It’s no secret that Temple’s football team has struggled over the last several years, but the coaching position has long been transient.
The Owls have shuffled through 11 coaches, including interims, in 15 years. Some were fired because they weren’t winning; some were poached to fill higher-paying jobs.
Remember Manny Diaz? The former Temple coach stayed on North Broad for 17 days before running off to the University of Miami. Another, Geoff Collins, led the Owls to a 15-10 record, only to leave for Georgia Tech after two years.
Then there was Stan Drayton, who won nine games in parts of three seasons. The dynamic of being a smaller Division I program with less resources has led Temple to a difficult balancing act.
K.C. Keeler appears to be different. He has an established track record of building winning programs, and the 66-year-old won’t likely use Temple as a stepping stone.
He’s building a home with his wife in Wilmington. He has ties to this area, and is deeply committed in the Owls. He also can be humorous and serious when he needs to be.
There are times when practice is not fun, and there are times when he’s dancing in the huddle after a win. Temple quarterback Evan Simon compared it to being around your fun uncle, which may be the exact recipe for what Temple needs in a coach.
Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo with quarterback Jalen Hurts during the Lions game on Sunday night.
The Eagles defense came up with five fourth-down stops against the Lions — plus Cooper DeJean’s first-quarter interception — while the offense didn’t have much to show for it. The Eagles went 1 of 3 in the red zone and 4 of 15 on third down. When asked about his biggest frustration in Sunday’s game, Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo pointed to a familiar issue — negative plays.
Meanwhile, the defense has taken strides with Nakobe Dean back on the field and the addition of Jaelan Phillips. However, Jihaad Campbell has seen his playing time decrease because of this. The rookie linebacker isn’t too concerned about that: “What matters is us winning.”
What we’re…
🎉 Celebrating: Randy Garber’s final hurrah as head coach ends with a state soccer title for Abington High School.
🤔 Wondering: While the Eagles remain atop in the NFC, the offense has yet to show signs of improvement. Can that change in Week 12?
🎧 Listening: Jeff McLane breaks down the Eagles’ 16-9 win against the Lions on Sunday and what to expect next from the team.
⚾ Following: The Phillies added three prospects to their 40-man roster Tuesday to protect them from December’s Rule 5 draft.
Flyers defenseman Emil Andrae has featured in the team’s last six games.
Monday brought good news for Flyers fans clamoring for more Emil Andrae. When Rick Tocchet was asked about the young Swedish defenseman, he answered by saying that “Andrae deserves to play.”
On Tuesday, the team backed that up by loaning fellow Swede Adam Ginning, who has not played since Oct. 25, to AHL Lehigh Valley on a conditioning stint. The transaction was the latest vote of confidence for Andrae and the team’s belief that he could be here to stay, writes Jackie Spiegel.
Sixers forward Paul George drives to the basket past Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden on Monday.
After a long injury recovery, Paul George used the words “rusty” and “rewarding” to describe his first NBA game action since early March. In the Sixers’ 110-108 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, George finished with nine points, seven rebounds, three assists, and two blocks in about 21 minutes of action. He finished the game on the bench, but making his season debut was a start.
Nick Nurse assured the media Tuesday that his star forward “feels good,” and George was a full participant in practice.
Sports snapshot
Penn celebrates its win over St. Joe’s on Monday night.
Quinyon Mitchell’s family and friends at the Eagles game against the Lions on Sunday.
Quinyon Mitchell is the Eagles’ best candidate for Defensive Player of the Year. On Sunday, with a dozen of his friends and family from Williston, Fla., in attendance, the cornerback had a dominant performance in prime time. He allowed zero catches on six targets. The NFL said that tied for the best performance against at least six targets since the beginning of the 2024 season — and Mitchell is in just his second season. He has not gotten the recognition he deserves, writes columnist Marcus Hayes.
🧠 Trivia time answer
Which former Eagles offensive tackle is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
D) Bob Brown — Pete S. was first with the correct answer.
What you’re saying about the loss of Lane
Lane Johnson walks onto the field before playing the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
We asked: Can the Eagles make up for the loss of Lane Johnson? Among your responses:
Better play calling would alleviate the loss of Lane. Kellen Moore got the Eagles in a flow; that is definitely missing this year. Every team has injuries, just need him back for the important games in Jan/Feb. — Carl H.
The ability of Lane Johnson can’t be directly replaced. But the Eagles can still finish with the best record in the NFC, win through the playoffs and ultimately in the Super Bowl. Football is a team game, and the others on the team can rise to the occasion and remain the best team in the NFC. — John W.
Any player injury is a loss but this one is a huge loss for the team. We will go on without Lane, but it will be tough. A Lisfranc injury is a tough one with typically a long rehab. All my prayers for Lane as we navigate without him. — Kathy T.
Pretty much impossible to replace an all-pro 6-6 325 lineman. What’s the old cliche? “It takes a village.” In this case it is going to take a TEAM. Fred and the other guys have to make it their mission to make it seem as if Lane is still there. In defense of Jalen I would offer up that perhaps he is just not happy with Patullo’s offense and has lost heart. If we the fans think the offense is a (bleep) show as AJ says, then maybe Hurts does too. — Everett S.
We compiled today’s newsletter using reporting from Alex Coffey, Jeff Neiburg, Olivia Reiner, Gina Mizell, Jeff McLane, Lochlahn March, Marcus Hayes, Jackie Spiegel, Jonathan Tannenwald, Gabriela Carroll, Owen Hewitt, Sean McKeown, and Tyler Delpercio.
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As always, thanks for reading and have a wonderful Wednesday. Kerith will get your morning started tomorrow. — Bella
I’m always reluctant to talk about upcoming columns, because in this twisted era everything changes at the drop of a MAGA hat, and I hate to jinx things. But as of now, I’m booked for a trip to Charlotte (or Raleigh?…I’ve already jinxed it, maybe) this coming weekend, where I hope to report from the front lines of the Border Patrol’s latest big-city invasion that has terrorized the immigrant community in North Carolina. So I’m going to spend a couple days reading up on what to do in a tear-gas attack, and I’ll see you again this weekend.
