Click on letter to enlarge. You know, over the years, we’ve given Councilman Jim Kenney a lot of guff (and usually because he’s earned it, like that time he wanted to sue the Internet); but today, we stand with Kenney and many others, who’ve all told Chick-Fil-A to go fuck themselves. Above is a copy [...]

>>>Shit is gonna get a little (or a lot) crazy at Johnny Brenda’s tonight when King Khan and the Shrines take the stage, representing all that is fun and funky in the world. Hector’s Pets and The Shakes open. >>>Frank Ocean‘s Union Transfer show tonight is crazy sold out, but tickets are still around to [...]

Boathouse jackets: Not just for too-cool high school athletes anymore. Though the US athletes will be sporting Ralph Lauren, which is manufactured in China, at the Opening Ceremonies on Friday (THIS Friday), Boathouse Sports Inc. will be outfitting the US Rowing Team with warmup and race gear made in the US of A. Founder John [...]

The people at Comcast announced today that thousands of Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots will be free to the public during the Summer Olympics. From July 27 to August 1, anyone with a smartphone or internet enabled device will be able to hop on “xfinitywifi” labeled signals for free, whether indoors or outside (most are in Philadelphia, [...]

Back in 1975, Philadelphia Magazine editorial director Maury Z. Levy (who we would still like to make a deal with) received a phone call from Muhammad Ali‘s people. Ali had just lost to Joe Frazier and along with the victory came the media coverage. Ali had no one to talk to, so he called Maury [...]

They say you never forget how to ride a bike. After last night’s First Person Arts’ StorySlam, we now know that there is at least one exception to that rule. His name is Bob. Hear Bob’s winning story about a field trip to the zoo gone wrong and the comedy of events that led him [...]

Broad and Erie Although we chuckle at stuff like this all the time, we have to question the logic here. If a man himself cannot live forever, how can there be a forever boner, and would he even want one? But on a serious note, it’s nice to see that when people find themselves a [...]

$144 Million of them to be exact. We’re glad to see you stay Cole. Now, who will be leaving so we can afford this?

>>>The Flyers were more or less patting themsleves on the back after Shea Weber signed their massive offer sheet, but The Nashville Predators matched it, so he’ll be staying there. [ESPN] >>>You can now add Hunter Pence to the list of possible trade-block players, along with Shane Victorino, Joe Blanton, and Placido Polanco. [NBC Philadelphia] [...]

Native Philadelphian Sherman Hemsley, known for playing one of TV’s most loved and memorable characters, has passed away. Hemsley at one time worked as a mail sorter in Philadelphia before he took on the role of George Jefferson in the early 70s first on All in the Family, and then on The Jeffersons. The rest, [...]

As Planet Earth prepares for this year’s Summer Olympics — opening ceremonies are this Friday night, which gives you just two days to forget and accidentally make dinner plans — Philadelphia’s thoughts turn to itself. More specifically, we think of our own tenuous potential as a host city for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Remember when [...]