That how much time remained to find St. Joseph’s knocking off a 20-win George Mason team, extending its winning streak to five games, and being one step closer to earning a coveted double bye in next month’s Atlantic 10 Tournament.
Instead, in those remaining minutes against the Patriots, the Hawks went silent, highlighted by a nearly five-minute stretch of unsuccessful field goal attempts, ending up on the losing end of a 60-52 score in Fairfax, Va.
During that same stretch, George Mason (21-3, 9-2 A-10) scored six points before a three-pointer late from Hawks guard Austin Williford.
Guard Jaiden Glover-Toscano scored 14 points to lead the way for St. Joe’s (15-9, 7-4), but all of them came in the first half. Derek Simpson (13 points) and Williford (11) stepped up in his place in the second half. The Hawks also grabbed 44 rebounds compared to 35 by George Mason.
St. Joe’s shot just 31% while George Mason knocked down 41.1% of its shots from the floor. Guard Jahari Long led the way with 20 for the Patriots and also dished out three assists.
Hawks guard Derek Simpson, seen here in action earlier this season, scored 13 points in St. Joe’s road loss to George Mason.
What we saw
Points were scarce for both teams to begin the game. The Hawks suffered shooting lapses, with just 32.4% of their first-half shots falling. However, the defense matched the Patriots, holding them to 11-for-29 shooting in the first 20 minutes to keep the score tight.
Glover-Toscano was a key to get St. Joe’s moving with three consecutive triples to give the visitors a 18-13 lead. The guards’ efforts helped St. Joe’s snatch momentum as George Mason went on a two-minute drought before an 8-0 run gave the Patriots life.
What allowed St. Joe’s to survive its inconsistent offense was its defense, specifically an ability to grab rebounds. The Hawks were relentless on the glass with 20 of their offensive rebounds leading to 22 second-chance points. It was 29-29 at the half.
Ajogbor ties Boo Williams for 8th on the SJU all-time blocks list on one end of the floor leading to the JGT three on the other end!
The lack of offensive production continued for both teams once the second half started. A quick 7-2 run for St. Joe’s gave the Hawks a five-point lead. The rebounding efforts continued for the Hawks with seven offensive boards, but the Patriots defense continued to limit any chances for separation.
The frigid temperatures, the blocks of ice clogging the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, and the mounds of snow piled high in driveways and parking lots across the Philadelphia region are not likely to change much Sunday and Monday, Zack Cooper said Saturday afternoon.
Cooper, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, said to expect a high of just 18 degrees on Sunday, a significant drop from Saturday’s high of 28. For Monday’s return to work for many, the weather service predicts a high of 36.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve seen this type of prolonged stretch of cold weather,” Cooper said. “It’s been about 10 years.”
The good news, he said, is that the temperature should peak for the week at near 41 on Wednesday. More good news, he said, is that the daytime highs are expected to reach above freezing for the rest of the week, 36 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and 38 on Saturday. But the nighttime lows should still dip below the freezing point of 32 degrees.
In that case, Cooper said, some of the ice will melt during the warmer daytime hours but not enough to cause widespread flash flooding near rivers, lakes, and streams. A slow warmup, with warmer days and colder nights, is always best, he said.
It’s been a rough February so far for Philadelphia area residents. Daily average temperatures have been below freezing every day since Jan. 23, and the region went nine days, from Jan. 24 to Feb. 2, without reaching 32 degrees at all.
Last week, a barge heading north got stopped in the ice on the Delaware River, ferry service was halted in the Delaware Bay due to ice, and the Coast Guard had to deploy a 175-foot-long cutter to smash up ice floes in the Delaware all the way up to Trenton.
Cooper said the recent nine-day stretch of temperatures below freezing is likely among the top 10 longest local cold snaps on record. The last period of such frigidity, he said, was an eight-day stretch in 2015.
As for the wind chills, Saturday night could reach minus 13 degrees. Sunday could go to minus 12, and Monday could be minus 3. High wind warnings are expected to be lifted on Sunday. No snow is expected next week.
So what should folks do until Wednesday? Hang in there, Cooper said. “We take weather as it comes,” he said. “It’s ever-changing, and you have to adapt and adjust.”
