ryan howard is in twilight his career.36 games to go after tonight. 18 of them right here at citizens bank park. now it's been easy to make ryan howard the scapegoat for what's happened the last two seasons here. batting .218. 42 homers. rbi's. the last two years he'd midwife million dollars. when the dust settles on october 2nd chances are pretty good phillies will pay ripe howard 10 millions dollars just to go away. before he goes away let's remember parts of 13 seasons here when he hit those thee hundred 76 homers. it was a ryan howard who brought passion back to a once proud baseball town. ryan how war who was the main piece of a five-year play off puzzle. ryan howard who no matter where you were, made you stop and watch to see if he did make contact how far each of those 376 homeruns would actually go. does he paying contact like he used to, no. does he strike out more than he used to sure. cacan he catch up to fast balls like he used to absolutely not let's enjoy the final 18 games here and say thank you. chase it re

this is pearle vision. ♪ >>> ryan howard cleared of doping accusations by major league baseball. relief for howard and the phillies. he denied it from the very get go but it's good to hear mlb having his back and finally clearing his name. back in december, report by al-jazeera america a pharmacist claimed howard and several other players from all sports took hch. howard immediately called it a lie and sued them for the false claims. pharmacist recanted the statement. it became clear that this report was completely false. fraudulent but howard still happy to get his name cleared. >> i'm just glad it's behind me. that's about it. um, you know, the process is the process, and for mow i'm glad it's behind me and i can just move forward and focus on playing baseball. feel good. just trying to stay focused on the task at hand and just taking it one day at a time. i mean not trying to do too much but just enjoying my time out there. >> i think he deserves all the credit in the world. at any point during this he can have gone the other way but he didn't. he sticks up for his teammates. h

ryan howard and several other players completely denied these reports. rd zimmerman went as soon as to sue al engineer rah for the lies. everything about this report seemed i can a complete fake from the start. the farm mist who made the claim admitted to lying about the report. but regardless each league had to do their due diligence nfl going as far as threatening to suspend some of the players if they don't cooperate. howard, he cooperated from the get go. here's what he had to say about being cleared. >> i'm just glad it's behind me. that's about it. um, you know, the process is the process, and, you know, for me i'm it's behind me and i can move forward and focus on playing baseball. >> feel good. just trying to stay focused on the task at hand and, you know, just taking one day at a time. i mean, not trying to do too much but just doing my time out there. >> again we all knew these accusationaccucompletely false. everything about it looked fraudulent. the man admitted to lying, but it was important that each player had their names completely cleared

i wish we had some comaraderie -- i can't even say it 100 degrees on the field and ryan howard, the sixthherrera into the gap. and watch howard score all the way from first. come on, big guy, get in there phillies win 7-6. nothing cooling them off. scoring 23 rubs this weekend. >>> and chase utley comes to down on tuesday with the dodgers. and rollins got a standing ovation and chase utley should get along one. >> five minutes. >> he will get five times what jimmy rollins got. >>> the arena league, the soul. the fans are praying that the soul are in the arena conference championship. what a finish minutes ago. to reynolds for the touchdown. and the arena bowl next up against arizona. they won 55-50. they are the best football team in town. >> that arizona team is tough. >> they beat them twice. they are up next. >>> for mike, i'm jeff skversky. that's "action news" sports sunday, good night. ♪ whenoff the wheel to getands out of a tight spot. when you can relax with your foot off the brake and stay put. and when you enjoy 400 horsepower that's both smooth and controlled. that's the more h

ryan howard a good winner in clearing his good name. next in sports. one day, history was made. the greatest olympic career of all time. a dog, talked. we're decedent from the mighty wolf. a voice was heard. if you build it, he will come. a girl discovered magic. a revolution began. welcome, to the wonders that happen, everyday. welcome, to it all. comcast. >>> i'm amy from csn. major league baseball has cleared ryan howard of any wrongdoing regarding an al jazeera report that he used performance-enhancing drugs. howard has sued the network over the report. howard released a statement saying in part, quote, the accusations from al jazeera came out of nowhere, and i was shocked and outraged by their false claims. i welcome the investigation by major league baseball, and have an opportunity to clear my name. i'm glad this part of the process has concluded and look forward to holding the responsible people accountable for these false and defamatory claims in my ongoing litigation against al jazeera and its reporter. howard is in the lineup tonight batting fifth against the cardinal

morgan will try to get it against adam waynewright and cardinals at 7:05. >>> mlb has cleared ryan howardh link him to ped use. howard released a statement saying he is glad the investigation is over and now he is looking forward to holding the organization and its reporters responsible for the false report. >> i'm just glad it is behind me, that is just about it. the process is the process. you know, for me i'm glad it is behind me. i can move forward and just focus on playing baseball. >> ryan is talking about legal action. >>> right now on the court or should i say field he is hot. five home runs in his last nine games, batting over 400 during that span. makes a big difference in that line up. >> he looks like he did, you know, four or five years ago and it is good to see. i'm putting him in the middle of the line up and if you want to play more you have to hit bitter abe he has been hitting better and he is playing more. >> interesting, i feel like spring training, remember with all these new faces, and he says, here's the thing about ryan howard, if he can do it, he can play. >> if y

ryan howard is on first base, herrara gets the base hit.rd i thought he'd take a day and a half to get home. however, he did score, he's now out three weeks -- only kidding. phillies within 7-6. with the heat, not an easy day. >> great to sweep a team with the rockies with the offense, that was number one. i applaud our guys on a real tough day, they battle the whole game played hard. that was special to me. >>> only kidding. >> the mets struggling but got a win, that's steven matts, one out in the eighth. at that time that way. breaks up the no hitter. alex. the mets win it 5-1 over san diego. >> preseason football place, really of interest at times. let's start in los angeles. of this is crazy. of this is a preseason game at the coliseum, and it is sold out at the coliseum, the rams are there. des bryant catches the touchdown, the draft pick by the cowboys. jared got the first pick in the draft. this is not his fault. this is what happens when these guys come in and get smothered because the offensive line in is good. of throws an interce

bases loaded for ryan howard. >> reporter: howard hits it well, deep to right center field, way back there, gone into the rockies bullpen! grand slam for ryan howard. >> reporter: he smashes his 4th team grand slam. the skipper is giving ryan his due. >> during that course of time he wasn't playing he never stopped working he kept his which i chin up and he kept plugging and now he is swinging the bad as as well as i've seen. >> during the game, jim tome was honored him tome inside what this means. >> they don't just give people of hall of frame, you know that honor, to be voted by the fans, i got to tell you, that's something special. i know i didn't play here long and there are so many guys that will effortly be in this that are deserving, i'm so honored they would think of me to put me in. >> reporter: no practice for the eagles, they had the day off. today they begin to prepare for the the season game at pittsburgh. as for the victory over tampa bay, coach found positives and negatives. >> there are areas we can continue to improve on. to start the game with the special teams tur

bases loaded for ryan howard. >> howard hits it well, deep to right center field, way back there, goneinto the rockies bullpen, grand slam for ryan howard. >> reporter: with tome watching, ryan smashes his 14th career grand slam. the skipper is giving ryan his due. >> during that course of time he wasn't playing he never stopped working and he kept his chin up and he kept plugging, now it is paying off for him. he is swinging the bat as swell as i've seen him. >> prior to the game, jim tome was honored put on the phillies wall of great many. bobby avertibrae yew unveiled the -- abrau unveiled the plaque. >> to be vote the by the fans, i got to tell you that's something special. i know i didn't play here long, there are so many guys that will be in there that are so deserving, i feel so honored that they would think of me to put me in. >> no practice for the eagles, they had the day off. today they begin to prepare for thursday's preseason game at pittsburgh. as for the victory over tampa bay, coach found positives and negative tirvels. >> >>> there's a lot of areas to improve on. to st

. >>> dawn, ryan howard's name has been cleared by major league baseball. he not use hch their investigation found no evidence but coming up next in sports i'm going to tell you why they shouldn't even had an ♪ >>> ryan howard has officially been cleared by major league baseball of doping accusations. howard, ryan zimmerman and several other players were named in this report. some cleared/still waiting for their leagues to sit through all the information. nfl threatened to suspend players julius peppers, clay matthews, james harrison if they don't cooperate with the investigation. now, the first thought is, why wouldn't they cooperate if they have done nothing wrong? they have nothing to hide but let's think about this. james harrison made a great point. why should the players have to cooperate when there's no evidence. no fact facts? one guy says something and all of a sudden the nfl is allowed to get into their personal business. that's ridiculous. anyone can say anything about this player or anyone and colleagues now go into your home and ask questions a

ryan howard, bases loaded. oh, he knows it's gone. 14th career grand slam.e big piece of three nights. five rbis, he's hitting .333 since july 1st. >> to be able to do it in that situation on a night like tonight, it was pretty cool. trying to take it as it comes. not trying to put too much thought into anything. trying to keep it simple. >> before the game he was inducted into the phillies wall of fame. he was only here two and a half years but helped bring the phillies into their best era. >> baseball has given me so much, but what i treasure most are the friends that i've made in this game. many of them are from my time here in philadelphia. i'm always happy to come back to this incredible city, and i will continue to do it as long as i'm alive. thank you. >> nice. tonight a-rod playing his last game. the baseball gods literally raining on his parade at yankee stadium. did get a hit. he is 1-4. that will be how he leaves baseball. he will be released tomorrow and be a special assistant to the yankees. i'm john clark, we're right back. when i used to fail

