. >>> hey, good morning to you from comcast sportsnet. how about some baseball? the philly's entered saturday after having lost four straight cams to the nationals. ye pitcher aaron nola on the bump. he entered the day with nine straight quality starts since that april game against washington. but things fell apart. 1-0 nationals. still in the second, it's 2-0. michael a. taylor singles in a run. abi knock, 4-0 nationals. it's like death by inches here. they weren't done, though. fifth inning, banks one down the line. at least it's an extra base hit. rough afternoon for the phillies. >>> to the belmont stakes now. preakness winner exaggerator entered as the favorite but was virtually a non-factor. here they come down the stretch. look at the late charge by creator. as they come to the finish, oh, my, creator edging destin by a nose in a photo finish. creator is your 2016 belmont stakes champion. >>> the eagles just wrapped up mini camp and have some rest and relaxation. it won't be all rest for the qbs. they plan to meet and work out together in san diego. that i

. >>> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. the phillies and blue jay split their games in toronto. let's split two more in philly tonight. mike el franco will miss his third straight game with a mild knee sprain. happened sunday. here's this afternoon. he does hope to be back tomorrow night. here's manager pete mccannon. >> possibly tomorrow i'm hoping. i'm hoping he's available to pinch-hit tonight. i'm waiting to see that. and it doesn't look like it's anything serious. nevertheless, we're going to double check and make sure we don't make any mistakes. >>> one of the first-round draft picks from two years ago, dario sarge, is he leaving to play in philly this year? a croatian newspaper says there's a 99% chance he will join the sixers. we're waiting for to get to 100. >>> golf, outside oakmont. chris crawford from ben salem and holy ghost prep. he's 22, just graduated from drexel. he qualified for the open. sometime dreams come true. >> i'm not sure there's a better place to play your first or any u.s. open than oakmont. the

i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. >> john, thank you for that. >>> turning to our weather now. a dry summer night at the philadelphia museum of art. perfect weather for running up the rocky steps. things are about to change, though. we have declared a first alert for part of the weekend because of the potential for damaging storms. chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz has our nbc 10 first alert neighborhood forecast. glenn? >> yeah, that's right, jacqueline. we're talking about sunday, not tomorrow. and in all areas of our region aside from the jersey shore, i think they would get the storms pretty late sunday night. sunday afternoon and evening would be the times for the main threat and we're talking about the main threat being damaging win winds, there's also a threat of some hail with nose storms. the area in brown has the greatest threat. that would include chester county, all of delaware and part of south jersey, but any part of the area pretty much could see some severe storms on sunday. but as far as now, we're not seeing much around. we do see stuff from the w

. >> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. all signs point toward the sixers taking ben simmons thursday night with the number one overall pick. the sixers have reportedly already told ben's camp that they will select him. here's more evidence of that after ben worked out with the sixers today. he sent out this instagram with a sixers jersey with the caption, trust the process. here is video from his workout. he has not worked out for anybody else. he says the workout went well and he already sounds like a sixer to the team's website. >> great people. you know, it's great to come here and, you know, be surrounded by great people so i look in that and, you know, it's a great organization. so i'm looking forward to thursday. >> he's all of 6 '10" and 342 pounds, so you're talking about a substantial young man that is going to have an impact physically at this level. almost immediately. >> you like to hear that. the sixers also have the 24th and 26th picks. brian says the sixers are trying to trade up into the top eight. comcast

he has done that. >>> that was comcast sportsnet's john clark. you can read more about muhammad ali's life and his legacy on the nbc10 app. there you'll find pictures, video, and some more of his most famous quotes. >>> to news from the jersey shore bureau. the showboat in atlantic city closed since 2014 reopens next month but not as a casino. it will be hotel. the former owner put a restriction on the deed that the new buyer could not reopen the property as a casino. the new buyer says he hopes to have the hotel's 1300 rooms open by july 4th. he is working on several new amenities for the complex. >>> your nbc10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> if you're just waking up this morning and wondering, well, should i get outside and cut the lawn, maybe plant some flowers, lay down some mulch. today would be the drier day out of the two. so today, sort of looking like the better day out of the weekend. forecast right now, we are dry. we've got temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 60s. however, allentown bumped up to 70 degrees. we are up a tick

