PHILADELPHIA — Meek Mill will celebrate 10 years of his 2012 debut album “Dreams and Nightmares” with a headlining show at the Wells Fargo Center later this month. The concert — which is officially billed as “Meek Mill + Friends: Dreams and Nightmares …
Pa. gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano blasted by fellow Republicans in the final days of campaign
PHILADELPHIA — It is almost impossible to overstate how bad the press coverage has been for Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign. Enough to give a campaign manager nightmares straight through to the 2023 primary. Yet, in the final countdown to Elect…
Column: This Philadelphia teacher loves her job. So she quit
PHILADELPHIA — People leave their jobs all the time. Just look at the last few years. The #Great Resignation, and all that. Among the areas hardest hit were schools, and this is a story about an especially bittersweet departure. In 2018, I met Maureen…
Mike Sielski: Phillies’ Game 4 loss to Astros has put them in a pitching pickle in this World Series
PHILADELPHIA —Aaron Nola left Game 4 of the World Series on Wednesday in the fifth inning, having not allowed a run. Funny, how a sentence can be factually accurate yet convey nothing close to the proper context of a situation, of this tenuous situatio…
Astros no-hit Phillies in 5-0 victory to even the World Series at 2 games apiece
PHILADELPHIA — As Cristian Javier walked off the mound for the final time Wednesday night, he kissed his hand and looked skyward. In that moment, with the Houston Astros right-hander in complete control of Game 4 of the World Series, it was difficult t…
‘This was the only place he wanted to be’: Family of late Phillies prospect Corey Phelan attends Game 4 in his honor
PHILADELPHIA — Preston Mattingly walked into the Phillies’ clubhouse at about 6 p.m. on Oct. 15. With an 8-3 win over the Braves, his team had just clinched a spot in the National League Championship Series. Few expected them to be here. The postgame c…
Kenyatta Johnson and his wife, Dawn Chavous, acquitted at federal bribery trial
PHILADELPHIA — A federal jury acquitted Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson on federal bribery charges Wednesday, rejecting what his lawyers described as an overreaching prosecution that threatened to end his political career. The panel of…
Sixers miss Joel Embiid as win streak ends in 121-111 loss to Wizards
PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid was missed. The Washington Wizards took advantage of the height difference created by the 76ers’ 7-foot-2, 280-pounder’s absence. Dominating the paint, the Wizards prevailed, 121-111, Wednesday night at the Wells Fargo Center…
Marcus Hayes: Bryce Harper’s legend grows as he homers on first World Series pitch he sees at Citizens Bank Park
PHILADELPHIA — If timing is everything, then Bryce Harper is all things. Harper hit a home run on the first pitch he saw as a Phillie playing in a World Series at Citizens Bank Park. He did it in the first World Series game at the Bank in 13 years, whi…
As activists ‘trick or treat’ near Mehmet Oz’s New Jersey home, neighbors recall experiences with GOP Senate candidate
Residents of Cliffside Park, the North Jersey town where Mehmet Oz lived for more than 20 years, have different appraisals of what it’s like living next to the celebrity. A few said Oz, who’s now the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, was a g…