leaning towards playing agholor. >> his mind has been great. his attitude has been good. he's been working hard. right now nothing says, you know, not keeping him up, you know, keeping him out. everything is leaning towards keeping him active. >>> local college football. temple, navy, and the american athletic championship game in annapolis. penn state faces wisconsin. and the nittany lions need to win but there are no guarantees. >> if we take care of our business and play the way we're capable of playing, we'll be

the center only got eight minutes while embiid and okafor both played over 20.e spoke about the comments he made last night. >> we had a conversation and he kept it more real with me and i respect him a little bit more f for that. you see things with more insight and you handle it how you want to and i'm just handling it the right way. >> we appreciate it's a challenging situation and to tick off on untenable, to tick off on it's impossible i'm not going there. i think it is most definitely a challenging situation. >> in college hoops, lasalbeat florida golf course. temple took care of njit. >>> we're following breaking news. a police barricade in kensingten. drew smith is live on the scene when we come back. >>> we continue to follow breaking news in philadelphia. a barricade situation is happening in kensingten. drew. >> reporter: yeah and there's a lot of action where we are. a lot of first responders in this area and this all began in the past hour. we're being kept about two blocks away from where the barricade is happening closer to west moreland street an

okafor cleans it up later 29.dall the slam, sixers go down 100-89. >>> feeling the effect of concussion, darren sproles is ruled out for play against joe flacco. alan barber is questionable with a hamstring injury. should the eagles consider sitting out carson wentz and keeping him out of harms way? keep peterson says no way. >> i'm a person who thinks you finish out the right long. you play all the guys who played all season long. i don't want to send that type of message not only to him, but the team. >> reporter: flyers will try to win 11 straight today in dallas, they will try to do it for the first time in 39 years. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. have a great day. >> happening right now on "action news," saturday at 9:00 a.m. it is a slick start in parts of the area after a one-two punch of snow and ice. >> this is a live action cam shot from king of prussia montgomery county. we have live team coverage of the storm that moved through overnight. we begin with meteorologist chris sowers at the big board, c

here's embiid and jhalil okafor on playing together. >> i thought we had our moments.ed the ball. we missed shots and obviously we need to play more together. >> the floor spacing, i know that was something people thought might be an issue, but i think that went well with me staying low and him staying high. >>> we turn to the eagles now, ryan matthews out for sunday's game against the bengals with a knee injury. wide receiver jordan matthews questionable with an ankle injury. if matthews can't play, doug pederson really has no choice but to play nelson agholor. even if matthews plays, pederson leaning towards playing agholor. >> his mind has been great. his attitude has been good. he's been working hard. right now nothing says, you know, not keeping him up, you know, keeping him out. everything is leaning towards keeping him active. >>> local college football. temple, navy, and the american athletic championship game in annapolis. penn state faces wisconsin. and the nittany lions need to win but there are no guarantees. >> if we take care of our business and play the

. >> okafor, embiid, in the starting line up together. the results wasn't a win.quarter, six 6ers with great ball movement right here. joel embiid with the p.m. fake, drivers, this is okafor for the dunk, they play well together, but unfortunately it didn't really matter. the raptors, were just too good. phillies own kyle lowry in the green right here to put nail in the coffin. the sixers lose 123-114, em recall introduced jeff collins as new head coach. got two great co-signs, and the other from fletcher cox. and brand new, last three games, illness, now we know why it was anxiety, and yesterday he talked about it for the first time. >> obsession, i can't emphasize it enough, not nervousness, fear, i love the organization, the org says has been great. they supported me with this. head coach, my position coach, howie, everyone supported me, you know, i'll make it through. i'll be okay. >> that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> anxiety. >> we will talk to doctor mike about that a little later, too. >> hey, look at this guy, remember him, rollie massimino? kai

