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Is Philadelphia a women’s basketball city? The WNBA wants to know before it expands.

PHILADELPHIA — Face it, Philadelphia could have no better cheerleader for a WNBA franchise than Dawn Staley, current iconic player-turned-coach of her sport.

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Mike Jensen: Philly has all the ingredients to find a quality WNBA owner. So who’s going to do it?

PHILADELPHIA — You can look at the fan base, arenas, practice facilities … If you’re the WNBA, deciding if Philadelphia is the right market for a WNBA team, it comes down to ownership. It’s always come down to ownership.

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Aaron Nola strikes out 11 Reds as Phillies sweep the four-game series on the eve of Bryce Harper’s return

PHILADELPHIA — On a night when the Phillies received some unfortunate pitching news, Aaron Nola gave them his best start of the season — a five-hit complete game — en route to a 4-0 Phillies win and a four-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds. Earlier that day, the Phillies announced…

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Phillies place Zack Wheeler on 15-day IL with forearm tendinitis

PHILADELPHIA — On a day full of positive injury news, the Phillies suffered yet another setback, as right-handed starter Zack Wheeler was placed on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to Sunday) with right forearm tendinitis. Left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter will start in Wheeler’s absence on Friday against the Pirates.

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Bryce Harper will return to Phillies on Friday vs. Pirates

PHILADELPHIA — Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson said Thursday that Bryce Harper will be activated Friday after missing two months with a broken left thumb.

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Eagles’ WR DeVonta Smith admits to having a Wawa addiction

Philadelphia Eagles second-year wide receiver DeVonta Smith says he has a Wawa addiction and gives insight into his favorite hoagie

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Solid start from Sanchez and Realmuto’s bat get Phillies past Reds, 7-5

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies could have done more damage offensively against the Reds than they did on Wednesday night, but they worked their at-bats and manufactured enough runs to secure a 7-5 win. Starter Cris Sánchez and the Phillies’ already-thin bullpen made this game more exciting than it needed to…

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US Rep. Scott Perry seeks to block FBI from accessing his cellphone contents

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Scott Perry is seeking to block the Justice Department from accessing the contents of his cellphone as officials continue to investigate his involvement in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

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WATCH: Highlights from Eagles’ first joint practice with the Dolphins

WATCH: Highlights from Philadelphia Eagles' first joint practice with the Miami Dolphins

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Dave Hyde: New flash, old concern surface in Dolphins’ good test against Philadelphia

There’s two simple ways to see where the new-look Miami Dolphins’ offense stands after being tested Wednesday by Philadelphia’s muscle-bound defense.

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FedEx mistakenly delivered 6 rifles to high school, police say

PHILADELPHIA — A FedEx worker accidentally delivered six rifles intended for a private collector to Chester High School on Friday, according to Chester police.

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A Philly Police lieutenant, fired for sending a bestiality video to 2 women he supervised, got his job back

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia Police lieutenant who was fired for sending a bestiality video to two women he supervised has been reinstated after an arbitrator ruled that his conduct was not egregious enough to merit termination.

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10 players to watch during Eagles joint practices with the Dolphins

Looking at 10 players to watch during Philadelphia Eagles joint practices with the Miami Dolphins

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FedEx mistakenly delivered 30 rifles to high school, police said

PHILADELPHIA — A FedEx worker accidentally delivered 30 rifles intended for a private collector to Chester High School in suburban Philadelphia on Friday, according to Chester Police.

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10 key matchups to watch as Eagles-Dolphins begin joint practices

Ten key matchups to watch as the Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins begin joint practices

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15 Dolphins to watch during joint practices with the Eagles

15 Miami Dolphins to watch during joint practices with the Philadelphia Eagles at Baptist Health Training Complex

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Zoe Leonard’s ‘Strange Fruit’ art installation stars heaps of 20-year-old decaying produce

PHILADELPHIA -- "Strange Fruit" is arrayed across the floor of a small gallery in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a total of 295 bananas, oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and avocados created — consumed, actually — by artist Zoe Leonard as the AIDS epidemic intensified in the 1990s with no lifesaving treatment…

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Afghan evacuees are being crushed by grief. A Philly agency is trying to help

PHILADELPHIA — The Taliban has her son, she says. It's starving him.

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Phillies nearly blow the save, until Jean Segura, Bryson Stott and Nick Maton save the day in 7-6 victory

PHILADELPHIA —The Phillies seemed like they were headed for a deflating loss — at the hands of yet another blown save — until rookie Bryson Stott stepped up to the plate. With Jean Segura on first base and no outs, Stott saw two pitches, then promptly launched the third —…

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CBS to televise this year’s NWSL championship game in prime time

PHILADELPHIA — In the National Women’s Soccer League’s 10th season, the championship game is headed to its biggest stage yet.

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Pennsylvania updated its voter registration form — and it angered a lot of county elections officials

PHILADELPHIA — It was supposed to just be a small but helpful change: updating the Pennsylvania voter registration form to allow voters to simultaneously sign up for mail ballots. But the blowback from county elections officials was immediate.

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Monnette Sudler, Philly jazz guitar great, has died at 68

PHILADELPHIA — Monnette Sudler, 68, the Philadelphia jazz guitar virtuoso whose career began with the early 1970s avant-garde ensemble Sounds of Liberation and carried on for five decades as a bandleader and backing musician for acts including Grover Washington Jr., David Murray and Archie Shepp, has died.

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Commanders to be without top pass rusher for Week 3 matchup vs. Eagles

The Washington Commanders are placing Chase Young on the Reserve/PUP list, meaning he'll miss at least the first four games, including Week 3 vs. the Philadelphia Eagles

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The war in Ukraine has gone on for six months with no end in sight. Philly activists fear attention is flagging

PHILADELPHIA — Roman Strakovsky expected to be heading from Philadelphia to Ukraine about now, to help rebuild the country after the end of the war.

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Women are registering to vote in Pa. in numbers far exceeding men since the Supreme Court abortion decision

PHILADELPHIA — The voter registration envelope had been sitting in Kiera Coyle’s bedroom for months when her cellphone started blowing up that Friday in June.

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