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HughE Dillon: Philly Sports VIPs Party With Jeremy Maclin

Last night, I hit a late-night party at Sumo Lounge, where Philadelphia Eagle Jeremy Maclin was celebrating his birthday. Maclin’s here with Drew Carballo, asst. […]

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10 Worst Things About Being a Philly Sports Fan Right Now

This week in sports has left me in a bad way. It’s not really a funk I’m in—more like a slow-boiling rage. The young, exciting […]

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Allen Iverson Talks Georgetown, Jordan, China, Football as Questions Return to Shelves

The Answer’s infamous inaugural footwear—the Questions—will make a one-day return to store shelves. On May 25th—for $125—you can have the original kicks Iverson rocked in […]

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10 Years Ago Today: Iverson Talks About Practice

It was such a simpler time, wasn’t it? Ten years ago today Ashanti was atop the Billboard chart, you could waltz up to the Vet […]

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Wait. The Sixers Are Winning and the Flyers Aren’t?

Late in Sunday’s game-four Sixers’ dispatching of the wounded Bulls, fans had to be screaming, “Jinx!” as ABC ran a graphic listing the four eight […]

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Check Out Joe Conklin and the Chickie’s & Pete’s Cash Crab

It’s like Cash Cab, except it’s designed to stump people who know legitimately nothing about Philadelphia sports. Comedian Joe Conklin drives the Chickie’s & Pete’s […]

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Former Sixer Interferes With Play at Tampa Bay Rays Game

We know that you’re dying for a new reason to boo former Sixer and irresponsible bison-owner Matt Geiger. Well, luckily for you, Matt Geiger recently […]

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Doug Collins’s Fall From Glory

A year ago, almost to the day, I profiled Doug Collins for Philadelphia magazine. The story was titled “Doug Collins, Sixer Savior.” The subhead asked: […]

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Ozzie Guillen’s Respect for Fidel Castro Is Not a National Crisis

In 1989, the Dallas Cowboys unceremoniously fired Tom Landry and brought in Jimmy Johnson. After the move, I said to my dad, “Why would they […]

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Dwight Howard Isn’t the First NBA Star to Make Crazy Demands

Back when the NBA trade deadline was approaching, and ridiculous rumors were circulating throughout the media like so many wishful thoughts, someone floated the idea […]

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Iguodala: Win a Championship and You can Murder Somebody

All-Star forward Andre Iguodala and the Philadelphia Sixers are profiled in a piece in Sports Illustrated. In addition to heaping praise given to Philly’s old […]

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New York Radio Ads Take Shots at Philly

Crap. They’re actually clever, too. One says, “Express trains make fewer stops (like Flyers goalies).” Another says, “If you miss the train, another one will […]

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VIDEO: Did a Sixers Fan Yell a Racist Slur at Jeremy Lin Last Night?

The video is muted, but some people think that a female fan sitting courtside for last night’s Sixers/Knicks game may have yelled a racial slur […]

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Is Evan Turner Bipolar?

A lot of people had already called Evan Turner a bust before he erupted with 26, 16 and 24 points in his last three games. […]

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This Might Be the Greatest Basketball Story in the History of Pennsylvania

Former Olympic, football and baseball great Jim Thorpe’s funeral was supposed to take place in his native Oklahoma a few days after his death in […]