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Public safety, street closure details for the Eagles Championship Celebration

February 7, 2018

PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is proud to honor the 2018 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles with a parade this Thursday, February 8, starting at 11am, along a route that will stretch from the Lincoln Financial Field stadium complex to the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. The Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Parade will step…

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Rioter from Malvern, PA arrested for flipping car during Eagles celebration

February 7, 2018

According to WPVI Channel 20-year-old John Rigsby of Malvern, Pa has been arrested for his role flipping over a vehicle during Sunday night’s Superbowl celebration. Police have arrested a 20-year-old man for damaging a vehicle while celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl victory Sunday night. Philadelphia police say Rigsby was among a group of seven…

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Everything you need to know about the Eagles Parade!

February 7, 2018

Everything you need to know about the Eagles Parade! Note:  There will be no Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail service all day Feb. 8 due to parade. See ful SEPTA Regional Rail schedule here. On Thursday the City of Philadelphia will celebrate the 2018 Super Bowl champions: the Philadelphia Eagles! The City will provide up-to-date…

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Eagles: We are the Superbowl Champs!..And Philly went crazy

February 5, 2018

Photo: Jeff Bukowski/Shutterstock PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl victory set off a celebration that has been 58 years in the making. Just as Nick Foles and the Eagles clinched a surprising 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots in Minneapolis for the team’s first Super Bowl title Sunday night, the scene more…

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Game On!

February 2, 2018

ABOVE PHOTO:  The Vince Lombardi Trophy is seen before a news conference by Commissioner Roger Goodell in advance of the Super Bowl 52 football game, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Philadelphia Eagles play the New England Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)   On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles and New England…

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Former Phillie, big league outfielder Oscar Gamble dead at 68

January 31, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar Gamble, an outfielder who hit 200 home runs over 17 major league seasons and was famous during his playing days for an Afro that spilled out of his helmet, died Wednesday of a rare tumor of the jaw. He was 68. His second wife, Lovell Woods Gamble, said he was…

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Ex-NBA player from Philly Rasual Butler and wife killed in car crash

January 31, 2018

Photo: Shutterstock TMZ Ex-NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife Leah Labelle — a singer who appeared on “American Idol” — were both killed in a single car crash in Studio City, CA early Wednesday morning. 38-year-old Butler — who was drafted by the Miami Heat in 2002 — lost control of his Range Rover around…

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Bring on the Patriots!

January 26, 2018

ABOVE PHOTO:  Eagle fans (Photo: Webster Riddick)   Your NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles are relishing being the underdog…again.   By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun When the Philadelphia Eagles arrive in Minneapolis to take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, they will be an underdog…

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Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar gets 40 to 175 years in prison

January 24, 2018

LANSING, Mich. –The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: “I just signed your death warrant.” The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing in which scores of Larry Nassar’s victims were able to confront…

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