. >> more at midnight on comcast sportsnet. now on to the phillies and the brewers. hernandez with warning track power and beyond. his first of the year, two-run gives the philles a lead. former phil farm hand santana breaking something off of hector. brewers win it, 6-3. >> french open, women's final. second set, a beautiful lob shot. right on the line. that was match point. rugby championships going on. games consist of two seven-minute halves. temple taking on clemson, temple down 12-0 at the half. scored 19 second half points to win. two other losses to dartmouth and utah means the owls do not advance. drexel fails to advance. >>> st. joe's lost this match to arizona, 14-5. the hawks do advance, thanks to wins over army and navy. they face south carolina tomorrow. touchdown also advances. golden bears defeated indiana. you can see tomorrow's action at 2:00 on nbc and at 4:00 on nbc 10. >>> that's sports. we'll be right back. pizza is perfect. pizza with bacon cheeseburger on it... way, way more perfect. papa's bacon cheeseburger pizza is back. and try our new mus

. >>> hey, i am with the comcast sportsnet and this time tomorrow night he should be a six er and taking him as the number one overall pick in the nba draft. here is the video and the camp was told that he was the top pick today. he was talking about wanting to be a six er. he used the word we when talking about the team. listen to this. >> definitely. me and joe have known each other and we have that for a while and we were just talking about everything and going on and enjoying the time. i think that we definitely play well together. >> nicks have former rose in a trade with the bulls and then the runner up for the rookie of the year and then going to chicago's and then tammy. tonight's nhl award show, they on honored ed snider and he passed away two months ago. he accreted making philly a hockey town. phillies trying to break the eight game losing streak and then adam is a stopper, isn't sne top of the fifth and then blanco and 14 of the hits is more extra bases and then look at had this. ryan howard and then he is going to bring home blanco and they're going win. take a look at the c

comcast sportsnet's look at the grab and the fan who made it. >> maybe the phillies might look at signing him up. >> you might have a point. everyone knows when you go to the ballpark you have to watch out for foul balls. they even print a warning on the back of the ticket. but this fan was certainly ready. kevin pilar hit a foul ball right down the right-field line, and brian kukarich from boostwin pa, look at this, made the one-handed snag with his daughter on his lap. you figure if a baseball is flying in the direction of your child you'd be nervous. but this guy was cool. the only casualty was his french fries. greg murphy talked to him after replenishing his snack. >> i've got to tell you we watched that like six times. you looked pretty nonchalant. you ever play some ball in your life? >> i've been playing for about 30 years now. so yeah. it looked like a normal fly ball from the outfield. put my hand up. i'm lefty. so my right hand catching the ball was pretty easy. >> she didn't seem to move. >> she was tired. she recognized we got the ball but she didn't know what was happening w

. >>> i'm danny pommels from comcast sportsnet. after falling behind today, we'll have highlights from the nation's capital. >> hi, i'm danny pommells. they've lost ten of the last 11 games with the cubs and nationals and two first-place teams headed to the finale and d.c. they don't call him the fighting for nothing and have a look at the top of the fifth and guess who? cody ashy living the hard knock life and the solo left, and the first of the season phillies down 3-1 and here they come. herrera getting in on the front and another opposite field punching into the left field corner and the signature back flip to bring home the pitcher and adam morgan and the next batter, freddy galvis and the hit parade continues and he has the single crowd and right now we are 3-3 tied in the eighth inning. >>> we could see the coolest trophy in sports headed out in nbc 10 and the stanley couple have the straight elimination during the second straight game. he had the chance the history in franchise history. >> this is as high stakes as it gets

here's comcast sportsnet fallon smith from oakland. >>> with with the draft and free agency looming, bob myers doesn't have smuch time to dwell on the disappointment of losing this year's nba finals but he did do some sulking on sunday. after the game he went home and poured a glass of whiskey which he says he never does. but he felt it was important to take the time and feel the pain and then move on. but what gave him even more comfort was speaking to the players individually on monday. >> everybody's different. what i -- actually i felt a lot better after the exit interviews than i did before. because it's always -- for me i was wondering how our players would react or process losing in game seven after the season we had. but what i saw and what i heard was really encouraging from the maturity standpoint. because in some ways i feel like what has happened in the last two years went in the wrong order. this was supposed to happen last year. then we were supposed to win this year. so you have to experience this in the business of sports in the competition of sports we got to experie

. >>> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. eagles mini camp started today. everyone is present and accounted for here is fletcher, he skipped the workouts the last two month. the eagles coaches are going to bring him along slowly this week. he was limited. fletcher released a statement saying he's happy to be back, but negotiations on his contract will be kept private. fletcher is waiting on a new deal. listen to coach doug pederson. he believes it will be done soon. >> i'm just hoping it's done. m line, let's get it done and let's get in here. he wants to be here. he misses the guys. you can tell. i'm fully confident something will be done before camp. i was happy he was back, had a chance to visit with him yesterday and tell him how excited i was. i understand voluntary process, the whole soph season, but we're excited to get him here this week. >> there's darren sproles. he participated more than fletcher did. doug pederson said darren will have a big role in the offense. the role will be extensive and they will him around a lot. receiver reuben randall w

. >> hey, i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. fletcher cox got paid. the eagles got the deal done with their best player. fletcher's contract is historic. he gets more guaranteed money than any other player in nfl history that isn't a quarterback. numbers reportly 6 years $103 million, $63 million guaranteed. only two quarterbacks have gotten more guaranteed money than fletcher. he was dominating last season making his first pro bowl and should set a career high in sacks this year in jim schwartz's four-three scheme that will let him attack more. after agreeing, fletcher cox tweeted out "i'd like to thank mr. laurie and the whole eagles organization." >>> on to the phillies, pitcher, what a night against one of the better lineups in baseball. six shutout innings. the phils do something they haven't done yet this year. third inning r.a. dickey. knuckle ball. herrera. ripped down the line. that is a home run. little bit of a bat flip. not like joey batts show. 1-0 phil. second inning. ryan howard the d.h. in the american league park. still got some power

. >>> that's your look at sports from comcast sportsnet. to grow up. but teachers like mr. elliot saw something in me. made a connection with me. now i'm a teacher myself, right here in camden. i'm just passing it along to my own students and making those same connections my teachers made with me. now that's some beautiful music. i'm jamal dickerson, and i'm proud to be a new jersey educator. >>> happening today, atlantic city wants you to bring your appetite to the jersey shore this weekend. the inaugural food truck festival and competition starts at noon today in brighten park and ends tomorrow afternoon. visitors can sample dishes from american comfort food to seafood and, yes, desserts and cast their vote for their favorite food truck. this is the final weekend for one of wilmington's most popular events, the annual st. anthony of padua italian festival. the theme this year is the italian renaissance. there will be foods, rides, artwork and nightly concerts. visit the festival from 2:00 to 8:30 today and tomorrow. proceeds benefit st. anthony's grade school. >>> the fir

proud sponsor of the us swim team >>> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. eagles fans are mourning the loss of one of the most popular coaches in philadelphia history. buddy ryan was 85 years old. he coached one of the best defenses for five seasons. buddy never won a play-off game, but he connected with birds fans for how bold and brash he was. he stood up to the dallas cowboys, ran up the score on them in a game. then there was the bounty bowl. how about the body bag game. and he had a special relationship with his players. >> i had a coach who didn't care what everybody else thought. he was more concerned about us as his children. and that was the best. >> the middle of my career to the end of my career that he coached me. and he really took care of me. you know, my last two years when i was dealing with a lot of knee problems, buddy would flat-out ask me, 82, do you need to work today? >> buddy had some of the best quotes as well. he called his eagles owner, norman brace, his boss. >> i get along with everybody. as long as they do things my way. >> what

. >>> i'm danny from comcast sportsnet. see why simmons believes his game translates better to college rather than nba. came down to a couple of inches. we have the highlights, next. stay tuned. >>> a police officer on the road to recovery. officer christopher dorman was shot yesterday while responding to a drug investigation in folcroft. he is expect tad make a full recovery. lauren, you've learned that he got out of his hospital bed to greet some visitors today. >> that's right, denise. the police chief told me that he wasn't even in bed. he was downstairs waiting for him when he arrived to see him. you know, family members and colleagues are just amazed at how well he's doing. we actually have some photos of officer dorman that friends and family have shared. want to show those to you now. you can see that he's been sitting up and he has been smiling and he has a dry sense of humor and he is a jokester and that is coming up. i also learned today about those scary moments about the moments after he was shot. >> were you s

