WASHINGTON — Here’s how it’s going for the Phillies: In the 157th game of the season, with a playoff berth in sight, against the worst team in baseball, infielder Nick Maton came on to pitch with a nine-run deficit in the eighth inning. Wild-card fever…
Amazon criticized for Tua Tagovailoa coverage
This is Amazon’s first year broadcasting NFL games, so you’d expect a couple of bumps along the way. But the tech giant’s Thursday Night Football broadcast received a healthy dose of criticism over its coverage of Tua Tagovailoa’s injury. During the se…
Marcus Hayes: Tua Tagovailoa’s sickening concussion(s) ruin credibility of NFL, Dolphins
We’ll never believe the Miami Dolphins or the NFL again. Not after what happened with Tua. On Sunday, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion, obvious to anyone with eyes: He hit his head on the turf, rose, staggered, and left for exa…
Phillies extend wild-card lead to one game with win over Nationals in Game 1 of doubleheader
WASHINGTON — Need an elixir for a losing streak? How about something potent to stave off a late-season collapse? Book an appointment with the Washington Nationals. The Phillies couldn’t have timed it better. After scoring a total of three runs in three…
Pediatric brain cancer is rare. A doctor explains why some kids are more vulnerable than others.
The odds that a doctor will diagnose your child with pediatric cancer are slim, and the chances of a brain cancer diagnosis are even smaller. Each year, roughly 4,000 kids — out of about 73 million in the United States — will be diagnosed with a brain …
Editorial: The shooting at Roxborough High and the absurd state law that limits local gun safety measures
It should come as no surprise that Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s executive order banning guns and other deadly weapons at city recreation centers and playgrounds did nothing to prevent a 14-year-old boy from getting murdered Tuesday after a football …
Phillies swept in season series with Cubs; tied with Brewers for final wild-card spot
CHICAGO — The Phillies’ Nick Maton stepped up to the plate with two outs in the second inning on Thursday. Jean Segura was on first base. Maton took one pitch, and then another, and then one more, which he tried to bunt, but pulled his bat back. The sc…
Santigold ‘sad and proud’ to cancel ‘The Holified Tour’
PHILADELPHIA — Santigold planned to stop at the Franklin Music Hall in October for her Holified Tour. But the Philly-born artist, whose album “Spirituals” came out Sept. 9, has canceled the tour. In a note on social media, Santi White shared her sadnes…
Marcus Hayes: The Roxborough school shooting should provoke change in gun culture. It won’t
What police seem to know 24 hours after America’s latest firearms outrage is that five shooters and the driver of their SUV targeted at least one of the teenage Roxborough High School football players. One of the players, a 14-year-old named Nicholas E…
‘I pray for change’: Jalen Hurts and the Eagles offer sympathy for teenagers involved in Roxborough shooting
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was at “a loss of words” upon hearing about the shooting at Roxborough High School on Tuesday, which left four teenagers wounded and one 14-year-old boy dead. The shooting occurred at the conclusion of a fo…