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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending March 13th

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

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Sometimes, Racism Is Just Racism

The story about a bunch of young racists bound together under the fraternal bonds of exclusion and utter stupidity has grown with leaps and bounds […]

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Does Trading Nick Foles for Sam Bradford Make the Birds Better?

When the trade for Sam Bradford was announced, my first reaction was that Chip Kelly was a secret spy, like in those movies where a […]

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3 Reasons Mayor Nutter Shouldn’t Build That New Prison

At first glance, you can’t blame Mayor Michael Nutter for wanting to build a new prison. The House of Correction — which has an awesome […]

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What the Hell Happened to Penn Basketball?

“Finally,” my friend Chris said, “We have a basketball team again!” It was the first game of the 2010-11 basketball season. Penn was about to […]

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Philly: Stop Tying Your Dog Up Outside Already

I’m one of those women – let’s call them insufferable women – who brings her little dog everywhere. Murph comes to work with me, goes […]

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Cliff Lee Might Need Surgery — Which Could Mean the End of His Career

Among the great one-game feats by Philadelphia athletes, a few recent ones stand out. Allen Iverson‘s 48 points in Game 1 of the 2001 NBA […]

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Pope Gets Official Milkshake Flavor in Sham of a Vote

Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia is just under 200 days away, and the important decisions are starting to be made: The official milkshake of the […]

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The Strange Connection Between Harrison Ford and Snowy Owls

If you’re going to crash an airplane, you damned sure want to crash it on a golf course, as Harrison Ford did on Thursday. Why? […]

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50 Years After Bloody Sunday, a Push for Racial Fairness in Sentencing

I caught up with State Sen. Vincent Hughes on Sunday afternoon by phone — he had spent the weekend in Selma, Alabama, joining the 50th […]

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Does My Keurig Make Me a Bad Person?

Today’s question: Can you own a Keurig coffee maker and still be a good person? I’m asking for a friend.

October 20, 2013; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy (25) yells at Dallas Cowboys fans before the game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Pittenger-USA TODAY Sports
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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

We were resigned to the Sixers. Hey, it’s a long-term plan, right? And we’d sort of come around on the Phillies. (Maybe Ryan Howard can […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending March 6th

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

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Medicating Women’s Feelings? What Else Is New?

According to a piece in the New York Times that ran on Sunday, “at least one in four women in America now takes a psychiatric […]

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Welcome to Salary Cap City

Welcome to Salary Cap City, the sports town where we don’t win a heck of a lot, but by gosh, we have an awful lot […]