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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending June 5th

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

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Here’s What I’d Have Asked LeSean McCoy About His Chip Kelly Remarks

LeSean McCoy is a coward. One day he’s calling his former coach a racist and the next day he feels no need to either explain or […]

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11 Best Things About Going to A Reading Fightin Phils Game

It was Irish night at the Reading Fightin Phils, and so a leprechaun was on the field before the game. I don’t think he was […]

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5 Dos and Don’ts for Flying Your Confederate Flag

Confederate flags outside #WXTU festival in #Camden called 'message of hate' http://t.co/FYaH9206Bl via @RprtrDan pic.twitter.com/aXw14AxUy5 — MetroPhilly (@MetroPhilly) June 1, 2015 The WXTU 31st anniversary […]

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In Campus Sex Assault, Rights of Victims, Accused at Odds

Though Columbia University president Lee Bollinger denies an intentional snub, he did not shake Emma Sulkowicz’s hand when she — carrying a dorm mattress — […]

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Internet Meets Caitlyn Jenner, Immediately Sexualizes Her

I was getting coffee when Caitlyn Jenner met the Internet. Not fancy coffee — regular drip, black, get that cinnamon-sugar shaker away from me — so we’re […]

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Who Wins, Who Loses in a Philly Newspaper Strike?

The reason a potential newspaper strike is of such interest, course, is because the city’s major daily newspapers — the Inquirer, Daily News, and their […]

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Two New Studies Debunk What You Thought You Knew About Millennials and Sex

As soon as I heard about the pair of new studies showing that millennials are getting less sex than their parents did, I knew the […]

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Wilson Goode Jr. Keeps Fighting

Let’s give Wilson Goode Jr. some credit. He may have lost the election, but he’s still fighting the good fight. Here’s what happened: Last week […]

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12 Can’t Miss, Not Fake* Philadelphia Tourist Destinations for 2015!

Locals know that Philadelphia is a great city, and that it’s only getting better with time. Well, the word has gotten out, and Philly is […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Loretta Lynch Took on FIFA

He sounds like the abbreviation for a painful urological condition. Most Americans think she’s a country singer. That’s only part of why it was so […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending May 29th

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

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5 Years Ago Today, Roy Halladay Was Perfect

I didn’t notice until the fifth inning. I was actually at a hockey bar. Arthur Etchells had recommended it to me to watch Olympic hockey […]

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Ruben Amaro’s Big Problem

Ruben Amaro Jr. has an affliction that baseball people, far and wide, and through decades of time, call the “red ass.” It is not a […]

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Are the Duggars Pro-Family — or Just Anti-Woman?

In general, I try not to dissect why I care about the lives of strangers on reality TV shows. Best-case scenario, I don’t have enough […]