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Watch: Union Win U.S. Open Cup Semifinal
Soccer is a weird sport. Example one: The worst team in the league gets to play for a championship. This isn’t like your rec basketball […]
Three More Women Accuse Bill Cosby
A former guest on “The Cosby Show”, along with two other women, has joined the growing list of women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault […]
Some Star Wars Fans Are Angry at the Please Touch Museum
On August 23rd, the Please Touch Museum is holding a Star Wars event. Today, the museum noted on its Facebook page that the Star Wars […]
Philly Police Solve Mystery of Super Bowl XXXIX
You may have seen all the hullabaloo about the really awful Tom Brady courtroom sketch that emerged from the quarterback’s challenge to his suspension in […]
Awesome Sixers Color Commentator Leaves for Hawks
https://vine.co/v/OQ9qAVV0bYU Malik Rose, who had been the color commentator for Sixers broadcasts on Comcast SportsNet the last four seasons, has left the gig for a […]
NBC10 Calls Off Mayoral Debate Because of Jim Kenney’s “Unreasonable Demands”
The outcome of Philadelphia’s 2015 mayoral general election is virtually predetermined, as it is in most years. With the Democratic Party enjoying a 7-to-1 voter registration edge over […]
Philly Teachers Case Goes to Pa. Supreme Court
The School Reform Commission and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers will duke it out before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over whether the SRC has the power […]
Kathleen Kane: What They’re Saying
Well, that was something. Attorney General Kathleen Kane meant to defend herself with Wednesday’s midday press conference, her first public appearance after being charged with […]
The Best-Paid Local Public College Presidents Are …
Two local (sort of) institutions have presidents who were among the top 10 highest-paid presidents of public universities, according to data from the Chronicle of Higher […]
Eagles Win Super Bowl (in Alternate Dystopian Future)
Homefront: The Revolution is an upcoming video game where you play a resistance fighter in Philadelphia. But this isn’t a game set in the Revolutionary […]
T-swirl Crepe Hits Chinatown
Japanese crepes (like pretty much everything Japanese, and particularly most convenience foods that are Japanese) are a little bit weird. I mean sure, the idea […]
Pop-Up Restaurant: Le Bok Fin
Before the Edward T. Bok Technical School closed two years ago, the school had an culinary training cafe tucked inside the building, cleverly named Le Bok Fin. Since […]
In Case You Forgot: The SugarHouse Casino Expansion Is Upon Us
UPDATE: A SugarHouse representative sent us renderings of the SugarHouse post-expansion. We’ve included these images in a gallery below. Additionally, an earlier version of this post […]
Kane Hints at Conspiracy in No-Questions Press Conference
Attorney General Kathleen Kane called on a Pennsylvania judge to release the full trove of documents from the so-called “Porngate” scandal, saying complete disclosure of those […]
New Legislation Could End Drexel’s Food Truck Culture
When Philadelphia city councilman Mark Squilla’s legislation to modernize Philadelphia’s code regarding food trucks and carts passed earlier this year, the Philadelphia Mobile Food Association saw […]