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The rodent proved good luck this time.

The Phillies lead 2-1 in the best-of-five matchup and can advance to the NL Championship Series with a Game 4 win at home Saturday.

As Smith moved up in the game he loved, the anxiety stayed with him. It grew out of control in Philadelphia — and when he couldn’t perform it spiraled.

Some schools are now limiting who can attend games, or starting them before nightfall. “No school wants that negative stigma’’ of a violent episode.

The Phillies are looking for anything out of their big bats after a 3-0 Game 2 loss.

Nick Castellanos had a breakout game…so there had to be something going wrong.

The Phillies have won three straight games to begin these playoffs, hardly looking like a team making its first postseason appearance since 2011.

The Philadelphia native turned around struggling programs at Temple and South Carolina, and the latter now boasts some of the highest attendance in the nation.

After guiding the Philadelphia Phillies to their first playoff berth in more than a decade, manager Rob Thomson had the interim removed from his title Monday.

The win clinched first place in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference for the Union, securing a first round bye in the playoffs and guaranteed home games until the MLS Cup.

In the end team USA won with a 5-3 victory in overtime.

They’ll face a familiar foe, the NL East champion Braves, when their divisional series begins Tuesday night in Atlanta.

"The Wolves" director, Sarah Rasmussen, says the coming of age story, in an intense 90 minutes, highlights the socially relevant issues affecting young, female athletes today.

The two clubs will meet again, 11 years after their last thrilling playoff showdown, set to play a best-of-three National League wild-card series at Busch Stadium.

Embiid may choose to play internationally for the U.S. or France, but not both.