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Friday 9 February 2018
Eagles, Philly fans get catharsis through Super Bowl parade

By MICHAEL SISAK and AN- the gleaming hardware —
THONY IZAGUIRRE while Lurie held a sign say-
Associated Press ing "THANK YOU FANS" as
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phila- he stood next to the team's
delphia's first Super Bowl three quarterbacks: Foles,
parade provided catharsis injured starter Carson Wen-
Thursday for hundreds of tz and third-stringer Nate
thousands of Eagles fans, Sudfeld.
deliriously joyful after de- Dan Tarvin, 29, was
cades without a title and pumped after getting to
relishing the national spot- high-five Pederson and GM
light on a team that few Howie Roseman, who was
outside the city thought instrumental in putting to-
could win it all. gether a squad expected
Fans clad in Eagles green to compete for champion-
jammed the streets from ships for years to come.
dawn near the stadium to "They are more than heroes.
an afternoon rally at the They're legends. They're im-
city's famed "Rocky" steps, mortal in this city, forever,"
lining up 20 deep in spots Tarvin said.
to catch a glimpse of the Corey Carter, 32, of West
champs. The Eagles rode Philadelphia, clutched a
in open-top double deck- woodcut of an Eagle that
er buses to the art muse- he dubbed the "Lombirdy
um that Sylvester Stallone Trophy."
made famous for a rally Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce speaks in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art after "This is the greatest day!"
a Super Bowl victory parade for the Philadelphia Eagles football team, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in
nearly 60 years in the mak- Philadelphia. Carter said. "Besides God,
ing. Associated Press my kids and my wife, it's
Center Jason Kelce gave Eagles. That's all there is.
voice to every frustrated channeling Rocky himself. and made Eagles fans an Added Super Bowl MVP My family and then Eagles,
Philly fan with a remark- "Bottom line is we wanted easy target for fans of other quarterback Nick Foles: and this is the greatest day
able, impassioned and it more!" teams, especially the rival "We finally did it. We're Su- of my life, ever." And for Na-
profane speech that had And so did football-crazed Dallas Cowboys and New per Bowl champs!" tasha Curley, 31, a janitor
him defending the gen- Philly — desperately. York Giants. The parade began at the from Trenton, New Jersey,
eral manager, the coach Until Sunday's 41-33 vic- "This Super Bowl champion- Eagles' stadium complex the Super Bowl title means
and a litany of players who tory over the favored New ship is for you," Eagles own- and slowly made its way that rival fans can stop their
supposedly weren't smart England Patriots, the Eagles er Jeffrey Lurie told the vast up Broad Street past the yapping — at least till next
enough, big enough or remained the only team in crowd. "You are the most cheering throngs. Carry- season.
talented enough to win a their division without a Su- passionate and deserving ing the Lombardi Trophy, “This stops all the hate,”
championship. per Bowl title — an ongo- sports fans on the planet. coach Doug Pederson Curley said. “They got noth-
"We were a bunch of un- ing humiliation that gave We couldn't have done it walked part of the route ing to say now.”
derdogs," shouted Kelce, Philly an inferiority complex without you." — allowing fans to touch q

Bergeron scores twice,

Bruins rout Rangers 6-1

lantic Division-leading Tam- the Maple Leafs win for the Angeles history behind
pa Bay.Tim Schaller's goal sixth time in seven games. Jonathan Quick's mark of
that made it 4-1 at 7:25 of Frederik Andersen made 44 202:11 in October 2011.
the second period chased saves to improve to 7-1-0 Adrian Kempe and Kyle
Rangers goaltender Hen- against Nashville. Clifford also scored for the
rik Lundqvist and brought Colton Sissons and Viktor Kings, who are 5-2-0 after
boos from the crowd at Arvidsson scored for the losing six in a row.
Madison Square Garden. Predators, and Pekka Rinne Connor McDavid scored
New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist looks back at Sean Kuraly also scored for stopped 30 shots. for the third straight game
the puck on a goal by Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron Boston. Rick Nash scored KINGS 5, OILERS 2 and Leon Draisaitl had a
during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday,
Feb. 7, 2018, at Madison Square Garden in New York. for New York. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul power-play goal for the
Associated Press MAPLE LEAFS 3, PREDATORS LaDue scored the tiebreak- Oilers, who failed to earn a
2, SO ing goal on a power play point for the second time in
By The Associated Press Rangers 6-1 on Wednesday TORONTO (AP) — James with 5:27 remaining, and their past eight games (5-
NEW YORK (AP) — Riley night. van Riemsdyk scored in Los Angeles pulled away 2-1). Cam Talbot made 23
Nash and Zdeno Chara The Bruins won for the 18th regulation and again in the late against Edmonton. saves.
scored first-period goals time in their last 23 games, seventh round of a shoot- Darcy Kuemper made 25 LaDue put the Kings back
and Patrice Bergeron getting 21 saves from back- out in Toronto's victory over saves for his fourth straight in front 3-2 with his second
added two in the second up netminder Anton Khu- Nashville. win, although his shutout NHL goal. Alex Iafallo and
to help the surging Boston dobin. The Bruins (33-11-8) Kasperi Kapanen also streak ended at 193:58 — Anze Kopitar added emp-
Bruins swamp the New York are just a point behind At- scored in regulation to help the second-longest in Los ty-netters.q