And if it does reach 41 on Wednesday, Cooper said, “It will feel nice.”
For the first time since Feb. 6, 2018, Penn has defeated Princeton in a men’s basketball game.
The Quakers entered the matchup sitting sixth in the Ivy League, one game behind Princeton, which beat them in their Ivy League opener in January. The longtime rivals have had a lopsided affair in recent years, with Princeton winning the last 14 matchups.
On Saturday, the tide turned. The game came down to one final possession, and after Princeton’s Dalen Davis’s potential game-winning 9-foot jumper clanged off the rim, Penn’s bench stormed the court as streamers fell to celebrate its 61-60 victory at the Palestra. Now, Penn (11-10, 4-4 Ivy) has finally started a win streak of its own. Princeton fell to 8-15, 4-4.
“I don’t concern myself with what happened in 2018,” Quakers coach Fran McCaffery said in reference to snapping the program’s skid against the Tigers. “This team, we’re going to prepare them to win the next game on the schedule. That next game happened to be against Princeton. Kids really fought hard today. I’m really proud of [them]”
QUAKERS TOPPLE THE TIGERS.@PennMBB wins a thriller in front of an @ESPNU audience with a 61-60 win over Princeton. T.J. Power recorded 18 points and seven rebounds to lead the Quakers. 🌿🏀pic.twitter.com/gdRVyzh0Az
Fans should expect highlight performances from a player as talented as TJ Power, with the former Duke forward being the highest-ranked high school recruit to ever play for the Quakers. So far this season, he ranks 10th in the league in scoring (14.9 points per game) and third in rebounding (7.9).
But for the Quaker faithful, none of that matters unless you show up against Princeton — and that’s exactly what he did.
Power started the game 4-for-4 from the field, anchoring the offense while his teammates struggled. In the final two minutes with the lead at one following four straight points from Princeton’s Malik Abdullahi, Power would come through once again, lacing a corner three with 1 minute, 19 seconds left to give the Quakers a four-point lead that the Tigers couldn’t completely erase.
Penn’s TJ Power (12) splits a pair of Princeton defenders in Saturday’s win for the Quakers that snapped an eight-year losing streak to the Tigers.
“It’s kind of a blur when I think back on it,” Power said in reference to his winning shot. “We got some penetration. They kicked it out to AJ [Levine], and AJ had a good shot, and he made the unselfish play and passed it up for a great shot. And that shows what our team chemistry is like right there.”
Power finished with a team-high 18 points as well as seven rebounds and three assists — one of which led to a highlight slam from center Augie Gerhardt with 4:33 left.
The night before the game, Power recalled how the team spoke to alumni about the importance of the Princeton rivalry, which he said helped fuel the team.
“That’s when I really got a sense for this rivalry and what it means to past players, students, and coaches,” Power said. “So that was really cool to get some background and context heading into the game. I think it motivated a lot of our guys.”
Ethan Roberts and Michael Zanoni, the team’s No. 1 and 3 leading scorers, scored a collective five points against Princeton — with Roberts failing to notch a singular point for the first time in his Penn career.
McCaffery hinted at a lack of foul calls being the cause of Roberts’ offensive struggles.
“What’s happening to Michael and Ethan is disappointing,” McCaffery said. “A lot of physicality there. They should be shooting free throws.”
Solidified starter
At the start of the season, there were plenty of question marks regarding who would be the starting point guard for Penn. Now, following an injury to guard Dylan Williams, AJ Levine finds himself excelling in that role.
The 6-foot sophomore guard has improved in conference play, going from 5.5 points per game against nonconference competition to 12 points per game against the Ivy opponents, which showed against the Tigers.
Levine finished the game with 13 points, three assists, and three steals.
Penn’s AJ Levine has been strong in-conference play and continued that against the Tigers behind a 13-point performance.
“He got off got himself off to a good start in both halves today,” McCaffery said. “But it’s his decision-making that is just so much improved. He’s playing under control. He’s playing with great confidence, and that’s how we’re going to have to continue to play, because there’s going to be nights when guys are off.”
It was Levine’s strong defensive play which led to Princeton’s missed final shot.
