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It Is Now Safe to Care About the Flyers

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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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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SMIZE QUEEN: On Top Model, Philly Contestant Reamed For Looking Too Lesbian-y

Our weekly Top Model recap.

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Sidney Crosby Cuts in Line at DMV

Heh: The Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles has a policy that allows celebrities to jump to the front of the line when trying to renew […]

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Keep Your Laws Out of My Wardrobe

“Pull your pants up!” The simple refrain, ordinarily from the mouths of grandmothers, becomes more complicated as a government mandate or talking point from pundits. […]

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Stop-and-Frisk Ruled Unconstitutional … in New York

New York Times: In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of […]

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Philadelphia Soul Heads Back to the Arena Bowl, Are Apparently Very Good

Embarrassingly, we’d missed that the Philadelphia Soul were playing again. (The Arena Football League took a year off a few years ago.) Also, we missed […]

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Que’s Philly Should Be Played at Local Sports Arenas for Decades to Come

There’s a lot in Que’s new track, Philly, that’s merely OK. But the chorus is kind of super-catchy: We represent the P-H-I-L-L-Y, City of Brotherly […]


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.


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City: Expect Better “Made in America” Experience This Year

CBS Philly reports: Less than three weeks before the second “Made In America” concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, promoters and the city have yet […]

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MONDAY KICKSTARTER: McDonalds Urged to Drop Sochi Olympics Sponsorship, Man Fired for Performing in Gay Play and More

The weekend’s LGBT headlines.

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Why Does Darren Walp Keep Shouting Racial Slurs at Country Music Shows?

Delco Daily Times: Ridley Park’s Darren Walp may love country music, but after a second incident of allegedly shouting racial slurs in less than two […]

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What We Really Learned From the Eagles-Pats Game

Judging by the Eagles’ performance in Friday’s exhibition loss to New England, they are headed for an 0-16 season; with the score of each game […]

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Sir Mix-a-Lot Is 50 Years Old Today

Gen Xers, want to feel old? Today is Sir Mix-a-Lot’s birthday. His 50th birthday. The man who gave us music’s greatest-ever ode to Big Butts […]

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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.


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Bob Ford: Mike Vick Will Get Eagles QB Job Because Riley Cooper Used the “N” Word

What a weird Bob Ford column on Sunday. The Inquirer columnist seems to say that Mike Vick will get the Eagles starting quarterback position—at least […]

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Obama Administration Tries to Reduce Drug Sentencing

We’re completely sure that this news has no direct bearing on anybody who reads this site. Nonetheless, we’ll share this information anyway. The New York […]

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Daily News Unveils “Sexy Singles” List

In a Philadelphia tradition nearly as revered as the Wing Bowl or the depair felt when the Eagles don’t win a championship again, today is […]

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I Wanted to Like President Obama. Now I’m Just Sad.

President Obama hadn’t been at the podium very long Friday, giving a press conference in which he was promising to rein in National Security Administration eavesdropping, […]

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