Sports and all indications are that Jahill Okafor is numbered. He was not on the team today and not with the sixers tonight his big man did not travel with the team to charlotte where they will play tomorrow the sixers are trying to complete a trade for okafor before next thursdays deadline. The sixers are hoping they can with talks heating up okafor will not play for the second straight game tomr not want to risk an injury a move coach brett brown made last night as well and since the general manager Bryan Colangelo took over in the summer they have been trying to trade the big guy. Although speculation is rampent all throughout stuff yu learn that as the deadline gets closer that the reality that something could happen goes to a high level. Reporter bead will miss the next few games because of a fracture and meniscus and will not play next week on the riding challenge and big man big problems tonight on action news sports sunday coming up, at 11 45 and just a few moments. The flyers have a tough road ahead and on the outside of the playoffs looking in and more than half of their final 26 games are away from home including wednesday when they start a three game road trip in calgory against johnny hockey and they would be the first to miss the place off despite having a ten game winning streak in the same season and san jose walk off win the flyers hit the road with confidence. We know going down the stretch and in the playoffs we have to play defensively, the goals have not been coming for us but if we hang in there and play the way we have been playing and keep getting to the hard areas and commit ourselves to do that we should be fine here. Reporter well, to lighten the mood tonight flyers captain hosting a Charity Event at the comedy club in the city and lots of laughs to improve the lives of children in need. College basketball after losing six of the first 17 temple is on a run since beating memphis last month and temple is taking on memphis again and temple finishing the half on 180 run freshman clinton rose part of a 282 run that goes in the second half where rose makings memphis pay and team 18 and temple beats memphis 7462 again sweeping the season series. And they come out running against cornell and sam jones and jones finishs and start on the 25 run, ryan scores a career high 22, penn 8263 and won two straight for the first time in the new year. More bad news for st. Joes they lost their top two scorers kimbel is out for the season after breaking his left footit Sixers Ben Simmons had and comes months after losing new kirk and the hawks lost 8 of 10 its that time of year that is right phillies spring training kicks off tomorrow pitchers and catchers report to clear water florida, it is always sunny in clear water. How beautiful talk about a sight for sore eyes the phillies are hoping to hover around 500 after finishing 20 below in 2016 and they struggled down the stretch for the end of may on, they were the worst team in baseball but optimism in the air along with lots of palm trees. Keep playing that video. Im relaxed. Ducis rodgers has a great assignment and live on action news. We will look at some of the big moments in tonights Grammy Awards, we will be right back. Well the biggest high lights of tonights Grammy Awards was tributes to musical cars that passed on adele started a tribute to George Michael saying i cannot mess this up for him and she had trouble with her Live Performance last year and presence had a tribute by bruno mars and david bowie black star won all five grammys it was nominated for, all eyes on the fashion and very revealing or almost revealing that included lady gaga and Jennifer Lopez and statement cloths like joy villa make America Great again and joy crush dress made of colorful plastic balls. Action news is on hand for this afternoons Kimmel Center put on by the philadelphia youth orchestra. They played some quite challenging pieces but these are exceptional musicians and they are only 1421 years old, many members of this group go on to play for the philadelphia orchestra. Much more to come on action news a firefighter makes a very special delivery. How a routine day on the job brought a new life into a family with a lot of love to give that story when action news comes right back. Finally tonight the 911 call that started with an emergency and ended up transforming a family. Abc john donavan has a story of a firefighter and one very special delivery. Reporter the long and the short of how a fiveyearold girl named gracie came to a family of haden gracie has the short version. Where were you born . In an ambulance. Who delivered you in. Daddy. The short version has been on the Facebook Page for five years but in the last few weeks the story is going viral the story of a firefighter named mark one day racing a woman in labor to the hospital. Once we got in the ambulance we learned that we very going to be probably delivering a baby. Reporter when the baby girl came it was mark, she was handed to. I helped her take her first breath. Reporter at the hospital. I heard the doctor say the baby would be put up for adoption. Reporter they had two sons and wanted a girl but having difficulties conceiving so the decision became easy after beth spoke to the mother. She looked at me and said i want you to have my baby. Reporter five years on the hadens hoping something comes out of this unexpected lime light. If a child is placed in a family that is as loving and supportive as ours is that is our message. Reporter that is the short and the long of this one good story. John donavan abc news. Proving once again the best gifts dont come in a box, action news sports sunday is next on channel six action news continues at 4 30 tomorrow morning with murphy and pamela edwards. From all of us at action news have a nice evening and a good week ahead. Tonight on sports sunday is this a no no for joe joe . There is no dancing around it the sixers need to trade a big man and why Jahill Okafor is not with the team tonight. As the allstar break gets closer possible deals have more of a chance. Plus its always sunny in clear water Ducis Rodgers sets the stage from phillies spring training and we go one on one with general manager matt klentak and lets take a swing on sunday right now. This is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. And welcome to sports sunday, it is warm in clear waternd