The Daily Numbers: 4:30 p.m. Sunday, when the Eagles face off against the Packers in an NFC playoff game at the Linc.
4-1 vote by council in Folcroft to pass their buget, which manages to avoid a tax hike.
2 suspects busted in a home invasion in Chester.
5,000 bucks, how much we need to push our annual Merry Christmas Fund over the $5,000 goal.
1 murder recorded so far in the city of Philadelphia.
1 also likely to finish off the year Chester, where a man was fatally shot as he stood in a doorway last Thursday.
750 state stores that could be sold off to private enterprise if a push by a Republican state rep moves ahead in the Legislature.
290 million dollar Mega Million jackpot up for grabs Tuesday night.
6 parishioners, 2 police officers and 5 firefighters sickened by mysterious fumes in a Bucks County church Sunday. No word on what was responsible. The injuries were not serious.
4, age of Pa. boy who was killed when he fell into a partially frozen manure pit on his family’s farm in Lancaster County.
2 shootings to mark the new year already in Wilmington.
42, age of man charged in a fatal hit-run in New Jersey on New Year’s Day.
2 alarm fire that ripped through a Camden County apartment complex Sunday, leaving dozens homeless.
66, age of decorated veteran whose body was discovered in a landfill in Newark, Del. It has been ruled a homicide.
10-6, where the Eagles wound up after that miserable 14-13 loss to the Cowboys yesterday.
6-10 mark for Dallas; 5-3 mark for Jason Garrett after taking over for Wade Phillips.
2 starters for the Eagles on offense, and 2 on defense. No wonder they looked so bad.
22 years, how long it had been since the Flyers won in Detroit. They broke that streak with a 3-2 win in Hockeytown Sunday.
81-65 win for Villanova over Rutgers to kick off the Big East schedule.
The Wildcats are No. 8 in the nation.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The Eagles need to reverse their play, regardless of who is on the field. Bottom line? This team has not played well in about a month. That won’t get it done against the Packers.
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I Don’t Get It: Glad I didn’t pay for a ticket to that game at the Linc yesterday. It amounted to a glorified exhibition game, at regular season prices. And they want to expand the regular season to 18 games?
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Today’s Upper: There is serious talk about selling off Pennsylvania’s state stores and getting out of the booze biz. I’ll drink to that.
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Quote Box: “I don’t think we’ll ever win the Super Bowl with Andy Reid as our coach.
- Vince Roche of Newtown Square, while watching Eagles game yesterday.
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