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In a season full of ups and downs, first-year head coach Rick Tocchet and an unexpected core of rising stars has given the city’s most devoted fan base — and Bryce Harper — hope.

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Jeff Lurie is worth $1 billion

In honor of Boss’s Day (October 16th), some successful Philadelphians share memorable words of wisdom — well, words, anyway — from their employers.

“My boss said, ‘If you’re not happy here, quit.’ I quit the next day and moved back to Philadelphia.”  — Steve Duross, former Key West, […]

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.

Fall fashion feels like it’s 1977.

From KOP to Rittenhouse, fall fashion feels like it’s 1977, and Stevie and Co. are again taking the stage at the Spectrum.

What’s it really like to pedal the streets of Philadelphia? For a week, one man trades his four wheels for two wheels to find out

DAY ONE: Equipped with my brand-new helmet (Kmart, $14.99, sleek metallic blue) and not-so-new bike (neighbor’s garage sale, $20, unfortunate shade of yellow), I pedal […]

After selling his family’s iconic Philly travel business, Rosenbluth is busy with his latest big idea: trying to make getting health care as easy as visiting your local Wawa

“Is this car going to explode?” wonders Hal Rosenbluth, steering a rented beige Cadillac down Highway 840 outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on a blazingly hot […]

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Freeman, a.k.a. The Buddha, was supposedly rebuilding Germantown. And even though project after project failed, political heavyweights—from Ed Rendell to Bob Brady to Michael Nutter—kept giving him our money. Lots and lots of our money.

“Miss Rogers, there’s flies, there’s flies.” “What? What are you talking about?” Sherri Rogers (not her real name) figured the girl in the back of […]

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Appy days.

When the going gets tough, the tough get … iPhone applications, evidently. That’s the game plan for mega-developer John Westrum, whose business took a McMansion-size […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.

Stuff you can’t miss this month.

IN CONCERTClass ActsR&B/gospel lady Mavis Staples — as in the Staple Singers — visits World Cafe Live (10/4); the Academy of Music welcomes folk legend […]

Philadelphia’s unions are too greedy.

Everyone is pissed off at the unions. Their greed — from teachers unions to government workers to labor unions in this city — has reached […]

Some stay put, some are in constant motion (and some even tweet about it), but all of these eateries-on-wheels offer mouthwatering and affordable meals

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Dining cheaply doesn’t have to hurt your waistline.

Coventry Deli oatmeal.  Top a 10-ounce portion of Coventry’s double-boiled creamy wonder with fresh fruit and nuts of your choosing for an extra 25 cents […]

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