The Eagles picked up a convincing 23-11 road victory against the top-seeded New York Giants on Sunday. Philadelphia will meet the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC title game at noon Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.
The winner will advance to the Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers or Baltimore Ravens on Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla.
The Glendale High boys’ basketball team posted a 74-65 victory against visiting Burroughs on Monday in a Pacific League contest. Derenik Kaloosi and Dion Dehbanian each scored 26 points to spark the Nitros.
Crescenta Valley High’s girls’ water polo team suffered a 10-9 sudden death overtime loss to host Burbank on Wednesday in a key Pacific League match. The Falcons have won four consecutive league crowns, but might have seen their bid to win a fifth in a row take a hit.
NOTABLE QUOTABLES
“It’s just, for me, unimaginable to stop progress in the middle of the road.”
— Glendale Unified school board Vice President Mary Boger on the possibility of interrupting construction at Columbus Elementary School, where two new buildings were recently opened for classes after the first stage of work finished at the site.
“I mean, how often do you see goats in Glendale?”
— Glendale resident Aniee Sarkissian, who was taking photos of a herd of goats at Glendale Community College, which is using the creatures for brush clearance and fire prevention.
“All I see is this guy flying.”
— Glendale resident Billy Teret, who witnessed a collision between a driver and a motorcyclist that launched the rider into the air.
“Our hats off to Glendale.”
— Jonathan Fielding, director of the county Department of Public Health, on Glendale’s comprehensive anti-smoking ordinance, which earned the city the only A grade in the annual review by the American Lung Assn.
“They had access to the same materials that I did . . . so I really can’t understand their feelings.”
— City Hall critic Barry Allen, in response to the trepidation other city activists said they had over his appointment to draft the rebuttal to a proposed telephone users tax on the April 7 ballot.
“We’re very concerned about it.”
— Glendale Water & Power Commissioner Terry Chan on news that the number of utility bill defaults and customer requests for low-income rates had risen sharply over the past six months.