grand slam for ryan howard. >> with thome watching, howard smashes his 14th career grand slam.s a curtain call, the phillips win 10-6. >> during that course of time that he wasn't playing, he's -- he never stopped working, and he kept his chin up, and he kept plugging. and now it's paying off for him. and he's swinging the bat as well as i've seen him. >> prior to the game, jim thome was honored. he was put onto the phillies wall of fame. the 38th member to achieve that distinction. former teammate bobby unveiled the plaque. thome understands what this means. >> they just don't give people hall of fames, you know? that honor. and to be voted by the fans, i've got to tell you. that is something special. i know i didn't play here long, and there's -- you know, there's so many guys that will eventually be in this that are deserving. i just feel so i guess honored that they would even think of me to put me in. >> cody has been sent back to aaa. the outfielder has been a mess at the plate. batting .213 on the season. over the last seven games averaging an anemic .136. it's over for

i also expect ryan howard to remain. >> any other crazy deals you're hearing. >> not really. think it's focused on hellickson. and they're listing obviously to gomez and doesn't sounds leak anything is seriously cooking right now with the rangers for vince velasquez, again, hellickson makes so much sense to me, he's a free agent after the season, probably not going to be resigned. jake thompson at the minor leagues you'd like to take a look at. you can find other pitchers. so if you can get something for value for him now, i think you absolutely got to jump at the opportunity. >> basically that's what i was i'm going to ask you, does shifting gears to the minors, does the va of a jake thompson, does that impact any moves that the phillies might make at the deadlines >> you know, i don't -- i don't think so in sense they feel super pressured. i don't think -- i don't think the impetus is we -- we got to see jake thompson, i think, they're just trying to get the best deal possible for him. same thing with nick williams in the outfield. i don't think they so much pressure to cal

bases loaded for ryan howard, he knew this pitch was gone the moment it left his bat. grand slam into the rockies bull pen, they're just loving that, ryan 14th career slam and the phillies beat the rockies 10-6. >>> they had a pregame ceremony he hit a double to right field to score brett gardner, 2,086 for alex, the yankees beat the bravers 6-3. >>> the fans tonightly got to see the team in action against the bucks. overall, not a bad first game for doug pederson's squad. the birds team regular season form causing a fumble on opening kickoff. starting offense took three snaps. birds never look back 17-9 victory and the fan to say giving carson wentz a standing ovation when he entered the game final two minutes last half. 12 of 24 for 84 yards. he did through an interception. how did the speed of the game affect him? >> felt faster. again, it's a game of football. i don't try and make it a big deal. i just go out and play. of i had fun with it. you know things happen faster but it's fun to finally be out here for the first time every. pretty cool >> i believe he can ha

ryan howard scores from first on the odubel herrera double. watch howard. come on, come on, get in there the phillies hang on to win 7-6 and it feels good. sweeping the rockies the first time since 2012. >> hearing how the staff is doing, but that's great. >> great to sweep a team like the rockies with their offense, that was number one. i applaud our guys. on a real tough day they battled the whole day, played hard. that was very special to me. >> chase utley is in town next. >>> if you blinked you missed it. bolt the first to win three olympic golds in the dash, and gatlin gets silver by a nose. >>> and ryan lochte one of three robbed by gun point. the taxi pulled over by men posing as police officers, putting a gun to his head before taking his money and wallet. >>> the winningest football team in philadelphia the last 10 years is not the eagles but the soul of the arena league. hard to believe. the soul facing jacksonville in allentown. and he gets it to reynolds, what a catch! take another look and the soul win 55-50 and are going to the arena bowl to

. >>> also ducis rodgers with a new development about those ryan howard steroid allegations, what actions continues tonight. as pass fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it i deadly crash in downtown newark new jersey is out of the hospital and driving a transit bus carrying about 20 people when police say he collided with another transit bus, the driver of the other bus joseph was killed with a female passenger on roberts bus, more than a dozen people injured. investigators still trying to determine exactly what caused the collision. it is a warning for pregnant women tonight from the government's top health experts do not visit miami's south beach the zika virus is spreading there. five people infected from mosquitos in the area, it's an extremely popular tourist spot unlike th

we'll hear from ryan howard on thome and his influence on his career in a bit.ecily looks like it's going to start raining. >> we have a few scattered showers and thunderstorms around jamie and we have plenty of heat and humidity extending up and down the eastern seaboard. details on what to expect here, the shore and the poconos in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> cecily those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> main line landmark that has served generations of families is about to turn off the lights after more than a century in business. tonight the family that's owned it for 153 years is sharing some fond memories before looking to the future. "action news" reporter vernon odom has the story. >> reporter: the inventory at the fritz lumber company continues to dwindle. customers are still coming to this main line landmark even though word has spread that it will soon close forever. >> labor expenses, a lot of overhead that comes with this. there is competition and the economy has definitely hurt us. >> reporter: since th

. >> one of the last members of the world champion team, now only ryan howard remains.director don bell has more on the deal that sent carlos ruiz to los angeles. >> reporter: carlos ruiz was a fan favorite. no, he didn't hit homeruns to the moon like ryan howard, no, didn't make catches like the flying hawaiian, but he had a steady hands behind the plate, guided the team through pretty rough waters. now he's gone. ruiz trade the to the dodgers after spending his entire 11 year career in philadelphia, he waived his full no trade rights so he could join a contender. ruiz won world series with the phils in 2008. now, here are the details of the trade. dodgers get chooch and cash consideration, the phillies get struggling 35 year old catcher aj ellis. he is a veteran, who can help behind the plate, this year, but's free agent in 2017. they also get minor league pitcher tommy bergians who pitched collegiately at haverford college. >> some fans we spoke to were obsessed or upset by the news of the trade. >> we caught up at chickie's and pete's' in south fill. >> i i can't be

we had men in more position chances we did not capitalize. >> reporter: ryan howard in the clear and league baseball investigation that he used human growth hormone revealed nothing of the sort and al jazeera reported the alleged use last december. still ahead in sports an olympic celebration to end all celebrations and who is earned about the the eagles had the day off tomorrow and will prepare for pro season three and 2 on 0 in the preseason and the offense has not been sharp and failed to score a touchdown with the steelers last night is that cause to concern? do not mention that to sam bradford. not really concerned at all, you want to score touchdowns but you know it didn't happen. we did really good things out there tonight and why it's the preseason but i don't think there is a lot of concern for me right now. >> not the end of the world for me. i know what they have been doing in practice and know the types of reps we have been giving our guys and don't put a ton of game planning in with this and want to see execution. high prize for the defense and kicked off four passes wit

bases loaded for ryan howard, he knew this pitch was gone the moment it left his bat. grand slam into the rockies bull pen, they're just loving that, ryan 14th career slam and the phillies beat the rockies 10-6. >>> they had a pregame ceremony he hit a double to right field to score brett gardner, 2,086 for alex, the yankees beat the bravers 6-3. >>> the fans tonightly got to see the team in action against the bucks. overall, not a bad first game for doug pederson's squad. the birds team regular season form causing a fumble on opening kickoff. starting offense took three snaps. birds never look back 17-9 victory and the fan to say giving carson wentz a standing ovation when he entered the game final two minutes last half. 12 of 24 for 84 yards. he did through an interception. how did the speed of the game affect him? >> felt faster. again, it's a game of football. i don't try and make it a big deal. i just go out and play. of i had fun with it. you know things happen faster but it's fun to finally be out here for the first time every. pretty cool >> i believe he can ha

there's this guy named ryan howard. he can hit it a long way. he doesn't do it very often anymore. he hitting 189 on the season. when he does hit, he hits it a long way. he does it off of john gray. blowing open a close g still 18 on the season. did drive in his 93rd. with the rockies fall for the fifth time. in 6 games. same two clubs through the weekend. nationals and the cubs come in to denver for 6 games tph*epbgs >> defense will always get the headline here. it was interesting watching the other side at discriminate 3 quarter backs. all really nice moments. 32 passes. it's clear gary wanted to see these 3 throwing the ball around. for a team that wants to runt football. he didn't do that as much. 28 15 of those went to bibs. booker looks to be a lock only got 4. >> . an audition of sorts. missy franklin olympics are over. tweeting out a shot of her consolation gold. >> expectations are high. stkphr. i will say this. i'm proud of her. she's wonderful. >> . the right attitude. still more news to come tonight. >> . we're not just bus drivers. >> daniel has been a school bus drive

howard cooperated fully with them, which also cleared washington national star ryan zimmerman. nd i was shocked and outraged. i look forward to holding the responsible people accountable for these false and defamatory claims. >>> from the phils to the birds. the eagles moved to 2-0 in the preseason with a shutout with their cross-state rivals. they intercepted four pittsburgh steelers passes in the 17-0 win. for more on the eagles' big win, let's send it over to csn. >> you've got to love a shutout. >> going into last night's game, most of the focus had to be on bradford and the team getting their first extended playing time. the defense stole the show. it was that 17-0 shutout victory over the pittsburgh steelers. eagles did intercept four passes, including this one by nolan for a touchdown, 38 yards. winning their first two games of the preseason. doug peterson said the lineup has a lot to do with that. >> the pressure we've put on these quarterbacks, and the pressure we've put on our defensive line can cause these interceptions. the guys are just making great plays, too. ball

ryan howard of the phillies. major league baseball has done a their own investigation and the good news for them. ryan zimmerman was in the lineup since july 31. major league base hall has found no violations by zimmerman of the drug prevention program.rog a pharmacist said zimmerman, the phillies ryan howard and multiple nfl players were taking a variety of steroids.tero today all players were cleared of any wrongdoing and dusty baker spoke about what's nextha' for them. i'm one of the biggest advocates for drug testing and finding people who are cheat. the mlb certainly went throughly and looked into everything and obviously cleared our name.name that's kind of -- we're cleared from the mlb's side. now -- the whole point of the law sought was not allow peopl to basically smear your name without any evidence or without any proof.any > a nice night in atlanta foror the nats taking on the brace.. they must have felt good about being exonerated. he had a first inning homer. i think he finds the one natsats fan. real

one, ryan howard, the sole survivor from the phillys 2008 world championship team after they traded luisthe dodgers. the dodgers in the middle of the pennant race get rid of their 13-year catcher, ellis. >> his best friend, by the way. >> what do you make of this? >> i don't understand it. i guess thing they can get more offense down the stretch than ellis. hitting 0.200. and it doesn't make that much sense to me. other than maybe he has a reputation of building a pitching staff and they wanted more than just the clayton kershaw angle. >> ellis cried when he learned he was traded. today, hopefully smiled. this is a way to ingratiate yourself to the fan base. 5-1. phillys avoid a series sweep with the win today. as we speak, for the first time since 2014, he talks about his health. listen to what he told us in avalon yesterday. >> i feel 100% and ready to get started. and my summer has been great. we have been walking a lot. and getting some runs. and then i've got a chance to play a little bit against the guys. and every other guy. so it's been going great. >> you think full go for train

that's because ryan howard muscled up on gray with the bases juiced. breaking open a 3, 3 game in the fifth. >> . rockies fall for the fifth time in 6 games. same sunday. nationals and cubs come in to denver for 6 games starting next you have to expect to lose 85 percent of the time. you have to get used to it. win 15 to 20 percent of the time. you're in the hall of fame. it's very tough to win. it's a very tough business. >> . much more on his passion. inside the sunday sport zone. >> . put your finger to good use. person to person transfers on the firstbank mobile app. put your finger to good use. ? ? ? announcer: here's what happened last week, in case you missed us. he wants to play kramer in the pilot.

jon gray gave up 6 earned runs, including a grand slam to ryan howard. phillies 10-6. >>> penny fowler blocked an and don't count out cody latimer. he led all wide receivers with 7 catches for 82 yards. kubiak not surprised to see latimer or fowler playing well. >> kids that are having good camps, they come out and play good in the preseason. things go hand in hand. cody has had a great camp, benny has had a great camp. to carry over. our receiver competition is very strong. i just see carry-over. >>> the hockey world still settling down after patrick roy's sudden and unexpected resignation as avs head coach. paul staz no is in -- stas no is in town. his last season with he agreed if he couldn't do his job well in the current situation, stepping aside was his only move. >> whether there was more to it or not doesn't matter. if you read the statement, he made a good point. if heads are gonna clash, it's not good for the long-term haul. i think maybe because it was later in the summer, people were taken aback by it done. >>> carli lloyd couldn't tumble. ne

grand slam for ryan howard! >> reporter: with tome watching, ryan smashes his 14th career grand slam. the skipper is giving ryan his due. >> during that time he wasn't playing he never stopped working and he kept his chin up and kept plugging and it is paying off for him. >> reporter: prior to game jim tome was honored put on the phillies wall of fame. tome inside what this means. >> they just don't give people hall of fame, you know that honor, and to be vote bide the fans that's something special. i know i didn't play here long, there's so many guys that will eventually be in this that are deserving, i just feel, so guess, honored that they would even think of me to put me in. >> reporter: no practice for the eagles yesterday they have the day off. today they begin to prepare for the preseason game at pittsburgh. as for the victory over tampa bay, coach found posttives and negatives. >> to score offensively was positive. the way the defense got after them was pleasing. 11 penalties and things like that can't h

ryan howard gone. his first three-hit game since april. then right oafter him, a back t back.ed up, brings home two right here, and we're tied up at 4. who? bronco does it again with the bases loaded again. his first walk-off hit. franco with seven rbis. phillies win 5-4. at the are running thin at running back. wendell smallwood could being out a few pour days. and the eagles are loving all the practice. doug peterson as brought back practices if pn pads, and it's big hit with the players. >> when coach says live, everybody foeknows, you bring y a-game or you get run over. >> i think at that was one of the post fun periods we've had in a long time. whenever you get to add a tackle, it adds a level of intensity that you usually don't get. and it's fun going up against the guys on the team. >> it was after nick foles, andy reed and the chiefs plus the cowboys traded batu. but did get lahoy yeah. [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. it's a pretty simple question: is pat toomey's agenda your agend

. >> for phillies and rockies, check this out off odubel herrera rbi double, ryan howard still showing he has something in those old legs coming all the way from first, to score, at home, the phillies win, their fourth straight seven-six. that is sports in the minute i'm sean bell. >> ryan howard is on fire, that might force something last few games. >>> lets talk about drama several athletes robbed when olympic officials have to say about the incident. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. >>> let's head to rio where olympics are being held right now. >> so authorities are investigating how u.s. swimmer ryan lochte and three other american swimmers were robbed at gunpoint. >> officials say robbers posed as officers and stopped a taxi athletes were riding in. three suspects were able to geta

. ♪ ♪ >>> ryan howard can now breathe easy.ll cleared him of doping allegations earlier today. howard was one of many named in report by al-jazeera america claiming he received hch from farm mist who basically later recanted the statement. we all knew it was fake. it seemed fraudulent from the beginning but now howard can finally move on from those reports. >> i'm just glad it's behind me. that's about it. um, you know the process is the process, and for me i'm just glad it's behind me and i can just move forward and focus on playing baseball. feel good. um, just trying to stay focused on the task at hand and, you know, just taking one day at a time. i mean, not trying to do too much but just enjoying my time out there. >> to the game phillies at home against the dodgers. ryan howard went zero for two on the night. had a herrara has been slumping over the last week but not in this one. solo shot in the sixth to give the phils the two-one lead. very next batter freddie galvis anything you can do, i can do better. he deep solo sh

. >> and it shows giving curtain call to phillies, teammate, ryan howard. >> i like that, if you want this card do you have act fast. the company is only selling them for 24 hours, and there is only eight hours left. it cost $10, so what's it, how many hours are left? i can't read that. >> eight hours, two minutes. >> where are you seeing that? >> it is in the red, underneath the blue. >> oh, i see it right there. >> still the picture every ryan howard. >> anthem standing together. >> i want a card with him in another uniform. missing him as a fill. >> i no one is forcing to you few. >> thanks, mike, how sweet of to you say? >> sorry you have a cold today. will be tough to put up with me. >> is it? >> well, isn't it every day? >> why, my defenses aren't always way up? >> get in there. >> no, i got this. >> villanova they won the national championship, big parade, now they have a bobble head celebrate that, little villanova wildcat. look at him. >> awe. >> how much is it? >> i don't know how much it is. >> i want a bobble head, like owe shelf ooh. >> you know? >> how about a bobble hea

ryan howard and carlos ruiz the only two members left from the team. the phillies will come into tomorrow's game on a role and they've won four straight. they averaged only 3.6 runs in the first four months of the season. it will be nice to see chase utley back there. >> you think it will be a warm welcome, right? >> absolutely. >> up next, >>> philadelphia high school grads are getting a head start on college right here at home. >> that's right. it's a little something called philadelphia features and it was hosted at the doubletree hotel in center city tonight. 86 incoming freshmen had a chance to meet and connect with upper class men who attend their college. this year's theme is taking the next step. we want to wish good luck to the college class of 202 >>> coming up next is the late show followed by the late late show. >> our morning team is back tomorrow from 4:30 to 7:00. for everyone here i'm jessica dean. >> and i'm nicole brewer. we're always on at cbsphilly.com. >> thanks for watching have a great night and we'll see you tomorrow. >> announc

. >>> finally mlb has cleared ryan howard and zimmerman of the nationals of use. they were named in a documentary. but they're suing. >> i wonder if peyton manning will sue. >> he was part of that too. >>> all of the headlines are on abcactionnews.com. >> and we z236az zy6z y236ay yy6y >>> tonight, several breaking stories as we come on. gold medalist ryan lochte breaks his silence. tonight, the apology -- 24 hours after this surveillance was revealed. and for the first time, michael phelps is asked about his teammate and the scandal. >>> also breaking tonight, donald trump moments ago taking aim at president obama. asking why he's golfing instead of visiting the disaster in the south. just hours after trump toured the flood zone himself. >>> the friday rush hour nightmare. the deadly collision. two buses crashing into each other. >>> for the first time, we take you inside the fire zone tonight. moving at stunning speed, east of los angeles on the way to vegas. nearly 100 homes burned to the ground.

brings home ryan howard. later in the inning. pitcher. struggles. gets involved.drives in a run with a double. right now the phils up 5-2 in the sixth. some history on the lynx for a local pro. jim furyk called it home today. both areas celebrated after he carded a pga record. 58 in the final round. and put it in ink. crazy to think despite the 58. he will not win the tournament. that is your look at sports. i'm marshal harris. back to you, denise. >> thank you. time to check in with lester holt in rio for a look at what is coming up on "nbc nightly news." good evening, lester. >> hey, denise. coming up tonight, the entire russian team has been banned from next month's paralympics in rio, because of the doping scandal. hillary clinton increases her lead over donald trump in a new poll. tell you what many voters are saying about trump. and take a look at a fresh american face here in rio and how she gets to compete in fencing in her own way. see you in a few minutes with "nbc nightly news," denise. >> lester, thank you. we will be right back. >>> some call it the b

ryan howard homered. phillies host the cardinals tonight in the start of a three game series. adam morgan takes the mound. >>> ryan lochte is at the center of a olympic controversy. >> zika virus is growing in miami and they are trying to find out where the latest transmission occurred. we'll be right back. >> philadelphia's annual and secret pop up picnic took place on the steps of the philadelphia art museum last night. partygoers came dressed in white with tables and chairs and food for dinner en blanc. five thousand people scored an invite. >> they look delicious. >> reporter: boulevard northbound construction zone and northbound accident in the construction zone both clear, everything is reopened as you head northbound toward broad street. there's a bunch of construction on the boulevard this weekend. i think i would avoid it. you might want to use hunting park avenue, but there's milling and paving work by kelly drive. the tunnel blitz continues at 8:00 p.m. all trolleys won't operate in the center city tunnel. all service end at 40th and market. matt, we broke the heat w