“After he shot it,” Levine said. “All I thought in my head was I did everything I could in that moment, I put my entire effort out there all game. There was not a moment where I let up. I can’t really focus on the results of that. I put everything into that stop at the end. Once it missed, it was the biggest relief ever.”
Up next
The Quakers now look for back-to-back wins when they welcome Columbia (14-8, 3-5) to the Palestra on Friday (7 p.m., ESPN+).
St. Joseph’s trailed Dayton by as many as 11 points early in the fourth quarter after the Flyers shot 90% from the field in the third. But the Hawks didn’t fold, trimming the deficit and setting up a late push.
Guards Gabby Casey and Jill Jekot pulled the Hawks within three points with four minutes to play, but Dayton answered back. Casey’s basket made it a two-point game with 25 seconds left, but St. Joe’s couldn’t get any closer.
Dayton (13-11, 6-7 Atlantic 10) came up with a stop and made timely free throws in the final seconds to beat St. Joe’s (15-8, 6-6), 75-73, and hand the Hawks their second straight loss.
St. Joe’s coach Cindy Griffin yells to her team against Dayton on Saturday.
“I thought our defense really failed us today,” said St. Joe’s coach Cindy Griffin. “It’s no discredit to Dayton, I thought they came in and shot the ball really well. We put ourselves in a position where we gave up way too many threes to start the game and we were playing catch-up again. That’s kind of been our thing the last couple of games in our losses.”
Statistical leaders
Casey guided the Hawks with 29 points on 12-for-20 shooting, with 13 coming in the final 10 minutes. Forward Faith Stinson added 11 points.
Guards Nicole Stephens and Jayda Johnson led Dayton with 18 and 15 points, respectively. The Flyers’ offense shot 54.9% from the field and went 9-for-19 from deep.
What we saw
Dayton built an 18-12 lead near the end of the first quarter, but the Hawks pulled within one point at the start of the second. The Flyers held the lead for nearly the entire second half before St. Joe’s finally pulled even at 31 with a layup from Casey.
Dayton took a 35-33 lead at the half after a jumper in the final seconds from guard Nayo Lear.
The Flyers opened the third quarter with a 10-0 run to take a 45-35 lead before the Hawks trimmed the deficit to three.
Dayton pushed its lead to 11 after two straight three-pointers and opened the third quarter by hitting its first six shots, taking a comfortable nine-point lead into the fourth.
St. Joe’s made it a game again in the final five minutes behind six points from Casey, pulling within three several times before Dayton answered each push.
“We showed a lot of resolve today. I think we competed and were right there at the end,” Griffin said. “But we’ve proven that we have to play from ahead. It’s tough for us to play from behind and we haven’t been overly successful in that area.”
Clutch play
With about two minutes left, St. Joe’s trailed, 69-66, and had momentum after holding a 10-3 edge on the offensive glass through three quarters. But Dayton came up with two key offensive rebounds late, including a putback by Flyers center Fatima Ibrahim off a Stephens miss that kept the Hawks from tying.
St. Joe’s guard Gabby Casey gets her shot attempt blocked by Dayton center Fatima Ibrahim and forward Maliyah Johnson on Saturday.
On the Flyers’ next possession, Stephens missed a three-pointer, but Ibrahim was there for the putback and the free throw to make it a two-possession game again. Her two offensive rebounds gave Dayton three second-chance points in the Flyers’ two-point win.
“You look at it and they only had five offensive rebounds and we won the second chance points battle, but they got the timely ones,” Griffin said. “I think that was really a deal breaker.”
Up next
The Hawks will host George Washington (13-11, 5-6) on Wednesday (11 a.m., ESPN+).
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Acaden Lewis finished with a career-high 26 points to guide Villanova to an 80-73 road victory over Georgetown on Saturday.
Lewis was the only Wildcat to score a field goal in the final ten minutes of the game, when he dropped back-to-back three-pointers to separate Villanova (18-5, 9-3 Big East) from Georgetown. It was his fifth 20-point outing this season. Lewis also contributed six assists and is now averaging 5.3 per game.
Villanova shot 28-for-57 (49.1%) from the field, including 10-for-29 (34.5%) in three-pointers.
Junior guard Tyler Perkins added 15 points, marking his seventh straight game with double digits. He is averaging 17.4 points over his last seven games.