honestly we all new the sixers would have to make a trade once they decided to draft jahlil okafor inn over the nets it seems like we know now who will be the odd man out. here's brett brown on nerlens knoll complaining about playing time. >> nerlens missed everything. 20 minutes before the game last week i learned he was going to play. he hasn't been a part of us. i think this conversation goes to a higher level more real level in a few weeks when he's actually had some practices. >> i'll translate that for you. >> you ready? >> okay. >> he's going to be traded. [ laughter ] >> he's gone. >> he's gone. >> all right nerlens. >> exactly. you're not going to be in the mix. >> no. he's not. >> that's unfortunate. but that's what happens. >> hey, joel em bid really good. >> he could be a star. >> ben simmons is the draft. >> okafor is good. they're not any room. what can you do. >> lucy, what's coming up at 11:00. >> show hands of guys, who had their flu shot so far this season. >> oh yeah i got mine. >> did you. >> last year. >> last year does not count. >> five years ago does not cou co

when he gets in the game, he's going to have to coexist with okafor. >> i think it's something he hasg forward to playing balk. >> stilbasketball. >> still ahead, >> temple and navy have a date saturday afternoon in the championship game. the owls have won six in a row buffets a team unconventional. temple is third in the nation for fouls. navy averaged 442 rushing yards per game second in the country. it's going to be a test. >> we know what their offense does. the thing is doing our job, playing our scheme well and making points. that's what it comes down to. >> i'll be in annapolis for reports through game day saturday. watch on "6abc" saturday at noon. tiger woods is back -- somewhat. today's first round of the world challenge, his first action in 15 months. he had two back surgeries in that time. he carves two double bogeys, 1 over 73. 18 golfer in the field. tiger woods is in 17th place. that's sport. >> all right, deuc ducis. >> the retirement community and media were at the senior center, helping to decorate the tree. "jimmy kimmel live" followed by "nightline." "action news"

they are force today fight back, okafor cleans up, combining for 29.g the effects of a concussion, darren sprols ruled out for sunday's game and ravens with sprols out, bernard returns. with a banged up offensive line in a meaningless game, should she sit carson wentz and keep him out of harm's way? coach pederson says no way. >> i'm a believer in finish this out in the right way. we play our guys that have been there all season long. he's been a big part of that. i don't want to do that right now with him. i don't want to send that type of message not only to him but the team. >> still ahead, why the phillies give big buck the little ball. sproal >> flyers will try to win their 11th straight tomorrow in dallas for the first time in 31 years. herrera calls his new $30 million deal a dream come true. they have been working on this since thanksgiving. the center is the center piece of the phil's rebuild. >> he plays with energy. for a young team like ours and the culture we are trying to build, the style of play the young man produces is important to the

we'll see him along with joel okafor on the floor tonight. >> i mean it's been so incredibly robotic and rigid subbing this team for the first 20 games, where you're just like staring at a clock and trying to figure out how do you save your money for the end of the game. so this thing here, when you got extra money to spend, you get a little bit of wiggle room. that's gut feel, there's no book that tells you how to do that. >> ryan matthews is out for cincinnati with a knee injury and also jordan matthews, the wide receiver is questionable with a knee injury. it's questionable with jordan matthews can play, and coach p. will have to play aguilar. but even if matthews plays, peterson is leaning towards playing aguilar. >> his mind has been great, his attitude has been really good, he's been working hard. so right now, nothing says not keeping him up, you know, keeping him out. everything's leaning towards keeping him active. >> reporter: on the baseball scene, say goodbye after four years on the team, cody ashby has been moved to make room. now the phillies have picked up david rollin

if a six game losing streak wasn't bad enough, no okafor tonight out with a stomach bug.there. third quarter, dario passing here. game tied at 70, down ten in the fourth. sergio rodiguez, six sixers in double figures. 16 points and a five of 15 shooting. that pulls them within four. a minute to play, ending hopes of a comeback. now seven straight losses. >> we have been used to seeing joe have super human nights. i thought joe was down tonight. with our group, when you have no jalio and no covington, there is zero margin for error. >> they are at memphis tomorrow. football from 3-0 to 5-7 the eagles are a mess right now and no one seems to have the answers. yesterday a bad bengal team might be rock bottom dropping seven of the last nine games. coach pederson says his job is secure in fact they support him 100%. >> i don't think, personally, you can base a season on one season. you can base a guy's career on one season, you have to give it time to develop. we have a rooky quarterback. we have to have time to have develop this quarterback. it doesn't happen overnight. by no

