Sports
War, anger cloud Ukrainian athletes’ path to Paris Olympics
Russian bombardments have wrecked training venues. Air raids disrupt training sessions. Athletes have lost family members and friends. Or they worry that they will.
3 years ago
Kobe Bryant family settles photo lawsuit for $28.5 million
County deputies and firefighters had shot photos of the bodies and shared them with others in their departments.
3 years ago
Former Eagles star, CBS anchor Irv Cross had brain disease CTE
Researchers said he suffered from stage 4 CTE, which is the most advanced kind of the disease. Cross was diagnosed with mild cognitive dementia in 2018.
3 years ago
Photos: ‘Philly Phreeze’ polar plunge raises $65k to help open city pools
The event was organized to pay for bonuses intended to offset the pervasive lifeguard shortage.
3 years ago
Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
Putellas won the women's voting over Alex Morgan of the United States and England’s Beth Mead.
3 years ago
Brittney Griner urges the return of U.S. detainees abroad at NAACP Image Awards
Griner took the stage to thank everyone for their support and to remind the audience of those still detained abroad.
4 years ago
Gazdag, Carranza each score 2 goals as Union beats Crew 4-1
Philadelphia is unbeaten, with two ties, in its last six games against the Crew, who have just one goal in that span
4 years ago
Team Pennsylvania paid for Shapiro and his staff’s flights, lodging, and tickets to the game.
4 years ago
Brittney Griner re-signs with Phoenix Mercury
The 6-foot-9 center last played for the Mercury in 2021 and helped the team reach the WNBA Finals.
4 years ago
Philly Art Museum to send Eakins painting to Kansas City for Super Bowl wager
For the Eagles’ loss to the Chiefs, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will send Thomas Eakins’ “Sailing” (1875) to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City.
4 years ago
Listen 1:27Sixers’ Mac McClung, now the NBA dunk champ, wasn’t an unknown
Long before he won the dunk contest at NBA All-Star Saturday, he was a YouTube phenomenon.
4 years ago
Mac McClung soars to slam dunk title at All-Star Saturday
McClung — the 6-foot-2 Philadelphia guard — defeated New Orleans’ Trey Murphy III in the finals of the dunk contest.
4 years ago
Chiefs fans raise thousands for Jason Kelce’s Be Philly Foundation after Super Bowl 57
Since their Super Bowl victory over the Eagles, Chiefs fans have been supporting Jason Kelce's (Be) Philly Foundation.
4 years ago
Neighbors raise funds to help fix vehicle flipped by crowd during Super Bowl rampage
Residents of Arlington Street in Philadelphia originally set out to raise $4,000, but they’ve since raised more than $10,000.
4 years ago
Shapiro sat courtside at a Sixers game with a donor. His campaign called it a ‘political meeting.’
Shapiro’s attendance raised an unexpected question: When is a gift to a public official not a gift?
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