. >> ryan howard's three run double helped phillies beat dodgers six-two. >> phillies will host coloradoes tomorrow night. katie, is what going on the sky deck. has it the gotten better or worse. >> it is as bad as it was last hour. it hasn't gotten much better and it will not, you guys. the the humidity is what makes this so, insufferable and that is the problem and running theme for us in the next couple of days. the quite a bit of moisture that is really, just weighing down the atmosphere. so with all that moisture to work with anytime we see showers or thunderstorms which we will especially this afternoon and this evening it can produce locally drenching downpours but much like these speckles of green on storm scan right now everything will be out there especially north and west of the city. it looks scattered in nature. is there a shot many do not see a single drop of rain. what we have to could be tend with is excessive heat, we have got to warning taking effect for i-95 and surrounding counties that flange that corridor that starts at noon for highs in the the mid to low 90's for

the bright spot was the ryan howard homer in the seventh, manager pete mcconon is happy for ryan. >> it's impressive to hit the 20 home runs after not hitting well in the early season and sat down sparingly and he continued working and did not put his head down and mope about it, he kept doing his job and waited for another opportunity and is taking advantage of it. >> soon the flyers will begin their 50th season in the nhl. they deserve something special like new uniforms. claude giroux was willing to be today as fashion model. >>> we are two days away from the temple season opener, under the lights again army, a 10-4 and last year was nice but the owls want more. we heard matt rule's concerns about army's offense, he has respect for the defense as well. >> defensively they present a lot of problems, their three-four defense is something we don't see, and don't practice all season and try to get ready for it in the first game and love to blitz and come from all over, it's imperative to us not to have negative plays and stay on the field and keep the dangerous offense option off the

i'm sean bell. >>> how nice to see ryan howard hitting home runs again. isn't it. >>> villanova mens basketball team has another reason to celebrate they have an official bobble head honoring their ncaa championship wins. fans can order that and you can see he comes with the replica of the national championship trophy, and, from when the wildcats defeated north carolina several months ago with that buzzer beater. the national bobble head hall of fame and museum is selling them for 40 bucks each. they are individually numbered, and there is only about 500 have of them, so order them now. >>> sports radio 94.1 wip has locked down one of the most popular voices just as eagles season is about to start. long time commentator raid diddinger signed a new multi year deal to keep him at wip. he will continue to help his popular weekend show with grabbing macknow on saturday and sundays and he will also join 1210 and host chris stigall every friday during football season. the that is deep on what they are doing. >>> good morning, everybody we're talking about ryan

gray was at 110 pitches for the night when he gave up a grand slam to ryan howard and he knew it. maybe david dahl a bit worn out as well. 0 for 4 to start his career comes to an end. he'll share the major league record. a bright spot for mr. charles cobb blackmon! not enough. the rockies lost 10-6. >> it was a good streak. i know. i think i hit every game. just didn't have really great at-bats. too anxiety. it is what it is. i'll bounce back tomorrow. >>> a-rod playing his final game with the yankees tonight. the baseball gods sent a thunderstorm to rain on his farewell parade. he had an rbi double in his first at-bat and was cheered by yankees fans all tight night. he makes what seems like a forced exit from the team with almost two months left in the season. >>> i don't know if wade phillips was mad at john knocks have some fun, but phillips had the the denver defense loose! broncos didn't even play their four bro bowlers. everybody who took the field caused problems for the bears! broncos blitzing throughout the night. taled sacks, including -- tallied 7 sack, including a safe

freddie galvis hit a 3-run home run and ryan howard hit a pinch hit double. >>> >> a chester county man heads out to the plains could someone can dump corn on his head. it's part of a serious journey across the country. >> reporter: the temperature 81. look at the heat index what it feels like. it feels like 87 degrees right now in philadelphia at this hour. you know it's only getting worse, i'll tell you how bad it will get in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. more than dozen firefighters needed medical treatment after battling a three-alarm fire in jersey city. 15 firefighters suffered heat exhaustion, 8 were taken to the hospital for further tests. three remain hospitalized. >> reporter: might not be the best day to clean the storm drains, but that's what they will be doing on the schuylkill expressway. >> reporter: when it's hotter. >> reporter: perfect timing. eastbound side between conshohocken at this point at the roosevelt boulevard they will be rolling along blocking the lane starting at 59 -- 9:00 a.m., eastbound schuylkill expressway you'll see them cleaning the d