i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. the phillies hit another sour note tonight on the field. getting ready for an exciting forecast. they set a new club record for futility as the balls continued to sail oust citizen's bank park tonight. we've got the lowlights coming up. ♪but i'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no no,♪ ♪not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider,♪ ♪yeaaahh... ♪but i'm not gonna let 'em catch me nooo♪ ♪not gonna let 'em catch the midnight riiiiiiiideer!♪ >>> hey. danny pom lz with you once again. pete mccannon held a team meeting following the phillies' 13-2 loss to toronto last night, trying to shake them out of their slump. what will follow tonight was just a different opponent playing home run derby. this time it's the arizona diamondbacks using citizen's bank park as a launching pad. have a look. fans making all sorts of plays during the game. look at this one-handed grab off the bounce in the sxlt celebration to go with. don't worry, plenty of souvenirs to go around for everybody. thomas takes adam morgan up and out in the fourth. peter o'b

i'm danny pommels from comcast sportsnet. the phillies begin a four-game set with the diamondbacks tonight at citizens bank park. they have lost 16 of their last 20 games. the phils almost had as many errors as they had hits last night in the 13-2 loss to the blue jays. things so bad herrera threw a ball into the crowd in the eighth inning when there were only two outs. skipper pete mccannon held a team meeting afterward and he's hoping that will turn things around. >> we've gone from seven over to seven under within about a two-week span. and i don't want to get what we did the first two months, i don't want to let that get away from us. i think we're better than what we played in the last two weeks. don't want that to slip away. i want the players to regroup. and start all over. >> you can see tonight's game right here on nbc 10 at 7:00. >>> from the diamond to the hardwood. csn philly.com's confirmed the sixers have the top pick in next week's draft, which is just six days away. simmons in cleveland for the nba finals. whi

. >> hey, i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. franco missing the game tonight with a mild strain. he should be ready to go tomorrow night. >>> it's heritage night, of course, beer, hey. the blue jays with more homers like yesterday. jeremy hellickson gives it to up edwin encarnacion. second deck. the phils open back. co cody asche, second deck as well. this ball is for you. 3 for 4. knocks in all the phils runs tonight. toronto keeps matching. phils lose 7 -2. they lost 15 of 19 and the blue jays having too much fun. jose bautista shooting jumpers into the stands. too many toronto fans there as well. >>> tonight ichichiro has more s than pete rose. 2,257 tonight. that includes his hits from japan. that's actually 4,000. pete rose is major league baseball's all-time hit king. ichiro, call him the international hit king. >>> sixers a croatian newspaper says there's a 99% chance dario will leave his team and play for the sixers this coming season. >>> u.s. open starts tomorrow at oakmont outside pittsburgh. looking at chris crawford

. >> hey, i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. eagles wrap up their only mandatory minicamp, six week office before training camp. the birds moved inside because of storms and sam bradford is completely healthy, for the first time in three years in an offseason. he said it's awesome he does not have to worry about his knee. doug pederson and coaches say sam has been outstanding and doug's offense is going to allow sam to audible and change plays at the hine of scrimmage. chip kelly did not allow that. >> i think that's what every quarterback wants. you want the ability to get in and out of plays, ability to make things right. it puts pressure outon during the week to study, know what the opponent is going to do. >> sam is stepping up as a leader, organizing offensive teammates to get together in san diego for workouts before training camp. >> as good as it is to get on the field and throw ruth rououtk out together, it's better any time you can spend time away from the facility. >> all about building relationships. if we can have t

. >> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. before tonight's philly series opener in washington manager pete mccannon met with ryan howard about the situation at first base. here is what pete tonight said on what he told ryan. >> i toll him that i have got to go with tommy jose he have right now. tommy is just -- i can't sit tommy joseph. he was low key about it. you know i'm sure he's not happy about it. pensive, but didn't have a whole lot to say. i let him know how i felt with using tommy joseph. i said i can't justify not playing the guy. >> sounds like tommy is the starter. goodell laying down theent in. a score. nice squeeze play. in the third, tommy joseph taking steven strasbourg deep. two hundred shot. 4-0, philadelphia. nice lead, right? wrong. worth continues to haunt his old team. two run double. daniel murphy, two run double. killing the phillies. nationals take the lead for good. here is tommy joseph. again in the eighth. seven home run of the season. first philly ever with seven home runs in his first 21 games. g

