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Philadelphia will be the site of the 2013 Beyond Sport Summit from Sept. 9 to 11, Mayor Nutter announced at City Hall on Wednesday. The Eagles, who won the Beyond Sport award in 2011 for their work in the community, will host the annual event for the global organization that promotes and funds sports as a vehicle for social change. "I think we're the greatest sports town in the United States of America, and we know that sport has a tremendous impact, especially on our young people," said Nutter, who was joined at the announcement by former Eagles safety Brian Dawkins and former 76ers center Dikembe Mutombo.

I RA GLASS is the Jessica Simpson of public radio. Not the new, pregnant designer Jessica Simpson. The old, singing, can't dance a lick Jessica Simpson. That Jessica used to surround herself with dancers to hide her own immobility. And that brings us to Glass. The "This American Life" host will present the world premiere of "One Radio Show, Two Dancers," a night of stories and dance, courtesy of Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass , Saturday and Sunday at the Annenberg Center.

  J AKE TAPPER may be headlining his own CNN show, "The Lead," airing Monday through Friday at 4 p.m., but his news-watching habits began in his family's Queen Village home. His biggest local influences were guys like 6ABC's Jim Gardner and former ABC and CBS 3 reporter/anchor Marc Howard . "I knew who Jim Gardner was long before Peter Jennings ," Tapper told me. "One of the thrills of being at ABC was getting to know Jim Gardner. " Tapper doesn't stay nearly as niche as Gardner's local beat on "The Lead," saying his main goal as a newscaster is to bring front-page news to his viewers.

Emma Dahle, Friends' Central girls' lacrosse coach Lauren Rubin said, is the team's leader. She is the closer. And Rubin said there is no one she would want more in a pressure-filled situation. The coach got her wish Wednesday as Dahle scored from a free position with just nine seconds left in overtime to send the Phoenix past host Agnes Irwin, 16-15, in a nonleague game. "There was a lot of pressure, especially after she was probably exhausted from playing almost 60 minutes," Rubin said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday at a lunch hosted by a Sunni candidate in Iraq's regional elections, killing 20 people, officials said. The blast ripped through a hospitality tent pitched next to the house of Muthana al-Jourani, who is running for the provincial council and held the lunch rally for supporters, councilman Sadiq al-Huseini said. The attack took place in Baqouba, a mixed Sunni-Shiite city 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. Insurgent attacks and sectarian bloodletting have been rampant there in the decade since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Drexel has made it to the semifinals of the WNIT on the strength of its defense. The Dragons have compiled a 19-1 record in games in which they have limited their opponents to 50 points or fewer. Florida has done the opposite thanks to a potent offense. The Gators have averaged 70.9 points overall and 78.0 points in four WNIT victories. The two styles will clash Wednesday night at the Daskalakis Athletic Center when the Dragons (26-10) and the Gators (22-14) meet with a trip to the WNIT championship game on the line.

When it comes to the Merion Golf Club in June, the U.S. Open is expected to generate more than $100 million in revenue for local businesses from SEPTA to chiropractors, but one local labor union is angry that its members are being shut out. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners lambasted the U.S. Golf Association this week for not hiring local labor to build most of the staging for the event. Edward C. Coryell, business manager of the Carpenters' Metropolitan Regional Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity, released a statement describing the decision as "unconscionable.

The United States was clinging to a scoreless tie at Azteca Stadium, just seconds away from earning a rare point in Mexico, when Angel Reyna's shot darted perilously close to the goal for El Tri. Veteran keeper Brad Guzan lunged, smothering the ball with his body. Guzan, making his first start since 2010, swatted away shot after shot, young defenders Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler showed the poise of veterans, and the Americans hung on for a 0-0 draw Tuesday night, earning only their second point ever in a World Cup qualifier at the tough Mexico City venue.

It was not one of those floaters, Michael DiLuzio said. Freshman Reva Alderman's three-run, walk-off homer was "a shot," the Garnet Valley coach said, after Alderman lifted the host Jaguars over Central League foe Penncrest, 8-6, on Wednesday in her first varsity softball game. Alderman battled the wind to crush the fastball 225 feet to left field. The hit was her first of the day after a pair of deep flyouts. "She's so focused. She's the real deal," DiLuzio said. "She's got tremendous power, and she has a vision.