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Unearthed Video: Young Wilt Chamberlain, Schooling People

Below is unearthed video footage of Philly’s own Wilt Chamberlain, just a few years out of Overbrook High School, playing in the 1957 NCAA tournament […]

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The Quasi-Definitive Ranking of Philly’s Sports Arenas

Stadium Journey, a publication of the utmost repute, has ranked Philadelphia’s top 19 sports venues. The Wells Fargo Center, which the publication previously ranked the sixth […]

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Cavaliers Volunteer to Throw $24 Million Away on Andrew Bynum

Look, we may be bitter about the whole Andrew Bynum thing. That doesn’t mean it’s worth throwing $24 million over two years for a seven-foot-tall […]

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No Philadelphia Athletes in ESPN Magazine’s “Body Issue”

Every year, ESPN magazine rounds up the sexiest athletes in the world for its “Body Issue“, in which, ripping a page from Sports Illustrated‘s book, the […]

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Scott O’Neil Officially Replaces Adam Aron as Sixers CEO

It’s been coming for a couple of weeks now, but today Scott O’Neil officially replaces Adam Aron as CEO of the 76ers. Aron, however, has […]

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Sam Hinkie Slashes His Way to the Future

If Sixers’ GM Sam Hinkie wants to get his team anywhere close to playoff contention in the coming seasons, he would be wise to stay […]

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Sixers’ Spencer Hawes Fined for Playing Basketball

Yahoo! Sports reports that the NBA has fined several basketball players $15,000 each…for playing basketball. Among them was Sixer Spencer Hawes, playing in an alumni […]

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Travel + Leisure Ranks Philly the Nation’s 14th Snobbiest City

Forget the narrative of Philly as a blue-collar city, appreciative of little more than effort, cheap booze and chip-on-our-shoulder emotional displays. Turns out, at least […]

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Sixers Trade Best Player for Center With Bad Knees…Again

Somewhere deep in the Philadelphia 76ers bylaws, there exists a little known provision that stipulates the team must trade its best player every single season […]

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Now That The NBA Season Is Finally, Completely Over, Andrew Bynum’s Knee Is Fine

AP reports that 76ers center Andrew Bynum, who was to be the centerpiece of the franchise’s return to championship contention this season but never got […]

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Report: Sixers CEO Adam Aron is Out [Updated]

Howard Eskin reports: got 2 sources tell me @SixersCEOAdam is out at #sixers. mentioned over month he lost his power, but now I’m told he’s […]

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Calculating the Odds on the Sixers’ Draft Pick

If anybody is still watching what will be one of the worst drafts in the last 20 years when NBA commissioner David Stern marches to […]

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The Glorious Time Drake Was Denied Access to the Miami Heat Locker Room

Allow me to indulge my rooting interests for a moment. I am a rabid disliker of LeBron James and the Miami Heat. If you figure […]

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Will the Navy Yard Be the Sixers’ New Practice Facility?

The 700 Level reports on the Business Journal’s report on the Sports Journal’s report on the Sixers’ new practice facility, which is supposedly proposed for […]

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Let’s Hope Sam Hinkie Is Watching the NBA Finals Closely

As Sam Hinkie checks his numbers, metrics and simultaneous linear equations in an attempt to conjure a starter out of next week’s Kelly Ripa-thin NBA […]