Now that the Sixers have locked in the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, it is time to get up to speed on all of the best …
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May 2025
Philly News
With flashlights and buckets, volunteers ‘listen for the hops’ to save frogs and toads in Roxborough
On a chilly spring evening, Jennifer Hsu and other volunteers walked with flashlights and buckets along Port Royal Avenue to help transport some unsung residents: the toads and frogs that …
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‘Footpath highway’: 1,304 steps in Roxborough and Manayunk have linked communities and generations
Long before parking became Manayunk's modern nightmare, urban planners had to contend with the steep terrain that separated residents up the hill in Roxborough from the bustling industrial corridor that …
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Mick Abel leaves lasting first impression with Phillies: ‘The best debut I’ve ever seen’
Nobody knew what to expect in Mick Abel's debut. Not Abel, not his manager, Rob Thomson, and apparently not the hitters making up the Pittsburgh Pirates' lineup on Sunday afternoon. …
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Mick Abel outduels Paul Skenes with marvelous MLB debut as Phillies sweep Pirates
The Phillies' three-game weekend set against the Pittsburgh Pirates began with a surprising pregame announcement. It ended with the same way. Speaking in the dugout before the Phillies' 8-4 victory …
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José Alvarado suspended 80 games after testing positive for performance enhancing substance
Phillies left-handed relief pitcher José Alvarado has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a performance enhancing substance, MLB announced on Sunday morning: Jose Alvarado suspended 80 games. …
With NFL free agency, the NFL Draft, and the schedule release now in the rearview mirror, sportsbooks have updated their win-loss over-unders. For the gambling degenerates, I'll name a few …
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Mick Abel prepares to make MLB debut for Phillies: ‘To make it here, it’s pretty special’
Anyone surprised by the news that the Phillies were calling up Mick Abel to start in Sunday's series finale against Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates should know they were …
As Rick Tocchet was being introduced as the Flyers' new head coach on Friday morning, he was asked about what players on the current roster he might've been familiar with …
Fresh off their dominant postseason run culminating in a blowout Super Bowl win, the Philadelphia Eagles were able to weather the unavoidable losses of players to free agency and mostly …