The Latest Breaking News from Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — They’d been through the worst of it. Through the rebuild, and the losing, and the failed prospects and the empty seats and the last four managers and the dead Octobers.

PHILADELPHIA — Years from now, when they roll highlights from the 2022 Phillies’ postseason run, the clip of Rhys Hoskins demolishing a ball into the left-field seats, raising both arms, and spiking his bat — and let’s be clear: this was a Jalen Hurts-quality spike — will play prominently.

PHILADELPHIA — In front of his locker Wednesday inside the NovaCare Complex, Brandon Graham used a gentle touch to sack a quarterback only he could see.

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia plans to award the Liberty Medal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy next month for his "heroic defense of liberty in the face of Russian tyranny."

PHILADELPHIA — Chuck Fletcher and John Tortorella wanted to see what they had in their young players. Their young players showed them.

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola was around players and coaches who were a part of the Phillies’ 2011 postseason run when he was a rookie in 2015. He asked them then what postseason baseball in Philadelphia is like.

PHILADELPHIA — Around the sports world, Philadelphia fans’ reputation precedes them. They are tough and rowdy. They can be extremely difficult on visiting teams and the opponent’s fans. They do not pull any punches (sometimes literally).

PHILADELPHIA — In the vast swirl of emotions that followed U.S. Soccer’s investigation of alleged abuse in the NWSL, two similar forms flowed next to each other.

In cities as different as Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida, large institutional investors are increasingly buying up single-family homes in distressed neighborhoods and turning them into rentals, which threatens home ownership and wealth building for residents, according to a report by researchers at Drexel University and Reinvestment Fund.