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Joel Embiid scored 41 points in a dazzling return from injury on Monday as the Philadelphia 76ers romped past the Houston Rockets 124-115. Kicking off a packed slate of NBA fixtures as the US marked the Martin Luther King Jr. public holiday, the Sixers were always in control as they cruised to victory. Embiid missed the Sixers’ past three games after twisting his left knee in a January 5 defeat to the New York Knicks. […]
By Simon EVANS MIAMI, Dec 4, 2023 (AFP) – Brock Purdy threw four touchdowns and explosive receiver Deebo Samuel scored three as the San Francisco 49ers humbled the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday with an emphatic 42-19 NFL statement victory. The 49ers, who lost to the Eagles in last year’s NFC Championship game, were devastating on both the ground and in the air as they dominated an Eagles side who had gone into the game with […]
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – A body was recovered from the debris of a collapsed overpass on one of the busiest highways in the United States, authorities said Monday, after a tanker crossing underneath burst into flames. On Sunday the vehicle carrying gasoline crashed and caught fire in northeast Philadelphia on Interstate 95, a major artery connecting large cities along the US East Coast. Parts of an elevated roadway fell onto lanes below, with […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Nikola Jokic won his duel with potential MVP successor Joel Embiid as the Denver Nuggets came from behind to score a 114-110 road victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The much-anticipated showdown between reigning NBA MVP Jokic and Sixers ace Embiid — seen as the front-runner for this year’s award — did not disappoint. Serbian star Jokic finished with 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists as Denver […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia was put under a curfew on Friday for the second time this week and National Guard troops were deployed in the US city after days of unrest following the police killing of a Black man. The city, the largest in the state of Pennsylvania, has seen looting, protests and clashes with police since Monday’s fatal shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace, which was captured on video posted to […]
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Joel Embiid finished with 33 points as the Philadelphia 76ers routed the Toronto Raptors 116-95 on Thursday to seize a 2-1 lead in their NBA second-round playoff series. Embiid also had 10 rebounds and five blocked shots for his 12th double-double in 15 career playoff games. “I was trying not to force anything and if I didn’t have it I just moved it to my teammates,” he said. “We wanted […]
Eric Gordon scored a team high 25 points and Chris Paul delivered 23 as the Houston Rockets, playing without leading scorer James Harden, used a balanced attack to beat the Golden State Warriors 118-112 on Saturday. The Rockets won on the road without the reigning NBA most valuable player Harden, who has been bothered by a sore neck of late and then woke up Saturday morning with flu symptoms, the team said. “You can […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — NBA officials are investigating whether any tampering rules were violated following reports of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Australian star Ben Simmons seeking a meeting with Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson, ESPN said Monday. Sixers general manager Elton Brand said Simmons had expressed an interest in talking to Johnson, but the team will not allow a workout for the Lakers. Simmons shares an agent with Lakers star LeBron James. “He […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia big man Joel Embiid scored 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds Monday as the 76ers withstood a 37-point performance from James Harden in a 121-93 NBA victory over the Houston Rockets. Harden notched his 20th straight game with 30 or more points, but the Rockets were no match for the 76ers in a sometimes testy encounter. Embiid added two assists, two steals, and three blocked shots, provoking the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joel Embiid scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to power Philadelphia over the Phoenix Suns 119-114 on Monday, keeping the 76ers the NBA’s only unbeaten team at home. The 24-year-old Cameroonian 7-footer made 12-of-23 shots from the floor and added three steals as the Sixers improved to 9-0 at home and 12-7 overall despite trailing 62-57 at half-time. “It was good,” Embiid said. “We can’t be taking possessions off. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia’s Jimmy Butler delivered the overtime dagger as the 76ers withstood 60 points from Kemba Walker in a 122-119 NBA victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday. Another nail-biter saw the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors drop a 112-109 decision to the Mavericks in Dallas. Slovenian rookie Luka Doncic scored 24 points, including the jump shot that put Dallas ahead for good with 1:10 remaining. The Warriors, missing […]
(Eagle News) — Sa kabila ng malamig na panahon sa Philadelphia, patuloy sa pagtulong ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa pamamagitan ng kanilang pambuong mundong proyekto na “Lingap sa Mamamayan.” (Eagle News Washington DC Bureau Maila Simbulan)
