Jonathan Tannenwald
@jtannenwald.bsky.social
Chief soccer correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Final: Villanova 76, Saint Joseph's 70.
Brynn McCurry scores 21 points and Jasmine Bascoe tallies 13 despite 4-of-16 shooting to deliver the Wildcats their 21st women's Big 5 title.
The Hawks were plenty valiant in defeat: Rhian Stokes scored 23 and Gabby Casey had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Brynn McCurry scores 21 points and Jasmine Bascoe tallies 13 despite 4-of-16 shooting to deliver the Wildcats their 21st women's Big 5 title.
The Hawks were plenty valiant in defeat: Rhian Stokes scored 23 and Gabby Casey had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Final: Villanova 76, Saint Joseph's 70.
Brynn McCurry scores 21 points and Jasmine Bascoe tallies 13 despite 4-of-16 shooting to deliver the Wildcats their 21st women's Big 5 title.
The Hawks were plenty valiant in defeat: Rhian Stokes scored 23 and Gabby Casey had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Brynn McCurry scores 21 points and Jasmine Bascoe tallies 13 despite 4-of-16 shooting to deliver the Wildcats their 21st women's Big 5 title.
The Hawks were plenty valiant in defeat: Rhian Stokes scored 23 and Gabby Casey had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
A factual St. Joe’s rollout:
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A factual St. Joe’s rollout:
Underway in the title game, and the attendance remains poor.
One has to hope that moving the women’s tripleheader to the Palestra next year will come with a better marketing push to get women’s basketball fans in the city to show up.
One has to hope that moving the women’s tripleheader to the Palestra next year will come with a better marketing push to get women’s basketball fans in the city to show up.
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Underway in the title game, and the attendance remains poor.
One has to hope that moving the women’s tripleheader to the Palestra next year will come with a better marketing push to get women’s basketball fans in the city to show up.
One has to hope that moving the women’s tripleheader to the Palestra next year will come with a better marketing push to get women’s basketball fans in the city to show up.
Jonquel Jones just arrived to watch Temple vs. Drexel.
Another reminder, such as one was needed, of how bad it is that Diane Richardson has little more than a bag of peanuts to recruit with on North Broad Street.
Another reminder, such as one was needed, of how bad it is that Diane Richardson has little more than a bag of peanuts to recruit with on North Broad Street.
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Jonquel Jones just arrived to watch Temple vs. Drexel.
Another reminder, such as one was needed, of how bad it is that Diane Richardson has little more than a bag of peanuts to recruit with on North Broad Street.
Another reminder, such as one was needed, of how bad it is that Diane Richardson has little more than a bag of peanuts to recruit with on North Broad Street.
I haven’t been paying close enough attention to the rollouts, but here’s one from the Penn band:
December 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I haven’t been paying close enough attention to the rollouts, but here’s one from the Penn band:
The ball is tipped:
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The ball is tipped:
At Villanova for the women’s Big 5 Classic. Penn-La Salle shortly, then Drexel-Temple at 2:15 and St. Joe’s-Villanova for the title at 4:30.
December 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
At Villanova for the women’s Big 5 Classic. Penn-La Salle shortly, then Drexel-Temple at 2:15 and St. Joe’s-Villanova for the title at 4:30.
AJ Levine hits a three at the other end for Penn.
The Penn student section is right behind me, so this was the view of the streamers going overhead.
If you’re new here, throwing streamers after a team’s first made basket of a Big 5 game is a decades-old tradition.
The Penn student section is right behind me, so this was the view of the streamers going overhead.
If you’re new here, throwing streamers after a team’s first made basket of a Big 5 game is a decades-old tradition.
December 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
AJ Levine hits a three at the other end for Penn.
The Penn student section is right behind me, so this was the view of the streamers going overhead.
If you’re new here, throwing streamers after a team’s first made basket of a Big 5 game is a decades-old tradition.
The Penn student section is right behind me, so this was the view of the streamers going overhead.
If you’re new here, throwing streamers after a team’s first made basket of a Big 5 game is a decades-old tradition.
Tyler Perkins, of course, scores Villanova’s first basket against his old team.
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Tyler Perkins, of course, scores Villanova’s first basket against his old team.
Alright, enough of the heathen sport.
Except why is this place so empty, and why have so many people at a basketball game asked me about the World Cup…
(Don’t answer the first one, I do in fact know)
Except why is this place so empty, and why have so many people at a basketball game asked me about the World Cup…
(Don’t answer the first one, I do in fact know)
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Alright, enough of the heathen sport.
Except why is this place so empty, and why have so many people at a basketball game asked me about the World Cup…
(Don’t answer the first one, I do in fact know)
Except why is this place so empty, and why have so many people at a basketball game asked me about the World Cup…
(Don’t answer the first one, I do in fact know)
Over to Philadelphia’s World Cup volunteer center - the branding is very visible on Market Street - to get local official reactions at the top of the hour.
