Just one week ago, the Philly sports scene was grim. The Flyers lost ten straight games and their best player for the season, Mike Patterson of the Eagles got busted, the Phillies newly acquired closer got injured, and, while the Sixers were improving, they still were 7 games under .500.
Flash forward to today. The Flyers have turned the corner and won two straight games, the Eagles signed the best available player in free agency, the Phillies have won a few exhibition games with Ryan Howard hitting a bomb, and the Sixers, well, they are coming of a bad loss to the Warriors, but they are still holding on to a playoff spot.
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