Why LeBron James Chose the Sixers

A former congressman on what it means that the billionaire basketball legend took a massive pay cut for the chance to bring an NBA championship back to one of the league’s most storied franchises after 43 years.

By Patrick J. Murphy

“He Chose Us

What the LeBron James' signing says about a city finally learning to believe in itself

By Larry Platt
Guest Commentary

How The Knicks (Yes, the Knicks) are Like Lincoln

A former Philadelphia Mayor on the political and life lessons gleaned from the NBA Finals

By Michael A. Nutter
Big Rube’s Philly

The Athlete Edit

Way before the NFL and NBA posted game-day fits, the iconic photographer, Mitchell & Ness marketing guru and gourmet soul food chef snapped Philadelphia’s most stylish pros off the field and on the streets

By Reuben Harley

The Arena Deal That Wasn’t

Billionaires fighting. Pols flailing. Protestors screaming. Did the last three years really happen? What went wrong — or right — behind the arena wars

By Larry Platt

The Arena Concession … on Concessions?

The owner of the Phoenix Suns has made buying food and drink at home games radically affordable. Should Mayor Parker and City Council have made that an issue in their negotiations with the Sixers?

By Larry Platt
76 Place

Love Thy Neighbor? Not Thy Sixers.

A guest commentary from a prominent Philadelphia Black pastor on why he and some other faith leaders oppose the plan to put an arena in Market East

By Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler
76 Place

The New Sixers Arena is a Boon For SEPTA

Philadelphia 3.0’s engagement director offers a guest commentary on one reason urbanists should applaud the Sixers' new Center City arena

By Jon Geeting
76 Place

What Does Great City Planning Look Like?

It’s a process that puts the city and citizens first — unlike, according to urban planner Harris Steinberg of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, what happened with 76 Place, the proposed Sixers arena.

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Can 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 McCutcheon