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By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun Don’t look now, but the unbeaten Temple Owls football team is nationally ranked. In the current Associated Press Top 25, The Owls (6-0, 3-0) are ranked 22nd, and are 24th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. It’s the first time in school…

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By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun In an NFC East where all of the teams seem to have issues with keeping people healthy and playing with any kind of consistency, the 3-2 New York Giants are in first place and playing better than anyone else. Whether they’ll remain…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Washington Redskins wide receiver Ryan Grant (14) looses control of the ball on by Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Eric Rowe (32) during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)   By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and The Philadelphia Sunday Sun…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Eagles running back DeMarco Murray gets run down by Cowboys middle linebacker Anthony Hitchens during the Eagles 20-10 loss to Dallas last Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.  (Photo by Webster Riddick)   By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun The trick for the Philadelphia Eagles as they…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Dallas Cowboys’ Tony Romo passes during the second half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia last Sunday, Sept. 20. Romo joined Dez Bryant on the injured list with a broken left collarbone, but the Cowboys shut down DeMarco Murray and beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-10 on Sunday.  (AP…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphias Moses Malone (2) puts up a short jump shot as Milwaukees Terry Cummings watches during NBA playoff action, Sunday, April 29, 1985, Milwaukee, Wisc. Malone controlled the middle as he scored 27 points in the Sixers 127-105 victory. (AP Photo/Bob Borkowski) By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Serena Williams, left, hugs Venus Williams after winning their quarterfinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in New York.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) By Howard Fendrich associated press NEW YORK — Let everyone else go ahead and assume Serena Williams will beat Roberta Vinci of Italy in the U.S….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Temple’s Jahad Thomas in action during an NCAA college football game against Penn State, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Philadelphia.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)   By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and Philadelphia Sunday Sun  Before last weekend’s upset of Penn State, Temple head coach Matt Rhule had been telling his players…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Former Philadelphia’s 76ers’ Darryl Dawkins, center, receives a tribute before a match against Bilbao Basket, during an NBA Global basketball game in Bilbao, northern Spain. Darryl Dawkins, whose backboard-shattering dunks earned him the moniker “Chocolate Thunder” and helped pave the way for breakaway rims, has died. He was 58. The Lehigh County, Pennsylvania…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Serena Williams  (Jimmie48 Photography / Shutterstock.com)   If she wins this week’s U.S. Open, Serena Williams will cement her place in the pantheon of women’s tennis. By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun If you want to see someone attempt to accomplish a pretty major athletic milestone,…

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