one-one in the third wayne simmonds saves them. wayne simmonds with the shot ape score. two-one.lyers with the open netter. they beat washington three-one. ray emery stepped in but he looks as to what more the team has to do. >> it was a mentally tough game. i think for our team. like i said tough build to go play in. it is an afternoon game. mason gets hurt. there is a lot of opportunities to have mental collapses but it was a most solid game of the year i thought. >> that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >>> well, how about this though. >> local basketball coach joins a very exclusive club how many members two. >> two. >> coach herb magee who has been coaching at philadelphia university since 1967, he won his 1,000 game saturday in front of the home crowd. i'm glad it happened at home. >> me too. >> former governor ed rendell and phillies chairman david montgomery were there to witness this. herb is just the second mens college coach in the nation to reach a thousand wins. the other guy. >> coach k. >> i have heard of him, coach k of duke, he has won a thousands games t

wayne simmonds. >> the jordanian government issued a statement condemning the killing saying that jordan made all efforts to save his life. we have been continuously communicating with the japanese and are making efforts to find evidence that the jordanian pilot is safe and ensure his release to jordan. >> hillary is a former diplomat and said the killing showed i.s.i.l. is trying to punish members of the international community. >> they are instrumental in the taking and killing of hostages to make powerful political points. particularly with this hostage from jap yn was to hammer home to all allies in the coalition that if you come to the middle east and make a public commitment of $200 million or something like that to join the coalition, to combat the plate. there'll be action. this is a strategy that the islamic state used since its rise and it does so effectively. it has taken over a huge swath of tert industry not just in iraq but garnered the allegiance of groups to sinai and pockets of afghanistan. the strategy is effective. i would be shocked if they didn't continue to do what

wayne simmonds saves them. wayne simmonds the shot, score, two-one the the flyers with the open netter. they beat washington three-one. ray emery stepped in. he looks at more of what the team has to do. >> it was a mentally tough game i think for our team. you know like i said, tough building to play in. it is an afternoon game. mason gets hurt. there is a lot of opportunities to have collapses but it was our most solid game of the year i thought. >> that is sports in a minute. i'm's howard eskin. >>> all right. sports related here of course, north carolina basketball coaching great dean smith has passed away. the the hall of fame coach died at his home on saturday. smith coached the tar heels from 1961 to 1999. he went on 11 final four's i should say won two ncaa titles and coached such players as michael jordan james worthy remember him on with the lakers. >> smith was 83 years old. >>> local basketball coach has joined a very exclusive club too. >> herb had magee who has been coaching at philadelphia univers

tied in the third, wayne simmonds saves them. wayne simmonds with the shot and score. two-one.h the open netter. they beat washington. ray emery stepped in but looks at more as to what the team has had to do. >> it was a mentally tough game i think for our team. you know like i said, tough building to play in. it is an afternoon game. mason gets hurt. there is a lot of opportunities to have mental collapses but it was our most solid game of the year i thought. >> that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >>> a local basketball coach has joined a very exclusive club. >> we have been waiting for this, herb magee who has been coaching the at philadelphia university since 1967 won his 1,000th game on saturday. he is just second mens college coach in the the nation to reach a thousand wins the other is coach k coach mike krzyzewski of duke. >> yes. >> coach magee will be on good day to talk about that huge milestone. >>> coming up, stan smith was the big winner in last night's grammys, we will talk about the other winners and big performances after the break. >> fashion too. >>

in the shootout wayne simmonds continued clutch ways. flyers beat top neem hockey 3-2 to move within four point of boston for final playoff spot. jay wright testy today trust me he was testy he was, wildcats took ont. they're 25-2 have three game need big west four to play. we'll have more college hoops later. >> good stuff. >> two seed baby. >> "action news" at 11:30 continues next and we'll have the latest on messy mid winter why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience? why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you it's everything to us. the xc60 crossover. from volvo. the volvo presidents day invitation. this month, get these exceptional offers on a new volvo. visit your volvo showroom for details. >> saturday night. i'm walter perez. here's what's happening on "action news" 11:30. snow is behind us. sleet and freezing rain are making for one uncomf

