ron hextall will not add players

gm ron hextall talk about their decision about an hour ago. >> we're three points out, our guys have played well, you owe your players and you owe the organization and fans a certain amount, so were we just going to start letting bodies fly out, no. again if something made sense, long term that kind of overwhelmed us we would have looked at it. we looked at everything. >> in other flyers news jake voracek will miss two weeks with the lower body injury. he was wearing a walking boot after his last game on thursday. he leads flyers in assists, they host calgary tonight at the center. >>> no need to guess, now we know exact number is. if the eagles hit sam bradford with the franchise tag he would make 19.95 million-dollar, this upcoming season alone. eagles have until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow to make the decision, in the meantime reports say they are trying to sign brad forward to a long term contract. the sixers, switch db, gave up 771st half point. tonight they will try to snap their eight game losing streak when they visit washington. jahlil okafor is out with the chin contusion. >>> villa

general manager ron hextall said none of the offers to him made any sense. the regular season and are three points out of a play off spot. they'll have -- they've been offensively challenged all season long now they'll play the next two week without jake vorachek. he has that always popular lower body injury. ron hextall made the announcement on vorachek before tonight's game with the calgary flame. >>> we found a way to kind of band together at times this year when a guy is out, so we did it when g was out. now we got to do it when jake is out. we got, you know, sam is kind of stepped up offensive role and helped out but i think everybody has got to add a little bit mo more. >> villanova loss to xavier last wednesday cost the wildcats two spots in the latest ap basketball poll. villanova falls from one to three. kansas new number one followed by number two michigan state. part of what's makes this nova team so good and will help them in march selfless play. eighths team that starts two seniors works juniors, one freshman and no egos. >> upper classmen alway

the flyers' president tells me ron hextall is staying true to his plan. >> excited about what we haveright now. we're even more excited about what we have on the horizon. we'd like to speed it up, obviously, but i think ron's a very patient man. he's got a plan in place, we're going to stick with ron's plan. he's cleared some cap space, acquired more assets moving forward. i think we're on the right track. >>> eagles re-sign good to a one-year deal. he's going to back up dim meek co-ryan if d'amicos here. sixers will have eight days off until their next game. >> things that we said we were going to do, we're starting to do. they take great pride. it's a challenge for the guys what do you do in between breaks now? ? this is a turn for me. >> allen iverson back in the house with philly mayor jim kennedy honoring kids in the mentoring art conseft. a.i. an artist on the court. now an amateur artist off of it. good to see a.i. again. good to see a.i. again. i'm john clark. thousar bill. with 'cash4life', the great game from the pennsylvania lottery, you could win a thousand dollars a day f

ron hextall will not add players at the trade deadline. >>> villanova, number one team in the country. on the road at number 5, if nova win they can cement themselves as a top seed in the ncaa tournament. highlights at 11:00. >>> this just in, seconds ago, severe thunderstorm warning issued until 7:15 for camden, gloucester, burlington, southeast bucks and also philadelphia. this is the same storm that has hit parts of south jersey moving straight north 65 miles an hourer cahour capable of producing damaging winds. >> next update 7:00. >>> breaking news tonight. a new outbreak of deadly tornadoes. decimating homes and towns. a rising toll with nearly a dozen states on high alert. fears the biggest threat is yet to come. >>> exploding air bags bombshell. news tonight half of all cars being driven right now in america might need to be recalled as investigators say the air bag maker continues to deceive customers even after deadly crashes. >>> trump landslide. after crushing the competition in nevada, tonight he's aiming for a super tuesday knockout. also, milania trump, a rare one-on-on

