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Sam Bradford’s Awful Stats

Sam Bradford looked better last week in a loss to the Carolina Panthers. Bradford appeared to be more mobile in the pocket, stepping out of […]

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Are We Witnessing the Death of Trick-or-Treating?

Halloween is Saturday night, which means my inbox is chock-full of holiday-related emails. There’s the one from U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, who apparently loves him […]

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We Have a Halloween Pet Costume Problem

Right on cue, I woke up yesterday wondering if I might have a problem. Yes, the signs have been there day in and day out, week after […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Temple Football Won!

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What Temple Football Is Doing Right Now Is Simply Historic

The curmudgeons who’ve always wanted the Temple football program to perish are feeling mixed emotions today. The Owls are nationally ranked and withstood a massive […]

Riversharks game at Campbell's Field
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What We Lose When We Lose the Camden Riversharks

Yesterday, the Camden Riversharks announced they were folding. The independent minor league baseball team had been playing in Camden for 15 seasons. They didn’t have […]

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We Left a Homeless Toddler in the Middle of LOVE Park

“Young Boy Found Wandering in LOVE Park.” It was easy to judge the story’s first headline, and judge I easily did. Why was a 2-year-old outside alone, […]

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No Jail for Gay Bashers?

Two of the people connected to the brutal assault against two gay men in Center City just accepted plea deals where they won’t serve any […]

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Should He Stay or Should He Go?

A controversial quote must have context, so we’ll give Chip Kelly the benefit of the doubt when he uttered this the other day: “It’s going […]

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America’s Top 10 Fears Are Really Scary

There is something seriously wrong with me. I was just perusing this year’s report on Chapman University’s annual survey of the things Americans fear most, […]

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Hey Philadelphia, the SS United States Is a Rusting Money Pit

One of the longest bon voyages in modern Philadelphia history surrounds the SS United States, the derelict eyesore complementing the concrete prairie near Ikea along […]

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ICYMI: Here’s Everything Worth Knowing About the First Democratic Presidential Debate

The last time Democrats debated one another, George W. Bush was still the president, Lehman Brothers was still solvent, and most people probably thought Bear […]

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Charles Ramsey’s Bottom Line: More Good Than Bad

So how do we assess Charles Ramsey’s Philadelphia career? The police commissioner announced today that he is retiring at the end of the year, finishing […]

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No, Tom Wolf Can’t Govern Pennsylvania

A year ago today, as Tom Wolf’s never-in-doubt campaign to unseat Gov. Tom Corbett wound down to its final weeks, I asked a simple question […]

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Stop Whining, Philly Sports Fans

Something terrible happened Sunday night in Texas. After the Patriots beat the Cowboys, a fight broke out in the parking lot. Police say a man […]