the fans finally got see joel embiid and okafor in the starting line up together.nfortunately, the results wasn't a win. in the third quarter the sixers with great ball movement right here. embiid with the fake, drivers, this is okafor for the dunk. they played well together. unfortunately it didn't really matter. the raptors were just too good. phillies own kyle lowry in the green right here to pull a nail in the coffin, the sixers lose, temple edge tuesday dollars jeff column inches as new head coach. got two great co-signs, one from nick sabin, the other from fletcher cox. and brand new, last three games with a illness, now we know why, it was anxiety, yesterday he talked about it for the first time. >> you know, can't emphasize enough, you know, that nervousness, fear, i love the organization, the organization has been great. they support me with this. but head coach, my coach how i, everybody supporting me. and, you know, i'll make it through, i'll be okay. >> that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> do we have the eagles, we have the sixers every now and

. >>> basketball now, the sixers visit the grizzlies tonight both embiid and okafor will sit this one out. >> and number one villanova faces la salle and it's the cats third big five match-up and that is one special building. >> it's even tougher playing a road game there. you can feel it when you are not the home team. but it's still a magical place to play. >> a lot of history and tradition. i would have loved to have a big five double header and play in one and get the feel. but i love playing there. >> to the ice call them the red hot flyers, they are home tonight to the florida panthers and the panthers wheeled off five straight victories and we were talking about a mediocre hockey team and claude giroux explains what has changed. we are more consistent in our play and play well in the pocket and understand the system and how we want to play. the start of year we got off track a little bit but we when back to how we want to play and how we were playing last year. >> getting back to matt rule, the last three coaches temple had came on to big power five conferences. it's a good job

joel okafor, tied up third quarter noel again for the lead.es, noel 14 points in the season 22 minutes, sixers up four after three, but fourth quarter this is not sound good. going to 21-two run and the sixers out scored 39 in the fourth, lose, they lost 12 straight. benny logan believe he will be among the best players in the nfl at his position come next year, but lit be here? logan is a free agent. he's hoping the eagles resign him. carson wentz should be here a very long time. he's in the holiday spirit sending each offensive line man a penalized hunting shotgun as a christmas gift. if you think it's unusual and questioning the safety of giving out guns, the eagles players like it >> it's not an unusual gift. it's a gift. it's the thought that counts. appreciate it >> it's different but if you know carson, he's an outdoorsman. his passion is outdoors and he's sharing that with the guys and i personally george it >> the man want to get a shotgun, hey, he's a different breed. i'm not complaining. >> i'm lucky i got anything at all. >> leave

joel embiid returned to the sixers lineup tonight, but jhalil okafor did not play because of a hamstring injury he joel embiid doing his dive in this guy is relentless. only reached the players bench this time. he was okay. fourth quarter, sixers up a basket. to nik stauskas, sixers 14th three of the night. 124-122. >>> the cowboys come into the linc sunday with a 13-2 record, and have secured home field throughout the playoff, which leads to speculation about which quarterback may play. you may see them all, including tony romo. dak prescott's status and espn reports say he will play. head coach jason garrett wouldn't say. >>> speaking of quarterbacks, carson wentz turned 24 friday, and you can catch our exclusive sit down with the birthday boy on eagles game day kickoff sunday at 9:30 on nbc10. here's wentz on his roller coaster rookie season. >> i kind of came out guns ablazing. it was tough, though. you know, it was tough to kind of deal with some of those losses. being in all of those games, all close games, having chances to win and not sealing the deal late in those ball games was

when he gets in the game, he's going to have to coexist with okafor. >> i think it's something he hastemple is preparing for a test, plus tiger woods is back. see how he fairs in his first action in more than a year. 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, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. >> temple and navy have a date saturday afternoon in the championship game. the owls have won six in a row buffets a team unconventional. temple is third in the nation for fouls. navy averaged 442 rushing yards per game second in the country. it's going to be a test. >> we know what their offense does. the thing is doing our job, playing our scheme well and making points. that's what it comes d

