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The 2012 MLS All-Star game was awarded Tuesday to the Philadelphia Union, who will host the annual event July 25 at PPL Park. More >

Major League Soccer announced today that Philadelphia will be the host city for the 2012 MLS All-Star Game. The game will be played at the Philadelphia Union’s stadium, PPL Park, on July 25 at Chester, Pa. For the ninth time in MLS history the MLS all-stars will play an elite international club which will be announced at a later date. Last year the MLS All-Star team played Manchester United.

The game at PPL Park will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2, Galavision or Telefutura and in Canada on TSN and RDS.

One of the early surprises of the season, Philadelphia has thrived on lockdown defense and superior athleticism. That recipe might sound familiar to Miami fans.

“In many ways, when you see the Philadelphia 76ers, it’s like looking in a mirror,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “The athleticism, the speed, the activity they bring to the game. They brought virtually their entire core back and they seem much more comfortable.”

The New York Islanders finally left Philadelphia with a victory after four frustrating years and 13 consecutive losses. More >

On Tuesday evening, Phili Union forward Sébastien Le Toux informed his Twitter followers that he was “on a jet plane to England.” On Wednesday, it emerged that the trip was business, not personal, and that one of MLS’ top finishers might be leaving the league.

English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers has made an offer for Le Toux and Union officials are seriously considering accepting it, according to reports from Fox Soccer and the Philadelphia Daily News. Le Toux, 28, trained with Bolton on Wednesday and could be on the club’s books by the end of the week. Because he was born in France, Le Toux won’t need a UK work permit.

For 11 years, the final image of Eric Lindros in a Philadelphia Flyers uniform has been him curled in a fetal position, knocked cold after a brutal shoulder-to-jaw check on the open ice from New Jersey’s Scott Stevens. Two teammates escorted Lindros off the ice, then gingerly handed off his limp body to the training staff. The “Lindros 88″ jersey faded into the darkness of the tunnel leading toward the locker room.

“I know what the story is going to be now,” ESPN sideline announcer Al Morganti somberly told the viewing audience moments after the hit. “It will be whether or not he can ever play again.”

It turns out that Nas was just five years ahead of his time when he announced that “Hip Hop is dead.” It only took the Philadelphia 76ers a half a decade to realize as much.

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There is plenty of optimism surrounding the Philadelphia Eagles, and rightfully so. But as the team prepares for Thursday’s preseason game against the Cleveland Browns, there are still a number of questions waiting to be answered — starting with the linebackers. More >

Jerry Jones likes to wheel and deal during the draft. But it seems like the Eagles are in a position to out-wheel and out-deal him in a couple of weeks.

By trading cornerback Sheldon Brown and linebacker Chris Gocong to Cleveland four linebacker Alex Hall and two draft choices, the Eagles have 10 picks this year – a first, a second, two thirds, two fourths, a fifth, a sixth and two sevenths.