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Sinclair Broadcast Group makes bid to buy NBC Sports Philadelphia, other local networks

Sinclair Broadcast Group has submitted a bid to NBCUniversal in their attempt to buy a package of sports networks that would include NBC Sports Philadelphia – the primary television home of the Phillies – according to Josh Kosman of The New York Post.

NBC Sports Philadelphia – formerly Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia – has the television broadcast rights for the Phillies, 76ers and Flyers. In January of 2014, the Phillies reached an agreement to remain on the network for 25 years, a pact believed at the time to be worth “more than $2.