Watching TV shots of Vladimir Putin’s army deliberately bombing and shelling civilians is like watching a movie of the London Blitz in 1940, when Adolf Hitler’s air force rained death down from the air. No wonder the British Parliament jumped to its fe…
Black Opals: How a rare Black Philly literary journal is finding new life
PHILADELHPIA —They were a collective of Philadelphia writers — teachers, students, newcomers to Black literary circles, others well-acquainted with rising stars from Harlem’s artistic milieu. They decided to put out a literary journal themselves. They’…
Marcus Hayes: DeAndre Jordan, Joel Embiid’s understudy, might hold the key to the Sixers’ NBA title hopes
PHILADELPHIA — He’s started less than half of the 145 games he’s played in the past three seasons, and he’s only played in 71% of the games his teams have played in that span. He’s averaged 7.1 points and less than 20 minutes per game. The Sixers are h…
MLB, players meeting late Tuesday to try to reach an agreement without canceling more games
If it was Tuesday, it must have been “Meet The Deadline.” For a second Tuesday in a row, Major League Baseball gave the locked-out players a take-it-or-leave-it deadline in collective bargaining talks. Either take the league’s latest proposal or leave …
Should big pension funds divest from Russia at a loss? It’s the moral thing to do but a Pa. state senator warned it may make oligarchs richer
Board members of the Pennsylvania state workers’ retirement plan watched nervously as the value of its Russian investments shrank rapidly — from $60 million at the end of last year to $21 million on Feb. 28, four days into the Russian invasion of Ukrai…
David Murphy: Sixers’ Joel Embiid just passed a major milestone and nobody seemed to notice
PHILADELPHIA — The big fella wasn’t ready to leave just yet. The game was over, and so were the on-court interviews, and the rest of the team was back in the locker room waiting for Joel Embiid to return from the latest line on his MVP resume. But the …
David Murphy: It’s no surprise Ben Simmons won’t play in Philly. Question is, will he show his face?
Give Ben Simmons credit. He at least seems to understand how bad he looks. How else should we interpret Monday’s report that the Sixers’ onetime franchise cornerstone plans to accompany his new teammates on their scheduled trip to the Wells Fargo Cente…
Netflix’s ‘Worst Roommate Ever’: Who is Jamison Bachman?
PHILADELPHIA — In 2017, the bizarre saga of a serial squatter ended in two shocking deaths in Montgomery County. Now, the story is available for streaming via a new Netflix series. Based on New York Magazine’s viral 2018 article, “Worst Roommate Ever,”…
Yeadon’s former police chief sues, saying he was fired because he’s white
Yeadon’s former police chief has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit, saying the borough council fired him because of his race. Lawyers for Anthony “Chachi” Paparo said in the suit, filed Monday, that four members of Yeadon Borough Council — Sharon Co…
Philadelphia’s conventions are recovering, and hotel owners are optimistic about the future
This year, the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) has 19 “citywide” events on the books — gatherings that generate 2,000 or more hotel room stays on its peak night — matching the number of citywides held in 2019 before the pandemic. T…