A vintage 2002 pic of Dikembe Mutombo when he was playing for the Sixers. Photo: Gary Dineen/NBAE/Getty
🏀 Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo died of brain cancer at the age of 58 on Monday. The 7-foot-2 former center played two seasons for the Sixers, including the 2000-1 team that went to the Finals. (ESPN)
Pete Rose, who helped the Phillies win a World Series in 1980, also died yesterday. He's baseball's all-time hits leader but was banished from baseball for gambling on the sport. (ESPN)
🍿 The first vice presidential debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) is tonight at 9pm on CBS and carried by other networks and platforms. (Axios)
🗣️ Quote du jour:
"I don't know that there's necessarily correlation with declining church membership and voter apathy, but I do just think that there is an increased sense that people feel powerless in the world around them."
— Rev. Mark Tyler, leader of Philly's Mother Bethel AME Church, talking in The New York Times about the decline of his congregation in recent years and what it means for Black political power.