Fearless college kids are saving journalism. Grown-ups? Not so much
Editions of the Indiana Daily Student in the student media area in Franklin Hall on Indiana University’s campus on Oct. 14.
In American journalism’s year of the bended knee, nobody would have been surprised if the student editors of the Harvard Crimson followed the sorry example of major outlets like CBS News or the Washington Post in groveling before the rich and powerful — in this case, their ex-university president and still plugged-in professor Larry Summers.
Earlier this month, Summers took to social media (the Elon Musk-owned X, of course) with a rant against the student-run paper at the Ivy League school he once helmed, linked to an article by conservative commentator (and former Crimson editor) Ira Stoll accusing the Crimson of biased coverage in favor of Palestine. Summers said ominously, “I do hope alumni trustees will investigate and take any necessary steps lest a problematic situation deteriorate any further.”
But instead ofbacking down, Harvard’s student journalists stepped up. When the emails of the late financier and sex fiend Jeffrey Epstein, released last week by a House committee, proved to be riddled with his communications with Summers — long after Epstein had pleaded guilty to teen sex trafficking in Florida — the Crimson produced the most in-depth takedown of any media outlet, anywhere.
“As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’” was the blistering headline on the article by undergraduates Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava. It described, in excruciating detail, the married Summers’ missives to Epstein about his efforts to woo a much younger Chinese economist on campus whom he was mentoring (and whom the former U.S. treasury secretary and his felonious friend code-named, with a racism they thought would remain forever private, as “peril.”)
Take that to the alumni trustees, Mr. Summers!
With a devastating kicker that shows Summers still emailing Epstein up until 1:27 p.m. of the day before his pal was busted on new federal sex charges in 2019, the Crimson article went viral over the weekend. By Monday morning, Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was calling for Summers’ ouster from his faculty post. By Monday night, a “deeply ashamed” Summers announced that he’s pulling back from his public commitments, although he plans to continue teaching.
The students’ reporting was another win for truth, justice, and the American way — but not an isolated incident. In recent years, as mainstream journalism looks increasingly weak and flabby in the face of U.S. authoritarianism, and with college campuses on the front lines of a culture war, scribes in their teens and early 20s — burning with youthful idealism and the freedom of not much to lose — have raced into the void.
Some 3,000 miles from Harvard Square, the student journalists at the Stanford Daily stood their ground after one of its reporters was charged with three felonies, at the behest of a top university administrator, for attempting to cover a pro-Palestinian protest on the California campus. Under increasing public pressure, the charges were dropped in March — another triumph for the paper whose 2022 investigative reporting into research irregularities took down the university president.
In the heartland, the editors of the Indiana Daily Student at that state’s flagship public university last month stood up to school administrators banning their print editions, blasting the move in a front-page editorial that said “telling us what we can and cannot print is unlawful censorship.” The students, who worked with their peers at nearby Purdue University to publish a special issue that circumvented the ban, rallied support from prominent alums and got the school to reverse course.
“I think that many of these college journalists are laser-focused on their beats, are developing great sources among administrators, faculty and students, and are unfazed by the possibility that their stories might piss off a valued source or two,” Columbia Journalism School professor Bill Grueskin, who covered the Stanford fracas for Columbia Journalism Review, told me Monday. “In other words, they’re doing the things that the best reporters do. They’re just not able to buy a beer (legally, at least) when their story shakes up the world.”
I know what some of you are thinking here. Investigating corruption or misconduct among university leaders, or fighting for a free press…aren’t these college students just doing what any journalist worth their saltwould do? Well, yes and no.
Consider those Epstein emails that continue to dominate the news. It turns out that two prominent journalists corresponded frequently with the convicted sex creep: the “palace intrigue” access journalist Michael Wolff, and a soon-to-be-fired New York Times business reporter, Landon Thomas Jr. The missives suggest they had zero interest in reporting on Epstein’s proclivity for underage girls but very much wanted the access to the rich and famous that jeevacation@gmail.com offered.
And it gets worse. Thomas actually solicited a $30,000 donation from Epstein to a favored charity — a severe ethical breach that cost him his job in America’s most prestigious newsroom. Wolff, meanwhile, was offering Epstein advice on how to leverage — in essence, blackmail — the sitting U.S. president, Donald Trump. At the same time, he was pushing a business venture that would link him not only with Epstein but another man later convicted of sex crimes, filmmaker Harvey Weinstein. It seems like both conflicted journalists wanted to play in the big leagues with the much richer people they were supposed to watchdog.
This is something that too many elite journalists share with the increasingly conflicted corporations that employ them: a desire to comfort the comfortable in return for access, or prestige, or money — and to avoid getting sued, which might jeopardize those first three things.
How else to explain major TV networks like CBS or ABC, owned by corporations with myriad issues before the federal government, settling frivolous lawsuits by Trump for millions of dollars, or the similarly conflicted Jeff Bezos telling his Washington Post to spike its endorsement of Kamala Harris, or the mealy-mouthed “both sides” reporting on rising authoritarianism that plagues so many elite newsrooms of the traditional media?
The late, great Kris Kristofferson told us that freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose, and maybe that simple explanation has a lot to do with the bravery of college journalists — that they are freer to question authority than folks with a mortgage and worries about paying for their own kids to attend a top school.
Still, it’s important to understand that most of the rot in modern mainstream journalism — too much consolidation in the hands of too few conglomerates with too much at risk to be seen as anti-regime — is institutional. We should strive to make something great out of the fact that the next generation of American journalists has arrived with smarts, savvy, and a moral compass yet to be worn down by late-stage capitalism.
Our challenge, as a society, is to tear down the decrepit structures of the corrupted old media and build a new one that rewards independent journalists who actually afflict the comfortable, and offers them incentives to keep doing that instead of cutting venture-capitalism deals with the folks they allegedly cover. Most of today’s college journalism majors would never trade emails with the likes of Jeffrey Epstein — except to take him down.
Yo, do this!