wayne simmonds continuing his scoring streak. 13 power play goal made it 2-0. it to 2. flyers xleep complete a back-to-back sweep of two of the league's best. that win put him within two of boston. boston crushed chicago 6-2. they're back four points back of playoff spot. >> we're back in the race now and obviously tonight we'll be watching our tv and see the other teams through but we have pretty happy how we're tlai playing now as a team. >> sixers anticipates magic got underway in orlando. college hoops not a happen we camper today. he cannot bear to watch as his team is leading the entire game blew a late lead and fell to st. louis in over time. 68-64. it's becoming a trend with local teams. final lap of jeff gordon final daytona 500 and he would get all tangled up. that's not how you want to go up out. that clears the way for joe a lagano to whip his first victory. second youngest ever to win super bowl and. >> great news about dalton that's phenomenal. >> love to see a great story like that. >> up next, a big drop in temperatures could mean big problems f

wayne simmonds all open the road by the way and calls this trip the biggest trip of the year. flyers fighting to get back into the race and fighting with the capitols today. scott lawton going after matt who gave him a concussion last month. we pick it up scoreless until ten seconds into the second. mark stripe makes it 1-0 flyers. later in the second during a break in the action what happens here? to goalie steve mason tweaked something. has to be helped off the ice. mason is leaving with awhat they're calling a lower body injury. he will not go to montreal on tuesday. in comes ray emery and in goes a goal two minutes later. ovechkin ties is two minute later. and all aboard the wayne train n third, team leading 19, flyers go on to win 3-1 picking up two crucial points to get back within nine of wildcard spot and they picked up points in all six. >>> dean smith, one of the most legendary college basketball coaches in the history of the game who mentored so many including larry brown died at the age of 83. smith won two national championships in north carolina during 36 years c

wayne simmonds redirects michael's shot into the net for 22nd goal of the season. final minute of the second he didn't ned any help on this one he scored to make it two all going into the third. the flyers turned the puck over in their own zone and columbus did make them pay. matt calvert scored his second goal of the game to make the three-two. later more problems. ray emery made the safe, but brandon dubin ski knock in the rebound and the flyers nine game point streak dime close. five-two was the final. >>> they got break on, you know, from a fan shot in the slot. went to their guy. he put it in. one to nothing. i thought that put us behind the eight ball. we didn't really -- we didn't really recover from that goal on the fir period. >> as we told you earlier eagles safety nate allen trying to clear his name after accusations of lewd behavior near his home in flor. teenaged girl called employees after seeing what she believed to be nate committing the offense while at a stop light. allen was held at the fort myers police department for almost five hours denying t

that jake voracek and wayne simmonds deliver. >>> phillies ace cole hamels met the media today. just days after being quote as saying basically we're in the going to win here and i may want out. lesley van arsdale is with the team in spring training. >> reporter: chase utley was the latest veteran to arrive here to clearwater but today was all about cole hamels. >> at this given moment i'm a philly. >> reporter: over the off season cole hamels was quoted as saying he wants to win and he knows that's not going to happen here. he didn't confirm or deny that he made those comments but he seemed more optimistic now that the phillies can compete. >> i like my chances with the type of bullpen that we have. you know, still being able to have cliff, you know, a couple of the other starter that is we have been able to sign, they're great guys and, you know anybody can surprise you at any given moment, you know, still having chase and howie here they're big catalysts in any sort of lineup. if we can be consistent and you know, do the thing

wayne simmonds continues to be one of the best flyers on the ice.lyers on the rush and simmonds finishes it off and the flyers up one to nothing. to the third power play simmonds again cleaning up his front. it's his 21st goal of the season. flyers on top three-one but once again, the blue jackets frustrate the flyers. cam atkinson evens the game at three. scotty hartnell picks an assist there. the game winner. horrible defense in front of emery. late in the game. they pick up a point and lose the opportunity for two and lose four-three. >>> yale one of the best teams in the ivy visiting the historic palestra to taken on penn tonight. penn with a tough task on their hands and tony woods with a nice drive there. penn trailed by 15 at the half. penn lost the game 75-48. >>> nba all star weekend underway and the celebrity game showcase add couple of philly kids mo'ne davis making kevin hart watch the move look like he's standing in concrete. mo'ne continues to shine at all star weekend. to the phillies now. they hope to develop a new rising stars like

wayne simmonds. someone else has been big for the flyers all year. that seals it right l flyers win three-two in the shoot out and trail the bruins by just four points orange and black host the caps tomorrow afternoon. >>> cole hamels never been one to bite his tongue the subject of many trade rumors this off season earlier this week he made it clear he wanted out of town. today he met with the media in clearwater and lesley has the story. >> this given moment i'm a a phillie. >> over the off season cole hamels was saying he wants to win and he knows that's not going to happen here. didn't confirm or deny that he made those comments, but he seemed more optimistic now that the phillies can compete. >> i like my chances with, you know with the type of bullpen that we have. still being able to have cliff um, you know, a couple of the other starter that is we've been able to sign are they're great guys. and, you know, anybody can surprise you at any given mommy. still having chase and howie here they're big cat lifts in any sort of lineup. if we can be c

third period giroux gets the puck shoots a rocket and wayne simmonds cleans it up for the goal.cond of the night. flyers are three-one. the game got to be over. you have to put this away but the flyers don't. columbus ties the score at three. takes the game in overtime. the blue jackets get the w. game over. the flyers choke away the game. four-three in ot. >>> as mentioned in our earlier show the princeton women's basketball team is 16th in the country in the only undefeated team in women's college basketball. tonight they improved to 22-zero smacking brown 86-58. all star weekend kicking off tonight. rising all star game not really having many rising all stars. a couple cats nerlins noel with the block pretends he's michael carter williams and goes coast to coast for the dunk. robert covington also in the game. that one is currently in the second half. >>> peyton manning says he's physically and mentally regular to play next year for the denver broncos. peyton will be going 39 going into his 18th year in the nfl. manning was throwing ducks at the end of last season but that wa

opening minute of the conn death, wayne simmonds and matt reid hook up, result is reid's fourth goal of the season. flyers lead one to nothing. it the stays that way deep into the the third period. off the rebound thomas he beats emery, and we're now tied at one. we will go to overtime. 1:40 left in the overtime session, emery who has made 39 saves. he needed a 40th. he end the game right there. the flyers lose a tough 12-one in overtime. >>> the team says that they expected steve mason to miss two to three weeks as he recovers from what he believes to be a knee injury. there are eight weeks left in the nhl season and flyers remain out of the playoff spot. >>> yesterday, temple guard will cummings mentioned how awful it felt to lose by 31 points. that was the spread when owls last faced cincinnati. a different story tonight. cummings honored for his 1,000th career point. did he not play in that first meeting with baiter cats. he does tonight. he drops in 21 points. temple lead the entire way. owls up ten here. later jesse minister again tosses a alley hoop to one. he had 16 points. t

in the shoot-out wayne simmonds continues his clutch ways and he scored a goal in this one and rob zepp had great saves for the flyers. they beat the top team in hockey three-two, to move within four points of the final playoff spot. >>> jay wright, a little testy today as his sixth ranked wild cat took on marquette. his guys calmed them down. ryan archie arcidiacono helped nova to the eighth street win 87-76. they host providence on tuesday. >>> thanks jamie. >> that is sports. >> time for final check of the accu weather forecast with melissa. it is pretty nasty melissa. >> we will show you storm tracker six radar 3-d and we have the snow across the delaware and lehigh valleys and couple pockets where we are picking up moderate pockets of rain, snowfall i should say across the region. we will go in tighter on storm tracker six live double scan and you can see on route 206 you have the lavenders an indication of intensification with the snowfall here just to the the north of hammington, also on route 40 to the north of mays landing. we will flip over, storm tracker has a front feature w

matt read redirects wayne simmonds goal into the net. ray emery in net. played very well. ray with 21 safes. second period buffalo man advantage and this time he can't make the safe. so just like that the game is all tied up. then in the third period, michael raffle behind the buffalo net wrap around shot goes in. so yes the flyers won the final game of the road trip they're now five points behind boston for that final playoff spot. two-one the final. >> i think we're keeping it simple. i think we're sticking to the system. we played well defensively teams have put pressure on us we start thing out well and i feel like we're comfortable playing our style defense and taking advantages when we get them. >> on brutally cold and windy night here in philadelphia, we have some row freshing news. phillies pitchers and catchers reporting to clearwater on thursday. the phillies equipment truck arrived in bright house field after leaving citizens bank park on friday. don't expect too much for the fightings this season. rebuilding stage. last a couples of years. phillies gm told spor

more from wayne simmonds >>> kenji goto jogo a freelance journalist was caught up in what might have been a human trade off, lead toing his death instead. the visibly shaken prime minister of japan had this reaction. >> translation: we are deeply saddened by the despicable and horrendous act of terrorism. we denounce it in the wrongest terms. to the terrorist, we will never forgive you for this act. since the act was given, we'll coordinate with the international committee. japan will never be defeated by terrorism. this is kenji goto jogo in a video recorded last year before crossing into syria and i.s.i.l. territory. >> if this happens, please don't claim any claim to the syrian people. >> he reported to many war zones in africa and the middle east. during his capture. kenji goto jogo's friends and supporters held vigils outside the prime minister's official residence in tokyo. >> i had hoped to give thanks for his return. as his brother, his outcome was regreatable. >> in jordan a dark cloud hung. the jordanian government wants evidence that he has not been killed already. the res

he block the first attempt with his body then wayne simmonds shows a little bit of glove work.d now are just four points back for the final play off spot. >> we showed some -- we're start to play the right way for an extended time. guys are start to go realize what we got to do every night and keep at it and do the right things. >> it's huge for us. we got a big game tomorrow against washington. we played pretty decently against washington this year. we need every point we can possibly get and it doesn't matter how we get them. we just got to make sure we put them in the bang the phillies and their players aren't on the same page. the franchise wants to unload recent build and veterans players under contract want to win now. starting over doesn't work for guys in the second half of their careers. cole hamels has been the main guy wanting to get out of town. once hearing that word rebuilding. today he back tracked a little on wanting to be traded. hamels said he loves being a phillie buttery but reiterates he just wants to win. >> if you're able to be at the top of your game i t

wayne simmonds said sunday he thinks flyers to have win at an 80 percent clip the rest of the seasont it got worse. they have lost steve mason for a while. mason will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee as i reported at 6:00 he is likely out for a in and if there is any problems in the knee, he would be out for remainder of the season. either way it is not good news for a team that has to win at a record pace. >>> sixers hosting golden state. they turn the ball over 27 times. they trailed by two at the half and clay thompson off the steel and score, step curry not i good night but he scored two of his 20 right here, golden state wins it 89-84. >>> phillies lost another team to try to trade cole hamels. padres sign james shields to a four year deal and that takes phillies and padres out of any trade, and that is sports in a minute i'm howard eskin. >>> we're taking a live look right now at the claire john hotel and casino right off the las vegas strip. guess what is about to happen there. >> they are about to give it a make over. >> it will be imploded here anytime now this ho

the flyers wayne simmonds said yesterday he thinks the flyers have within 80% of their games.cause they have lost their goaltender steve mason for awhile. mason will have arthroscopic on his right knee. he's likely out for a month and i've also learned that if they find any problem in his knee, he would likely be out for the remainder of the season. either way it's not good news for a team that has to win at a record pace. >>> 76ers played the best team in the nba tonight and were 16-point underdogs to golden state. warriors had won by 43 when they beat the sixers earlier this season. different tonight well the last game before the all star break. let's go to the wells fargo center. sixers early kj mack didn't yells this is like a school yard play. are you kidding me? it looked great for the fans. kj mcdaniels only scored five points and those were two of the five. but golden state remember andre iguodala? yes. with the three. golden state led at the half 46-44. turnovers killed the sixers. turnover right here. 27 turnovers. that's just incredible. clay thompson goes and golde

wayne simmonds scored his team leading 19th goal of the season.ers finally above 500 for the first time since mid november after the three-one victory. spurs coach greg popovich look looking for his 1,000th career victory tonight facing toronto. san antonio had a one point lead with under a minute late. james son john gave the raptors the lead for good. and delayed pop's milestone victory. toronto won the game 87-82. coach herb magee will join our morning team tomorrow to talk about his 1,000th career victory. look for his life interview on "eyewitness news" this morning at 4:30. coming next in the zone the new parts radio 94 wip afternoon team of josh innis and tony bruno will join me to talk about the next great duo in philadelphia. ♪ >>> each and every year one of the highlights of the philadelphia auto show. a drawing for a new car. >> tri-state toyota dealers gave away a brand new 2015 toyota camry today. flyers bobby legend. the proceeds of the raffle benefit the philly educational foundation. we'll be right back. ♪ >> don't forget to join o