PHILADELPHIA — doPhillies starter Zach Eflin watched along on the clubhouse TV as Alec Bohm stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the tenth inning. His team was trailing the Dodgers 3-2, with two outs, a runner on second, and the game on the line. S…
The Oz and McCormick campaigns are already fighting over undated Pa. mail ballots as Senate primary recount looms
PHILADELPHIA — The legal fight for every single vote in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary has begun. Armies of attorneys representing David McCormick and Mehmet Oz, separated by a razor-thin margin in the ongoing vote count, had been descending …
There’s another high-profile vote count in Pa., but Republicans aren’t objecting this time
PHILADELPHIA — Another nationally watched campaign is coming down to a painstaking vote count in Pennsylvania. But this time, there are some key differences. Neither of the Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate primary are decrying the vote count, or …
‘Bryce Harper wants your hat’: Phillies star swaps caps with fan during game
PHILADELPHIA — The final stanza of a nondescript Phillies loss was playing out Thursday afternoon when Bryce Harper popped his head out of the dugout. “We were like, ‘You know, should we say what’s up to Bryce,’ ” said Gavin McHugh, who was sitting in …
Monkeypox is almost nothing like COVID-19. Here’s what to know, from 2 scientists who’ve studied it
Monkeypox is almost nothing like COVID-19. Among the many differences — fortunately, for a world weary of the pandemic — is that monkeypox is far less transmissible. So although a monkeypox case was identified Wednesday in Massachusetts, along with a h…
John Fetterman’s nomination was a rejection of Conor Lamb’s electability claims
PITTSBURGH — As Conor Lamb greeted voters outside of an elementary school polling place, Johanna Stankorb put on her “I voted sticker” and shuffled out of his way. “I voted for Fetterman,” she whispered to a reporter. “Not that I don’t think this kid h…
Marcus Hayes: Fire Doc Rivers? Don’t be ridiculous. He was, in fact, terrific for the Sixers.
PHILADELPHIA — It seemed like an outrageous claim: “I think I do a terrific job!” Doc Rivers said this after his basketball team just got demolished by a tepid Heat team in the second round of the playoffs. He said this a year after getting upset in th…
Monkeypox is almost nothing like COVID-19. Here’s what to know, from 2 scientists who’ve studied it
Monkeypox is almost nothing like COVID-19. Among the many differences — fortunately, for a world weary of the pandemic — is that monkeypox is far less transmissible. So although a monkeypox case was identified Wednesday in Massachusetts, along with a h…
Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary gap narrows between Oz and McCormick with recount likely
PHILADELPHIA — Two days after polls closed in Pennsylvania’s closely watched primary election, the Associated Press deemed the Republican U.S. Senate race still too early to call Thursday, with celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz and hedge fund CEO David McCor…
Megan Rapinoe hails ‘a huge step forward’ in U.S. Soccer’s national team equal pay deals
SEATTLE — For anyone who’s ever been associated with the U.S. national soccer teams, Wednesday will stand forever as one of the biggest days in the sport’s history in this country. After decades of fighting on the field, in courtrooms, in boardrooms, a…