The stroke of timing behind Ken Burns’ latest documentary epic, The American Revolution, which is currently running this week on PBS stations like WHYY here in Philadelphia and also streaming, was supposed to be the 250th anniversary of the conflict that created the United States. But the project has taken on much greater relevance in a fraught present, when folks are heatedly arguing just what the Founders’ American Experiment is really all about. Critics have praised Burns and his skilled team for blending the ideals and leadership of the George Washingtons and Thomas Paines with the realities faced by everyday folk, including indigenous and enslaved people.
Personally, I’ve been embroiled in my nostalgia for a more recent revolution — the cultural and musical explosions that occurred in 1966. I’ve been listening to the audiobook about that tumultuous year — 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded — by the British author Jon Savage, whose later book on the year 1971 was the basis for an outstanding but largely ignored documentary series on Apple TV, But 1971’s classic rock wouldn’t have happened without the cultural pioneers and a youthful clamor for liberation that came five years earlier. The book is an engrossing reminder that change is possible.
Ask me anything
Question: Now that People Magazine has revealed the disgusting “piggy” story, why isn’t this atop every news outlets coverage? We spent 3 full weeks on Biden’s age, a week on his pardon of his son with such moral outrage from every outlet. This doesn’t even get covered? — BigTVFan (@bigtvfan.bsky.social) via Bluesky
Answer: The episode that BigTVFan is referring to occurred with a gaggle of journalists about Air Force One, but just started getting viral attention Monday night. It is, indeed, shocking to watch. When a Bloomberg woman journalist pressed Donald Trump on the Epstein files, the president erupted. “Quiet! Quiet, Piggy!” Yes, this should be a front-page story in the traditional media, and not only because of the stunning sexism (when the subject is Epstein, no less!) and the regal arrogance, but also this: the man who’s followed around by the nuclear suitcase seems to be losing his grip on reality. Monday afternoon, Trump spoke to a gathering of franchisees of the fast-food addiction that may be just one reason why nobody believes he only weighs 16 ounces more than Jalen Hurts, McDonald’s, and was at times beyond incoherent. Yet Trump’s rapidly deteriorating mental state remains mostly off-limits for the elite media. It’s a massive error of omission that the world will look back on and regret.
What you’re saying about…
It’s funny how one week can feel like a decade in 2025. Last week’s question about the eight senators (seven Democrats and an independent) who cut a deal to end the long government shutdown drew a huge response from folks fired up about an issue that now almost feels like ancient history after the Epstein email release. Readers were passionate but divided. Certainly many felt the eight senators had caved in the worst possible way. An outraged Freddi Carlip wrote that “most people wanted to do what was best for Americans who are hurting and that is to stand up to bullies.” But a number of you thought the opposition had few real options but to deal from a weak hand. “This was always going to end with the government opening under the black flag of the Big Ugly Bill,” wrote Kent Dietz. “Oft repeated but true: elections have consequences.”
📮 This week’s question: It’s all Epstein all the time, so let’s talk about it. Do you think Trump has sincerely flip-flopped and the relevant files will soon be released? Or is the White House still playing a long game aiming to keep Epstein’s secrets buried with him? Please email me your answer and put the exact phrase “Epstein files” in the subject line.
History lesson on ‘Charlotte’s Web’…and fascism
U.S. Border Patrol Commander at large Gregory Bovino, right, looks on as a detainee sits by a car Monday, in Charlotte, N.C.
Nobody reads any more, at least not to the end. That’s been driven home this autumn by several efforts from tech bros and other leaders of our dystopia falling flat on their face with their attempts at literary allusions. A viral post on Bluesky recently mocked the Icarus Flying Academy, whose founders may be blissfully unaware that their Greek mythological namesake flew too close to the sun and crashed. On Monday, gazillionaire Jeff Bezos also invoked ancient Greece by announcing his AI startup Project Prometheus, invoking an inventor who was ultimately bound to a rock by Zeus for his overreaching. Then there’s the bad people behind the U.S. Border Patrol and its inhumane mass deportation drive, who took their horror show to North Carolina this past weekend with their “Operation Charlotte’s Web.”
The “brains” behind the BP’s masked goon squad, Gregory Bovino, named the operation — which netted 81 detainees in its first Saturday during a chaotic surge through suburban lawns and Home Depot parking lots — after the 1952 classic children’s novel by E.B. White about a farm, a pig, and the compassionate spider, Charlotte, who saves the pig’s life. Why? Because Bovino’s secret police force are ensnaring scores of immigrants in their web. In Charlotte, N.C. Get it? Bovino even took to social media’s X with a wildly out-of-context quote from the novel: “Wherever the wind takes us. High, low. East, west. North, south. We take to the breeze, we go as we please.”
In a viral essay, the writer Chris Geidner of the excellent site LawDork demolished Bovino’s literary aspirations for his police-state operation. His piece went well beyond the obvious point that a children’s novel that centers on a spider’s quest to protect someone different from her — a pig — from his human predators is the 180-degree polar opposite from the web of inhumanity that Team Bovino is spinning in Charlotte, terrorizing the Latino community there. Geidner notes that much of E.B. White’s wider work was in opposition to the very fascism that’sbehind the mass deportation drive of Bovino and his ultimate boss, Donald Trump.
Geidner quotes White from a 1940 essay, as Adolf Hitler’s stormtroopers were advancing across Europe: “I am in love with freedom and that it is an affair of long standing and that it is a fine state to be in, and that I am deeply suspicious of people who are beginning to adjust to fascism and dictators merely because they are succeeding in war. From such adaptable natures a smell rises. I pinch my nose.”
White, and his fictional Charlotte, would have done more than pinch their nose from the stench of this operation in a proud city that shares its name with a heroic spider. For sure, Bovino’s crimes against literature pale in comparison to his ongoing crimes against humanity. But he may discover that the rapidly spinning American thread of community and common decency that is resisting mass deportation is the true sequel to Charlotte’s Web.
What I wrote on this date in 2018
It was Mississippi’s most famous writer, William Faulkner, who wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Seven years ago on this date, I wrote about how a justice-denied 1955 murder of a Black man trying to deliver absentee ballots to the county courthouse in Brookhaven, Miss., haunted the modern Senate campaign of that town’s GOP U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. I wrote: “Four years after [Lamar Smith] was killed, a baby girl was born in Brookhaven named Cindy Hyde. Over the next 59 years, she immersed herself in the politics of a community that bitterly refuses to concede the just cause that Lamar Smith died for.” Read the rest from Nov. 18, 2018: “Why the blood of a 1955 Mississippi murder drenches today’s U.S. Senate race.”