. >> okafor is out with a stomach issue. flyers hosting the panthers tonight.lyers have the longest winning streak in hockey now, they have won five straight, trying to win six in a row for the first time in five season seasons. >> we're just trying to main tin the pressure we have, the next shift in the game is the most important shift. and that's how we're frying to play here. i'm john clark with csn, we're right back. my guest list just tripled. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. >>> beautiful shot of snow coming down, glenn. >> yes, it's been a while, hasn't it? and there's going to be more of it. because this december is going to be colder than last december. here's the blues up towards the poconos, and the blue coming through the philadelphia area right now. that's the heaviest area of the snow. >> we'll see you at 11

how about jayliel okafor big job 13 points in frame and finished with same number. sixers led by five and late in this game you knew what would happen they flat off go off. utah takes lead and they go nuts in the 4th quarter and win 100 to 83. by now you may have heard carson swents giving offensive line men custom made shot guns for the holidays as response organization called sees fire pa is sending players gun locks as safety measure. they were at practice prepare are for the match-up at the linc he said he wanted to give them something different. it's more like a keepsake. here's reaction from a couple teammates. >> i mean i appreciate it. he's looking out for us. and a gift say gift. it's the thought that county appreciate it. >> carson can do whatever he wants a gift say gift and i know he meant it you know he appreciate us and we appreciate him. >> i appreciate that. >> meanwhile eagles have sufficient decisions in the off season. bennie logan is potential free agent and probably best run on the team and he has no interest in testing the on market. >> i mean

i think they may have okafor. >> because you embiid is better. they are all better off block but embiid is better on the the block. you saw how much he struggled. >> but there is a chance knoll can play the four, and power forward. >> dario saric is ideally your four, okafor and knoll, see you. >> both of them. >> yes. >> maximize your value for okafor and cut your loss west knoll. >> it is clumsy to hang on to these guys. >> my math works. >> it is clumsy to hang on to them because their value will go up. >> it will go up. >> any of the you talk to bernard hopkins. >> that was sad, man. bernard, great fighter, it is a shame to go out like that, so many great ones have, but i never seen anything like that. >> it is symbolic like that he goes out like. that he has for the for so long. >> he always stayed too long it took for him to get knocked out of the ring. >> great guy, 50 years old, and still in there fighting. >> that is serious. >> not anymore. >> thanks, guys. have a great christmas. >> what did you get me? i'm just kidding. >> sorry. i gu

the center only got eight minutes while okafor and embiid both got 20. noel spoke to brett brown about the comments he made friday night. >> we had a conversation. he got more real with me. you see some things that are a little more exciting you know -- how you want to and you know, the right way. >> we appreciate it's a challenging situation. and you know, to kick off on untenables, to kick off on, it's impossible, i'm not going there. i think, you know, it is most definitely a challenging situation. >> college hoops, southeast florida gulf coast temple took care of them. that's a look at your sports. i'm marshall harris, csn. >>> and today, showers continue. temperatures are going to start dropping off after noon. >> all right. hello, peco. so i'm calling to see if you can help me save on my energy bill. we can do that. great. i live in a post-war, pre-war, mid-century home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the size, your usage has been spiking. ♪ that

