Yes, that headline is real. Doc Halladay was recently in the Amazon with Chris Carpenter (boo) and a bunch of other friends on a fishing […]

Philly.com has published an online editorial detailing how Philadelphia’s tax dollars were spent in 2011. The good, the bad and the ugly are all pretty […]

Philadelphia, again, had the highest homicide rate of the nation’s ten most populous cities in 2011. In 2007, 392 people were murdered in Philadelphia. That […]

Two NYPD officers appeared to be visibly intoxicated while aboard a Greyhound bus in Philadelphia Tuesday night. The driver asked them to leave and they […]

In Philadelphia, 2011 wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns for sports fans. Another year without a championship in Philly was marked by missed opportunities, shortcomings, and […]

For $16,000 you can buy 2,285 cheesesteaks. That’s worth three season tickets to the Phils on the tarp. It’s the equivalent of 5,233 happy hour […]

Although Freindly Fire has never been known for sarcasm and negativity, it feels compelled as a civic duty to point out this year’s biggest losers. […]

Philly in the spotlight

The New Year’s Edition

Glee, Glee, Glee. WTF? With a season where a student (Artie) speaks to teachers about how they need to have sex, Puck begins a creepy […]

Technically speaking, the Eagles season isn’t over yet. In reality, with the playoffs out of reach, the end can’t come soon enough. I have a […]

Jagr and Talbot Score as Flyers Beat Pens. Both former Pens found the net in Philadelphia’s 4-2 victory in Pittsburgh last night. Jagr celebrated with […]

This month, celebrated Philadelphia photographer­ Zoe Strauss lands a 10-year retrospective­ at the Art Museum—along with close to 40 billboards around town featuring her shots […]

Each year I make the same New Year’s resolutions as the rest of America: lose weight, exercise more, work less, be more patient, try new […]

A broken school district. A climbing homicide rate. An imploding pension fund. And we haven’t even started talking about those pesky union contracts. Mayor Nutter’s […]