Recommended Inquirer reading
Only one column this week, and as you might expect it drilled deeply into the true meaning of the Jeffrey Epstein emails that have dominated the headlines. I went beyond the suggestive comments about Donald Trump to look at the deeper moral decay of the rich and famous who continued to seek out Epstein and his connections years after his Florida guilty plea to child prostitution charges. The missives from billionaires and political insiders also reveal their growing — and justified — worries that the public may be reaching for pitchforks.
The John Fetterman saga never ends, nor does Pennsylvania readers’ bottomless fascination with his decade-plus odyssey from outspokenly progressive mayor of struggling Braddock, Pa., to the U.S. Senate, where he is increasingly at odds with his fellow Democrats about practically everything. The Inquirer’s coverage of revelations in Fetterman’s new autobiography, including his long-running feud with Gov. Josh Shapiro, was one of the most widely read stories last week. So was what happened next, as renewed heart problems caused Fetterman to fall flat on his face and again be hospitalized. There’s three more years until the end of Fetterman’s term and an all-but-certain primary challenge from his political left. No one is going to cover this better than The Inquirer, so why not subscribe today?
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Gov. Josh Shapiro is calling the state budget that came out of the Pennsylvania legislature’s monthslong stalemate an across-the-board victory. What does it mean for his national brand?
The federal government and Pennsylvania got new budgets on the same day last week. Both were late — the country’s by six weeks, the state’s by more than four months.
Shapiro, who oversaw negotiations among top Pennsylvania legislators, says the outnumbered Democrats in his state ended up with a better deal than what the outnumbered national Democrats got in the government shutdown. He also touts his willingness to “stay at the table and fight and bring people together in order to deliver.”
For a popular Democratic leader facing reelection in 2026 as whispers swirl over his potential 2028 presidential ambitions, the moment was bigger than a procedural win.
But critics are quick to note that it took the self-proclaimed dealmaker so long to get a deal. And securing long-term funding for public transit remains, in Shapiro’s words, “unfinished business.”
Plus: Shapiro had a guest at Sunday’s Eagles-Lions game at Lincoln Financial Field: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a fellow swing-state leader who is seen as a likely rival for the Democratic nomination in 2028.
Frankford High, like many schools in Philadelphia and across the country, has recently moved to get cell phones out of students’ hands during the school day in a bid to reduce distractions.
But tensions are flaring at Frankford over its stowaway policy, which requires phones be kept in lockers outside the building.
Several phones were recently stolen from the lockers, sparking a fight that sent a student to the hospital, as well as protests over concerns that the school cannot keep students’ property safe.
The families of two Mexican nationals killed in January’s Northeast Philadelphia jet crash have filed a wrongful-death suit against a medical airline, alleging that its negligence was responsible.
A woman who was found dead inside an abandoned car in Lower Makefield on Sunday had been killed hours earlier by her boyfriend in Trenton, police said Monday.
Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party is recruiting candidates to run against Sen. John Fetterman, should he seek reelection in 2028. Plus, the Democratic senator returned to work after recovering from a fall that required hospitalization, speaking Monday at a conference for Jewish leaders.
Citing extraordinary circumstances, the Chester County Board of Elections will count the vast majority of the thousands of provisional ballots cast amid Election Day chaos.
Following a cybersecurity breach at the University of Pennsylvania last month, a hacker claimed that they had compromised data for 1.2 million people — a figure the school now disputes.
Flight schedules should soon return to normal across major U.S. airports, including Philadelphia, after the Federal Aviation Administration lifted government shutdown-related restrictions.
In Philly and Delaware County, listings and sales of luxury homes are down from last year — but prices are up, according to a Redfin analysis.
Cheers to Lynn Brubaker, who solved Monday’s anagram: Lancaster. The latest edition of our Field Trip series outlines a perfect weekend in the small city about 90 minutes from Philly, complete with lakeside glamping, a presidential home, and international eats.
Photo of the day
The Grand Court of the Wanamaker building on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.
There is one thing Eagles fans want to know: How long is Lane Johnson going to be out?
It’s a relevant question when you consider that the Eagles have a 12-23 record in games Johnson hasn’t started since the beginning of the 2016 season. And he won’t be starting this week after league sources confirmed to The Inquirer that Johnson suffered a Lisfranc sprain in his foot on Sunday night.
The injury in the middle of his foot is named after a Frenchman who was a field surgeon under Napoleon, which is your fun fact of the day. Anyway, the All-Pro tackle is awaiting results from X-rays to determine whether he needs surgery, which probably would end his season. Johnson is likely to miss at least 4-6 weeks with a sprain.
His replacement at right tackle, Fred Johnson, has filled in well when Lane Johnson has missed time, but he is not an All-Pro. Several Eagles have had Lisfranc injuries in the past, including Nakobe Dean in 2023. The linebacker needed surgery and it ended his season. Here’s more to know about Lisfranc injuries.
A.J. Brown famously called the Eagles offense “a [bleep] show” last week, and the attack is not likely to get any better with the news about Johnson, Marcus Hayes writes.
The worries about the offense will continue, but it is important to remember that the defending Super Bowl champions are 8-2. Nick Sirianni continues to be second-guessed, Jeff McLane writes, but all he does is stack up wins.
Sixers forward Paul George missed the first 12 games of the regular season after offseason knee surgery.
The 76ers’ season began with questions about the health of Paul George and Joel Embiid. The answer came quickly on Embiid, who has averaged 19.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.3 assists while playing limited minutes.
George had to wait longer to return as he recovered from offseason surgery on his left knee. The official word that the former All-Star forward would play Monday came moments before the Sixers’ home game against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Sixers have waited months to reach full strength. And while Embiid now has pain in his right knee, this is the closest the Sixers have come this season.
George scored nine points in his return as the Sixers rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers, 110-108. Tyrese Maxey led the way with 39 points.
