Sixers Get Gov. To Rename Highway

Fresh off a stunning win in the first game of their first round series against the Detroit Pistons, the 76ers play Game 2 tonight at 7:30.

And, to celebrate, the 76ers got Gov. Rendell to rename the Schuylkill Expressway “I-76ers”:

the team is requesting that travelers in the Greater Philadelphia Region refer to the Schuylkill Expressway by its proper name (I-76) and add “ers” to the end. The team hopes this will spread and people will immediately begin calling the popularly traveled highway “I-76ers.”

“It’s playoff time and we want to get our fans revved up for the postseason,” said Sixers Senior Vice President Lara Price. “As patrons utilize I-76ers every day to get to work, they’ll think of us and support our run in the playoffs.”

I-76ers is 25.2 miles of highway that extends from the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Valley Forge through Downtown Philadelphia to the Walt Whitman Bridge.

A friend of mine pointed out the proclamation from Ed Rendell noted the team “faces the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.” This is only the first round of the quarterfinals? Man, the 76ers have been out of the playoffs for so long I forgot over 300 teams qualified for the playoffs.

SIXERS ASK FANS TO PROPERLY CALL “SCHUYLKILL” BY IT’S REAL NAME (“I-76”) AND ADD “ERS” TO THE END FOR FIRST WEEK OF PLAYOFFS [Sixers.com]

Justice For Two Days Or So

Has it felt weird this month? Have you felt that Philadelphia’s prisoners were doing maybe just a little better? Well, apparently, it’s Justice Month!

Indeedy, and just in time for the end of Justice Month, we’re having a kick-off party! Or at least the founders of Justice Month are finally getting a proclamation for their service. From the A-Space newsletter:

An exciting weekend is in store for the Philadelphia region and the Justice Community.

On Thursday, the 29th, Philadelphia City Council will present Larry Robin and Judith Trustone, co-founders of Justice Month, with a copy of Resolution No. 060651 declaring March as “Justice Month.” Room 400, City Hall, 10:00-12:00.

Then we can actually worry about prisoners… until April 1, where America’s citizens will return to their normal stance of “as long as it’s not me being fucked in the ass, I don’t care”/”they deserve to be tortured.” Sigh.

The full newsletter is after the jump.

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