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City Life

President Obama Was One of 27 People Who Lied to Me This Week

Want to own a small business? It’s not as romantic as you may think. Very few entrepreneurs go on to become the CEOs of publicly […]

City Life

Banning Phillies Fans From Nationals Games Won’t Create Nationals Fans

The Phils were tossed from the first round last year, the Dream Team barely showed up, the Sixers are on a three-game skid and Philly’s […]

City Life

Was Shane Victorino’s Cameo on Hawaii Five-o Better Than the Phanatic’s Cameo on 30 Rock?

Hawaii Five-0 is a violent show. Not just violent for the standards of network TV, but violent for the standards of Hawaii. The state average […]

City Life

The Washington Nationals Are Trying So Hard to Get Phillies Fans to Hate Them

Remember the “Take Back the Park” campaign to try to get people in Washington to show up to Nats Park and watch the home team […]

City Life

Here’s the 19-Year-Old Cuban Outfielder the Phillies Might Spend $20 Million On

While the Cubbies are the favorites to land a 19-year-old, Cuban, corner-outfielding prospect named Jorge Soler, the Phillies organization has expressed interest in the kid. […]

City Life

Myth-Busting “The Phillies Are Cheap”

If you’ve talked sports with Philadelphia fans over the years, you’re probably familiar with the oft-repeated notion that “the Phillies are cheap.” For many years, […]

City Life

?uestlove Plays Lana Del Rey for Curt Schilling on Jimmy Fallon

Yeah, you read that headline right. ?uestlove, Lana Del Rey, Curt Schilling and Jimmy Fallon all in one glorious little sentence. Curt Schilling was on […]

City Life

Do the Phillies Want Their Own Television Network?

The Inquirer‘s Matt Gelb has penned (typed?) a piece discussing the possibility of the Phillies branching out into the television business. Crossing Broad’s Kyle Scott […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon One-Shot: What Brad Lidge Will Miss in Philly

Former Phils pitcher Brad Lidge appeared today at newish sports memorabilia shop Man Cave at Liberty Place for a signing before heading to spring training […]

City Life

The ’93 Phillies Inspired Billy Beane’s Moneyball Team

We now know that the 1993 Phillies not only led the majors in dispatched tobacco juice, surly media treatment and off-field good times; they also […]

City Life

Senator Bob Casey Calls Shenanigans on Anti-Phillies Ticket Campaign

Senator Bob Casey has weighed in on—of all things—the ticket policy currently preventing Phillies fans from purchasing tickets to the club’s series in Washington this […]

City Life

Phillies Reliever Michael Schwimer Wants to Know if He’s Allowed to Root for the Giants

Michael Schwimer made it to the Bigs for a stint with the Phillies last season. The reliever is mostly known for his affinity for bikini […]

City Life

Who Has $20,000 and Wants a 2008 World Series Ring?

A member of the Phillies front office from the 2008 season has put his World Series ring up for auction on eBay. The starting bid […]

City Life

Jen Utley Will Have None of this Horse Diving Business

Yesterday, I was a little perplexed when I heard that the diving horses of yesteryear were supposedly making a return to Atlantic City’s Steel Pier […]

City Life

Here’s a Picture of Two Phillies Without Their Shirts

I guess they’ve been working out some? Phillies right fielder Hunter Pence and Phillies (?) outfielder Domonic Brown took a break between sets to pose […]