“I think [Lewis is] really growing up as the season progresses,” Villanova coach Kevin Willard said. “I have the utmost confidence in him. He’s progressing the way you want any freshman point guard to progress. And he had it going tonight, and he had been making great plays. He’s been getting everybody involved, which has been great. And then tonight, we need him to score.”
Lewis also contributed six assists. He is now averaging 12.4 points and 5.3 assists per game.
“I’ve actually seen it, like, my little freshman,” Villanova forward Duke Brennan said. “At the start of the year, seeing him in those big-time games, sometimes he wasn’t feeling it. And now we get out of here, and he’s ready to go, ready to score. I’ve been seeing his growth and stuff like that, but he’s always been capable of that.”
Junior guard Tyler Perkins scored 15 points, marking his seventh consecutive game with double digits. He is averaging 17.4 points over his last seven games.
Brennan continues to dominate
Brennan posted his 10th double-double of the season, totaling 13 points and 13 rebounds (six offensive). It is the most double-doubles by a Villanova player since Jeremiah Robinson-Earl had nine during his freshman season in 2019-20.
“Oh, goodness. I mean, I’m pretty banged up and bruised up,” Brennan said when asked about the physicality of the Big East. “Just keep on getting in and covering, and we know every single game coming up is going to be physical. So, knowing that, preparing for that, is allowing me to come out ready to go.”
He is now averaging a team-high 10.7 rebounds per game, which ranks second in the Big East. Brennan is fifth in the country and leads the Big East with 98 offensive rebounds.
First-half paint defense
In the first half, Villanova struggled to limit Georgetown’s paint scoring. At one point, Georgetown shot 63% from the field to make it competitive against a high-scoring Villanova offense.
Georgetown had 16 first-half points in the paint. However, in the second half, Villanova limited Georgetown to four points in the paint through the first 14 minutes. The Hoyas finished with 10 paint points in the back half.
Free throws
Willard simply said “free throws” when asked about what the team can improve upon.
Villanova had its worst performance from the line in recent years. On Saturday, the Wildcats shot a season-worst 14-for-28 from the charity stripe.
Kevin Willard said Villanova needs to improve on its free-throw shooting.
The free throw misses almost ended up being costly in the final four minutes of the game. Georgetown kept the margin within four points, and Villanova could not gain much separation.
Historically, Villanova has been one of the best free-throw shooting teams in the country. The Wildcats led the league in free-throw percentage from 2021 to 2023.
Up next
Villanova returns to Finneran Pavilion on Tuesday to face Marquette (8-15, 3-9) for the second time this season (7:30 p.m., TNT/truTV).
The Wildcats won the previous meeting in January, 76-73.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Republican and Democratic Parties locked in their endorsements for the 2026 governor’s race Saturday at dueling committee meetings in the state’s capital, as they present different visions of the future for Pennsylvania and America.
The state GOP endorsed Jason Richey, a longtime Pittsburgh attorney and chair of the Allegheny County Republicans, for lieutenant governor to run alongside its endorsed gubernatorial candidate, Treasurer Stacy Garrity. On the other side of town, the state Democratic Party resoundingly endorsed Gov. Josh Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis for reelection to a second term.
By finalizing their endorsements for governor and lieutenant governor, the November election is all but officially set. The candidates are expected to be formally nominated by their parties in the May 19 primary.
Garrity would be the state’s first female governor and would be a strong conservative leader who will protect the state from becoming “California East,” Richey said as he described another term under Shapiro in his acceptance remarks.
State Republicans took the unprecedented step to endorse Garrity in September 2025, in an effort to give her six additional months to campaign for governor and coalesce support. However, Garrity did not announce Richey as her choice for running mate until last month. Several candidates had turned down the job, as Garrity faces an uphill battle to challenge Shapiro, a popular moderate Democratic governor, in a midterm election already advantageous to Democrats.
There was no shortage of attacks on Shapiro at the state GOP meeting.
“[Shapiro] is a charlatan. He is a phony who tries to talk like [former President Barack] Obama and has done nothing to help move this state forward,” Richey said. “Today is not just another meeting. Today is not just another endorsement. Today is the moment that the Pennsylvania Republican Party stands together and resolves to take back our commonwealth.”
Garrity last month received the coveted nod from the leader of the Republican Party, President Donald Trump, who called her an “America First Patriot.”
Meanwhile, for state Democratic Party committee members, their attention was not on Garrity and Richey. They want to make Trump a lame-duck president by flipping four congressional seats and secure Shapiro a Democratic trifecta by retaining control of the state House and flipping the state Senate for the first time in more than 30 years.
“These are people who are lawless. They are without a conscience, without a backbone, without any sense of right and wrong,” said U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D., Pa.), describing the GOP colleagues she wants to unseat. “Four seats. That will be the U.S. House majority. We can get the gavels in our hands, and we can make Trump an even lamer duck than he already is, and we can move on with impeachments, convictions, whatever we can do.”
Different outlooks on Pennsylvania and the U.S.
To Republicans, Pennsylvania is falling behind, citing its U.S. News & World Report rankings as 41st in Best Overall States, 38th for its economy, and 39th for education. Trump’s White House, alternately, is heavily invested in Pennsylvania’s success, often inviting its GOP county commissioners to visit, said Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons, delivering the GOP commissioners’ update to the state committee.
“We’re going to keep Republicans in the majority in Congress, because if not, we’ve seen this show before. We know what’s going to happen: investigations, impeachments, and, worst of all, they will stop the agenda that Trump has created,” said state GOP chair Greg Rothman, noting Trump’s efforts to lower prices, end the war in Gaza, and more.
For Democrats, it’s America that’s on the wrong track, while Pennsylvania is succeeding despite the “chaos in Washington,” as Shapiro described in his endorsement acceptance speech.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accepts the endorsement for a second term as governor at the state Democratic Party’s winter meeting in Harrisburg on Feb. 7, 2026. With him are Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (second from left) and Pennsylvania Democratic Party chair Eugene DePasquale (right).
That positive view of Pennsylvania is due to Shapiro’s leadership in the state, said Pennsylvania Democratic Party chair Eugene DePasquale.
“You look at the polls today, Donald Trump is at his historic low mark, while the governor is at a historic high mark,” DePasquale added. “Why is he at that high mark? They see the state heading in the right direction. They see him fighting the Trump administration to protect Pennsylvanians.”
Candidates will begin circulating petitions later this month to secure a spot on the ballot. No candidates are expected to challenge Shapiro or Davis in the primary. There is at least one write-in campaign being run, for State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R., Franklin), who declined to challenge Shapiro for a second time. He lost to Shapiro by more than 15 percentage points in 2022.
A statue of Harriet Tubman will debut at City Hall this fall, and the city is seeking a quote from a Philadelphian that explains the famed abolitionist’s impact in 2026.
The initiative is called “In Harriet’s Footsteps,” and Philadelphians have until March 1 to submit an original quote, answering the prompt: “What does it mean to walk in Harriet Tubman’s footsteps today?”
The Philadelphia Art Commission approved the design of a Tubman statue by sculptor Alvin Pettit in 2024. Two of Tubman’s quotes are set to be featured at the bottom of the statue. But Creative Philadelphia, the city’s office of arts and culture, wants to include a third one made by a resident.
“Alvin Pettit’s design, A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter, will depict Harriet Tubman during her time serving in the military, commemorating her strength, resolve, and legacy as a soldier,” said Val Gay, chief cultural officer and executive director of Creative Philadelphia. “Now, it will also reflect a Philadelphian who is inspired by her leadership.”
But there are some rules.
Folks applying must live or work in Philly. And the original quote cannot have over 250 characters (about two sentences). Paraphrasing Tubman quotes does not count as original work, Creative Philadelphia warned.
The ideal quote, organizers said, will connect the past and the present in a reflection of Tubman’s impact on future generations. Pettit offered an example: “She carved a path with a lantern of defiance for today’s society to walk in that light, bolder, freer, and forever indebted to the hands that first dared.”
All voices are welcome so long as the quote is “clear, memorable, and insightful,” Creative Philadelphia said in a news release.
The answers to the demographic questions will not affect the decision of which quote to use, Creative Philadelphia said, but are meant to measure the agency’s reach.
A committee of artists, city employees, and a Philadelphia-based writer will review applications in search of a top 10. That list of quotes will be shared through a public survey, so Philly residents can vote for a winner.
The winning quote will go on the back of the pedestal, with Tubman’s quotes “And I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight” and “For no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted” featured on the other sides.
The winning quote will not be attributed to the applicant, but rather to “a Philadelphia citizen,” Creative Philadelphia said. And the writer will need to sign a waiver forfeiting future claims of ownership. But the writer’s name will appear on the statue’s credit panel.
There will be one Tun Tavern opening in Old City, now that a long-running dispute over the name of one of Philadelphia’s most storied colonial landmarks has been resolved.
The settlement of a federal lawsuit, announced late Friday, has cleared the way for the Tun Legacy Foundation — a nonprofit led by Marine veterans and Philadelphia-area organizations whose origins trace back to the original Tun Tavern — to use the full name on its planned historic reproduction on Second Street.
Tun Tavern trademark owner Montgomery Dahm (right) celebrating at his short-lived Philadelphia restaurant on Chestnut Street during a commemoration of the Marines’ 250th anniversary on Nov. 10, 2025.
Dahm told The Inquirer that he would no longer pursue plans to open a Tun Tavern at 207 Chestnut St. — just around the corner from the foundation’s proposed site, which is now a parking lot on Second Street just south of Market.
Last fall, Dahm and partners took over the Chestnut Street building, previously Lucha Cartel restaurant. They opened it as Tun Tavern for a party on Nov. 10 to celebrate the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary — likely heightening pressure on the nonprofit. Terms of the settlement were made confidential, both parties said.
Tun Tavern history
The legal fight had become an emotional flash point among Marines, history advocates, and preservationists, and the truce removes the remaining obstacle facing the nonprofit’s effort to re-create a site that looms large in both local and national lore.
The original Tun Tavern — whose site is now beneath the southbound lanes of I-95 near Walnut Street — dates to 1686 or 1693, depending on the source, when English traders Samuel and Joshua Carpenter built a tavern at Water Street and Tun Alley along the Delaware River. At the time, Philadelphia rose sharply from the waterfront; taverns, warehouses, and wharves were accessed by stairs leading up to Front Street.
Reenactors line up on Second Street during the Tun Legacy Foundation’s celebration of the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary on Nov. 10, 2025.
Over the decades, the Tun changed names with its owners and evolved into a gathering place for civic life. In the 1740s, under Thomas Mullan, it was known several nights a week as Peg Mullan’s Beefsteak Club, named for his wife. Located less than a mile from what is now Independence Hall, it became popular with members of the Continental Congress.
Artist Frank Taylor’s drawing of Tun Tavern, created in 1922.
In 1775, the Tun served as the first recruiting station for what became the Marine Corps. That same year, John Adams drafted the Articles of War that helped form the U.S. Navy in one of the tavern’s upstairs rooms. In June 1775, George Washington was honored there at a banquet marking his appointment as commander of the Continental Army.
The tavern also hosted meetings of several colonial-era organizations that still exist today, including the Freemasons; the St. Andrew’s Society; the Society of St. George; and the Friendly Sons and Daughters of St. Patrick. Three of those charitable aid societies — St. Andrew’s, St. Patrick, and St. George — continue their work in Philadelphia more than two centuries later.
The Tun was demolished in 1781. Visitors seeking the tavern today are directed to a historical marker on Front Street near Sansom Walk, several blocks from where the building once stood. Multiple efforts have been made to restore or re-create the tavern as a living piece of history.
Incidentally, no one knows what the original Tun looked like. Artist Frank Taylor, whose 1922 drawing is the top hit in most online searches, was not born until 1846.
Latest effort to revive Tun Tavern
The most recent revival effort gained momentum in 2024, when the foundation purchased a surface parking lot on Second Street between Market and Chestnut Streets for $4.4 million. The foundation announced plans for a three-story reproduction combining a restaurant and museum, with all operating profits earmarked for charitable causes, including veterans’ initiatives and scholarships.
The group had hoped to open in time for the Marines’ 250th anniversary, but that timeline slipped as legal and logistical challenges mounted.
Complicating matters was the trademark. Dahm, who opened Tun Tavern restaurant and brewpub connected to the Atlantic City Convention Center in 1998, owns the trademark through Aljess. A Tun Tavern also operates at the National Museum of the Marine Corps near Quantico, Va.
In April 2024, the nonprofit applied to trademark “The Tun,” the historic name of the original tavern. Two months later, Aljess sued in U.S. District Court, arguing that use of “Tun” would create confusion with the Atlantic City restaurant.
Historical reenactors celebrate at Tun Tavern in Old City on Nov. 10, 2025.
The conflict escalated in September 2025, when Dahm announced plans to convert Lucha Cartel into his second Tun Tavern.
On Nov. 10, as Marines marked the Corps’ anniversary, the dispute played out in public. Thousands of Marines and their families gathered on the foundation’s parking lot site, while several hundred attendees and Revolutionary War reenactors celebrated at the Chestnut Street restaurant, which had been lightly redecorated for the occasion. Dahm closed the restaurant shortly afterward to begin renovations — plans that are now shelved.
“We’re charging the hill together, now that we’re no longer in a lawsuit,” Dahm said Saturday.
A cake was served during the Tun Legacy Foundation’s celebration of the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary on Nov. 10, 2025.
For the Tun Legacy Foundation, the settlement marks a turning point.
“This lawsuit was the last external obstacle to getting the project done,” said Craig Mills, the foundation’s board chair, a Marine veteran, and executive shareholder at the Center City law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.
Mills said the foundation has secured the rights to plans and drawings prepared by architectural firm Ballinger, which he said donated a significant portion of its services. Those plans, he said, are complete and approved, with zoning and permits in place.
With the legal uncertainty resolved, the remaining challenge is financial. Mills said the foundation has raised just under $11 million toward a budget of about $21 million.
Mills said the foundation wanted to raise more before putting shovels into the ground. “We want to have enough reserves to weather the early months,” he said. “Restaurants don’t make much money right out of the gate, so we want to be prudent and break ground confidently.”
Mills said the settlement should help accelerate fundraising. While donations never fully stopped during the lawsuit, he said, some potential supporters were hesitant to commit.
The agreement also resolves the naming question that sat at the heart of the dispute. While the foundation had planned to operate as “The Tun,” Mills said the settlement grants the right to use the full historic name.
“This really could be a great thing for Philadelphia,” Mills said. “Every great historic city has a period pub — Alexandria, Williamsburg, you name it. Philadelphia hasn’t had one since the original Tun closed long ago. It would be meaningful to bring that back and give it to the city again.”
Rebecca Campbell, a former longtime Walt Disney Co. executive who has also worked in local television in Philadelphia, has joined The Inquirer’s board of directors.
Campbell has deep ties to Pennsylvania journalism: She was raised in Tamaqua — where her father owned a local newspaper — and she went on to study journalism at Bloomsburg University. Early in her career, Campbell worked at TV stations in Allentown and Lancaster, and later served as president and general manager of 6abc.
Campbell has read The Inquirer for over five decades. As her career took her out of the area, “Wherever I was in the world, I could access The Philadelphia Inquirer digitally,” Campbell said in a phone interview. “My roots are local, and I know what the paper is for the community and keeping everybody connected to that community.
“My whole background in media, streaming, digital, and even local television, gives me a strong appreciation for the tradition of journalism and what’s ahead. I’m honored — truly honored — to be asked to be on the board.”
During her 26-year tenure at Disney, Campbell had stints leading the global media and entertainment company’s operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and later Disneyland Resort, overseeing theme parks and hotels.Before retiring in 2023 she was chairman of international content and operations.
Campbell was mentioned as a potential successor to longtime CEO Bob Iger, who called her “a truly valuable and trusted leader,” the Orange County Register reported.
Her departure came at a tumultuous time for the company: Iger announced a major restructuring and job cuts aimed at making Disney’s popular but money-losing streaming services profitable, according to the Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times.
In May 2025, Campbell was asked to take over as interim CEO of Meow Wolf, a large-scale immersive art installation company, after joining the board of directors in 2024. Founded in 2008, that company is known for interactive, mind-bending multimedia attractions that operate in states including Texas, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico, and opening in Los Angeles later this year.