joel embiid returned to the sixers lineup tonight, but jhalil okafor did not play because of a hamstringy he suffered last night. joel embiid doing his dive in the seats thing again. this guy relentless. only reached the players bench this time. he was okay. ur sew va 4 for 4 from outside. sixers led by as many as ten. fourth quarters, sixers up a basket. to nik stauskas, sixers 14th three of the night. we are locked up at 117 in the fourth corner. >>> travis konecny was a healthy scratch for the flyers. the flyers trail 1-0 in the second period. steve mason left the game in what appears to be a hand injury. >>> the cowboys come into the linc sunday with a 13-2 record, and have secured home field throughout the playoff, which leads to speculation about which quarterback may play. you may see them all, including tony romo. dak prescott's status and espn reports say he will play. head coach jason garrett wouldn't say. >>> speaking of quarterbacks, carson wentz turned 24 today, and you can catch our exclusive sit down with the birthday boy on eagles game day kickoff sunday at 9:30 on nbc10.

right now he's the odd man out behind joel embiid and ja little okafor. today, sixers president of basketball operations, brian colangelo addressed the situation. >> i don't think at any point we've been in a position as an organization to actively pursue a trade of any of the centers given the fact that there was so their health and their availability. we're stacked with talent. this is a unique and high-class problem to have at that center position. >> another team stacked with talent, villanueva remains number one, and at 38 years of age, jimmy rollins has reportedly signed a minor league contract with the san francisco giants. that's a look at sports. we'll be right back. my guest list just tripled. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. >>> a cold night tonight. >> yeah, and while you're suffering through the cold in

here's a look at noel, the center only got eight minutes while okafor and embiid played over 20.oel spoke to brent brown about the comments he made last night. >> we had a conversation you know he kept it more real with me. i respect him a little more for that. so you know you see some things were more exciting. you know, you hand it will how you want to. you know, i handle it the right way. >> we appreciate it's a challenging situation. and you know, to kick off on untenable, to tick off on impossible, i'm not going there. i think you know, it is most definitely a challenging situation. >> one college hoops note for you, temple beat njit, 68-63, your look at sports, denise, back to you fl. >>> well people put on their ugliest holiday sweaters, and hit the streets of philadelphia today. the ugly sweater 5k made its way through fairmont park this morning and runners wore all types of colorful sweaters as they braved the cold blast. the much-needed hot chocolate at the finish line. now we're dealing with the fog. >> now we're dealing with fog and the temperatures climbing into the

joel embiid, okafor, been simmons, nerlens noel. fourth quarter, sixers down a bucket. minutes left. danger yell playing bully ball makes it basket and sixers take a two point lead. memphis responding, tony allen misses a shot. we are tied at 9-1. sixers down three under 20 seconds left. three, fading away. front rim, no good. memphis gets the board. the sixers losing their eighth straight 96-91. villanova playing first game since being named the nation's number one team. it happens to be against big five lasalle. second half. nova up by seven. brunson, lead the team with 26, a little more than a minute. that might be my favorite name, pookie, pal. and they trail by four, but the veteran play the catch. kris jenkins pass to josh hart. notice wins by ten, now 9-0 in the season but i want to talk about pookiepal. >> what a name >> my man >> local leaders get the rock star treatment >> honor it's handed out tonight by jon bon jov (alex)tor) if you have medicare or will be covered soon, here are some important things you should know. first, if you think medicare covers ever

sixers did play without jared bayless, nerlens necessity he will, and jahlil okafor.hey will lay pelicans monday night. >>> at palestra big five hoops featuring nation's new number one villanova taking on lasalle. we will pick it up sending half 'nova up by seven, jaylen brownson went off, he had 26 points. just over a minute left, with the lay up, he is keeping the explorers in it. they are hanging in down by four but veterans play, the cats, it just shows, chris jenkins long pass to josh hart they win 89-79. they remain undefeated nine and zero on the season. not a bad effort by the explorers, not a bad one at all but they are number one team in the country for a reason. >> absolutely, continuing that success. >> absolutely. >> on fire. >> pat, thanks very much. >> you got it. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news", how about this free coffee for life. >> yes. >> everybody is down with that. >> everybody gets free coffee. we will tell you how. >> everybody. >> yes. >> we will tell you how you can enter star bucks popular promotion straight ahead. >> joe biden not r

