The Daily Numbers: 3 outs, as in an unassisted triple play pulled off by Eric Bruntlett and the Phillies in the ninth inning to hold off the Mets Sunday.
7, age of Glenolden girl who is spearheading a move to support our troops by collecting used cell phones.
3 judge panel that will hear arguments today from the 4 pro sports leagues in their attempt to block legalized sports betting in Delaware.
990,900 contract to operate busing services for Chester Upland School District that has been taken away from a local company and awarded to a lower bid from a Philadelphia firm.
50 Chester residents who work for Countywide Transportation who could lose their jobs in the contract sticks.
0 traffic now being allowed on the Third Street Bridge in Media after council voted 4-3 to halt foot and bike traffic on the span as well as vehicles.
37 intersections on Chester Pike through the county that will get more than $3 million in improvement projects via federal stimulus money.
2,500 new cases of pediatric brain cancer reported each year. State Rep.
Bryan Lentz, D-161, has set up a foundation to fight the killer to honor his 2-year-old son, who succumbed to the disease.
2 men busted as police and the SPCA raid a dog-fighting operation in Germantown.
21, age of woman who reported being attacked and raped as she jogged in Fairmount Park Sunday morning. It’s the 2nd recent sexual attack in the park.
41, age of missing Chester County woman who was found dead in her car.
Police say they do not believe it was a case of foul play.
3 people threatened with a sawed-off shotgun by a man apparently seeking revenge in Delaware.
3 people killed in a horrific car crash in Delaware. A man has been charged in the crash that killed a mother and father, as well as their 12-year-old child.
3 bank jobs believed to be the work of the “Broad Street Bandit” in Philadelphia. A suspect has now been taken into custody.
25 workers who stand to lose their jobs when Rohm and Haas closes its factory in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia.
2 men, 1 armed with a machete, who took $250 from a man they confronted on Porter Street in South Philadelphia.
1 police cruiser stolen from a parking lot at the 35th Police District near Broad and Champlost streets
3 teens awaiting word on their fate as a jury begins deliberations today on charges they were responsible for the death of a Starbucks manager who died of an asthma attack after he was accosted on a Center City SEPTA subway concourse.
100 people who packed a meeting Saturday in Bucks County concerning a planned archery deer hunt for Tyler State Park.
2 home runs for the Phils in the first inning to race out to a 6-0 lead.
2 wins for Pedro Martinez. He went 6 innings and gave up 4 runs.
2 times in Major League Baseball history that a game has ended on an unassisted triple play.
3 days and counting until the return of Michael Vick to the NFL as the Eagles play the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Linc Thursday night.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.How about that Eric Bruntlett. He almost gives the game away single-handedly in the ninth, then literally seals the deal all by himself with an unassisted triple play.
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I Don’t Get It: The Eagles are sitting down with animal agencies, including the Delco SPCA, later this afternoon to try to soothe some ruffled feathers over their signing of Michael Vick.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to state Rep. Bryan Lentz, D-161, and family. They are honoring the memory of their 2-year-old son with a foundation to battle pediatric brain cancer, which took his life.
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Quote Box: “The buzz about sports betting has been phenomenal.”
- Andrew Gentile, general manager of Delaware Park, where legal sports betting could debut in a couple of weeks.