New York restaurants are taking the “Philly” off cheesesteaks during the Knicks-Sixers series.

It’s funny for a couple reasons, the main one being: You still have to admit it’s a cheesesteak.

You can scribble “Philly SUCKS” over the menu all you want. You can call it the “Big Apple Cheesesteak.” You can make Joel Embiid appendix jokes. But at the end of the day, you are still selling a sandwich from Philadelphia and building an entire playoff gimmick around it.

One Long Island restaurant literally crossed “Philly” off its menus in black marker and wrote “F— Philly” over it. Another owner told the New York Post that Philly is “weak” and New York has “real grit.”

Meanwhile, even when they win, their signature playoff promotion is… our sandwich. Be serious.

Philly produced another internet legend this week.

A Southwest Philly crossing guard went viral after giving an NBC10 interview about a truck crashing through a schoolyard, while eating an ice cream the entire time, while describing a near-disaster.

“He ran the red light, T-boned the lady. I’m bobbing and weaving,” Jamele Ransom told NBC10, ducking down and popping back up to show how he dodged the truck. “I’m just thankful. Thankful to be alive right now. Thank you, Jesus,” he added, before dipping back into his ice cream cone.

That’s the magic of the video. The cone never leaves the conversation. No matter how intense the story gets, this man is absolutely determined to finish his hot day treat, even when describing how he pulled a child into safety.

This city respects commitment. Especially commitment to snacks during moments that absolutely should’ve stopped you from eating snacks. The internet immediately understood it was in the presence of greatness.

“Folks, we’ve got an instant Philadelphia legend here,” one person posted.

On Reddit, someone added: “The Mr Softee shoutout at the end should earn this man free ice cream for life.”

Honestly? Yes.

A week ago, Philly sports felt invincible.

The Philadelphia Flyers had just eliminated Pittsburgh. The Philadelphia 76ers survived a Game 7 against Boston. Everybody was screaming. Everybody believed again.

And now? Both teams are trailing behind in their series, staring down the possibility of a short postseason stay.

The Flyers dropped Thursday night’s game 4-1 and now trail Carolina 3-0 in the series heading into Saturday’s Game 4. They’ve looked scrappy at times, but mostly overwhelmed — close enough to make you believe, not quite good enough to actually win. Even the losses that felt competitive have still ended the same way: with Philly chasing.

The Sixers, meanwhile, are once again trying to build a playoff rotation out of duct tape, vibes, and whichever center hasn’t fouled out yet. Joel Embiid is hurt. Again. Tyrese Maxey looks exhausted.

And honestly, both teams just look tired. Not dead. Just… running on fumes a little bit.

Which is why this weekend suddenly feels huge. Not necessarily because either team needs to win a championship right now, but because Philly sports fans emotionally committed to this run like six days ago and are not ready to be hurt again already.

Julie K. Brown received a special Pulitzer Prize citation this week for her reporting that helped expose Jeffrey Epstein and reopen scrutiny around the deal he received for his crimes.

Before the Miami Herald and national recognition, she was a Philly newspaper reporter — specifically at the Daily News. Which explains a lot.

Brown credited Philly journalism for shaping her, calling the Daily News a place with “so much personality” that “also let you have personality.”

Then, after receiving one of journalism’s highest honors, she quoted Jason Kelce:

“All I can say — to quote the great Jason Kelce — is ‘hungry dogs run faster.’”

An absolutely elite Philadelphia response to winning a Pulitzer.

Temple University employee Peggy E. Moore graduated this week at age 75 after working at the school for 44 years, and slowly chipping away at her degree one class at a time. Incredible.

She started at Temple in 1980, paused school to raise her kids as a single mom, kept working, took classes when she could, and finally walked the stage this week as Temple’s oldest graduate this year.

Even better: She has no plans to retire. “Retire for what,” Moore said. “I still have a lot of life in me.” Absolute legend behavior.

She immediately started talking about maybe getting a master’s next. Deeply Philly behavior.

Wawa released a limited-edition Gritty smoothie this week, creating what may be the most aggressively Philadelphia sentence ever assembled.

A Gritty smoothie, just saying it out loud feels incorrect.

The drink is orange, naturally, and made with mango, pineapple, and tart cherry, topped with whipped cream and chocolate chips.

All this sounds far too refreshing and healthy for a mascot who looks like he survives entirely on cigarette ash and Flyers rage; “a Philly oxymoron for the ages,” Stephanie Farr notes.

Police say a Cheltenham woman stole nearly $1 million worth of Victoria’s Secret merchandise over four years and resold it on eBay.

Which is obviously a crime. But also: almost impressive levels of commitment to the bit.

Authorities say Tiffany Halley traveled to malls across six states, allegedly stealing lingerie from stores including King of Prussia and the Lehigh Valley Mall before reselling it online at a discount.

The detail that really makes the story, though, is how investigators tracked her down.

According to police, loss prevention workers identified the allegedly stolen merchandise through tracking chips sewn into the clothing, and surveillance footage led them to Halley.

Police say the operation allegedly involved nearly $923,000 worth of merchandise, and about $152,000 in profit. Meaning this was allegedly an enormous, multistate retail theft operation with margins roughly equivalent to selling furniture on Facebook Marketplace.

Again, allegedly.