. >>> john clark from comcast sportsnet. the sixers introducing their draft picks today. take a look at ben simmons with his new sixers jersey. he's on the right, number 25 there. the 24th pick is to the left, timotey luwawu. ben was drafted number 1 just like lebron james 14 years ago. and there's been comparisons with them. lebron is mentoring ben, and they spoke last night. i asked ben what advice lebron is giving him about handling the pressure of philly. >> enjoy it. you know, it happens once in a lifetime for me. obviously, that will never happen again. so i enjoyed the time. enjoyed everything that was going on. and keep working. honestly, it's not over. i'm back at the bottom now. so i've got to keep working. and i'm looking forward to doing something special with this team. >> ben has the biggest star potential in the draft. there was concern his lsu college team did not make the ncaa tournament. i asked ben what he learned from that and how that's going to help him in the nba. >> playing through adversity, definitely. nothing goes right all the time. so you've g

. >> hey, i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. all eagles present and accounted for. fletcher cox and darren sproles did appear for the minicamp. sproles skipped the voluntary workouts spending time with his family. fletcher also skipped those voluntary workouts. he is back. the birds are switching to a 4-3 defense. here's defensive coordinator jim schwartz previously on how much fletcher has missed. >> flech was drafted in a scheme that was similar to this. you know, he'll catch up. but, you know, i'm sure there will be some carryover for him, but i assume he's a fast learner and i assume he'll pick up things quickly. >> phillies tonight opening a series with the best game in baseball, the cubs. herrera has the night off. tommy joseph, his sixth straight start at first base. ryan howard hitting again. look who's at citizens bank park today, charles barkley hanging with ryan. charles is a phillies fan and a fan threw a beer bottle at ryan saturday. sir charles has had run-ins with fans. i asked him how he felt about what happened to ryan. >> i was just disappointed. v

. >>> and comcast sportsnet, good news from the phillies saying the mri from pich ervins velasquez looks good. just a strained bicep. he'll go on the 15-day disabled list but the manager says more of a precaution. he left wednesday's game after just two pitches here. a hard-throwing young pitch here had tommy john surgery before. thank goodness it's not worse. >> at one point we were going to take a look at his inning totals for the entire season, and this might be a blessing in disguise. hoping, hopefully, he's not injured worse than the mri showed, but this could be fine, and just help us extend him farther into the season. >> whew. good to hear. who's going to take vince's place tuesday? you're looking at him. zach eflon, 5-2 at lehigh valley, the pitcher the phils got for jimmy rollins and coincidentally on the same day, designated for assignment by the white sox. batting just .221. 37 years old joins shane victorino let go this year. not many 2008 phillies left out there. the phil's manager pete mackanin talking to ryan today. joseph in the lineup again in washington. see it right h

he told comcast sportsnet, the incident crossed the line and became personal. howard said he's done too much for philadelphia to have that kind of stuff happen. >> that's dangerous for whoever threw that. we can't have that happen. of course i'm concerned for my players' safety. >> i think it's rude for anybody to throw anything at anybody. especially when they're at work. >> does it make philadelphia fans look bad. >> they look like morons. >> security video did capture the bottle being thrown. people are offering up their opinions on the ryan howard situation on social media. i'd love to know what you think about this. does this paint us in another bad light to fans across the country? tweet us your thoughts on howard's legacy in philadelphia and how the team and fans are reacting to his slumping 2016 season. >>> 4:06. severe storms are gone from our area but they did leave a mark. this is time lapsed video showing them sweeping through the nbc 10 viewing area yesterday. they brought strong winds and rain and left thousands in the dark at one point. utility c

. >> hey, i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. phillies host the blue jays the next two nights after splitting two games in toronto. phillies pitcher making his major league debut today but didn't tgo so well. the worst debut for a phils pitcher in team history. here's zach. dad in front row cheering him on at dodger center. a rough one. in the second inning, kevin palar. this is fwogone. 2-0 toronto. gives up three homers. in the third inning, carrera, two-run shot gone as well. later in the inning, bases loaded for josh donaldson. yes, it is a grand slam. right here. does not make it through the third. he gives up eight earned runs. phillies lose 11-3. they have lost 14 of 18. now even though he got roughed up, seemed to have a good time. he told csnphilly.com, oh, it was awesome, i was obviously leaving pitches up and big league hitters are going to capitalize on that. i was in front of 50,000 people playing the game i love. got to bounce back and work on it. i had the time of my life. he's taking it well. >>> sixers, will dari

