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Potential Eagles free-agent target Marlon Mack recovering from season-ending injury | When he could return to field Updated Mar 12, 2021; Facebook Share A potential Eagles free-agent target is making significant progress in his rehabilitation from a season-ending injury. Indianapolis Colts running back Marlon Mack expects to be a “full go” for training camp this summer after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in Week 1 of last season, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. According to Fowler, Mack expects to test free agency next week. Sign up for Eagles Extra:  Mack, who just turned 25 t...

Philadelphia recently continued to show gaps in public oversight. Amid calls for the police commissioner to resign, the city’s growing murder crisis is already up 46 percent from last year’s record-setting rate. At the same time, a scandal surfaced that showed the mayor and City Council entrusted the roll out of COVID vaccines to a 22-year-old huckster with no health-care background. Furthermore, a report paid for by the City Controller’s office showed how the city failed to prepare for a constant barrage of unlawful protests following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. When lookin...

Philadelphia in black and white: Fascinating historical photographs of the city when it was called the Workshop of the World reveal its people, row houses, shops, saloons and streets from the 1890s to 1910 From around the late 1800s to 1920, Philadelphia was known as the Workshop of the World due to the many things - from cigars to steel ships - it produced. Many moved to the city to work in its factories and mills  The population rapidly grew and this fueled a building boom. Over 6,500 homes were being built each year in a period covered in a new book, City of Neighborhoods: Philadelphia, ...

While Philadelphia 76ers fans may not have liked the outcome of Sunday’s tilt with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Penn State men’s basketball fans surely walked away with a smile. Former Nittany Lions forward Lamar Stevens logged his first regular-season points in an NBA uniform in the Cavs’ 118-94 rout over the Sixers. Stevens sunk two free throws after getting fouled at the rim. Lamar Stevens goes 2/2 from the line. First regular season points of his NBA career. pic.twitter.com/asTs8avqGI— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) December 28, 2020 Stevens finished with two points and two rebounds in five...