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  • Phillies Notebook Phillies got their guy

    SIX DAYS before the major league draft, Marti Wolever, the Phillies assistant general manager and scouting director, was asked about what he was looking to get out of the 16th selection in the first round. It was the Phillies' highest draft position since 2001. Although it could have been viewed as deception at the time, the answer Wolever provided turned out to be brutally honest. ...

  • Utley feels good in rehab start in Reading

    SECOND BASEMAN Chase Utley last night took another step to returning to the Phillies' lineup. Utley, who was placed on the disabled list on May 21 after suffering a right oblique strain, began his rehab assignment in Reading. He played eight innings at second base last night and finished 0-for-4 at the plate in the Fightin' Phils' 9-8 extra-innings win over the Portland Sea ...

  • For Saltveit Eagles Kelly an open book

    THERE'S CHIP KELLY, bent over his loom, forehead furrowed, trying to weave a silk purse out of a sow's ear of a football team. And here's Michael Vick, pestering Kelly to name his starting ...

  • Gagne waiting for Flyers news

    Simon Gagne and his family are readjusting to life in the area, but he wants to show more on the ice. (Yong Kim/Staff ...

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Movie Review

Theatre of Blood [DVD]

Theatre of Blood [DVD]

William Shakespeare is probably the most sadistically violent author to still be taught on a regular basis in public schools. Dressed up in undeniably beautiful poetry, his plays features a litany of brutal murders and atrocious deeds, from stabbings, to beheadings, to mutilation, to cannibalism, not to mention all the black magic, treachery, and illicit sex. Worried adults who jump on the bandwa ... ...

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  • Bryzgalov has big contract but no net worth

    Ilya Bryzgalov reacts after the go-ahead goal scored by Ottawa Senators' Colin Greening during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Philadelphia. The Senators won 3-1. (Tom ...

  • Stanley Cup Hawks top Bruins in OT tie series

    BOSTON -- The Chicago Blackhawks kept taking the lead until there were no more chances for Boston to come back and tie it.Brent Seabrook's slap shot beat Tuukka Rask with 9:51 gone in overtime and the Blackhawks beat the Bruins 6-5 on Wednesday night to send the Stanley Cup finals back to Chicago tied at two games apiece.Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be Saturday night, with Game 6 ...

  • Actor In Final Episode Of ‘Sopranos’ Stunned By Loss Of Friend Gandolfini

    Actor JamesGandolfini, 51, died on Wednesday in Italy . Tony Soprano quickly became an iconic character in American television. Soprano the character was a tough man and a murderer, but James Gandolfini, the New Jersey born actor, was something entirely ...

  • Big 5 Players to win NBA Title

    Boop – who goes by Bob Vetrone Jr. when he is undercover or paying bills – has been at the Daily News since 1982, after working for five years at the Philadelphia Bulletin up to its closing. Along with helping to build the sports scoreboards most nights, he has had great input into the papers’ special sports pullouts – March Madness, Broad Street Run, Record Breakers, ...

  • Desmonds slam powers Nats past Phillies in 11th

    Philadelphia Phillies , who try to extend their season-high home winning streak to seven Wednesday night. Gonzalez (3-3, 3.40 ERA) has a 2.12 ERA in seven starts since May 5 but has gone 0-1, mainly because he's received a measly run support average of 2.31. He's surrendered more than two earned runs in only one game during May and June while holding opposing batters to a .188 ...

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