Phillies outfield prospect Dante Nori had an .822 OPS in 12 games at the Arizona Fall League after playing across three levels of the minor leagues in 2025.
Dante Nori, the Phillies’ first-round pick in 2024, rose through three levels of the minor leagues in his first full season of professional baseball, which concluded this month at the Arizona Fall League. An adjustment and a new bat made a big difference for the speedy outfielder, who hopes to start 2026 in double A.
But before beginning his next minor league assignment, Nori has his eyes fixed on another objective: playing in the World Baseball Classic for Team Italy.
Penn State coach James Franklin reacts after a loss to Northwestern on Oct. 11, his final game with the Nittany Lions.
About five weeks after James Franklin lost his job at Penn State, he landed another one at Virginia Tech. Franklin finalized a deal Monday to become head football coach of the Hokies, who are 3-7 and have not won an ACC title since 2010. The good news for Penn State? His buyout with the Nittany Lions, once valued at $49 million, reportedly will be reduced to $9 million.
Penn State ended a six-game losing streak on Saturday and interim coach Terry Smith is hoping the Nittany Lions can win two more and become bowl eligible.
Speaking of bowl eligibility, Temple can get there with one more win. Tulane offers a tough test in the Owls’ home finale on Saturday.
Alex Bump is lighting up the AHL and could be poised to make his NHL debut soon.
The Flyers could use an offensive bump as they are averaging the fourth-fewest goals in the NHL (2.61). Enter … Alex Bump?
Bump, one of the team’s top prospects, is lighting up the American Hockey League with 13 points in 15 games, and 10 points in his last seven games. Could a call-up be on the not-so-distant horizon? Jackie Spiegel thinks so.
The Flyers made a move Monday, swapping AHL defensemen. Here’s what the Flyers are getting in Maxence Guenette.
Sports snapshot
U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino at Monday’s practice in Tampa, Fla.
Tough test: The U.S. men’s national team closes its year by facing South American superpower Uruguay tonight in Tampa, Fla.
We asked: How can the Eagles offense get going? Among your responses:
How about if Hurts starts running again? Not saying a lot of runs — we can’t afford to have Jalen hurt — but how about a few designed run plays??? They were so successful in getting the run game moving last year and would spring Barkley when opposing defenses had to bring a safety down to cover one of them. — Lynda M.
Stop running Barkley directly into the line. — John B.
I’ve been saying this from day one. The offensive coordinator has not a clue on how to manage a game. But how can you fire someone when you are 8-2? You can’t! The QB1 overthrows his wide-open receivers by at least 10 yards in fear of throwing a interception. We lost three opportunities for a first down at fourth and one when the offensive line jumped offsides. But we’re 8-2! One thing I notice is the defense keeps talking to each other after each play. Not so much the offense if ever. — Ronald R.
We desperately lack creativity in our offense. Our inability to get the ball to our wide receivers is inexplicable. You just can’t run a play and hope someone gets open, you have to scheme them open. Misdirection, motion, quick hitters will get the defense to back off and open up some running lanes for Saquon and Tank. — Bill B.
Hurts needs to pretend he is Josh Allen and learn to be consistent. We need to see that Super Bowl winning QB again. The offensive line is also not what we saw in that SB victory. Injuries of course, but they really need to notch it up. They are not providing the openings for Barkley they did last year. The receivers are outstanding, but Patullo has to come up with better game plans and Hurts has to execute much better. — Everett S.
We compiled today’s newsletter using reporting from Jeff Neiburg, Marcus Hayes, Jeff McLane, Keith Pompey, Jackie Spiegel, Gustav Elvin, Jack Vita, Devin Jackson, Greg Finberg, Ryan Mack, and Jonathan Tannenwald.
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That wraps up your Tuesday newsletter. Thanks for reading. Bella will be in charge of Sports Daily on Wednesday. — Jim
Immigrants who have ongoing legal cases have been unexpectedly taken by federal agents amid the Trump administration’s push to boost arrests and deportations. In Philadelphia, the arrest of an Indonesian man at a routine visa appointment has sparked outrage among advocates.
Rian Andrianzah showed up for what he thought was a routine biometrics appointment in Philadelphia last month.
Instead, while his wife waited for him in another room, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the Indonesian man and sent him to a Central Pennsylvania detention center. He now faces deportation.
It’s part of a strategy shift by President Donald Trump’s administration to arrest green-card applicants, asylum seekers, and others who are going through legal processes to stay in the country, lawyers and advocates say.
Meanwhile, members of the city’s Indonesian American community have responded quickly to Andrianzah’s arrest, raising thousands of dollars to support his family.
The parents of a 16-year-old shot and killed last month near Northeast Philadelphia High want the city to know not just how he died, but who he was.
A 21-year-old South Jersey man was charged by federal prosecutors with cyberstalking a 13-year-old girl and coercing her into self-harm.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office this month charged a record number of Philly cops in a grant theft scandal. DA Larry Krasner has been unusually quiet about it.
SEPTA’s largest employee union voted Sunday to authorize a strike. Transport Workers Union Local 234 represents, among other workers, bus, subway, and trolley operators.
A 14-foot-long great white shark named Contender, the largest tagged and tracked by research group OCEARCH, pinged near the New Jersey coast last week.
Quote of the day
The Ministry of Awe, a new permanent cultural attraction, is set to open in the historic Manufacturers National Bank in Old City this March. Meg Saligman founded the project in 2022 as a nonprofit dedicated to reviving the vacant bank and creating an arts venue with work that riffs on the bank theme.
🧠Trivia time
Amy Gutmann is coteaching an undergraduate class this semester in the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. Which is not one of her past roles?
Cheers to Peter Stevens, who solved Sunday’s anagram: Barnes Foundation. A South Philly teen broke into the institution 73 years ago. It led to a lifelong artistic career.
Photo of the day
The Seeing Eye volunteers from five different clubs across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware took 46 puppies on an exposure outing to the Philadelphia International Airport. The last stop for the puppies was the baggage claim area after successfully deplaning and walking through the terminal, where Quest (right), a 5-month-old yellow lab, stops to rest.