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Over to Philadelphia’s World Cup volunteer center - the branding is very visible on Market Street - to get local official reactions at the top of the hour.
Some last shots of my beloved home town, before heading back north to a city less than a month from perhaps its biggest year in 250 years.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some last shots of my beloved home town, before heading back north to a city less than a month from perhaps its biggest year in 250 years.
And now live from inside the Kennedy Center concert hall, where I watched Starlight Express and so many other performances as a kid.
What a scene, on so many levels.
What a scene, on so many levels.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And now live from inside the Kennedy Center concert hall, where I watched Starlight Express and so many other performances as a kid.
What a scene, on so many levels.
What a scene, on so many levels.
And now from inside the Kennedy Center.
Carli Lloyd is here. Jürgen Klinsmann, Steve McManaman and Christophe Karembeu are chatting together.
Just saw Didier Deschamps and French federation president Philippe Diallo walk in.
Carli Lloyd is here. Jürgen Klinsmann, Steve McManaman and Christophe Karembeu are chatting together.
Just saw Didier Deschamps and French federation president Philippe Diallo walk in.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
And now from inside the Kennedy Center.
Carli Lloyd is here. Jürgen Klinsmann, Steve McManaman and Christophe Karembeu are chatting together.
Just saw Didier Deschamps and French federation president Philippe Diallo walk in.
Carli Lloyd is here. Jürgen Klinsmann, Steve McManaman and Christophe Karembeu are chatting together.
Just saw Didier Deschamps and French federation president Philippe Diallo walk in.
A sight almost as rare in the nation’s capital as a World Cup: snow in December.
(The over-under on that is three times in the last 31 years, for the record.)
(The over-under on that is three times in the last 31 years, for the record.)
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A sight almost as rare in the nation’s capital as a World Cup: snow in December.
(The over-under on that is three times in the last 31 years, for the record.)
(The over-under on that is three times in the last 31 years, for the record.)
I hadn’t set foot inside the Kennedy Center in many years. It was surreal not just to be back, but to see it decorated for a World Cup draw.
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I hadn’t set foot inside the Kennedy Center in many years. It was surreal not just to be back, but to see it decorated for a World Cup draw.
In the city that will forever be my home town, at its grandest shrine to the arts and the spirit of creativity.
I came here many times at this season as a kid for holiday concerts, and at other times for concerts and musicals.
It does feel a bit different today.
I came here many times at this season as a kid for holiday concerts, and at other times for concerts and musicals.
It does feel a bit different today.
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In the city that will forever be my home town, at its grandest shrine to the arts and the spirit of creativity.
I came here many times at this season as a kid for holiday concerts, and at other times for concerts and musicals.
It does feel a bit different today.
I came here many times at this season as a kid for holiday concerts, and at other times for concerts and musicals.
It does feel a bit different today.
The Union’s signing of Ezekiel Alladoh is official, as @josernunez91.bsky.social was on for a long time.
The club says it paid “the largest transfer fee in club history,” but as ever in MLS we aren’t told a number.
Bradley Carnell is the only Union staffer quoted in the announcement.
The club says it paid “the largest transfer fee in club history,” but as ever in MLS we aren’t told a number.
Bradley Carnell is the only Union staffer quoted in the announcement.
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Union’s signing of Ezekiel Alladoh is official, as @josernunez91.bsky.social was on for a long time.
The club says it paid “the largest transfer fee in club history,” but as ever in MLS we aren’t told a number.
Bradley Carnell is the only Union staffer quoted in the announcement.
The club says it paid “the largest transfer fee in club history,” but as ever in MLS we aren’t told a number.
Bradley Carnell is the only Union staffer quoted in the announcement.
Here's Hayes' answer, which hopefully will matter a lot more than me screwing up a question.
"It’s taken the best part of the time I’ve been in charge to produce the level of performance like that."
"It’s taken the best part of the time I’ve been in charge to produce the level of performance like that."
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here's Hayes' answer, which hopefully will matter a lot more than me screwing up a question.
"It’s taken the best part of the time I’ve been in charge to produce the level of performance like that."
"It’s taken the best part of the time I’ve been in charge to produce the level of performance like that."
The ball is tipped in Penn-La Salle, the first time in the Big 5 pod era that two city teams are meeting in a non-conference game that isn’t a Big 5 game.
What a jersey matchup, too.
What a jersey matchup, too.
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The ball is tipped in Penn-La Salle, the first time in the Big 5 pod era that two city teams are meeting in a non-conference game that isn’t a Big 5 game.
What a jersey matchup, too.
What a jersey matchup, too.
Hofstra-Merrimack followed by Penn-La Salle, from the best seat in the best sports venue in the world.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hofstra-Merrimack followed by Penn-La Salle, from the best seat in the best sports venue in the world.
Daytime basketball on 33rd Street, amid the last scenes of autumn:
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Daytime basketball on 33rd Street, amid the last scenes of autumn: