CLEVELAND — Joel Embiid arrived at All-Star Weekend at the top of the race for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award. And when asked to make his case at Saturday’s Media Day, the 76ers’ center said “the way I’ve been playing speaks for itself.” “Especia…
Mike Sielski: To James Harden and all future Philly athletes, here’s your handbook for success
PHILADELPHIA — The long local nightmare is over. James Harden has arrived. Ben Simmons has left. And if you’ve paid any attention to social media and the currents and eddies of public discussion about the 76ers-Nets trade that shook the NBA last week, …
Philly is offering $100 to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Now it just needs willing residents
PHILADELPHIA — This week’s promise of $100 for people getting vaccinated against COVID-19 hasn’t brought big crowds to Philadelphia’s clinics, at least not yet. The first clinic where people could collect the gift, at the Salvation Army at 55th and Mar…
‘Yo! MTV Raps’ is returning — this time with a Philly DJ as host
PHILADELPHIA — Hip-hop heads, rejoice — Yo! MTV Raps is making a comeback. And this time around, a famed Philly DJ is heading up hosting duties. Slated for a spring premiere on streaming service Paramount+, the new edition of “Yo! MTV Raps” will be hos…
Philadelphia’s storied NPR affiliate has lost half its journalists. Many complain about pay, morale and lack of innovation
Thirty-four WHYY journalists signed a letter to top managers last February complaining about how they were running the newsroom at the biggest public media outlet in the Philadelphia region. The journalists complained of poor organization, lack of comm…
25 years ago, Allen Iverson was booed in Cleveland. He didn’t let it change him.
PHILADELPHIA — Jayson Tatum remembers cutting his socks into arm sleeves and pulling on a headband, trying his best when he first started playing basketball to look like Allen Iverson. Kevin Durant was one of the tallest players on his travel teams, bu…
Mike Jensen: Call Dawn Staley a villain if you want. She’ll just keep winning.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Dawn Staley stood on the court in front of her bench, nobody inside Memorial Coliseum seemed to care that this woman had coached a United States Olympic team to glory, had herself once carried the American flag into the opening cere…
Flyers fall to the Washington Capitals, 5-3, and lose fourth straight
PHILADELPHIA — After a goal late in the third period from winger Gerry Mayhew put the Flyers up 3-2, it seemed like the team was on its way to victory for the second time this month. Then, as it often has for the Flyers this season, the bottom fell out…
Penn swimmer Lia Thomas wins 500 freestyle race, breaks Harvard pool record
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Penn swimmer Lia Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle race at the Ivy League championships Thursday night, accelerating past her competitors to establish a new record for Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool. The natatorium boomed with ch…
MLB lockout: Players propose changes to arbitration system, but little progress made toward agreement
CLEARWATER, Fla. — After a meeting Thursday that was over faster than the average inning in a three-hour game, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association don’t appear to be any closer to an agreement that would enable the season to open on t…