facing the predators, flyers on the wayne simmons in front. hemms with two powerplay goals tonight.cond, 2-2. how about this goal? flyers win it 4-2, five wins in a row including back to back nights. it's father son weekend. all of the dads accompanied them on the plane. it was all worth it. ducis, mike? >> thank you, jamie. with the eagles nose diving now? >> hockey. flyer hockey right now. in the video screen. >> back to the eagles after the break. they could use help with the wide receiver prohibition. what would you think of deshawn jackson coming back to philadelphia? we'll discuss that next. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stay tuned for more "action news" sports sunday. ♪ ♪ 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 gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg in year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. ♪ ♪ >> "action news" sports sunday sponsored by audi.

. >> ♪ ride the train ♪ >> wayne simmons last two games, has scored three goals. e again tonight? will the flyers win seven straight? we're on the wayne train. so it got us thinking. give us some famous wayne's out there. >> come on, dance. >> white man over bite. >> oh, my gosh. >> so, you know, like john wayne, whatever, famous wayne, because we're on the wayne train. tonight we get number seven. something to cheer about in this town, flight. >> i like the sound of it, wayne train. >> the wayne train. >> sue, are you going to be on the wayne train? >> i'll be in wayne's world. how about that? >> how about wayne, pennsylvania? >> there you go, we even have wayne counting, whole county is wayne. well, let's hope this is the number after tonight. it is a seven out of ten. lucky seven. we hope. it is national brownie day. bus stop buddy has one for his lunch. what about you? temperatures in the two's, 30's, off to cold start this dea snowflake or two flying around, that is what is going on. we have a tranquil and dry conditions for a change, here in old city. 37 degr

wayne simmons, back of the net.tin tries to answer and the flyers with a 3-2 win that is massive. college hoops. villanova hosting american picking up. bridges finds josh hart wide open. you better put a hand in his face. we jump to the second. mark gesperini hook shot. still up by 40 to 31 later on in the second, nova opens a wide leave, kris jenkins. nova rules 90-48. the dude that beat you for that promotion, it's like having him waltz in your home. thursday night football. big blue clenches. any added motivation for the eagles >> i know what the giants have at stake. they obviously want to do the same thing, they want to win a game. for their own reasons but you know, for us, it's just a matter of going out and executing and playing our style and playing physical. >> cards and offense will get a crack at one of the stingiest defense. giants are for the good with keeping the yards down, they only allowed 17 per game that's the fourth best in the league. carson wentz has done his homework >> they're good. they're

in the division, last night the orange and black took out the caps, it went to a shootout and wayne simmons them ahead with this. and steve mason made sure it held up in the end. and once again flyers and devils tonight mason back in net tonight. >> thank you ducis. >> a couple of familiar faces joined in a basketball game between a small chester county school and a local police department today. >> the green valley academy doesn't qualify for a typical sports league and instead they regularly play against east town. and that includes matt o'donnell and todd herriman. >>> there is going to be rain on christmas eve. not snow but rain. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing no rain out there tonight. we have dry conditions and it's definitely on the breezy side. we are live with sky 6 hd taking a look at the rothman ice rink at dillworth park and they finished cleaning it up and the zamboni moved on. you will want to bundle up tonight. today was so degrees above normal and factor in the winds it feels like 37 in philadelphia and the same in trenton and 36 in atlantic city and 33 in wilmingto

wayne simmons, back of the net.tin tries to answer and the flyers with a 3-2 win that is massive. college hoops. villanova hosting american picking up. bridges finds josh hart wide open. you better put a hand in his face. we jump to the second. mark gesperini hook shot. still up by 40 to 31 later on in the second, nova opens a wide leave, kris jenkins. nova rules 90-48. the dude that beat you for that promotion, it's like having him waltz in your home. thursday night football. big blue clenches. any added motivation for the eagles >> i know what the giants have at stake. they obviously want to do the same thing, they want to win a game. for their own reasons but you know, for us, it's just a matter of going out and executing and playing our style and playing physical. >> cards and offense will get a crack at one of the stingiest defense. giants are for the good with keeping the yards down, they only allowed 17 per game that's the fourth best in the league. carson wentz has done his homework >> they're good. they're

watch it fw through the legs of wayne simmons. nice. we're tied 2-2. power play again. braden shenn. how about the hat trick? flyers win 4-2. braden's second career hat trick. danke schenn indeed. >> i think tonight's feeling in the locker room. whatever up one or down one or whatever the circumstances may be. we're finding ways right now and you need to get on the streaks, throughout the 82-game season to propel yourself forward for the playoffs. >> the flyers unveil their stadium series jerseys today. they're going to wear them at heinz field against the penguins. back in black. it looks cool. speaking of streaking, villanova has started their season with ten straight wins, 16 straight wins going back to last season. matching the longest winning streak in school history. tough test on the road. at number 23, notre dame. huge game for josh hart. drains the three, career-high 37 points. he's as good as any player in the country. nova, trailing, most of the way. struggling, but they force the turnover. jalen brunson finishes, cats get their first lead of the day and they

wynn wayne simmons, two goals sunday night, two more tonight. deflection in the second period, 2-1. and tie it up in the third. jake ends it. now six wins in a row. the longest streak since 2011. fliers take it 3-2 in ot. still ahead, the sixers missing what seems like half the team play a tight one (narrator) attention medicare beneficiaries. i like to get my hands dirty. i like to know how things work. trust me, these old engines aren't complicated. medicare...that's complicated. we knew it didn't cover everything. we learned we could be responsible for thousands of dollars out of pocket. that's why we called colonial penn. i called, he listened. (laughing) that call was a real eye opener. it turns out medicare only pays 80% of covered part b medical expenses. the rest we'd have to pay ourselves. but colonial penn has plans that can help with those out of pocket costs. (alex) it's true. i'm alex trebek. colonial penn offers many affordable medicare supplement insurance policies to help fit a variety of needs and budgets. with a wide range of standardized plans to choose from, you

wynn wayne simmons, two goals sunday night, two more tonight. deflection in the second period, 2-1. tie it up in the third. jake ends it. now six wins in a row. the longest streak since 2011. fliers take it 3-2 in ot. still ahead, the sixers missing what seems like half the team play a tight one in memphis. and number one nova gets a serious test. >>> the sixers, they have been losing games. and tonight against memphis had a few less players. embiid, okafor, covington all out. fourth quarter, sixers down two. dario in the lane, tied at 89. scores 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 thin

quan was here, wayne simmons here then. so riding the wayne train. >> getting on the train.t's go to batman. bruce wayne of course was the guy's name who was batman. >> right. yes, commissioner nerve lived in stately wayne manor. >> makes sense. >> now i wonder which batman will we show? because there have been different once, the george clooney or the ben after lack batman? >> no. >> or adam west from tv fame. >> which one will they play? >> that's to up ryan. >> oh, the computer frozen. >> holy computer batman. >> oh, all right. common. >> there you go. >> find the right one, the right wayne. the right batman. >> could you go back to the 60s for the tv show or could you go with michael keaton's batman, go with george clooney batman, go with ben afleck, also back to the comic book cover. at this point we can't get anything because the computer doesn't work. >> and the dark night, who played batman, what's his name? i see his face. >> christian bale. >> thank you, christian bale, another big one. >> is he alive. >> christian bale. >> all right. he is the real hot head guy. >

claude giroux wayne simmons there for the goal. second of the night.ght game at two and send this thing no overtime and in ot, jake vorachek loses the puck but giroux right there to steal it back and vorachek gets another shot. cashes in the flyers within three-two. six great within the first winning streak this long since 2011. >>> to the sixers okafor out with an illness and joel embiid sitting out they still don't want him to play in back to backs. so not much to desire in tonig tonight's game but the sixers somehow in it late. in the fourth quart the sixers with the lead tony allen drives to the rack. can't get it to go but zac randolph to clean up the boards tied the game up and then memphis hit a couple thee throws to get ahead. under 10 to go, nick, trying to tie the game up. no good can't get it to go. sixers lose once again 96-91. they're eighth straight loss. college hoops big five matchup at the palestra. villanova against l la-la sal. bridges get gets the steal. nova wins 89-79. big three, look-zero in big five match match up. it's not real

philadelphia flyers led by the red hot scoring chio jake, who is third, quad giroux, tide for eighth, and wayne simmonsor tenth, like i said, oh, by the way, heading into today's game the flyers have won ten in a row, good for the longest winning streak in all of professional sports. looking for 11 in a row down in dallas, taking on the stars, third period, tied at one, here's john. with the lazer shot. no good. but with the steve mason puts them up two to one. flyers looking for the equalizer, empty net. dallas, the flyers pursuit 11 in a row. stars go onto win. great one, right there. >>> when the 76ers selected jahlil with the number three overall pick in the 2,000nba draft, everybody including sixers brass new if no moves were made, and of course, if health wasn't an issue, there would not be enough minutes to go around at the center position. fast forward to last night. and noel is lashing out. it seems the kentucky big man, now in his fourth season with the sixers, is processed out. no he will making his second appearance of the season, because of knee surgery, in last night's home lost, to the l

. >> not just an assist man, another good sign as well, wayne simmons will get there in the second and they are leading the charge behind steve mason. >> well, okay, here's the thing. we are on the wayne train now. we have taken a break from the wentz wagon, we're on the wayne train. you say that you can free style a little bit. >> i never said any of that. >> no, no, i have sources. >> i heard him sitting there practicing. >> he has going something for you guys. >> let's hear it. >> little something about the wayne train. >> you got me using this. >> yes. >> spin a little something,ing on. >> yes. >> here we go. you know names synonymous with pain they call it wayne, man known for driving train, last name simmonds with the a on the shirt won't take much to drop gloves and heart and soul of the squad and that is safe bed, put the puck in the net without breaking a sweat. >> wow. >> wow. >> flyers go, yes. >> it is great. >> they go for. >> no, dallas stars. >> but i think back to 1979, they went 35 straight games without losing. thirty-five. >> can you imagine what that would do to thi

leading the way with six straight wins and on the offensive end claude giroux, wayne simmons and jakeproducing. let's see the flyers -- i gave them buried the lead there. they did win that's all right. i'll show you the highlights. flyers down one. bray schenn schenn puts it in redirect his second of the night. same period a couple minutes later, schenn again, big night for brayden schenn he had his second career hat trick. flyers go on to win three-two. eight straight first time since 2002. sixers news nba announced that the november 30th game between the kings and the 76ers has been rescheduled for monday, januar january 30th, 201617 at 6:00 p.m. at the wells fargo center. the sixers play detroit pistons later today. >>> all right. let's talk college basketball. already one month into the season and the defend champion villanova wildcats are a perfect 10 and-zero and may have the best player in the country player of the year candidate josh hart. j wright has his team looking more than worthy of their number one rank cog they stay undee feeder. taking notre dame in the tribute classi