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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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The Redevelopment of the Old Family Court Building Is Dead

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From Fairmount to the Today Show: The Journey of Sheinelle Jones

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The Zombies in This Philly Horror Flick Only Eat White People

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The Good Life: Three Potato Four Opening

This summer, retail reemerged. An Apple store opened on Walnut. Paper Source came to Suburban Square. And cult-followed, celebrity–frequented, stylist-coveted e-tailer Three Potato Four, formerly […]

Daily Scoop

Police patrol Joey Vento’s house

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How Did I Survive My Childhood?

Anyone up for the Kill the Man with the Ball?

But the reality is, she’s 85. And it’s time to have a conversation about dying, and death — the talk none of us wants to have

Mom herself, she’s all for it, though my sister Nancy and I have avoided this conversation like the plague. Mom is 85 years old. She […]

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2010 Movie Awards

The mid-year review

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College Drop-Off

To cry, or not to cry?


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

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


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Dating for Dudes

7 ways to land a lady

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60 Seconds With Preston & Steve

Making nice at the Menstruation Museum

What the slow demise of Main Line-inspired soap operas means to us

If you’ve never heard of Llanview or Pine Valley, then it may surprise you to learn that both are accessible via Lancaster Avenue. Or, rather, […]

West Laurel Hill Cemetery offers up a plot twist.

In July, those who plan to rest in peace at Bala’s West Laurel Hill Cemetery – as much of Philadelphia’s who’s who do – received […]

He’s worked for a Saudi prince, adopted three girls from Africa, trekked across Antarctica—and this month he’ll attempt a solo journey across Death Valley. So is Todd Carmichael—the man behind Philly coffee juggernaut La Colombe—living life to the fullest? Or just out of his freakin’ mind?

A hilly road in Gladwyne isn’t exactly Death Valley. But the thermometer in my car hit 97 on the way over, and here I was […]

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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.


Stephen Starr’s Mexican revamp of the old Midtown IV diner is hot, but is it spicy?

A marquee is no place for understatement, but only one affixed to a Stephen Starr restaurant would promise to change your life. That’s the claim […]

Hole foods

Dusted with powdered sugar, brimming with buttercream, draped in chocolate icing – the doughnut might just be the most versatile confection in the dessert kingdom, […]

What will the blizzard babies be called?

September marks nine months since the first snowstorms hit last winter – and since all those cozy nights by the fire. So what will parents […]

Is urban farming harming local wildlife?

David K. O’Neil is a fighter. Whether it’s encroaching housing developments or communication towers, he’s successfully battled to keep harm away from the little corner […]

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