Sports
Jakeema Burton and Brianna Banks
The coaches are empowering youth off and on the field through their work with Up2Us Sports and Kensington Soccer Club
By Jessica Blatt PressWhy The Sixers Need Jay Wright
Our dysfunctional pro team’s problems have nothing to do with basketball
By Larry PlattThe Hook is Sports
Give and Go Athletics uses sports to give kids in Brewerytown the confidence to be who they want to be
By Jessica Blatt PressAn Open Letter To Malcolm Jenkins
What the NFL star (and former Citizen columnist) doesn’t get about DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic posts
By Sam RosenthalOy Vey, DeSean!
The reaction to the NFL star’s anti-Semitic postings flips the usual script … and may just offer a constructive way forward in Black / Jewish relations
By Larry PlattI Am Because We Are
The Citizen’s 2020 Jeremy Nowak Urban Innovation Award will go to a program fighting gun violence and incarceration through basketball. Here, one of the organizers explains what it means to him—and for young black men in Philly
By Aaron CrumpLessons From The Locker Room
A former Eagle and community activist reacts to the killing of George Floyd by sharing lessons on diversity and common cause
By Connor BarwinGargano Gets Real
Thanks to the iconic board game Strat-O-Matic Baseball, The Philadelphia Citizen is bringing you the simulated box scores of your Phillies’ 2020 season
Virtual Chat With The Last Dance Producer Mike Tollin
The Citizen’s virtual event found two old pals sharing an intimate conversation spanning life, death—and basketball
By Jessica Blatt PressVirtual Town Hall on The Last Dance
The Philly-born producer of the hit Michael Jordan documentary takes us behind the scenes of the film that has stormed America
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy