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When Pete Dexter Was An Artist On DeadlineThis story originally appeared in Philadelphia Magazine (October, 1979). It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....

Terrible Columnist Argues Bill Cosby Is Not A Rapist Because She Liked <i>The Cosby Show</i>Without hyperbole, we have found one of the worst major-newspaper columns since Mark Whicker left the yard....

There's Something About SteveWe could all use a laugh. So read Pete Dexter's 1984 column on Steve Garvey:...

Philly Newspaper Headline Makes Offensive Team Name More Offensive

Today's back page of the Philadelphia Daily News. Come for the pun about Roy Halladay's latest implosion, stay for the ethnic slur in 72-point font....

A Column Is Who You Are, And Other Lessons: A Q&A With Pete Dexter

From Pete Dexter's first novel, God's Pocket (1983):...

Cobb-Holmes '82: A Violent Game Of Tag

Here's the last of four Pete Dexter columns about Randall "Tex" Cobb's heavyweight title fight against Larry Holmes. Originally published Nov. 29, 1982, as "An Advanced Game of Tag" in the Philadelphia Daily News, the column was Dexter's account of the aftermath of the fight, which was so bloody and...

<em>Philadelphia Daily News</em> Columnist Marcus Hayes Suggests NBA Players Don't Know Who Their Fathers Are

Here's a clip from today's Daily News roundup program on CSN Philly, where a discussion of the Minnesota Wild team members bringing their fathers on a trip to play the Flyers tonight is brought to a grinding halt by columnist Marcus Hayes's "It's a good thing they don't do that in the NBA."...

Two More Women Allege Bill Conlin Molested Them Years Ago

There are new stories in today's Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News regarding long-time Daily News columnist Bill Conlin, and, alongside the claims in Tuesday's Inquirer story, they paint a grim picture, if true....