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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 Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

Hot recs from the Philly Mag staff

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How Will the War Hit Your Wallet?

The headlines change by the minute. So what’s a Philadelphian to make of their money during this latest Mideast conflict? Experts weigh in.

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The Redevelopment of the Old Family Court Building Is Dead

More than a decade after a luxury hotel was promised, still nada. As for that new African American Museum …

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The Zombies in This Philly Horror Flick Only Eat White People

David Dylan Thomas delivers a funny, gory history lesson in White Meat: Appetizer.

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The Greatest Off-Field Icons in Philly Sports History

The coaches, characters, and legends who have made the Philadelphia sports universe what it is today

Opinion

Where Is the Constitution Center When We Need It?

Jeffrey Rosen is out. Now the institution must decide whether it will remain a quiet, genteel place of scholarship or actually take on the current threats to democracy.


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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9 New and Upcoming Books With Philly Connections

Add these new works by local authors to your spring reading list.

Guides

10 Tips to Stress Less and Save More This Tax Season (and Beyond)

Dreading April 15th, and the money you’ll have to part with? Philly experts are here to help.

Opinion

What Market East Needs

The Economy League’s executive director responds to Philly Mag’s roundtable about the struggling corridor.

News

The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 2

This month: The semi-obscure, somewhat murky, earliest excursions of Europeans.

Q&A

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

The former Good Day Philadelphia personality now co-hosts the fourth hour of the Today show with Jenna Bush Hager — and has a new book out next month.

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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.


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The Most Quintessentially Philadelphia Sports Moments

From The Hit to The Stepover and beyond, a look back at the most unmistakably Philly moments in sports history.

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The Best of the Rest: The Athletes Who Just Missed Our “Most Philly” List

We couldn’t fit everyone in the top 25, but these folks deserve some recognition, too.

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Philadelphia Magazine Nominated for Two 2026 National Magazine Awards

The magazine was recognized for its April 2025 feature on the cheesesteak, as well as in the category of general excellence, by the American Society of Magazine Editors.

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There Was Only One Choice for Most Philly Athlete of All Time: Allen Iverson

The defiance. The swagger. The resilience. No one embodied Philadelphia more than AI.

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