Can the 76ers live up to their own hype? That’s the main question surrounding the franchise heading into Tuesday night’s season opener against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. On paper, the Sixers are a notch below the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Buck…
Philly art museum staffers ratify first contract, look forward to returning after historic strike
PHILADELPHIA — Striking members of the first union in the storied history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art overwhelmingly approved their first contract Sunday evening and prepared to return to their jobs Monday morning, concluding a historic 19-day wa…
As Shapiro and Fetterman run as a ticket, Mastriano and Oz avoid each other
PHILADELPHIA — As Attorney General Josh Shapiro thanked a group of union workers gathered to launch a day of door knocking around Philadelphia, he gestured to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman waiting at the foot of the stage. “I want you to just turn your eyes …
James Harden taking lead role in second season with Sixers — on and off the court
PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers look like they are becoming James Harden’s team. And that’s not a knock toward Joel Embiid, who is the Eastern Conference squad’s unquestioned best player. As a decorated 14th-year veteran, Harden just has command of certain si…
David Murphy: The Phillies didn’t just clinch an NLCS berth. They recaptured a city.
PHILADELPHIA — All around you was a scene so familiar that it somehow felt new. The names on the jerseys, the uniform numbers, the family members who squirmed in their arms and clutched at their knees — all of it looked different than the last time aro…
As he turns 30, Phillies’ Bryce Harper finally gets his wish — to play past his birthday
PHILADELPHIA — After the hugs and the high-fives, the handshakes and the pats on the back, the Phillies pulled on gray T-shirts with ‘NLCS’ printed across the chest and gathered in front of the mound for a team photo. It was shortly before 6 p.m. Satur…
Will Bunch: Proud Boys’ only ‘idea’ is violence. Penn State is wrong to give its leader a platform
The one contribution that the Proud Boys — the mostly white-boy street thugs who arrived on the scene around the same time, not coincidentally, as the political ambitions of their hero Donald Trump — and the movement’s Canadian founder Gavin McInnes ha…
Opioid-maker Endo $98 million bonuses are delayed in bankruptcy court
A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved paying $93,000 in short-term incentives to employees and sales reps at Endo International but delayed a broader decision on big bonuses to corporate insiders and others. Endo, based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, one …
Temple is canceling classes Friday for students to focus on their wellness, a growing push across universities
PHILADELPHIA — Temple University senior Maggie Dunleavy and her boyfriend plan to drive across the state for a camping trip, “a fun, carefree weekend,” as she sees it. But the psychology major from Warrington, Bucks County, says she likely wouldn’t hav…
Aaron Nola excited to finally experience a home playoff game as the Phillies’ Game 3 starter
PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola was around players and coaches who were a part of the Phillies’ 2011 postseason run when he was a rookie in 2015. He asked them then what postseason baseball in Philadelphia is like. “They say it’s something special,” Nola sai…