Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Philly.com Web site redesign, what do you think?

Philly.com - the online home of the Inquirer and the Daily News - has a new redesign.
Our man Daniel McQuade of Philadelphia Weekly’s Will Do blog has some thoughts.
Well, well! Philly.com went a redesigned and… well, they got rid of the changing front page via Javascript, so the redesign is an immediate success in one [...]

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Prospective Temple students could end up at Penn

Looks like possible Temple students who also applied to the University of Pennsylvania could end up there this year.
This from your boys at the New York Times.
In what may be a happy surprise for thousands of high school seniors, Harvard plans to offer admission to 150 to 175 students on its waiting list, and Princeton [...]

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Philadelphia police beating as bad as Rodney King?

You’ve heard it by now.
Fox 29 captured an 11-minute video following a Philadelphia police chase that ended with officers punching and kicking three men, suspected of a drive-by shooting minutes prior Monday night.
In case you’re smart enough to avoid cable news, you might not realize that the story is being recycled again and again each [...]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Philadelphia: Miracle on the Delaware

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A short documentary circa 1955 that was posted on Youtube a few days ago. Hat tip to Philebrity for first posting it.

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Marc Lamont Hill: rumors swirl on relationship with Star Jones

Temple education professor Marc Lamont Hill was spotted going out to dinner with TV personality Star Jones, Dan Gross of the Philadelphia Daily News reported.
Celebrity media was all over Star leaving her previous man, or so I’m told.
Our man Marc Lamont Hill is always a “Sexy Single” when the Daily News gets into that and [...]

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

DAWN STALEY IS LEAVING

Dawn Staley, the former Olympian, WNBA All-Star and most successful coach in Temple women’s basketball history, is leaving for a job at South Carolina, as reported by Owlscoop.com.
The news had been rumored by the Philadelphia Inquirer and other media outlets, but it’s been broken as official.
This from the Inquirer’s Mel Greenberg, the Godfather of women’s [...]

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Violence on SEPTA: The Temple News reports

Plenty of noise has been made over the spike in crime on SEPTA, particularly its two main subway lines. As new precautions, added security and cameras, come on line, The Temple News reports.
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Oh and just because I can, check this Temple journalism class video [...]

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Huge, hilarious Inquirer mistake

Gotta love picking fun at big urban daily newspapers.
Check out the enormous mistake made by the Inquirer today. Peep the bar after the Phillies score above.

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Absurd Stephen A. Smith video

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Finally, a ridiculous cartoon satirizing former Inquirer columnist Stephen A. Smith, Paula Abdul, Barry Bonds, and President George W. Bush.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Worst, possibly most painful, dunk attempt ever

I have no way to justify posting this other than because it’s hilarious.
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Hat tip to former Main Campus Program Board chief Raysean Hogan for spotting the video.