jahlil okafor is questionable with stomach issues. i'll spare you tea tails.ixers trying to snap a six game losing streak. big props for flyers goalie steve mason. he was named nhl first star of the week he went four and xerox posted 9.45 save percentage and 1.71 goals begins average, basically balling. overall flyers have won five straight, they host panthers, top night. >>> fun facts for you now pitchers and catchers report in 70 days. that includes, a new arm for phillies. team has reportedly signed 39 year-old reliefer, jack win benoit to a one year deal worth seven and a half million-dollar. >>> media day for bernard hopkins. he will fight light heavyweight contender joe smith on december 17th at forum in l.a. bhop says he is retiring after the fight. i might believe it the when i see it. hopkins, again 28 years ago. he turns 52 years old in january. >> that is incredible. >> that is incredible. >> he said he would retire five years ago and still doing it. >> that is right good doing it well. >> i'll believe it the when i see it. >> thanks, buddy, appreci

how about jayliel okafor big job 13 points in frame and finished with same number. this was led by five -- sixers led by five and late in this game you knew what would happen they flat off go off. utah takes lead and they go nuts in the 4th quarter and win 100 to 83. by now you may have heard carson swents giving offensive line men custom made shot guns for the holidays as response organization called sees fire pa is sending players gun locks as safety measure. they were at practice prepare are for the match-up at the linc he said he wanted to give them something different. it's more like a keepsake. here's reaction from a couple teammates. >> i mean i appreciate it. he's looking out for us. and a gift say gift. it's the thought that county appreciate it. >> carson can do whatever he wants a gift say gift and i know he meant it you know he appreciate us and we appreciate him. >> i appreciate that. >> meanwhile eagles have sufficient decisions in the off season. bennie logan is potential free agent and probably best run on the team and he has no interest in testing t

embiid, okafor, covington all out. fourth quarter, sixers down two. dario in the lane, tied at 89.cores 17. and 15 seconds to play, for three, no dice. a couple cracks at a loose ball. but not tonight. the sixers lose 96-91. eight strays losses. >>> and villarreal facing lasalle. and hanging around all game. late second half, and lasalle is within four. the place is going bananas. but the champs stay the course. chris jenkins, josh hart, a couple of seniors holding it down. 21 for hart. nova wins 89-79. >> good experience for us. tough environment. and i thought lasalle played great. anything that we didn't do well or didn't look good, i think was a tribute to lasalle's great game plan. >> cats are now 9-0 on the season. they'll take on notre dame on saturday. >> all right. the 14th annual thomas jefferson university gala took place in center city, philadelphia. rock legend jon bon jovi presented this year's award of merit to bill mcdermott. he has received numerous awards for civic leadership including city year's idealist of the year. tonight he was singled out by thomas jefferso

the lakers friday night and they played all three of their highly touted centers joel embiid jahlil okaforerlens noelle. after the game he said i'm too god good to be playing eight minutes. that's crazy. need to figure this blank out. >> it was a matter of minutes and i felt like when they started going small, small, small, something had to give and nerlens was a casualty to that as well as his health is not a hundred percent. >> college hoops. njit taking on temple. there's fran dunphy. here we are in the second half. owls up a point. alani moore shoots a three. owls now up by four. later in the game obie enechionya. >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. christmas isn't just for the kids. it's also for the pets as well. "eyewitness news" here at pet company on lancaster avenue in wynnewood. that's where owners brought their four legged friends in for some photos with santa. proceeds go to animal rescue efforts. look at those little cuties. >> i'm doing that. >> look at the sweater. you've got get one for chi chi. >> that's "eyewitness news" tonight. i'm natasha brown for don lauren and all of us

