PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Latest on Philadelphia’s first Super Bowl victory and the fans’ reaction (all times local):
3:40 p.m.
Walt Disney World is throwing a parade in honor of Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles.
The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback rode atop a float at Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, on Monday afternoon.
The parade came a day after Foles led his team to its first Super Bowl victory with a 41-33 win over the New England Patriots.
He threw for 373 yards with three touchdown passes and caught a touchdown pass on a key second-quarter fourth down.
Foles fist-bumped Mickey Mouse amid a shower of green confetti as fans cheered him on. He told the crowd, “It’s all right to yell. We’re world champs! We did it! We did it!”
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3:15 p.m.
The Eagles have landed.
Fresh off their first Super Bowl title, the Philadelphia Eagles arrived home Monday afternoon. Throngs of overjoyed fans greeted the team’s plane at Philadelphia International Airport, cheering wildly and singing “Fly Eagles Fly.”
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, Coach Doug Pederson and stars like tight end Zach Ertz and running back LeGarrette Blount approached the chain-link fence separating the team from the fans, smiling, pumping their arms and hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. Many players shot video with their cellphones.
The underdog Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 Sunday night.
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2:35 p.m.
Philadelphia’s top police official says he got hit in the head by a bottle during one of the big street celebrations of the Eagles’ first Super Bowl victory.
Commissioner Richard Ross tells TV station WPVI that “the lion’s share of people just celebrate peacefully, but you’re going to get some idiots out there.”
He says bottles were thrown at police officers at times and some suffered minor injuries, including himself.
Ross says that he “doesn’t get what people do and why they do it.”
Philadelphia officials say there were some acts of vandalism, a gas station was looted and three arrests were made as tens of thousands of people converged on downtown to celebrate the Eagles’ first Super Bowl title.
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12:40 p.m.
The date is set for Philadelphia’s Super Bowl victory parade.
The city announced Monday that the parade will be Thursday, starting at 11 a.m. at Broad Street near the stadiums. It will move north along the city’s main thoroughfare, past City Hall and finish at the art museum’s “Rocky Steps.”
The team is scheduled to arrive at Philadelphia’s airport Monday afternoon.
The Eagles won their first Super Bowl in franchise history Sunday, defeating the New England Patriots 41-33.
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11:15 a.m.
Philadelphia’s mayor says the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade will most likely take place on Thursday.
KYW-TV reports Mayor Jim Kenney on Monday set the tentative parade date during an interview on the 94WIP Morning Show.
The National Weather Service says Thursday will be mostly sunny with a high of 34 degrees. Rain and snow are expected in the city Wednesday.
The Eagles won their first Super Bowl in franchise history Sunday, defeating the New England Patriots 41-33.
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10:20 a.m.
Philadelphia officials say there were some acts of vandalism, a gas station was looted and three arrests were made as tens of thousands of people converged on downtown to celebrate the Eagles’ first Super Bowl title.
A city spokeswoman says Monday that there were several acts of vandalism where windows were smashed and some injuries were reported around light poles pulled down Sunday night when crowds gathered to celebrate the Eagles 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots.
The city said that other than a “handful of bad actors” the celebrations were peaceful.
The Philadelphia Fire Department said Sunday was an average day that included nearly 800 EMS incidents, about 150 fire incidents, seven structure fires and “1 Super Bowl championship.”
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8 a.m.
Bud Light is spilling the details on how Philadelphia can cash in on its promise of free beer for the city now that the Eagles have won the Super Bowl.
They’re making good on a summertime deal with Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson.
The company tweeted that 25 bars along the parade route will be offering free Bud Light to patrons.
The deal came after Johnson said in an interview last summer that should the Eagles win the Super Bowl, he would give out beer “to everybody.”
Bud Light tweeted to Johnson “Let’s make a bet. Win it all and the party is on us. Deal?”
The beer maker went on to change its catchphrase “Dilly Dilly” to “Philly Philly” celebrating the Eagles playoff run.
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7:30 a.m.
Twelve people were taken to the hospital and six people were arrested during a post-Super Bowl disturbance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
A university spokesman says about 2,000 people gathered outdoors at the Southwest Residential Area after the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 on Sunday night.
Campus police says fights broke out, the crowd threw objects and set off smoke bombs and firecrackers. Police used pepper balls to disperse the crowd and the area was cleared by 11:30 p.m.
Those transported to hospitals suffered from head injuries, lacerations and alcohol intoxication.
Police say those arrested face criminal charges, and if they are students they face punishment under the student code of conduct. No names were released.
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6:45 a.m.
Philadelphia is cleaning up after its late-night street celebrations, where some overzealous fans smashed windows, climbed traffic lights and trashed some convenience stores.
Rowdy fans clambered atop the awning at the swanky Ritz Carlton Hotel on Broad Street near City Hall, jumping off into the crowd in what one Twitter post calls “Ritz Carlton Skydiving.” The awning could be seen collapsing later with a large group of people on top of it. It’s not clear if anyone was injured. Nearby, windows were smashed at a Macy’s department store.
And apparently no amount of grease in the world can keep some Eagles fans from climbing poles in celebration. A few managed to shimmy up traffic lights and street sign poles on Broad Street. And after 1 a.m., the only people allowed inside the Wawa convenience store were police officers.
Messages seeking comment from police on injuries and arrests overall weren’t immediately returned.
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1:25 a.m.
The rain and hail that pelted Philadelphia for much of the day dissipated just as people across the city spilled out of sports bars, apartments and houses.
They all had one destination: Broad Street.
It was time for a celebration 58 years in the making.
On Sunday evening, just as Nick Foles led the Philadelphia Eagles to a surprise Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots in Minneapolis, the scene more than 1,000 miles away in Philly was jubilation and pandemonium.
Fireworks were set off. Car horns blared. And Philadelphians young and old descended on Broad Street, the iconic thoroughfare that will soon host a parade to commemorate the city’s first major pro sports championship since the Phillies won the 2008 World Series.
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