Thousands of Philadelphia Eagles fans took to the city's streets Sunday night to celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Monday that Philadelphia police arrested four people during the celebration. But the number of arrests is likely to grow, Police Commissioner Richard Ross said.
Slate.com compiled a list of police scanner calls from Philadelphia on Sunday. Here are several highlights:
• 10:36 p.m. Eastern "We need somebody at Broad and Walnut, southwest corner. People on the pole."
• 10:40 p.m. "I got about 2,000 college students coming from Walnut Street to 30th to Center City."
• 10:46 p.m. "It's endless, chief. Endless."
• 10:50 p.m. "I got people coming up the ramps on 676 eastbound. I don't have a clue how they're getting up ... Should I go up to get those people off 676?"
• 10:53 p.m. "About four stories above the Wawa we got people out on the ledge. I can't tell how they came up. If they're not allowed to be there can we get them down? ... They're coming out of the window up there."
• 10:57 p.m. "Be advised that someone is flying a drone in the area at 1-5 and Market."
• 11 p.m. "At 15th they're lighting off fireworks."
• 11:04 p.m. "We got a large crowd at City Hall climbing the fence."
• 11:11 p.m. "They're on top of trash trucks. There is to be no one on top of trash trucks, guys."
• 11:14 p.m. "We have multiple people on Broad Street swinging on light poles."
• 11:55 p.m. "We have a large fight at Broad and Ellsworth."
• 11:58 p.m. "I got a male in custody in this location. He's saying he's an off-duty cop."
• 12:11 a.m. "On Juniper and Market traffic lights are down. All signs are down."
• 12:12 a.m. "At Broad and Market they're throwing bottles at the cops. Please send SWAT teams over there in case we need them."
• 12:24 a.m. "I got somebody jumping on top of the fire truck now."
Headlines
Headlines from Monday's newspapers from Pennsylvania and New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island) featuring Sunday's Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots:
• The Philadelphia Inquirer: "AT LAST!"
• Philadelphia Daily News: "WON FOR THE AGES!"
• Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times: "PHINALLY!"
• The Boston Globe: "DEEP-SIXED"
• Boston Herald: "SLIPPED AWAY"
• The Providence (R.I.) Journal: "FOR THE BIRDS"
He said it
From Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald:
• "If you're somebody who says, 'I watch the Super Bowl just for the commercials,' there's an excellent chance that we are not friends."
• "I wouldn't say the Super Bowl halftime show lasted a long time, but by the time it was over Tom Brady was 42."
• "Justin Timberlake performed at halftime of the Super Bowl. If he really wanted to throw a scare into NBC executives, he should've gone, 'I'd like to bring Janet Jackson up on stage.' "
• "Sports these days are out of control. Take Sunday's game, which involved enormous money, huge egos and an audience of 100 million -- and that's just the Kitten Bowl."
• "It's actually easier to get a reliable injury report on the Kitten Bowl than from the Patriots."
Sports on 02/06/2018