76 Place, a controversial NBA arena proposal, has drawn criticism most recently from the transit agency expected to serve it, but team owners have steamrolled the city council into submission.
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Philadelphia Chinatown Fights Back
The 76ers, the city’s basketball team, has the studies and the mayor lined up for a new arena. Residents and allies believe their homes and culture are more valuable.
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Broken Cords
We’re moving toward replacing cable TV with a bundle of streaming networks. Will local and news programming get lost in the transition?
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Wall Street Hits the Locker Room
Private equity firms are maneuvering to invest in college athletes, their schools, and the conferences they play in. The deals could add risk to the whole system.
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Neighborhoods Play Hardball
For decades, wealthy owners and financiers have gotten cities to pay for their sports stadiums. It’s not so easy anymore.
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Big Business Has Come for Your Baseball Cards
Fanatics, the self-described Amazon of sports, has used long-term exclusive deals to monopolize apparel and memorabilia markets, and make its products unavoidable.
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Why We Should Care About Low-Carbon Leisure
Investments in tangible spaces for leisure can increase connection and fun activities while reducing carbon emissions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Best of 2023: Ramenda Cyrus
Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorites from this year.
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Glenn and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Washington fought off the pandemic, but can the city get over the gall of a billionaire sports mogul and a governor moving D.C. teams across the Potomac?
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The Farce of Big-Time College Sports
Today on TAP: One more face of the creeping commercialism of higher education