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Cecily Tynan's torn ACL didn't stop her

Also, Stallone leaves Philly and Dizengoff and V Street make top restaurant list.

Cecily Tynan's in her ski-accident cast, along with colleague/crutch-stealer Adam Joseph. (Photo via Tynan's Twitter)
Cecily Tynan's in her ski-accident cast, along with colleague/crutch-stealer Adam Joseph. (Photo via Tynan's Twitter)Read more

6ABC'S CECILY TYNAN is working harder in this blizzard than you are. This weekend, she tore her ACL while skiing, and the chief meteorologist is still plugging along at work.

She even seemed to be having some fun with bud Adam Joseph, who playfully stole her crutches. She posted a photo of the duo on her Twitter account, @CecilyTynan.

On Sunday, Tynan posted on her Facebook page that she was skiing in the Poconos when she was injured. "Hit ice, slid out & felt something pop in my left knee. Ugh!" Tynan wrote.

Sly slides into the U.K.

Has Sly gone and left us?

A tipster told me that Sylvester Stallone has already left Philly, where he had been shooting "Creed," the "Rocky" sequel starring Michael B. Jordan as Apollo Creed's grandson Adonis.

I reported that he was in the city last week, stopping by restaurants like Estia (1405 Locust St.) and D'Angelo's (256 S. 20th St.), even hitting up the Philadelphia Museum of Art's steps, where he made his famous run.

But now he's off again.

Sly was in England, filming a commercial for Warburton's, a British bakery.

He then hit up Sheffield, where he sat for an hourlong live interview with broadcaster Mike Read.

So what does this mean for "Creed"?

Either that Stallone's part is more in the cameo range, or that he'll be back on our shores shortly to keep the filming going.

Elle anoints

The February issue of Elle magazine has named two Philly restaurants as part of its 30 tastemakers running the 30 hottest restaurants in the country.

The criteria were simple: A woman was the head chef or owner, the restaurant was fairly new and it was Elle-ish (i.e. forward-thinking menu, hip decor, etc.).

Emily Seaman, chef of Dizengoff (1625 Sansom St.), was praised for the rotating hummus menu ("All hail the chickpea!").  

Kate Jacoby, co-owner of vegan V Street (126 S. 19th St.) with her husband, Rich Landau, was lauded for her dessert specialities. The mag called her a "wizard" with vegan desserts.

Pioneering journalist Flannery dies

Rosemary Flannery, a former high school sports reporter, died Friday.

Flannery, who worked at the Inquirer until 1950, was one of the few female sports reporters (or female reporters, for that matter) working during her time.

After raising her family, she went on to receive a law degree from Villanova. She was one of the school's first female graduates.

Flannery was married to longtime La Salle High School football coach John "Tex" Flannery, who died in 2007.

Her daughter, Mary Flannery, was a journalist herself, working at both the Daily News and the Inquirer, while her granddaughter, Rosemary Connors, is an anchor at NBC10.

In a 2013 interview, Connors told me that her grandmother was her inspiration.

"My grandmother graduated from Chestnut Hill College and started out as a copygirl and then she became a well-respected high school sports reporter, that's how she met my grandfather," Connors told me when discussing one of the reasons she got into journalism.

"She was really a pioneer."

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