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  • Catz Corner When I was a kid we traded the RIGHT WAY.

    On the way to work this morning I had this conversation, as I do just about every morning with my dad. POPS: You see that game? ME: Just like they scripted it in spring training. 4 pitch walk to Delmon, pick off of the pitcher pinch running, and Kratz and Galvis home runs off Aroldis Chapman.. POPS: I don't know, I think Galvis is the real deal. ME: He might be. its a small ...

  • NBA Draft Lottery Who Should the Sixers Send

    The NBA Draft Lottery is tomorrow. I am full of excitement. Best case: The Sixers get a top 3 pick. Worst case: We get to see what kind of Morey-esque maneuvering General Manager Excel Spreadsheet Sam Hinkie does with the 11th pick and two high second-rounders. Dance for me, Spreadsheet. I'd been wondering who the Sixers would send to the Lottery for a while now and I'm just getting ...

  • A look at the athletic Eagles offensive line

    Since Chip Kelly was hired and even moreso since he's started OTAs, NFL pundits have been scrambling to figure him out. Those who weren't avid followers of Oregon are now going back to watch film to look for certain themes from Chip's offense there that he'll likely transfer to the NFL. While we've already seen a hint at some of his plans with the influx of TEs this ...

  • How do shooting percentage and shot rates each impact scoring

    out-shooting leads to winning at the team level , but at the individual level we know some players shoot for a much higher percentage than others. So is the difference in shot quality larger than the difference in shot rate at the individual level? What really leads to high point totals? In the plots below, we look at the correlation between a player's point scoring rate and either (top ...

  • Study Obesity Rates Highest Among Transportation Workers

    – A new Gallup survey weighs in on 14-occupational groups, and the jobs that have the most obese workers. Transportation workers have the highest obesity rate, at more than 36 percent, followed by manufacturing and production workers at 30 ...


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Movie Review

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

In Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), Sandrine Bonnaire, who first captured audiences with her screen debut as a strong-willed teenager in Maurice Pialats nos amours (1983), plays Mona, a homeless 18-year-old in the south of France during a particularly brutal winter. We know f ... ...

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  • Marlins Pitcher Sanabia Spit On Ball In Monday Night’s Phillies Game

    In what has become an all too common occurrence, the Phillies struggled against a subpar pitcher on Monday night. Marlins righthander Alex Sanabia came into Monday night’s game against the Phillies with an ERA over 5.00. The Phillies, not surprisingly, managed just one run on a Dom Brown home ...

  • Tight End Clay Harbor Trying To Stay On The Field By Playing Linebacker

    By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS) -- Clay Harbor looks around and sees himself in a bit of a quandary these days. The tight end suddenly finds himself third on a crowded depth chart that behind Brent Celek and second-round pick Zach Ertz slotted above him. It's enough to make Harbor think about looking elsewhere to get on the field. In fact, he took some reps at outside ...

  • Penalty Phase Begins In Kaboni Savage Murder Case

    – The penalty phase begins today for convicted drug kingpin and mass murderer Kaboni Savage, with the jury considering life in prison or death in a rare federal death penalty case. Savage, already serving 30 years on the drug conviction, was convicted last week of committing or ordering 12 ...

  • Lane Johnson Not Concerned That He’s Not Practicing With Starters

    Lane Johnson isn't worried nor concerned that he's not running with "the ones" in the second week of OTAs for the Eagles. In fact, the first-round choice, selected fourth overall, seems to be adjusting quite well. "Right now, it's early and training camp doesn't start until [July], so I'm trying to get as many reps as you can and knowing the system, ...

  • Local Red Cross Sends Help To Oklahoma Tornado Disaster Area

    Mental health supervisor Danelle Stoppel is the first volunteer from the Philadelphia area to go to the tornado disaster area in Oklahoma. (Credit: Jim ...

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