Topic: Philadelphia 76ers
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Citizen of the Week: Nadia 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 McCutcheon![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Comcast_Spectacor_Master_Plan_Rendering_South_Philly_Complex_Phase_1-791x400.png)
The New Urban Order: The Sports Economy is More than Stadiums
Whether or not the Sixers get to build their downtown arena, the way we think about sports culture in cities is severely limited. Could a “Sports Mayor” help reshape what athletics mean to a city?
By Diana Lind![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarcJackson1-HED-791x400.jpeg)
Big Rube’s Philly: Marc Jackson
The chef and photographer catches up with the former NBA player and current Sixers TV analyst, world traveler, fitness devotee and fashion plate
By Reuben Harley![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Mark_Squilla_Glasses-791x400.jpg)
Mark Squilla Loves The Process
The fate of the 76ers arena rests on one person’s shoulders (hint: it’s not our new mayor). Is this any way to run a city?
By Malcolm Burnley![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Horwitz_Holdsman-791x400.jpeg)
Citizen Horwitz
When the $38 million state-of-the-art Philly Youth Basketball facility opens next week, it will be thanks to an 80-year-old, prank-pulling, courtside-sitting cult figure. And then there’s the time he was tossed from an NBA game…
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kelce-Awesome-Bartending-791x400.jpg)
The Year In — Good Citizen — Sports
Win or lose on the field, Philadelphia athletes and teams continued to make us proud in 2023 with their extracurricular commitment to community.
By Jessica Blatt Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Philly_Guide_Gift_2023-791x400.jpg)
The Citizen’s Most Philly Gift Guide Ever
30+ perfect presents from small local merchants for every tried-and-true Philadelphian on your 2023 list
By Lauren McCutcheon, Jessica Blatt Press and Maggie Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jewlers_Row_Pedestrians_Philadelphia-791x400.jpg)
Ideas We Should Steal: Stop Hitting People With Cars
Stories this week of the Sixers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. and a beloved former school teacher being hit by cars brought up a perennial Philly problem: Our roads are unsafe. Here, recommendations to fix that
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy