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The Great Philly Sports Fan Evolution

We dig analytics. We’ve championed new voices in sports media. And we’ve embraced — gasp! — the power of positivity.


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Jeff Yass’s Big School Choice Gamble

Villanova University, site of a 2022 sexual assault that former Villanova student Elijah Katzenell has pleaded guilty to (photo by Victor Fiorillo)
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Explosive Sexual Assault Lawsuit Hits Villanova University

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This South Philly Guy Has the Best Comedy Special on Netflix Right Now

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Here’s Why Jamie Gauthier Thinks She Can Defeat Jannie Blackwell

“I am the right person, for this moment, to lead the 3rd District into the future,” says the West Philly native and former executive director of the Fairmount Park Conservatory.

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2019 Super Bowl Ad Winners and Losers, According to a Philly Ad Exec

Here are the five commercials that were worth the more than $5 million a spot — and the five that should have died in the pitch meeting.

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Johnny Doc’s People Told Us to Reach Out to His “Friends” for “Fairness”

So we did. The results are probably not what the recently indicted union leader was hoping for.

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Gritty Crashed Stephen Colbert’s Super Bowl Party

And it was more exciting than the Super Bowl itself.

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Ice Skate for Free at Dilworth Park in February

You just have to stop by the Capital One Cafe in Rittenhouse first to grab a ticket.

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Temple Coach Fran Dunphy Deserved Better

I’ve got some issues with how the Owls treated this Big Five legend.


Best of Philly 2024: City Life

Best of Philly 2024: City Life

A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Teenagers Are More Stressed Than Ever. Who’s to Blame?

In Philly, well-off adolescents are experiencing a level of anxiety that’s unprecedented.

Best Thing This Week: There’s a Roomba Lawnmower!

Suburbia will never be the same.

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Here’s What Steve Klasko Had to Say About His First Trip to Davos

The Jefferson CEO dishes on the future of healthcare in Philly and what some observers have called the “Decline of Davos.”

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People Have a Lot of Feelings About This Drag Queen Reading Books to Kids

The Pennsylvania Pastors Network and others are protesting the appearance of Annie Christ at a local library this weekend.

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Reputed Philly Mobster Phil Narducci Arrested By Feds

Prosecutors say that Narducci loaned a man money at usurious rates and then physically assaulted him when he couldn’t pay up. A co-defendant has been charged as well.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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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“Angriest Black Man In America” Takes Case of Man Accused of Attacking Marines

Attorney Michael Coard says that the two Marines were attacked due to mistaken identity but insists his client didn’t use any ethnic slurs against them.

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A Philly Publisher Reimagined Classic Books With Gritty as the Star

The Great Gritsby looks like a winner.

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Here Are 169 Things Johnny Doc Is Accused of Buying With Union Money

From Red Bull to tips at a Barry Manilow concert to a $125 birthday cake at Termini’s. (Hey, at least he has good taste … in cakes.)

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Scenes From the Campaign Trail: A Black Trump Supporter Throws a Mayoral Kickoff Birthday

“I have a direct line from the White House to North Philly — Trump wants to help us,” says Republican Daphne Goggins.

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