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10 Things You Might Not Know About Root Beer Magnate Charles Hires

A new book looks at the effervescent Philadelphian who made root beer as American as apple pie.

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Best Thing: The Sixers Reupped Brett Brown

All together now: Three! More! Years!

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Best Thing: Mail Service Is Gonna Stink!

Junk mail? More like skunk mail, amirite?

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Best Thing This Week: La Salle’s New Campus Hero

How do you stop a bank robber? Go all Syrio Forel on him, naturally.

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Best Thing: New England Admits Who the Real GOAT Is

Hint: He’s not married to Giselle.

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Best Thing: Mayor Kenney’s State Store Stand

Let’s make buying marijuana as much of a pain in the ass as buying booze!

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Best Thing: The Process Panned Out

Oh ye of little faith …

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Best Thing: The IRS Crashed

What. A. Pity.

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Best Thing: The Ben Simmons/Donovan Mitchell Word War

When is a rookie … not a rookie?

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Best Thing: Philly Sports Crashes Back to Earth

The Eagles! The Sixers! ’Nova Nation! Uh … Gabe Kapler?

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The Best: Jalen Brunson Is the AP Player of the Year

It’s been a week of hoops ups and downs, yo.

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The Best Thing: Fight! Fight Behind the Gym!

So first Joe called Donny fat, and then Donny called Joe a crybaby, and then …

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The Best Thing This Week: Art From the Heart

Philly’s Laura Silverman offers up “Portraits of Parkland.”

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Best Thing: West Chester U’s Top Banana

They were judged to have the most, um, a-peeling campus tradition.

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Best Thing: Brockton’s Mayor’s Lame-Ass Eagles Tribute

Boy, that Super Bowl loss must have really hurt.