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The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex

30 news outlets. 250 stories (and TikToks and podcasts and posts and prognostications) a day, 24/7. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year. How much Eagles news can — or should — one city consume?


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A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

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Analog Your Life: A Philadelphian’s Guide

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Philly’s Neighborhood Pharmacies Might Just Save Us. Can We Save Them?

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Schools WILL Open On Time After Nutter Comes Up With $50M [Updated]

Update [1:30 p.m] City Council President Darrell Clarke, inevitably, disagrees with the plan. One, he says the city needs permission from Council to borrow. Two, […]

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LISTEN: Victor Fiorillo Discusses Terrence Howard on the Preston & Steve Show

Earlier this week, Victor Fiorillo uncovered a previously un-reported incident of a violent altercation involving Terrence Howard at a Philadelphia-area diner. He discussed that story […]

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Wharton Now Suing Everyone and Everything Called “Wharton”

Penn is suing a five-year-old Jersey firm called “Wharton Advisers Corp.” for selling “financial consulting services that are inferior to The University’s services sold under […]

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Will Everyone Involved in the Obama/Kimye/Jenner Feud Please Shut Up?

So, by now you’ve probably heard that there’s an Internet war between President Obama and Kris Jenner. There are polls and “teams” and Buzzfeed is […]

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Corbett Fails to Disclose Vacation Home in South Carolina

Tom Corbett, so modest. Most of us, upon purchasing beachfront property in beautiful Hilton Head, South Carolina, would have splashed the news all over our […]

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Delaware Teen Caught with 3,500 (!) Bags of Heroin

3,582 bags to be precise. That sounds like a lot, but as the above photo demonstrates, one could probably fit this into a backpack. Because […]


Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

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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Can Our Genes Turn Us Into Super Athletes?

When David Epstein, author of the newly released The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Performance, was a high school track runner, he noticed […]

PLAYDAR: 7 Best Late-Summer Tunes

Your soundtrack for the coming of fall.

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PHOTO: Lane Johnson’s Baby Has Freakishly Large Hands

You know what they say about newborn babies with big hands…Their fathers are 6’6″, 310 lb offensive linemen for the Philadelphia Eagles. Big ol hands […]

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Warren Buffett Buys Prudential Fox & Roach

Prudential Fox & Roach, the Devon, PA-based real estate giant, has been bought by a division of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment fund. PruFoxRoach will […]

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The Phillies Are a Little Less Anti-Semitic Today

Delmon Young, the “dessert cake”-loving spewer of anti-semitic outbursts who roamed the Phillies outfield this year, has officially been let go. Young, who was terrible […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


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10 Tips for Stealing From Your Employer

Last week Calvin Duncan, a former mailroom clerk at the Philadelphia Water Department, pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme. It seems that Duncan, who stocked […]

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Hite Moving to Suspend Teacher Seniority

Hooboy, this oughtta go over well with Jerry Jordan and co. Because the district is still facing a deficit of more than $270 million and […]

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Pierre Robert Picks the Top 5 Philly Stadium Concerts

This week, tens of thousands of people flocked to Citizens Bank Park for the Jay Z/Justin Timberlake concert, the final stadium show of Philadelphia’s summer […]

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That Was Fast: Say Goodbye to Cronuts on the Main Line

Earlier today, we brought you the news that the Royal Cafe in Wayne was selling “cro-nuts” for $10 that they had purchased from the Swiss […]

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