Philadelphia: Hope is a heartache

🏀Sixers: The 76ers added a fourth straight loss to their record on Saturday, slipping into second place in the Eastern Conference. Philly missed Ben Simmons — who’s been sidelined in all four losses due to illness — and Joel Embiid due to shoulder injury, but thankfully, both should return soon.

• The slip isn’t cause for panic...yet. The Sixers have the easiest remaining schedule in the league, so hopefully they can catch back up to those pesky Brooklyn gnats Nets.

⚾️Phillies: After splitting their first two games against the Colorado Rockies, the Phillies were off to a great start when Bryce Harper crushed a 468-foot (!!!) homer to give the squad a 2–0 lead.

• Then the Rockies’ bats got hot, scoring 10 runs in three innings to beat the Phils 12–2. At least we had the Phanatic’s anniversary to celebrate.

🏒This week’s highlight: ICYMI, Flyers left winger James van Riemsdyk had an interesting stat line on Thursday when he scored a goal thanks to a deflection off his...face? To make it even better, van Riemsdyk returned to the ice after seeking medical care to score another goal in the Flyers’ 3–2 win over the NY Rangers. That’s some grit.