The National Hurricane Center’s newest findings, released on December 14th, show that Hurricane Irene lost strength before making landfall in Ocean County, New Jersey. The […]

An 18-year-old shares his story

Rex Ryan—head coach of the New York Jets, defensive strategist, potty-mouth and Converse connoisseur—is alleged to have a foot fetish. Deadspin broke the story not […]

A new petition asks just that

Will this Christmas be like all the ones we used to know? Forecasts show a slight chance of snow for Philadelphia and the surrounding area […]

Robert Menendez changes his mind

During a recent appearance on MLB Network, new Cubs assistant GM Jed Hoyer laid out the path he believes leads to the best chance of […]

Roy Halladay works harder than the rest of us. The man was in the outfield at Citizens Bank Park (in shorts) this morning for some […]

No deity has been left behind. God, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha. Even their greatest rival: Satan. They’re all tweeting, ancient scrolls swapped for timelines. Will following […]

I have never abused my dog. I’ve never beaten her with a stick, but she’s afraid of sticks. Nor have I hit her with the […]

I’m a beer guy. And for 10 months of the year, I am first and foremost a hops man. Go bitter or go home is […]

My father came from a big family of seven siblings and tons of cousins and second cousins and cousins-once-removed, a loose conglomerate of folks that […]

There is nothing like the promise of a new beginning, the promise of a new day, the promise of a new way. Of course, in […]

Kim Jong Il Dead. Kim Jong Il—the head of state in North Korea since 1998—died of a heart attack. Korean Americans—including those in the Philadelphia […]

Christopher Hitchens never really shied from speaking ill of the dead. So it wasn’t really a surprise when—amidst all the hagiography following his own demise […]