Earl Hopkins

5 days ago | inquirer.com | Dan DeLuca |Earl Hopkins

And on Sunday, the sun shined down on The Roots Picnic. Saturday’s opening day of the annual Black music and cultural festival curated by Philadelphia and The Tonight Show band The Roots wasn’t anybody’s idea of a picnic in the park. Many things that could go wrong, did. Heavy rains swamped the grounds of the Mann Center. Efforts to dry up the mud with mulch delayed opening by nearly 2 ½ hours.

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Earl Hopkins

The bases were loaded at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday. Post Malone, perhaps music’s biggest chameleon, performed a medley of chart-topping hits and genre-blended tunes during his “Big Ass Stadium Tour” stop at the Phillies ballpark. Posty, as his fans call him, has scored home runs in hip-hop, trap, pop, rock, folk, and now country, which has seen him embracing his Texas roots stronger, and collaborating with stars like Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen, Laney Wilson, Chris Stapleton, and Jelly Roll.

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Earl Hopkins

PHILADELPHIA - No matter where Dawn Staley has gone in her basketball journey, she has taken Philadelphia with her as a companion, a teacher and an inspiration. In 1992, she was dropped from the U.S. National Women's Basketball Team that won a bronze in the Barcelona Olympics because, she said to ESPN in 2021, of her lack of international experience and 5-foot-6 stature. Four years later, the undersized point guard led the team to its first gold medal in eight years.

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Earl Hopkins

PHILADELPHIA — No matter where Dawn Staley has gone in her basketball journey, she has taken Philadelphia with her as a companion, a teacher and an inspiration. In 1992, she was dropped from the U.S. National Women’s Basketball Team that won a bronze in the Barcelona Olympics because, she said to ESPN in 2021, of her lack of international experience and 5-foot-6 stature. Four years later, the undersized point guard led the team to its first gold medal in eight years.

1 week ago | kdhnews.com | Earl Hopkins

PHILADELPHIA - No matter where Dawn Staley has gone in her basketball journey, she has taken Philadelphia with her as a companion, a teacher and an inspiration. In 1992, she was dropped from the U.S. National Women's Basketball Team that won a bronze in the Barcelona Olympics because, she said to ESPN in 2021, of her lack of international experience and 5-foot-6 stature. Four years later, the undersized point guard led the team to its first gold medal in eight years.