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Place Your Bets: Eagles' Super Bowl odds plummet
Still like the Eagles to win the Super Bowl despite their 38-27 setback against the Cowboys last week? Now’s your chance to put your money down. With Sunday’s loss, the Eagles’ odds to win the big game plummeted from 12/1 — which were fifth-lowest in the league — to 33/1, according to Bovada. That drops the Birds to 10th and…
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Tonight in the City 6: Villanova draws No. 19 Michigan
Five city schools are in action on a busy Tuesday night in college basketball. Let’s take a closer look at the matchups: No. 12 Villanova (4-0) vs. No. 19 Michigan (4-0)Legends Classic Championship, Barclays Center, 10 p.m., ESPN2 After surviving a scare from Bucknell last week, Villanova rebounded with a convincing, 77-53 win Monday night over VCU in Brooklyn to…
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Phillies call up Sizemore, option Buchanan
Grady Sizemore is set to join the Phillies. Following Thursday’s 9-1 win over the Brewers, the Phils optioned right-handed pitcher David Buchanan to Triple A Lehigh Valley and selected Sizemore’s contract from the IronPigs. To make room for Sizemore on the 40-man roster, Cliff Lee was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. Sizemore, 31, went 13 for 45 (.289) with…
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Phillies' mishandling of Ruf mirrors Brandon Moss
Is Darin Ruf the next Brandon Moss? If he is, the Phillies better figure it out this time before letting him walk. Ken Rosenthal has a nice piece on Moss on Fox Sports today that’s sure to stoke some fury in Phillies fans. It highlights the incredible journey of Moss, an all-star candidate this season, who was a journeyman...
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Phillies-Cubs: 5 things you need to know
The Phillies may be just 2-2, but there are a lot of positives to take from those first four games of the season — perhaps most notably the starting rotation, excluding Cliff Lee. On opening day, Lee surrendered eight runs and 11 hits in five innings against the Rangers but still claimed a win in possibly his worst start ever…
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Missed chances doom Drexel in loss to Towson
BOX SCORE It was just past the midway point of the second half, but Drexel was already on life support. Trailing Towson 61-50 with 9:17 to go, Chris Fouch corralled his own rebound after he couldn’t hit on a three-pointer but missed the second-chance jumper. Rodney Williams grabbed the offensive rebound, but he couldn’t make the put-back either. But...
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Instant Replay: Towson 80, Drexel 68
BOX SCORE Chris Fouch just couldn’t do it all for shorthanded Drexel, which fell Tuesday night to Towson at the Daskalakis Center, 80-68. Coming off a career-high 31 points in his last outing, Fouch scored 28 on 8 for 27 shooting, but it wasn’t enough for the Dragons (9-7, 1-2 CAA) to overcome Jerrelle Benimon and the Tigers (11-6, 2-0),…
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St. Joe's gears up for test against No. 19 UMass
For the St. Joe’s Hawks, conference play couldn’t be starting at a better time. And it couldn’t begin with a more difficult challenge. Having not lost in a month, St. Joe’s (9-4) will head north to Amherst, Mass., and put its five-game winning streak on the line as it takes on No. 19 Massachusetts (12-1) in opening its Atlantic...
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Eagles-Saints: 5 things you need to know
Eagles (10-6) vs. Saints (11-5)8:10 p.m., NBCEagles by 2½ One year and one day ago today, Chip Kelly was coaching Oregon to a win over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl. Tonight, he’ll coach the Eagles in their first postseason game since the 2010 season. The Birds are looking for their first playoff win since the 2008 postseason and their…
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Tonight in the City 6: Penn State hosts La Salle
There’s two games on tap for tonight. It’s an important one as La Salle travels to Penn State for the first time in program history, and Drexel takes on host Rutgers in the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament: La Salle (2-1) at Penn St. (2-1)7 p.m., State College, Pa., ESPN3 Previous gamesThe Explorers needed a late second-half run to top...