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PHILADELPHIA

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Feb 7, 2023
Australian duo preparing to vie for Super Bowl glory with Eagles
Jordan Mailata and teammate Arryn Siposs, a former Australian Rules football player, are hoping to become the first Australians to both play in a Super Bowl and win a championship ring.
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Feb 1, 2023
First Super Bowl with two black quarterbacks puts focus on coaches and owners
Only three Black starting quarterbacks — Mahomes, Doug Williams and Russell Wilson — have won the Super Bowl.
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Jan 30, 2023
Chiefs and Eagles set up showdown in Super Bowl
The Chiefs and Eagles will square off in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12.
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Jan 27, 2023
Eagles plot to end storybook run of 49ers' Brock Purdy
Purdy's rise from the 262nd and last pick in the NFL draft to unbeaten in seven career starts is becoming the stuff of legend.
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Jan 20, 2023
Blackhawks end 26-year regular-season losing streak in Philadelphia
The Blackhawks' last regular-season win in Philadelphia came all the way back on Nov. 9, 1996, with the Blackhawks losing 14 straight regular-season games in the city.
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Jan 9, 2023
NFL playoff picture finalizes after final week
Buffalo's Nyheim Hines returned kickoffs 96 and 101 yards for touchdowns on Sunday and the Bills captured the No. 2 seed in the AFC with an emotional 35-23 victory over the New England Patriots, who were eliminated fromplayoff contention.
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Dec 22, 2022
Eagles lead NFL with eight players named to Pro Bowl Games
The Philadelphia Eagles had eight players selected for this season's Pro Bowl Games, which will be held in Las Vegas on Feb. 5, 2023.
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Dec 12, 2022
Eagles grab playoff berth with win over Giants
The Eagles improved to an NFL-best 12-1 to secure their fifth playoff berth in six seasons, but Philadelphia's goal is a championship, not just a playoff spot.
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Nov 21, 2022
Eagles rally late to beat Colts
'That was a great win, it wasn't what you draw up but in this league it rarely is,' said Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni
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BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 6, 2022
Astros defeat Phillies to win second World Series crown
The home victory brought 73-year-old Astros manager Dusty Baker his first World Series crown in 25 seasons as an MLB bench boss.
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Nov 4, 2022
Astros top Phillies in Game 5 thriller to move to brink of World Series title
The Astros took a 3-2 lead in the series and could close it out at home when the it shifts to Houston for Game 6 on Saturday.
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Nov 3, 2022
Astros throw combined no-hitter in Game 4 of World Series
The only previous World Series no-hitter was a perfect game by the New York Yankees' Don Larsen against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 Fall Classic.
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Nov 2, 2022
Phillies pummel Astros to take World Series lead
The Phillies returned to Citizens Bank Park with a vengeance, hitting five home runs in a Game 3 that had been pushed back one night due to rain.
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Nov 1, 2022
World Series Game 3 postponed by rain
Game 3 will now be held Tuesday at 8:03 p.m., with Game 4 Wednesday and Game 5 Thursday in Philadelphia.
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Oct 30, 2022
Astros defeat Phillies to even World Series
Houston became the first team in World Series history to open a game with three consecutive extra-base hits.
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Oct 29, 2022
Phillies overturn five-run deficit to stun Astros in World Series opener
J.T. Realmuto clubbed a lead-off, opposite-field home run in the top of the 10th inning as the Philadelphia Phillies completed their Game 1 comeback.
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Oct 28, 2022
World Series between Astros and Phillies first without any U.S.-born Black players since 1950
'I don't think that that's something that baseball should really be proud of,' Astros manager Dusty Baker said Thursday.
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Oct 28, 2022
Astros ace Justin Verlander has chance to add to legacy in World Series
If there is a blemish on the stellar resume of Houston Astros right-hander Justin Verlander, it is this: in seven career World Series starts with two franchises, Verlander is 0-6 with a 5.68 ERA.
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Oct 27, 2022
World Series storylines: Phillies' mentality versus Astros' experience
The Astros' sordid sign-stealing history means they won't be America's favorites, but Las Vegas has no problem making them the odds-on preference to 'win' their second title since 2017.
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Oct 24, 2022
Phillies advance to World Series by beating Padres
Bryce Harper became the first Philadelphia player in 41 years with a go-ahead homer so late in a playoff contest to send the team to its first World Series since 2009.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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