Think back to the night that changed your life that could only happen in Philly, a true example of the Philly spirit, the time you finally felt like you belonged in Philly if you’re not a lifer, something that made you fall in love with Philly all over again — or proud to be from here if you are. Then email it to us for a chance to be featured in the Monday edition of this newsletter.
This “only in Philly” story comes from reader Miles Davis, who describes witnessing the emergence of a cultural movement firsthand:
The night that changed my life and let me know I was from the best city in the United States of America was when I was with my best friend, Eric, heading downtown. It was 1980 at Wagner’s Ballroom. We were going to see for the first time a battle of hip-hop, which was turning up the streets with rap and turntables spinning the newest jams.
The show was so lit and not a person was seen sitting. Heck, in the time hip-hop came out, no one was ever sitting at a hip-hop event. We called people who sit at rap concerts a Wall Flower who holds up the wall.
Hip-hop came on the scene with its own sound and meaning. I was so glad to have been a part of that culture knowing what it meant and where it was going.
Follow your own groove today. Have a good one.
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Social services organizations around the Philadelphia region have been struggling as the budget impasse in Harrisburg keeps them from receiving expected state funding.
In Delaware County, officials say they’ve propped up the homeless shelter system for as long as they can by dipping into county coffers. Now, they can’t hold on anymore: Two shelters will close this month, and a rental assistance program will be paused.
The closures are likely temporary until a state budget is approved and funding flows again. But remaining shelters have already seen a surge in people seeking assistance. Street outreach providers have noticed more people than usual living outside. And temperatures are dropping.
It’s the latest blow to a county that in recent months has lost its largest hospital system, and as the federal government is set to delay nutrition and energy assistance benefits.
Notable quote: “This is people’s last resort. This is the last stop before being on the street,” a resident of the soon-to-close Wesley House said of the room he shares with his family. “I feel like we’re being kicked while we’re already down.”
In other Delco news: A Republican candidate for a seat on the Upper Darby Township Council is facing scrutiny from Democrats over old social media posts.
The pandemic normalized remote work for many Philly-area companies. But more recently, several of the city’s largest employers — Comcast, Independence Blue Cross, and the City of Philadelphia itself, for instance — have required more in-office time.
💼 Employers who have stayed fully or partly remote say the benefits remain.
💼 Some of these company leaders, including those who represent smaller organizations that might not be able to offer the most competitive salaries or bonuses, note that remote work allows employees more flexibility, and helps to attract the best talent from anywhere. For those with hybrid setups, the use of office space is changing, too.
💼 Still, others bemoan the tradeoffs of less face-to-face time.
One person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting Saturday at Lincoln University, which was celebrating homecoming weekend, authorities said.
Chester saw one of its safest summers ever in 2025, with zero deaths from gun violence. Police and prosecutors credit a combination of advocacy work and intervention groups.
Joyce Wilkerson, Philly’s longest-serving school board member, was just named the nation’s top urban educator. The award comes as her membership on the board has been legally questioned.
Quote of the day
The souls of pets are said to return on Oct. 27, a few days before the Día de Muertos on Nov. 1 and 2. Some families are honoring departed dogs and cats with “pet ofrendas.”
🧠Trivia time
Which area of Philadelphia has its own Fright Registry, which maps out nearly 100 businesses and homes offering tricks or treats, decorations, or Halloween events for families?
Cheers to Bruce L., who solved Sunday’s anagram: Maya Nazareth. The Philadelphia entrepreneur and founder of Alchemize Fightwear delivered her pitch to celebrity investors on ABC’s Shark Tank on Wednesday.
Photo of the day
Travis Schattle, 33, rides his Eagles-themed vehicle through a mud pit obstacle at the 17th annual Kensington Derby on Saturday.
📬 Your ‘only in Philly’ story
Think back to the night that changed your life that could only happen in Philly, a true example of the Philly spirit, the time you finally felt like you belonged in Philly if you’re not a lifer, something that made you fall in love with Philly all over again — or proud to be from here if you are. Then email it to us for a chance to be featured in the Monday edition of this newsletter.
This “only in Philly” story comes from reader Joe Hogan, who adds an entry to a long history of legendary sports fandom:
Philly enjoys a reputation throughout the country as having some of the most robust sports fans. They are not opposed to booing their own team if the team’s performance doesn’t meet fans’ expectations. Our fanatical support for our teams goes back many years.
Back in 1960, my brother Mike attended St. Joseph’s College (now University), where students enthusiastically supported their basketball team. Mike did it in a very special way during a St. Joe’s game at Madison Square Garden’s holiday festival. It was near the end of the second half against Manhattan College, and a questionable foul (in Mike’s view) was called on a St. Joe’s player.
The alleged foul was so dubious — obviously the ref was catering to the home team — that the response required far more than screaming obscenity-laced insults from the stands. It required, in Mike’s mind, an up-close and heated exchange with the ref so he’d understand his infraction. Mike bolted from the stands and onto the court with a defiant finger pointing at the ref, yelling that it was a baseless call. Security quickly escorted Mike from the arena to allow the game to go on.
However, a local news photographer had captured the moment and the picture appeared on the front sports page of a local tabloid. Someone at Life magazine, obviously taken by the intensity depicted in the photo, decided the entire country needed to see this amazing level of fan support. The picture of Mike on the court was included on Life’s last page, which was titled Miscellany. The photo caption identified Mike as the St. Joe’s fan, “with beverage in hand.”
After Life’s publication of the picture, Mike received several standing ovations the next week when entering classrooms.
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The Eagles picked the perfect way to head into the bye week, unleashing a running attack that looked a lot like the one from the Super Bowl season. Saquon Barkley ran for 150 yards, Tank Bigsby added 104 more, and the Birds flattened a Giants team that had manhandled them two weeks ago.
“I think the O-line did a really good job of dominating up front,” Barkley said after the 38-20 victory. “Creating space for us. It’s cool to see Tank get out there and make some big plays. I’ve never been part of a game, I don’t think so, of having two 100-yard backs. So it was great to see him go out there and make plays, especially to see him finish the game for us.”