jahlil okafor and joel embiid. coach brown says no he will will not be infor the foreseeab. um-hmm.ollege hoops saint guess on the road this illinois state, saint guess have a hard time cag up, paris lee to three. and st. joes loses, >>> finally, bizarre finish to the bern legendary career. he is 52 years old. completely. take a look by joe smith junior. bhop claims he was pushed out. he loses in a way you may never see again. hopkins in his hey daystight fit fighter to win a that. >> tough for someone his age a . >> rough finish. >> a check of the accu weather forecast is next, stick around entresto®- a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto® was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto®. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto® with an ace inhibitor or or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine

look at jhalil okafor. he accidentally tips it in his own basket.sing. >>> penn state football, one of the reason why the nittany lions became a big play machine, joe moorhead. reports say he is a leading candidate for the uconn head coaching job but yahoo reports says he is happy in happy valley, and he is staying there. we will see. >>> the temple football team. they're in the holiday spirit, prepping for the military bowl tomorrow. they spent christmas in the nation's capital. temple is in back-to-back bowl games for the first time ever. and if the owls can beat wake forest, it would be just the third bowl win in temple history and the first 11-win season in school history. >> it's something that we had the whole way through, even the day matt left, you know, we talked about we're going to go to class. we're going to go to finals. we're not going to jeopardize anything in terms of our jiblt, and we're going to be the best temple team ever. >> anybody that's been into the program for as long as i have, we gave everything we could coming off that 2

trip tonight in memphis, now, last night they hosed the nuggets, try to snap six game losing streak, okafor, all out, get to the highlight, pick it up in the thirds quarter, south philadelphia, jamal murray with the shot over joel embiid. they want to play that guy in horse, maybe tie game. sixers down by eight. for the three, good. sixers down boy five. later on embiid straight away. drano. sixteen points. four boards. five blocks for the big fellow. will, here he is, with the dash. sixers losing their seventh straight game 106-98 your final score. >>> big problems for flyers goalie steve mason. yesterday he was named the nnl stirs star of the week, he was in net posting 945 finish. allowing 1.71 goals average, overall the flyers have won five straight. they host the panthers tonight in south philadelphia. >>> that's all for sports. i'm don bell. have a great day. >> and, more action from the nba last night, a career night for clay thompson of the golden golden state warriors. thompson scored 40-point in the first half of last night's game against the pacers en route to 60-point night. sat

joel embiid had his minutes restriction increased to 28, and he was going to be paired with jhalil okaforof that happened. some mysterious moisture surfaced on the court during shoot-around. as a result, the game was postponed an hour after the scheduled tip-off time. even kings center demarcus cousins helped with the drying effort, but in the end, nothing worked. >> the league makes the call, but it was a pretty unanimous decision that let's just do what's in the best interest of our players. >> we need to investigate and really evaluate, you know. there's a lot of mitigating circumstances that could cause this, so we need to go back and really assess where we are and what may have caused it. we've never had an issue before, but we need to make sure we don't have this issue again. >> it's just not worth injury. for a guy like joel embiid, you know, dealing with foot injuries, the last thing you want to see is someone like that slip and reinjure something. it's just not worth it. >>> no makeup date has been announced yet. fans with tickets to the game should go to sixers.com for more opti

tonight in denver, okafor sitting out with a hamstring injury. only nine available players. i wonder what bubba chuck, allen iverson would say that, dude always injured and missing games. scored 13 against utah last night. chilling tonight. jo-jo, go for the loose ball. we've seen it few times this year. goes to the sixers bench but he would be okay. fast forwards to the fourth, joel deep, the three is good. right now he has 18 points, five boards, in the game. sixers, regain the lead. later on, oh, three ball. and right now the sixers on top late in the fourth quarter. we are talking about three minutes left, up 114-111. hopefully they can hang on. all right, the year is almost over. many will look back at 2016 and celebrate what they accomplish. others will say could have, would have, should have. the eagles no different from the rest of us. the birds are putting final touches on their preparations for the dallas cowboys, the eagles have six and nine records, and bunch of regrets, doug pederson was asked about some of the plays that may haunt him after the season. >> are t