Photos from the Villanova vs. Butler game

For the last three years, MLS was in a dispute with U.S. Soccer, which runs the Open Cup. That led to the league limiting how many of its teams played in the national championship.

From his early playing days at Division III Mount Union to becoming Iowa State’s winningest head coach, Matt Campbell has built a career that has prepared him for his highest-profile opportunity yet.

If the Eagles are the team they should be, then the gap between the Birds and Cowboys won’t be a question for long.

It’s too earlier to say what this team could achieve in Matt Campbell’s first season as head coach, but the Nittany Lions look to have the pieces for a solid 2026 campaign. Here’s what we know.

Plus, learn Matt Campbell’s origin story.

To help Sixers followers get acquainted with the newcomers on this revamped roster, The Inquirer reached out to reporters who covered those players on their previous teams.

Harper, who finished 4-for-4, was one of six Phillies to pick up an RBI in the game, supporting another dazzling road performance from starter Jesús Luzardo.

Philon spent four hours in a truck to defeat 100 fans in the video game on Tuesday, one of his first opportunities to get out in the community since the Sixers drafted him in June.

Lemon missed nearly three weeks of camp with a hamstring injury. Wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead believes "getting on the same page with everybody" will help the rookie's adjustment to the NFL.

Romo is suspended by CBS and won't call the network's Week 1 game featuring the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings.

No other team had more than six selections on ESPN's annual list.

He worked in military intelligence at the Pentagon, was stationed at presidential retreat Camp David in Maryland, and took part in the operation that captured military dictator Manuel Noriega in 1989.

More than 1,500 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal, which officially opened on April 7, and included several Big 5 players.

Kroenke Sports and Entertainment expects to close the transaction in early 2027.

Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion and current world No. 14, praised the Sixers legend for doing "a lot in fashion, whether it’s on purpose or not."

The team will have Jameer Nelson Jr., Saint Thomas, and veteran big man Tacko Fall in camp on nonguaranteed Exhibit 10 contracts, a source said.

Of course, plenty of Sixer fans had jokes about the long series of improbable disasters that have happened to the franchise over the years.

Former Cowboys running back Jaydon Blue was another addition to the 17-man squad.

For the first time in over a decade, a new face will run out of the gates onto Beaver Stadium. Matt Campbell could be the answer to lead the Nittany Lions back to the College Football Playoff.

Adding some shade can make outdoor space into a usable living area. Options abound at a range of price points.

Nneka Nwosu heads to Philly from Chicago to take over as news director, where among other things she'll oversee Cecily Tynan's successor.

The zoo’s 250,000 Actions for Animals Challenge asks Philadelphians to complete a quarter million individual actions by the end of 2026 that make life better for animals, habitats, and people.

Sen. Ed Markey, 80, and Reps. Richard Neal, 77, and Stephen F. Lynch, 71, are all likely to return for additional terms.

Wednesday’s U.N. report warned that the world is certain to breach that mark and should focus on finding ways to limit “overshoot” and eventually bring global temperatures back down.

After Iranian missiles and drones destroyed much of a major naval base in Bahrain at the start of the war, resupplying and making repairs on the Lincoln became difficult.