Some of the teams are getting in the spirit of Black Friday.

Comcast-Spectacor will be selling discounted Flyers merchandise during a "Beat the Clock Sale" at the Wachovia Center on Friday. The sale will last from 7 to 11 a.m. All merchandise, including the Flyers' new third jersey, will be 30 percent off until 8 a.m., 20 percent off from 8 to 9 a.m., and 10 percent off from 9 to 11 a.m.

Sixers and Phantoms Holiday Packs and Flyers Santa Sacks also are available.

Meanwhile, Temple is giving several discounts and offers as part of their final home football game for 2008, a 1 p.m. Black Friday game against Akron at Lincoln Financial Field. The “Take a Kid to the Game” promotion allows any adult who buys a regularly priced adult ticket to buy one kid’s ticket for $5. Any fan who brings along a canned food item, which will benefit local homeless shelters, will be able to buy a game ticket for just $5. And all Temple employees who bring along an ID can receive an unlimited number of tickets for $1 apiece.

The Majestic Clubhouse Store at Citizens Bank Park will be open Friday, but merchandising director Scott Brandreth said they have nothing special planned for the day. He did say the on-field and locker room caps are still available for purchase.

What they are building toward is a special holiday weekend at the store on Dec. 13 and 14. The hours that Saturday will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Sunday will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both the Phanatic and Santa will pay visits, and by then the Phillies will have their annual DVD on the just completed season ready for sale. This one, called "The Perfect Season," is narrated by Brad Lidge and will sell for $20. This is different than the DVD just released by Major League Baseball that provides footage, etc., just from the Phillies-Rays World Series.

Most years, at least over the past couple decades, you’d sell your soul to get into the Vet or the Linc for an Eagles game. This week people can’t peddle those things fast enough.

On the secondary market, StubHub reports that it has 3,400 tickets posted for sale for the next game, which is drawing the perfect storm of a holiday night against a non-division opponent following two of the most mind-blowing games in the recent history of the franchise. RazorGator said a few minutes ago it has around 1,000 available, prompting a company spokesman to call that unique. “It’s certainly higher than usual for the week of a game,” he said.

And locally, Bryan Abrams at B&B Tickettown in Wilmington undoubtedly echoed what other agencies found this morning: Their phone ringing off the hook.

“Instead of calling for tickets, a lot of people wanted to know if we wanted to buy their tickets for Thursday,” he said this afternoon. “If they hadn’t jumped ship after Cincinnati, the few survivors that were still on the ship jumped [after Sunday]. We had quite a few calls. I think people would just love to get rid of whatever they could.”

RazorGator’s numbers suggest this isn’t necessarily a knee-jerk rush to sell. What amounted before Nov. 1 to $446 in the amount of the average ticket order since has dipped to $320, down 28 percent. The average cost of a sold ticket was $180 before Nov. 1; now it has dropped 25 percent to $135 per ticket.

Now, some of the evidence is a bit contradictory. StubHub says its inventory for Thursday night has dropped around 400 tickets in the past 3 days. And Abrams says they are getting their share of calls from people heading into town for the holidays who are looking for tickets.

“Surprisingly, we we have some people calling this morning asking,” he said. “Mostly students coming home from college.”

Still, while the tickets might eventually sell, the price figures to be picked over like the turkey carcass by Thursday night.

“We may see prices start to sell for much lower as the week goes on,” a StubHub spokesman wrote in an e-mail. “A thrashing at the hands of the Ravens will do that.”

Added Abrams: “I thought it was a bad thing [from the beginning]. Two games Thanksgiving is one thing. Three games is not good. By that night a lot of people are pretty much passed out from it. They don’t want to go out. I thought it was going to be a tough sell at the beginning of the year. Now it’s even more so.”

All five of tonight's screenings of the official Phillies World Series film are sold out. What they are calling the "red carpet" event at The Bridge Cinema De Lux, 4012 Walnut St., in Philly, is out of tickets. Those cost attendees $25, and not only will gain them access to the screening and to a chance to rub elbows with a number of Phillies players and executives, but will also provide them with a complimentary DVD copy of the film to take home.

The four other screenings, for $10 apiece, also are sold out. Those are being held at  Bala Theatre 3, Bala Cynwyd, PA.; Montgomeryville 10, Landsale, Pa.; Anthony Wayne Theatre 5, Wayne, Pa.; and Showcase at The Ritz Center 16, Voorhees, N.J.

The DVD is scheduled to be released tomorrow and a Blu-Ray version for high-definition will come out Dec. 16.

You could say that Bob Clarke and Dave Schultz have given Philly sports fans plenty to be thankful for since they both joined the Flyers, one in 1969 and the other in 1971.

So it’s appropriate that you should be able to toast their wines at the Thanksgiving Day table, as both are representing the Flyers in the NHL Alumni Signature Wine Series. Had a chance to taste the Clarke Cabernet Sauvignon last week and would give it a smile as big as the one he used to flash after assisting on a goal. Schultz has his label on the Chardonnay. And while it was easy to kid him about marrying his mug and signature to a Chard rather than something big and red, the fact is that both wines are made by California winemaker Ironstone Vineyards and will be well worth popping the cork and pouring out the juice.

“I know it tastes good,” Schultz said by phone recently. “Sometimes people think it’s a gimmick-type thing and they want an autograph and they’ll never drink it. I know that  the wine is excellent.. I want people to taste it; that’s why we’re doing the tastings because once they taste it, if they like that type of a wine to continue to drink it.”

Both wines are selling for $14.99, joining Mike Schmidt’s Zinfandel on store shelves. Schmidt’s is part of a home run hitters’ collection that is listed for $17.99. Schultz said you can find both his wine and Clarke’s in stores throughout South Jersey down to the Shore, and noted they are just beginning to find their way into state stores in Philadelphia area. Tastings for both are planned at those stores, and Schultz said he’ll attend some of those to lend some momentum to the sales.

The NHL Signature Wine Series features two ex-players from six different teams promoting either a Cab or Chard; among some others behind included in this series are former Blackhawks Bobby Hull and Tony Esposito, former Red Wings Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay, and former Rangers Rod Gilbert and Mike Richter.

Money from the sales will support charities affiliated with the NHL Alumni Association, and also the team and player represented. Clarke’s, as you’d expect, will go to the American and Canadians Diabetes Associations; his ability to achieve so much despite diabetes gave hope to an untold number of young athletes. Schultz selected Katie’s Krusaders, which raises funds and awareness regarding the incidence of cancer in children.

“They were responsible for building the Ronald McDonald House at St. Christopher’s Hospital,” said Schultz. “They help families who have very sick children and have to spend every day traveling to the hospital . . . they help them with paying expenses and that kind of stuff.”

Tonight's third annual "Shake Your Mac and Cheese Night" at the Wachovia Spectrum will give another meaning to comfort food.

Those attending the Phantoms vs. Hershey game that starts at 7:05 p.m. are invited to bring in food of any sort and drop it off at the door. All except for the mac and cheese, which fans are welcome to use as noisemakers during the game and then make the donation on the way out. Everything contributed goes to Philabundance, a nonprofit group that distributes donated food to the needy. Making others a little more comfortable is where it's at, particularly over the next month and a half.

"People just bring mac and cheese and whatever else, we're taking anything," Phantoms PR director Brian Smith said yesterday, "and bring the macaroni and cheese in, and during the game just sorta go nuts with it. Make as much noise as you can and on the way out, we'll have bins there for people to drop them in."

Smith said they have gotten several hundred boxes the previous 2 years, along with cans and other goods that the needy can use. It's one of several food drives the sports complex's teams sponsor; the Flyers, for instance, are asking fans to bring a frozen turkey or a coupon for a one to Saturday night's game at the Center against the Coyotes.

"We do food drives a couple times a year," Smith said. "I'm sure we'll do another one in December. I know last year we did our December food drive in response to one . . . somebody put out a call, 'hey, we don't have any food, we need some help.' The whole conglomerate here, all three of our teams, did a food drive withi n the next week. When we do them we usually do them this time of year. There's this, then one around the holidays. And we'll have a similar thing with toys. Tots for Tots coming up with the Marines in December as well."  

So the question remains: Do those noisemakers turn the contents into mac and cheese bits? Smith laughed. "I don't know," he said. "I'll have to open up a box after the game and see."

That announcement that the Sixers were making almost 2,000 tickets available at $10 apiece for four games in November and six in December has a bit of a twist to it.

Be aware, as some of you have found out already, that you will have a $4 facility charge to pay for each order. It's per order for a game, not per ticket.

Those are available through ComcastTIX at SIXERS.COM, by calling 1-800-298-4200, or at select Acme Markets. Coupons for the discounted tickets, which have a face value of $30, also can be picked up at all participating Taco Bell® and KFC® locations around the Greater Delaware Valley area beginning Dec. 1. You can reimburse those at the Center box office.

These additional fees have become common practice, certainly for any tickets purchased online for any events at the Center and elsewhere. But the fact that fee would be added got missed by some people who saw the “Sixers selling tickets for $10” headlines.

The offer is redeemable for any of the four remaining home games at the Center in November, including Friday, Nov. 21, vs. the Clippers at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 23, vs. the Warriors at 5 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 26, vs. the Magic at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 30, vs. the Bulls at 5 p.m.

That will continue for the following December games: Wednesday, Dec. 3 vs. the Lakers at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 6, vs. the Nets at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 10, vs. the Cavaliers at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 13, vs. the Wizards at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 17, vs. the Bucks at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 20, vs. the Pacers at 7:30 p.m.

One other thing worth noting is that you can buy individual tickets for every game except the one on Friday, March 13, vs. the Bulls, at 7 p.m. That’s the "Remember the Spectrum" game, which is accessible only to those who have bought a game plan or season tickets. More information is available at 866.913.9782.

Standing-room tickets remain for the Army-Navy Game on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Lincoln Financial Field. Those tickets cost $45 each and can be purchased at all Philadelphia-area Ticketmaster outlets, online at http://www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 215-336-2000. There is a limit of six tickets per purchase.

This is the 109th edition of the interservice rivalry and the 81st time it will be played in Philadelphia. It was played for the first time here in 1899.

Game time is noon, although the spectacle of the event starts much earlier. The Navy march-on will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the Army march-on will begin a half-hour later. CBS will broadcast the game.

Next year's game will be played here on the second Saturday in December (Dec. 12), marking a change that will move it away from any conference championships around the country and establish it as the last regular-season college football game.

No sites have been determined beyond 2009.

Forty-five Phillies games this season will be televised on myphl17, the team and station announced today.

The team and station have a 3-year contract. Three spring training games also will be on Channel 17 in 2009.

The majority of games remain on Comcast SportsNet. Last season, Comcast SportsNet carried the majority of the games, followed by CW-57.

It is the third time the Phillies will be on Channel 17, after stints from 1971 to ’82, and from 1993 to ’98.

To read about the Phillies' red-carpet premiere of the World Series DVD, click here.

You’ll see on the Phillies Web site and undoubtedly elsewhere that the viewing party of the 2008 World Series film is finally official after a couple of weeks of people hearing about the possibility. The announcement came out earlier this afternoon.

They are screening the film at five theaters beginning at 6:30 p.m. next Monday, Nov. 24, although what they and Major League Baseball are calling the “Red Carpet Premiere” will cost $25 and take place at The Bridge Cinema De Lux, 4012 Walnut St. (40^th Street at Walnut Street).

Tickets to attend that screening or one at the other four sites can be obtained only through worldseries.com. The screenings at the other four sites will start at 7:30 p.m. and cost $10 apiece.  Those include the Bala Theatre 3 in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; the Montgomeryville 10 in Lansdale, Pa; the Anthony Wayne Theatre 5 in Wayne, Pa; and the Showcase a The Ritz Center 16 in Voorhees, N.J.

The film includes 87 minutes of main program footage and 30 minutes of bonus footage from the Phillies’ five-game, six-day World Series win over the Rays. DVDs will go on sale Nov. 25 at retail outlets nationwide and through mlb.com, and on Blu-Ray Dec. 16. Actor Terrence Howard narrates.