Philadelphia Daily News

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies have the best record in baseball. At this point of the schedule, that's nice. Along with a buck, it will get you a copy of the Philadelphia Daily News at any retail outlet in the area.

What it does not guarantee is that the National League All-Star team will be overstuffed with Phils when the rosters are announced Sunday. Some of that is happenstance. Some of that is because, for the first time in three years, Charlie Manuel will not be managing the NL squad and thus will not be in a position to lobby for his own guys.

PHILADELPHIA -- Justin Rose says Aronimink isn't the kind of layout you can "bully."

He should know. He's the defending champion of the AT&T National, which begins Thursday in Newtown Square, Pa. A year ago the Englishman, who turns 31 at the end of July, had just won his first PGA Tour title a month earlier at the Memorial. Then he came here and shot 10-under-par 270 at Aronimink to win by one over hard-charging Ryan Moore (final-round 65).

"It's a golf course you can't chase scores on," Rose said on a recent teleconference. "It's about keeping the ball (in the proper spots) and really taking your chances when they come. Obviously, if you're playing well you start getting some more looks at it and you can start to take advantage. But if you start trying to find those birdies, then you start making bogeys.

PHILADELPHIA -- Twenty-five years ago, give or take a few days, the 76ers' world pivoted violently. With all good intentions -- isn't that always the way? -- the franchise made two trades designed to secure the future. The moves were big and bold and when viewed both as a whole and individually, they made sense in the moment.

PHILADELPHIA — You can do it all on Facebook — post photos, catch up with old friends and, apparently, arrange for someone to whack your child’s father.

CANASTOTA, N.Y. -- Mike Tyson was the quintessential knockout artist, defeating his first 19 opponents as a professional boxer inside the distance, 12 of whom went down and out in the first round.

CANASTOTA, N.Y. -- The torrential downpour that lasted throughout the previous night and all morning Sunday ended around noon, offering conclusive proof that not even Mother Nature dared to rain on Sylvester Stallone's parade.

In recent years, the first thing that happened if the Kentucky Derby winner did not win the Preakness was that the connections of one or both of the first two Triple Crown race winners quickly declared they would not be running in the Belmont Stakes.