but gm ron hextal isn't dam. the 27-year-old forward said the next three years should be the best years of his career. >>> college hoops, st. joe's hosting st. louis, this one turned into deondre. bembre, puts mike crawford on a poster. and then how about the exclamation point? reverse action. dembre, 27 points. st. joe's wins to improve to 24-5 on the season. >>> the 6ers are in orlando to take on the magic. can you catch that over on comcast sportsnet. one thing is for sure, the entire basketball world is still clamoring over steph curry's heroics last night. >> they do have a time-out. try not to use it, curry, way downtown, bang! what a shot from curry. >> woo, man. curry pulls up from just over half court, ridiculous game-winner to beat the oklahoma city thunder. and here's some local reaction today to the shot. >> i thought it was smart, by steve you know, he's got the ball and in steph's hands, you can call it time-out or you can let him go. and you can just feel what was going to happen. the dribble befor

general manager ron hextall says the reason is simple. >> if we can mauch ourselves mas better todaynd not hurt our future we're all for it. nothing came up that made sense. >> villanova fell to xavier last week. the cats don't fall too far the in rankings. nova number three today. cats 25 of four on the year. they'll wrap up the regular season this week with games against depaul and georgetown. even though they are no longer the top team in the nation, they learned a lot in those two weeks. >> a lot of pressure. there's a lot of distractions just surrounding your team as opposed to being ranked like five or even just in the top 25. the pressure of everyone watching your games everyone talking about your games. >> we learned just how hard people come at you, you know, and how many distractions there are around you. i feel like our guys handled it pretty well but we can always do better and after you've been through something once you'll always be better the second time. >> to baseball. the phillies have a lot of young arms on the roster. they acquired a lot of in the last year or so.

flyers general manager ron hextall talk about the losing streak and he wasn't very happen bye last night>> they are all bad losses there, is no such thing as not a bad loss and some are worse than others. i think weekend we had, as you acknowledge, we had good efforts, good performance and quite honestly deserved a better fate. last night, was not good. that is not acceptable. >> definitely biting his tongue there. >>> phillies new gm matt klentak trading with the angels. they have acquired taylor, in exchange for cash or player to be name later. maybe klentak necessary something we don't. in 101 games last season feather son hit 162 for most important thing we are talking baseball, again, spring training, next week, history, pitchers, catchers. as kate bilo is telling bus temperatures in the the 20's, teens. >> next week. >> pitchers and catchers. >> spring training starts, it is coming. >> yes. >> yes, indeed. >> we will be right back. apparently, people think i'm too perky. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i

. >>> ron hextal sends a message, jeff skeverski has sports. >> reporter: unfortunately like the weathere flyers have gone ice cold. flyers fans are face painters got to support your team and let them know you're out there. first period against the devils, flyers fell behind one-zip. off his chest and in. early third down one, their deficit disappears like a ghost. 11th straight game with a point new nhl record by a rookie d-man. flyers short handled thanks to a penalty by jake borachek. flyers lost 2-1. they pick up a point. they are 5 out heading into today's game against the rangers. >>> it's a tough one, i think we need to learn a lesson, got to play 60 minutes. first period we didn't play very well. got to play 60 minutes, or you leave it to chance. >>> there's a sour taste in our mouth because we needed two points. >>> in what's been a painfully brutal time in philadelphia sports, the number one college basketball team in the county. villanova playing at home ever for the first time as the top ranked team. villanova hanging out at the pregame pep rally, xfinity live. cats ice cold

. >>> gm ron hextal sends a message, and jeff skeverski has sunday morning sports. >> reporter: unfortunately the weather, the flyers have gone ice cold. they lost four of their last five. to make matters worse they lost a defenseman who is out indefinitely with a wrist injury. flyers fans are face painters you have to support your team and let them know you are out there. first peered, -- first period, off the chest and in. early third down one, the deficit disappearance like a ghost. 11th straight game with a point new nhl record by a rookie d-man flyers tie it at 1. flyers short-handed thanks to a penalty by jake borachek. flyers lost 2-1. they pick up a point, they are five out heading into the game against the rangers. >>> it's a tough one. i think we need to learn a lesson, got to play 06 minutes, first period we didn't play very well. we left it to chance at the end there. >>> we're trying to make the playoffs, it's a big thing it's a sour taste in our mouth, because we need two points. >>> it must have been a painfully brutal time in philadelphia sports, the number one shining star, t