Sports
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Transgender runner Evie Parts sues NCAA and Swarthmore College for removal from track team
Long-distance runner Evie Parts has sued the NCAA and Swarthmore College as well as members of its athletic department, saying they illegally removed her from the track team because she is a transgender athlete.
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How do mascots like the Phillie Phanatic and Pirate Parrot stay fresh in the summer heat? Vodka and water
Sports fans around the globe get their kicks from all costumed creatures great and small that entertain no matter how red-hot it gets under that heavy honker. The musky muppets take the field through triple-digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity that can wilt even the most die-hard fan during the summer stretch.
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A year after fame found him in Paris, Penn State alum Stephen Nedoroscik, aka ‘Pommel Horse Guy,’ is back for more
Three months ago, Stephen Nedoroscik walked back through the doors of EVO Gymnastics in Florida and quietly went back to work. And when the U.S. Championships begin, he’ll hop onto the event that, at 26, he remains in some ways obsessed with after all these years and begin again.
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It’s time to play ball in Williamsport: The 2025 Little League World Series is here
The eyes of the baseball world are again on Williamsport, as the 78th Little League Baseball World Series begins on Wednesday. With a team from Chester County playing in this year’s tournament, it’s a good time to look at Pennsylvania’s rich history in the late summer classic.
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Reagan Bills leads Pennsylvania over Indiana 1-0 to win Little League Softball World Series
Behind Reagan Bills’ two-way heroics, Johnstown defeated Floyds Knobs, Indiana, 1-0 on Sunday to win the state’s first Little League Softball World Series since 1978.
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Eagles running back Saquon Barkley declines invitation to join Trump’s sports council
The Lehigh Valley native and 2,000-yard rusher for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, was on a list of sports personalities that included golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Nelly Korda, WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor and retired New York Yankees great Mariano Rivera.
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John Oliver’s Erie Moon Mammoths debut in front of a record crowd
On Saturday night, the comedian and host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” saw his latest crazy creation set out into the world as the Erie Moon Mammoths made their debut in front of a record crowd of 7,070 at UPMC Park.
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Former Little League star Mo’ne Davis to try out for new women’s pro baseball league
The former Little League phenom who at 13 became the first girl to pitch a victory — and a shutout — in the Little League World Series, will be one of more than 600 players to try out for the Women’s Professional Baseball League set to launch next year.
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We asked, you answered: What should be the name of Philadelphia’s new WNBA team?
At long last, Philadelphia is getting a WNBA team. The team will need a name, so we asked our newsletter readers to give us their ideas on a name for Philly’s new women’s basketball franchise.
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UPenn updates swimming records set by Lia Thomas, settling with feds on transgender athletes case
The University of Pennsylvania modified a trio of school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and said it would apologize to female athletes “disadvantaged” by her participation on the women’s swimming team, part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case.