Barkley added: “For sure, we definitely saw how they celebrated when they beat us last time.” It is never wise to poke the bear, but it is especially unwise to poke the bear when you know you will be seeing the bear again in 17 days, David Murphy writes.
The Eagles head for a week off with a 6-2 record, but games against the Packers and Lions await after that. At least the offense finally seems to be rolling under coordinator Kevin Patullo, Marcus Hayes writes.
Eagles edge rusher Jalyx Hunt sacks Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart on a third-down play Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Giants were the more physical team when they battered the Eagles, 34-17, on Oct. 9. The Birds made sure that did not happen again on their home turf. They sacked Jaxson Dart five times Sunday as the defensive line came through with an especially strong game.
“We were more physical than them today,” linebacker Zack Baun said. “That was the mentality we wanted to come out with. We came out with it and we sustained it throughout the whole game.”
Defensive tackle Jalen Carter, who was held out of the first game vs. the Giants, picked up his first sack of the season. Outside linebacker Jalyx Hunt brought energy off the edge from the jump, Jeff McLane writes in his grades on the game.
Union midfielder Jesús Bueno celebrates his penalty-kick goal with goalkeeper Andre Blake (right) on Sunday night in Chester.
The Union saw a 2-0 lead against the Chicago Fire disappear in short order Sunday night. Luckily for them, they had Andre Blake in goal. When the 2-2 game went to penalty kicks, Blake stopped a shot by the Fire’s Jack Elliott, then got a break when Joel Waterman’s shot bounced off the top of the goal. Penalty-kick goals by Frankie Westfield, Milan Iloski, Tai Baribo, and Jesús Bueno lifted the Union to a playoff-opening victory at Subaru Park.
Sixers center Andre Drummond dunks against the Hornets on Saturday.
Like many of his Sixers teammates, Andre Drummond had a lost season in 2024-25. The 32-year-old center is fully recovered from a turf toe injury now, though. Drummond pulled in 13 rebounds in 16 minutes of action Saturday night as the Sixers improved to 2-0 by beating the Charlotte Hornets.
“That’s what I’ve been paid for my entire career,” Drummond said. “It doesn’t take much for me to get to that point where I want to get every rebound.”
Rookie VJ Edgecombe is off to a flying start for the Sixers, and back home in the Bahamas, his friends and former coaches are following every move.
Edgecombe already has made an impression on Joel Embiid, who says: “Whether shots are going in or not, [he] always plays the right way, makes the right plays.”
The Sixers struggled to stop the Hornets’ dribble penetration, something Nick Nurse is sure to address in practice this week.
Missouri quarterback Matt Zollers rolls out to pass during the second half against Vanderbilt.
Former Spring-Ford High star Matt Zollers got an opportunity to play Saturday after Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula went down with a dislocated left ankle. Zollers completed 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown in a 17-10 loss to No. 10 Vanderbilt.
Evan Simon completed 24 of 35 passes for 265 yards and five touchdowns as Temple outlasted host Tulsa, 38-37, in overtime.
Trevor Zegras (right) celebrates his game-tying goal in the third period against the Islanders on Saturday.
He’s on a roll: Trevor Zegras scored twice, then added a goal in the shootout as the Flyers beat the Islanders.
On this date
A Phillies fan waits during a rain delay in Game 5 of the 2008 World Series. The game was suspended for two days.
Oct. 27, 2008: The Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays battled to a 2-2 tie in Game 5 of the World Series before a storm prompted a rain delay that lasted two days. The game resumed on Oct. 29, when Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske to seal a 4-3 victory, clinching the second world championship in Phillies history.
We compiled today’s newsletter using reporting from Jeff McLane, Olivia Reiner, Jeff Neiburg, Marcus Hayes, David Murphy, Jackie Spiegel, Keith Pompey, Gina Mizell, Jonathan Tannenwald, Owen Hewitt, Colin Schofield, Dylan Johnson, and Sean McKeown.
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Have a great Monday. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you in Tuesday’s newsletter. — Jim
Two Plymouth Township police officers were hospitalized Friday after a driver allegedly injured them intentionally with a vehicle in a hotel parking lot. The suspect is in custody.
Toys R Us will open more than two dozen flagship stores and holiday pop-up stores across the country by the end of the year, including two in the Philadelphia area.
A Delaware County man trolled a Philly Mag writer on Facebook. Now, a judge has ordered him to pay $160,000.
An estate and former convent in Chestnut Hill has been converted to host galleries centering on local artists by the Woodmere Museum. It opens to the public on Nov. 1.
Every Saturday, we’ll talk about something happening around Philly that’s stuck in our minds. This time, it’s “Alice-Heart,” a movie directed by Mike Macera and starring Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, Tony McCall, and Adam McAlonie.
The city, seen through monochromatic lens all throughout, may as well have had acting credits. With the Schuylkill River Trail, the Broad Street Line, and food favorites like Crown Fried Chicken as the backdrop, the titular 20-something tries to find meaning and figure herself out in this quaint city full of possibilities.
Watching Alice-Heart was like watching a train wreck of the chaotic college student life, from the messy to the vulnerable and earnest. It was a sincere portrait of young, passionate people who find themselves trapped in a mess of their own making. The film also felt authentic to itself. I could tell that the people making it love Philly, and that they had fun telling this story. As for myself and the audience, if our collective reactions throughout were any indication, we certainly had fun watching it.
In 2013, Philadelphia City Council created the Land Bank to help the city acquire and sell vacant, blighted, and tax-delinquent properties. Despite its goal, the agency has been bogged down by dysfunction.
Somewhere in Philly, you can find the grave of Benjamin Franklin, marking the Founding Father’s final resting place (unless you believe rumors of his ghost still lurking around).
Where is it?
A) Penn’s Landing
B) Franklin Institute
C) City Hall
D) Old City
Think you know? Our new (weekly!) Citywide Quest game puts your knowledge of Philly’s streets to the test. Check your answer.
Cheers to Kathleen Wersinger who correctly guessed Friday’s answer: Carousel House. The West Philly rec center will be Philly’s “flagship.” But people with disabilities will have to wait until 2028 to reunite.
