Stadium site of super bowl lii. The crews have transformed the field into a neutral gid iron. The eagles will get a feel for the turf when they do a walk through tomorrow. Im rosemary connors. An autograph session with the players is scheduled for today. A huge pep rally begins tomorrow at the university of minnesota. The eagles are focused on quick tem poe, a style theyll be using during the big game against t pmen, thats the goal of this annual womens summit in minneapolis. Its a way 10 to courage teen girls to become leaders in their community. Todays event also celebrated women inootball. No eagle defensivend chris long has been a key player on the field but its his work off the field thats earning him a big honor. The winner of the byron wizard write mvp award. The Players Association hands out the award to a player going the tra extramile to serve the community. You may remember he donate the his entire salary during the regular season to support education, including philadelphia
Thanks gray, we continue to follow a developing story from newark, delaware and Police Agencies are searching for the male driver who was in this rollover crash. They did not say why they were attempting to stop the vehicle. And Philadelphia Police hope that Surveillance Video will help to track down a gunman in a driveby shooting. Someone fired 16 shots, injuring two adults and two 13 year olds. Police are not sure which victim was the intended target but believe that the teenagers were in the wrong place at the wrong time. All right, with the eagle in the super bowl. The entire city of philadelphia will be in the National Spotlight leading up to the big game in minneapolis. And there is hope that the teams success may spill over into the rest of the city providing a positive impact on tourism and other business, jeff is live from Independence Mall with the story this evening. Reporter hey rick, touri Officials Say that they could not buy the same publicity and the eagles appearance i
Base is and the city of philadelphia not having that celebration, i know what it means and how close we are, and how excited the city is. We love it, we feel it the same way as players. Jenkins one of the captains on this team told everyone, he made is clear we are not just going to minnesota for the super bowl. We are going to win the super bowl perhaps the third time will be the charm for your eagles, live at team headquarters, jeff skversky, channel 6 action news. It seems everywhere in philadelphia there are eagles, life size cardboard cutouts and banners at city hall and fans wearing their best birds gear but with the reputation for having the passionate and unruly fans will a trip to the super bowl help our image . Jeff is live on Independence Mall with what folks are saying about that. Reporter hey monica both experts and tourists agree that it helps philadelphias image long considered an underdog and an image that characterizes an eagles team. This is an invaluable opportunity.
Traveling between 55 and the walt whitman bridge. Around the 295 interchange, 42 southbound, the off ramp to 295 northbound, that is closed because of overnight construction in new jersey. Lastly, i want i didnt get to this last time. Well look at area bridges. Everything is free and clear. No issues to report on local bridges. 4 31. Eagles return to practice today as they continue their road to victory. Both the team and city of philadelphia gearing up for the super bowl. Nbc10s matt delucia joins us live at Independence Mall with more on what the game could mean for philadelphias image. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You know, philadelphia hosted the nfl draft last year. Now some believe it might be time to set our sights a little bit higher. First city leaders want to see a nice return on the investment of the Philadelphia Eagles and all the attention theyve been getting this year and this season to hopefully get more people to come and visit philadelphia and watch our eagles