ryan howard will score on this. and three game lead. later we have freddie galvis line to left and padres booted ball. not known for speed but check it out scored from first. ikoff helping his own cause. and right now, we still have padres all tied at 5 in the 7t 7th. >> last night, padres pitcher paul clemons had pine tar on uniform he had to change. it we went to club house new 91 and name player. eventually they got it right. yankees alex rodriguez retired today. he will become advise adviser/instructor for the team and yankees will pay $27 million left on contract and he has struck this season batting .204 and four homers shy of 700. barry bonds, babe ruth, aaron only to hit 00. >> 700, all those milestones i would have had fun time going after them and found share with fans and with our young player players, watching history is something i think is synonymous with yankees i would have had fun trying to not only hit home runs and help the team win and contribute and finish the year on strong note. those are not the cards i was dealt

injury paved the way for ryan howard to take over at first base.r career for an all around good guy and howard told me how instrumental thome was on his career. >> he was always very helpful to me and always gave me good advice and just always very upbeat. you know, even when he came back and i think it was 2012 for a little bit and just still just kind of kicking out advice and just trying to help any way he could. >> reporter: did that make you feel old thome going on the wall of fame tonight. >> no doesn't make me feel old. i think it's cool. he's had a great career. >> reporter: age is just a number ryan howard told me. makes me feel old. one transaction for the phillies today 33 sent cody asche back down to aaa. we talked to codey and he was very professional and obviously disappointed. it's also really hot. live at citizens bank park jaime apody channel6 "action news. >> find somewhere dry and cool jamie. >>> u.s. women's soccer team out after losing to sweden today. >> okay. >> thank you ducis. >> parrot heads will pack the beach in atlantic

his numbers are a lie and is this message to the phillies concerning ryan howard? just a thought. lucy? >> all right. thank you very much, howard. >>> american idol singer from new jersey has revealed she has thyroid cancer. jax says it has been a rough few months she says she had surgery to remove 12 cancerous tumors from her thyroid gland. she says the surgery was a success. the 20-year-old east brunswick resident finish third on american idol in 2015. you know what the simpsons are making history with help from one of the stars of empire. the series will have its first everyone hour episode that episode call the great if as city hiphop take on the great gats see and airs in january among the guest stars taraji p. henson and speaking of empire, it's coming back next season with a special guest appearance by ma rye today cary she'll play super star kitty. she'll team up with jamal lyon for brand new song. that episode airs on october 5th. mark it on your calendar. don't forget empire returns with its season three premier on wednesday, september 21st right here on

top of the second ryan howard, lifting a a high drive straight away center field.r the wall for a solo home run. that is his 16th of the season. but, sadly enough padres go on to win the game nine-seven. >>> no more scary lucy, a new statue of lucy ball replaces one that they consider unflattering to the tv icon. unveiling shaving in ball's hometown of new york. virginia neoteinias -- vanita nair has the details. >> reporter: after all these yeast everybody still loves lucy but not this version of the comedy legend. statue of lucy ball in her home tone of cellaron new york caused many to gasp when it was unveiled in 2009. >> you would go to the wax museum and see something so much better than that. >> reporter: locals dubbed it scary lucy. even the sculptor admitted his work was unsettling. >> ugh. >> reporter: after an outcry their mayor launched a nationwide search to build a new likeness of lucy. artists carolyn palmer was selected and spent nine months studying the actress by watching reruns of i love lucy. >> it is always a tremendous thrill to be in the launc

. >>> the phillys honor jim toomey and the man who replaced him, ryan howard as the phils win in grand fashion. that's up next in sports. "they say you can only be great if you're full of goodness." chobani. available at shoprite. >>> take a look at this smash grab in south jersey. the burglars used a brick or something to get inside the liquor store and get outside in just a minute. >> we want them caught. not only because they came after our liquor store. but everybody else works hard. we're part of one industry. >> thousands of dollars have been stolen, not to mention the cost of damages. police are warning businesses to keep as little money as possible overnight in registers and install bars on glass doors. >>> a burglar in berks county made an after-hours trip to a drive through, but not for a combo. take a look at these pictures and you can see he actually squeezes through the tiny drive-through window at this mcdonald's on meridian boulevard early wednesday morning. he got into the safe and stole a bank bag filled with cash. >>> it is now the law in pennsylvania that child car s

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ryan howard and carlos ruiz the only two members left from the team. the phillies will come into tomorrow's game on a role and they've won four straight. they averaged only 3.6 runs in the first four months of the season. it will be nice to see chase utley back there. >> you think it will be a warm welcome, right? >> absolutely. >> up next, the but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. most common side effects were injection-site pain, fatigue... headache, muscle pain, and chills. ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if you've received any other meningitis b vaccines. meningitis b c