Campbell joined The Inquirer’s board Feb. 1. She is also on the board of Versant Media Group, a spin-off of Comcast that owns cable channels such as MS Now — formerly MSNBC — CNBC, and the Golf Channel. She lives part-time near Philadelphia.
The Inquirer’s board of directors, chaired by corporate finance attorney Lisa Kabnick, is responsible for key operational decisions, such as hiring the publisher. The newsroom operates independently.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments and background from Rebecca Campbell
When it comes to the Winter Olympics’ traditional sports, there’s nothing quite like Alpine skiing’s downhill race.
For decades, the sight of people flying down the slopes as fast as cars on a highway has been one of The Games’ signature spectacles. This year’s stage will make the show even more spectacular: the Stelvio ski course in Bormio, Italy, up in the Dolomite Mountains.
Bormio has been a tourist attraction for over 2,000 years thanks to its thermal baths. But as the Wall Street Journal wrote on Friday, the Stelvio course is renowned for an icy surface and steep drops, earning the nickname “The Ribbon of Death.”
That will add more unpredictability to an event with a long history of it. The Olympic men’s downhill has never had a repeat champion since starting in 1948. Even some of the most famous skiers of all time, like France’s Jean-Claude Killy, have only won it once, if at all.
The last American to take the title was Tommy Moe in 1994. Will that wait end this year? It could, because Vermont native Ryan Cochran-Siegle is among the favorites. He’s challenging Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt, the top name on the board, and Italy’s Giovanni Franzoni and Dominik Paris.
Marco Odermatt flies down the Stevio course during a training run on Friday.
You’ll have to wake up early to watch the event live, as it starts at 5:30 a.m. Philadelphia time on USA Network and Peacock. But you can also catch a rebroadcast during NBC’s prime-time show.
NBC’s live coverage during the day includes women’s speed skating’s 3,000-meter race, which is likely to be dominated by the Netherlands on the ice and in the stands. The Dutch fans are a show on their own. There’s also figure skating’s team event, the women’s Skiathlon with American Jessie Diggins, and the first luge runs on the icy sliding track.
USA Network’s live coverage includes snowboarding, curling, freestyle skiing, and the U.S. women’s ice hockey team’s second group game against Finland. The Americans routed Czechia, 5-1, in their opener on Thursday.
How to watch the Olympics on TV and stream online
NBC’s TV coverage will have live events from noon to 5 p.m. Philadelphia time on weekdays and starting in the mornings on the weekends. There’s a six-hour time difference from Italy and here. The traditional prime-time coverage will have highlights of the day and storytelling features.
Germany’s Timon Grancagnolo slides down the track during a luge training session on Friday.
As far as the TV channels, the Olympics are airing on NBC, USA, CNBC, and NBCSN. Spanish coverage can be found on Telemundo and Universo.
NBCSN is carrying the Gold Zone whip-around show that was so popular during the Summer Olympics in 2024, with hosts including Scott Hanson of NFL RedZone. It used to be just on Peacock, NBC’s online streaming service, but now is on TV, too.
Every event is available to stream live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. You’ll have to log in with your pay-TV provider, whether cable, satellite, or streaming platforms, including YouTube TV, FuboTV, and Sling TV.
Hilary Knight (left) watches her shot go in for the fourth goal in the U.S. women’s ice hockey team’s 5-1 rout of Czechia on Thursday.
Saturday’s Olympics TV schedule
As a general rule, our schedules include all live broadcasts on TV, but not tape-delayed broadcasts on cable channels. We’ll let you know what’s on NBC’s broadcasts, whether live or not.
NBC
7 a.m.: Cross-country skiing — Women’s Skiathlon
8 a.m.: Freestyle skiing — Men’s slopestyle qualifying
10:05 a.m.: Speed skating — Women’s 3000-meter
11:30 a.m.: Freestyle skiing — women’s slopestyle qualifying (tape-delayed)
12:30 p.m.: Luge — men’s singles, run 2
1:45 p.m.: Figure skating — team event, men’s short program
3:15 p.m.: Snowboarding — men’s big air final (delayed)
4:05 p.m.: Figure skating — team event, free dance