. >>> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. it's a hall of fame year for philly sports. of course not on the field but for some former stars. allen iverson is going into the basketball hall of fame in september. today eric lindros gets the call to the hall. he's going to the hockey hall of fame in november. he was one of the most dominating hockey players in the '90s. he was mvp of the nhl in '95. of course led the flyers to the stanley cup final in '97. averaged over a point per game for his career. he changed the game. but his career ended because of concussions. and he had a bitter feud with the flyers and legend bob clark. but it was clarky who kept saying big e should be in the hall of fame. i asked eric what that meant to him. >> i think when it's all said and done everyone wanted to win and that was the main focus on it. certainly there are some times of friction, but to have bob's voice and support, there are so many i have to thank for their help. >> he was clearly one of the most dominant players in the league at the time and probably one of the most dominant e

. >> hey, i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. phillies slugger ryan howard is heading to the bench. manager pete mccannen says he'll sit ryan the next three, four days at least and tommy joseph could win the job. hit .101 in may. ryan was an mvp, rookie of the year, world series winner. this could be the beginning of the end in philly for him and it's tough to see. >> i told howie, i said i'm going to give him three, four days off to clear his head. >> my head is fine. i get it. >> we had a great conversation. he's, of course, not happy with it but he's very -- he was very mature about the whole thing. >> if you're going to be happy with something like that, pack it up and go home. >> either sit there and sulk about it or do something about it so the only thing i can do is do something about it. >> reporter: owed $5 milli35 min salary and buyout. he says he will not be retiring. >> i'm not going to quit, man. it's not in the vocabulary. >> ryan handling it with class. coaching up tommy joseph in the dugout tonight. phillies bats

. >> hey, i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. fun night at citizens bank park. gave up just one run in seven innings against the cubs. look at the cubs' best may of the night, first inning, look at this diving grab. nice. third inning, ryan howard getting his first start in a week. he can still do this. gone. ninth of the season. so it's 2-0 phils. look. standing ovation for ryan and tommy joseph there to congratulate him. seventh inning. herrera at the plate. going to bring home carlos ruiz. like old times. 3-1 phils. eighth inning. gomez, a bases loaded jam. how about this double play to end the eighth? wow. the pressure almost too much for this kid in the ninth but the phillies hold on. they beat the cubs 3-2. nice for ryan howard after a tough week. >> it's been crazy. i mean, there's no doubt about that, but, you know, i just try to stay focused on my work. what i need to do and, you know, just stay focused on what i need to do on the field. >>> base brawl in baltimore tonight. royals pitcher ventura, 99 mile fast ball into the back of manny machado and man

. >> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. all eagles are here. fletcher cox and darren sproles did report for the birds' mandatory minicamp. sproles skipped the voluntary workouts. he was spending time with his family. fletcher is waiting on a new deal. going into the last year of his contract so he skipped the voluntary workouts but he is here. phillies manager pete mackanin says ryan howard for start for the first time in a week tomorrow night but tommy joseph will still get the majority of starts at first base. pete says this is a delicate situation and has to make a decision soon. >>> phillies/cubs tonight. second inning freddy galvis. watch out. goes right into the crowd. hits a woman in the midsection. she was taken to the hospital. we don't have an update after that. phillies down 6-0 in the ninth. freddy again. 0 for his last 22. how about a three-run shot? phillies are within three. next up, tommy joseph. making his sixth straight start at first base. go on. he's hitting .350 this month. all of a sudden, phillies within two. ryan howard

. >> good morning to you from comcast sportsnet. the philly's entered saturday having lost four straight games to the nationals. they had aaron nola on the bump. straight quality starts since washington. things fell apart like the roots' fourth album. rbi base stop 1-0 nationals. nationals. it's like death by inches here. nola goes 3 2/3. they weren't done though. two more runs scored and the double. rough afternoon for the fillies. >> to the belmont stakes now. preakness winner exaggerator entered as the favorite but was virtually a non-factor. here they come down the stretch. it's destin in the lead. look at the late charge by creator. as they come to the finish, oh, my, creator edging destin by a nose. that's the way you like to do it. >> to football now where the eagles just wrapped up mini camp. have rest before training camp on july 24th. the qbs plan to meet and workout together in san diego. that including rookie carson wentz. the plan is for wentz to grow under sam bradford. he has been participating in otas and talked abou

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i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. . >>> nbc10 continues our commitment to clear the shelters and find homes for adoptable pets. jillian from the spca is here this mor:rkzng with wonka. she is a big friendly girl. >> she friendly and treat motivated as well. >> so she is a one-year-old great pyrenees mix. she is a big dog. a big fluff. but, you know, very, very super friendly. she is still a puppy, so she gets very excited and will chase your feet and run around. she is a little uncoordinated. we threw a tennis ball with her the other day and it was kind of fun to watch. >> that's what my question was. >> i think she is probably full grown. i would guess when she gets into a home and gets more comfortable she'll grow out a little bit. i think she'll gain some weight but i think she is full grown as far as her height. >> she is clearly good at eating treats. that's a good possibility. you have an adoption fair in camden county. >> at monster pets in audubon from 12:00 to 3:00. we'll have dogs and cats and kittens. it's kitten season, so we have a lot of cats and kittens around

greinke against eickhoff. 3:00 on comcast sportsnet. pregame live at 2:30. the producer, associate producer. tonight's director. now for matt stairs and our entire crew, i am tom mccarthy. phils lose it 10-2. here on nbc10 stay tuned for "dateline." >>> from our home office at rockefeller center, the wisdom of david letterman. >> you know, when you and i were trying to get on television, >> tonight he sits down with tom brokaw for his first tv interview since leefrg late night? >> do you miss it? >> no. i thought for sure i would. >> so what's on his top ten list now? >> television doesn't do the sport justice. >> hence, he's all revved up. that's coming up later. the new chase freedom unlimited card earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you buy. the cash back is unlimited and you can spend it on anything. like, whatever the next ad is selling. get the new chase freedom unlimited card. ♪ so we know how to cover almost almoanything.hing, even a ufh2o. [man] that's not good. [pilot] that's not good. [man] that's really not good. [burke] it happene

comcast sportsnet work john clark has a look back. >> reporter: cassius clay farris -- first appeared on the boxing scene in the 1960s. he won a gold medal of the world. then he changed his name to muhammad ali and joined the nation of islam. when he was drafted into the army, he refused to go, because of his religious beliefs and he was against the vietnam war. so he became arguably the most controversial figure in america. he was stripped of his title had his boxing license revoked. he was arrested, but the supreme court overturned his conviction. a few years later, he made a comeback in the ring. where did he go to escape all the attention and concentrate on training? a town near reading and allentown, or wiigswiigstown, pennsylvania. then in 1971, ali lost for the first time to philly's own joe frazier, it was dubbed the fight of the century. ali won the heavyweight title for a third time in 1978. in his prime, he was outspoken and let everyone know his political beliefs. bigger than boxing, larger than life. his most famous last public appearance was the olympics of 1996. he lit

i'm danny pommells with comcast sportsnet. >>> atlantic city wants you to bring your appetite to the jersey shore. the inaugural food truck competition starts in brighten park and ends tomorrow afternoon. sample fishes from comfort food to seafood and desserts. you can cast your vote for your favorite food truck. this is the final weekend for one of wilmington's most popular events. the annual st. anthony of padua italian festival. the theme is the italian renaissance. enjoy food, rides, artwork and concerts. proceeds benefit st. anthony's grade school. the fire fly music festival continues in dover today. tonight the headliners are death cab for cutie, florence and the machine and dead mouse. this year is the fifth for the music festival. more than 100 bands will perform before the event ends tomorrow night. all those folks there shouldn't have to worry about rain, right? >> yes. last year we had terrible thunderstorms during that. i'm so glad -- i think my hair is on my mike. it will be a beautiful day today. the beaches, mid 70s today. pleasant there. speaking of the beaches. look

