Many baseball fans here would not speak the "P" word in the anxious days leading up to the city's World Series title, lest they jinx the team. But now that the Philadelphia Phillies have claimed their second championship, everyone is talking about a parade ...

No longer the loveable losers that last year became the first American sports franchise to lose 10,000 games, the Philadelphia Phillies can put away their symbols of futility. The Phillies captured their first World Series title in 28 years by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Wednesday, in the completion of the first suspended game in World Series ...

Tens of thousands of horn-honking, high-fiving Phillies fans streamed into the streets Wednesday night after Philadelphia won the World Series, celebrating the championship by knocking down traffic signals, spraying beer and shooting off fireworks. Fans raced through downtown on their way to Broad Street, this title-starved city's ...

Geoff Jenkins provided the spark with a leadoff double and Brad Lidge ended it with another perfect outing as Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay 4-3 Wednesday to clinch their first World Series title in 28 years. Pedro Feliz knocked in the go-ahead run in the seventh for Philadelphia who had to endure an unprecedented mid-game weather delay that lasted two days ...

PHILADELPHIA - Two days later, the Phillies finished the job.

The thrilling three-inning conclusion of the rain-delayed Game 5 of the World Series saw the home team take, then lose, then retake the lead before holding on to conquer the Rays 4-3.

Their sprint to the finish brought home the second world championship in the Phillies' 126-year history, and their first ...

Sooner or later, someone will win this World Series. Just not Tuesday night. Too wet. Besides, the baseball commissioner went home to Milwaukee. Maybe the Phillies and Rays can play ball Wednesday night. But snow showers are in the forecast. So just sit tight, folks ...

The Philadelphia 76ers have moved the start of their National Basketball Association season-opener on Wednesday in deference to the weather-disrupted game five of the World Series. The Sixers said Tuesday they would move up the start their contest Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors from 7 pm to 6 pm (2200 GMT). Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, who are one win away ...

Steve Carlton showed up to throw a ceremonial first pitch. Robin Roberts, too. Mike Schmidt schmoozed behind the batting cage, Tug McGraw's ashes were scattered on the mound — hey, there goes Dallas Green down the hall. With such a long history of losing, the Philadelphia ...

When Evan Longoria homered off Cole Hamels under a sunny sky in spring training, hardly anyone could've imagined they'd meet up again this fall. In the World Series, of all places. Yet now they're set: Longoria, B.J. Upton and the upstart Tampa Bay Rays against ...

The losingest team in pro sports history was soaked in champagne and whooping it up Wednesday night. Next stop for these Philadelphia Phillies: the World Series. Jimmy Rollins got them rollin' with a leadoff home run, Cole Hamels pitched his third gem of the playoffs and ...