Seniors — both senior citizens and high school seniors — let their youthful spirits flow on the dance floor at the 12th annual Golden Age Prom in Cherry Hill on Thursday. Denali Sagner and staff photographer Yong Kim bring us this dispatch from the party.
Somewhere on the internet in Philly
A post on X declared: “the prettiest girl you know is probably an Eagles fan.” Naturally, a Philadelphian obliged, immediately proving the point.
Virginia “Ginny” Smith tends to black-eyed susans in her East Falls garden for the annual fall cleanup.
Winter is less than two months out. As colder conditions creep over the region, your garden will have to cope with the chill.
Beyond removing leaves and branches, here are a couple other things to consider to keep your garden healthy:
🪴 Protect plants from frost: Use old blankets or bubble wrap to insulate containers and pots and keep root systems warm.
🚰 Not just plants: Freezing temps can also hurt your watering hoses. Remember to unhook and drain them to avoid damage.
✂️ Tool care is key: Give your shovels and other tools a proper clean before putting them away, and see if your snips and shears are due for a sharpening. (A local sharpener could help with that.)
🌱 Paola’s pro-tip: Gardening is a year-round effort, so this is the time of year when I like to reflect on what went right, and what I could improve on next year. Keeping a journal to document these developments can be fun.
Part of the Schuylkill River Trail in Center City is closed after a large sinkhole formed under the asphalt. A temporary detour route is available until repairs are made.
🎤 Now we’re passing the microphone to environmental reporter Frank Kummer.
Like many farmers, Patrick Giberson feels squeezed from many sides these days.
His family’s soybean and corn farm in Pemberton, Burlington County, has been flanked by a wave of development — new warehouses, shopping centers, and a Walmart.
Meanwhile, a Chinese soybean boycott continues in response to U.S.-imposed tariffs. Equipmentis expensive. And weather remains, as always, unpredictable.
Yet Giberson, 57, a fourth-generation farmer, says he’s determined to adapt and endure. The family’s 800-acre farm, owned by his parents, Jo and Pat Giberson, features a restored 18th-century farmhouse and designated wildlife preserve. — Frank Kummer
Outdoorsy readers submitted these awesome autumnal sights.
As the trees continue to transform, Outdoorsy readers sent in these stunning shots of fall foliage across our region.
Shoutout to Dorothy Stiles, who provided the gorgeous picture taken at Valley Forge National Historical Park (left), and to Joseph and Maria Hill, who captured the Blazing Maple showing off its bright colors (right). They told me they first planted it in their backyard five years ago in Media, Pa.: “We took it home from Home Depot in the back seat of my wife’s Mini Cooper Convertible and now it’s 40-50 feet tall!”
P.S. This Saturday, Oct. 25 and next Saturday, Nov. 1, fall foliage tree tours are taking place at the Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum. Get more details here.
🌳 Your foraging tales
Outdoorsy reader Jeff Laughead pictured with a pawpaw.
Dan Scholnick recommended going by the Cobbs Creek Environmental Center in West Philly. He also raved about the “outrageously good” fruit along S. Saint Bernard Street by a community garden, with this great tip to boot: “I’ve learned that the best ones are the ones you find on the ground having already fallen off the tree.”
And Jeff Laughead, pictured above, suggested we check out Ferncliff Wildflower Preserve out in Lancaster County, which he said has a great pawpaw grove: “A bit of an uphill hike to get there, but totally worth it!”
For yummy fruits, it’s always worth going the extra mile.
👋🏽 Take care out there, friends. Until next time.
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Pigeons once enjoyed high status across ancient cultures as symbols of love, safety, and war. Today, they’re more likely to be viewed as another urban annoyance. You might even know them as “rats with wings.”
🪶 But modern pigeons, aka rock doves, are just misunderstood, according to Hannah Michelle Brower and Aspen Simone. The couple came to appreciate the birds after caring for an ailing one, now named Primrose.
🪶 Their love for their adopted pet has grown into a popular weekly birding tour in the Italian Market (and soon, West Philly), plus a podcast. “We debunk a lot of pigeon misinformation and replace it with facts,” Brower said.
🪶 Their story might just give you a new perspective on the city’s winged — and, in two enthusiasts’ telling, surprisingly cuddly — residents.
Though it’s been a year since former Philly labor leader John Dougherty reported to federal prison on embezzlement and bribery convictions, his name still looms over Pennsylvania’s elections.
His brother, Kevin Dougherty, is one of three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices up for retention this November. A decade ago, John helped get Kevin elected through the backing of his union, Local 98.
This time around, labor is still spending big on the justice’s retention, though Kevin says his brother is not involved. Republicans have still sought to tie the judge to John’s misdeeds.
Failures in the domestic assault and kidnapping cases of Keon King, who is accused of killing Kada Scott, go beyond prosecutors withdrawing earlier charges, a review of police and court records shows. Plus, Scott’s death has prompted City Council to probe the Philadelphia justice system’s handling of domestic violence cases.
A sixth person will go to trial over the September 2022 shooting outside Roxborough High School that killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde and wounded four others.
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Thursday announced a task force to crack down on illegal dumping, the work of which will include hefty violation notices and monitoring common dump sites.
Ursinus College president Robyn E. Hannigan, who is in her fourth year at the small liberal arts school in Collegeville, was abruptly removed from the job Thursday.
This week, we’re resurfacing an explainer from 2019 on the fate of Allow Me, the lifelike, 6-foot-10 sculpture colloquially known as “Umbrella Man.” He disappeared after the former Prince Theater — now owned by the Philadelphia Film Society, hosting its 34th annual Philadelphia Film Festival this week — declared bankruptcy in 2010.
Cheers to Eileen Weigand, who solved Thursday’s anagram: city controller. Christy Brady, seeking her first full term as Philly’s fiscal watchdog, is being challenged by Republican Ari Patrinos in the Nov. 4 general election.
Photo of the day
Baptiste Masotti (left) watches Aly Abou Eleinen return the ball during the 2025 Comcast Business U.S. Open Squash Championships at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
🏓 One last squeaky thing: The biggest squash event in the United States is at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in University City this week. Now is a great time to get into the sport, with the 2028 Olympic Games set to include it for the first time.
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