he told "comcast sportsnet" saying the incident crossed the line and became personal. he's done too much for philadelphia to have that kind of stuff happen. >> that's dangerous for whoever threw that. we can't have that happen. of course i'm concerned for my players' safety. >> i think it's rude for anybody to throw anything at anybody, especially when they're at work. >> does this make philadelphia fans look bad? >> look like morons. >> tv cameras did not capture the bottle being thrown but security video did. again, the phillies are trying to track down the person responsible. >>> decision 2016. democrat hillary clinton is on the doorstep of her party's presidential nomination. she won the puerto rico primary yesterday. nbc news projects clinton is now just 19 delegates shy of clinching the nod. the former secretary of state breezed to victory over senator bernie sanders in puerto rico. with 2/3 of the votes counted clinton has the majority of the votes. bernie sanders is showing no siñ+ns of surrendering. he said the democratic convention in philadelphia will be a

comcast sportsnet's john clark will be live in brooklyn for all the action. i'm tracy davidson. a full hour of news in about 30 minutes. you can stay updated throughout the day with the nbc10 app. >>> it's thirsty thursday and two lovely ladies rolled out of bed early for ambush makeovers. they were hoping for some help with their out of control frizzy hair. like someone we know. >> you know what? i'm so tired -- >> i had nothing to do with it. >> that picture needs to be retired. >> no, that picture needs to go to the smithsonian museum. now we're ready to reveal the gorgeous new looks courtesy of our dynamic duo of "today" contributors. from the licari cutler salon, louis licari and author, fashionista and guinness world record holder, in case you have forgotten. how are you, kids? >> oh, great. it was humid, it's a perfect summer day. what a perfect subject more than how to fight the frizzies. >> darcy was battling them this morning. she and her husband just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. her idea of dressing up was putting her hair into a high pony. let's take a

comcast sportsnet's john clark will be in brooklyn for all the action. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington reporting the first alert traffic right now. watching the 42 freeway for big delays right now. these are our cameras at route 42 in depford. major delays if you're headed toward the philadelphia area or if you have to get to 295 this morning. big delays there. also in hamilton township, an overturned vehicle blocking the ramp from 129 southbound to route 29. detours through there. here's the boulevard around ridge avenue. no big problems in either direction. just seeing typical delays on 95 and the schuylkill into center city. >>> clouds moving in. rain has arrived in philadelphia. the first of the rain moving in to philadelphia and into delaware as well. some steadier showers are just moving through maryland, baltimore, and d.c. saw some thunderstorms to start with. those storms are now headed farther to the south. one area of concern is southern delaware in sussex county, which could see a thunderstorm first thing this morning. rain now falling in philadelphia. it'

. >> comcast sportsnet's john clark is here now with the exciting details. >> reporter: yeah, really, eric lindros was arguably the most dominating pro athlete in philly for most of the 1990s. he changed the game of hockey and now he's a being hoe hall of famer. eric played eight years for the flyers and led them to the stanley cup finals in 1997. he was mvp and, of course, his career was cut short by concussions and, of course, it was one of the ugliest feuds with erik and flyers management. it involved flyers legend bob clark and the flyers but i talked to eric lindros on the phone and i asked them about what it was like to play here in philly. >> the nance in philadelphia are very passionate, extremely passionate and they know their hockey. it's not your typical american city when it comes to -- when it comes to hockey and as far as sports go in that town sports are it. it's a wonderful place to -- to play pro sports. >> it's clearly one of the most dominant players in the league at the time and probably one of the most dominant ever for that period of time. he was a terrific playe

. >> draymond on the warriors, they are in cleveland and so is comcast and sportsnet's dave feldman. >> thanks very much, draymond green spoke to his team and said what he said, to the media he said, i was a bad teammate, and i put myself in this situation. how do you respond to it and to what he said? >> if i was his teammate, i would not have got upset forgetting suspended. if i was in that situation, it would have been tough to not react the way he is. i would have said, you are not a bad teammate, i appreciate the apology but i did not need it. >> now, he is back and he gets to play in game six and they have a chance to close it out in cleveland like they did a year ago. what is his impact offensively and defensively back in the lineup? >> he will be huge on the difference end, is had timing and anticipation, he challenges guys at the rim. altering shots and blocking shots. he is wonderful, his communication is key, he is so loud out there. the communication break downs will be fewer. on the offensive end, he is the most lethal pick and roll player, pick and pop player that the w

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