Sports
12 Eagles-Watching Bars to Suit Your Vibe (+ 1 to Suit Swifties)
Birds + pool? Check. Birds + socially conscious beer? Check check. Birds + tacos? Or + dogs? Or + espresso martinis? Find all the best game-watching hangouts for your lifestyle and values
By Olivia KramThe Paralympics Problem
A pair of athletes, researchers and prominent advocates for people with disabilities say this summer’s massive TV ratings for the Paralympics mean little if we don’t give all people with disabilities access to movement
By Laura A. Baehr and Katie SamsonRalph Lauren, Shariah Harris Will Take Your Call Now
A celebrated, polo playing Philadelphian will star in this weekend’s Polo Classic in Fairmount Park. (Iconic American designers are welcome to make generous endorsement offers.)
By Lauren McCutcheonCan Mayor Parker Answer these Arena Questions?
Tonight Parker holds her first public town hall about the proposed Center City Sixers arena — 76 Place. Here’s what Philadelphians should ask her
By Malcolm Burnley and Lauren McCutcheonGolf for Good?
Tiger Woods and the Cobbs Creek Foundation are bringing STEM learning and golf access to the historic course where the “Jackie Robinson of golf” learned to play. Their goal: Use golf as a road to opportunity
By Natalie PompilioWho’s Doing Arenas Right?
For two years The Citizen has chronicled win-win sports developments around the country. In light of the long-awaited feasibility study on a proposed Center City Sixers arena, here are some ideas Philly should consider stealing
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyDEI on the Schuylkill
This month’s U.S. Olympic rowing team looks how the sport has always looked: entirely White. Three accessible rowing camps in Philly are looking to change that
By Lauren McCutcheonCaitlin Clark, Race and the WNBA
A public intellectual and former Penn professor on how Black women are once again getting the short end of the sports media narrative
By Michael Eric DysonNadia Bosket
The founder of Hoop Dreams, Inc. has figured out how to help Philly kids make friends, be confident and focus on opportunities, using basketball as bait
By Lauren McCutcheonGrace and Grit In a West Philly Boxing Gym
A local photographer’s new book features the “rich beauty” of the athletes, trainers and family of West Philly’s James Shuler Memorial Boxing Gym.
By Jano Cohen