Philadelphia Flyers

1. Misery Loves Company - As the ancient expression says, misery does love company, and as attested by Philadelphia-area athletic teams never-ending disasters, Philly sports devotees have got a whole slew of misery-and a good deal of company.  This is our city of Brotherly Love and you are able to always find another pathetic spectator to ache with.  Our Sports Radio Station, W.I.P., is mainly twenty-four constant hours of tormented sports fans bitching about the Philadelphia Phillies and the other teams.  The talking heads, whether they be Howard Eskin, Glen Macnow or Angelo and the morning crew, do their best to give the incidental screwball philly Phan a wicked dosage of facts.
    
2. Booing - Philly fans enjoy booing whether it be Charlie Manuel, Terrell Owens or Kriss Kringle.  I personally delight in it!
    
3. Beer & Food - whether you are tailgating prior to a Philadelphia Eagles sporting event or relaxing in the Wachovia spectrum, or outside of Citizens Bank Park, Philly people adore to chug beer and cheesesteaks.  This might be a reason why it always seems we are amongst the fattest Americans Each year.
    
4. Dallas Cowboy Fans - Sure the Eagles seem unable to win the Super Bowl… EVER.  But recently The Eagles have been consistently thrashing the Dallas Cowboys.  For some reason, there still exists a minuscule but garish gang of cretins who proudly call up WIP Sports Radio and laud - “this is the year that Dallas will beat the Eagles”. Of course, we seldom hear them blabbing again till the next year after our Eagles crush the Cowboys.
    
5. Wing Bowl - the event is held on the Friday prior to the Super Bowl in the Wachovia Center and draws more philly people than a Philadelphia Flyers game.  The people cannot figure out how it is possible that twenty-thousand people even want to see a handful of fat people munch down hundreds of hot wings but they seem to love it.  The plethora of strippers and miller most likely assist somewhat with the attendance however, huh?
    
6. Hope of a Broad Street Parade - Sure all of us remembers way back in the 70’s when those Flyers won the Stanley Cup and one gazillion families came out for the Broad Street Parade, right?  Since 2.7 million Philadelphia area fans were not even born yet-it is likely that he or she have listened to the narrations for so many years, it is like they remember.
    
7. Cheese Steaks - Every top-10 list tied in to Philly had better list Cheese Steaks.  A “youz needa steak wit” is about as City of Brotherly Love as never getting a national championship.  Take a peek at Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid and you can experience another fan of cheese steaks
    
8. The Philadelphia Phanatic - That green goofball is the best team mascot in sports.  Fur-covered, insane, and not wearing any bloomers, he sort of constitutes a considerable cross-section of the Philly man.
    
9. Allen Iverson - adore him or hate him, every Sixers fan respects him on the basket.  He plays through sprains, kinks, slashes, wounds and broken bones, and will excite the crowd.  However, he is potentially a bit more entertaining off of the game acting like the ambassador of the hood.  Iverson is the opposite of Donovan McNabb, who is totally worshipped by Football lovers, He has made a career out of missing team functions, brooding if he is not allowed to play just about each moment of each b-ball game, getting in scrapes with the police, or only showing up a City Line Ave. restaurant with his Momma.  He embodies the person Philadelphia athlete that Philadelphia area fans can not decide whether to like or dislike.
    
10. Overcoming The Billy Penn Curse - Until the mid to late 1980s, no sky scraper in downtown Philadelphia had ever been taller than the William Penn statue atop city hall.  Ever since the "Gentlemans Agreement" was pushed aside, no Philadelphia team has been able to win a championship - not for a bit more than twenty-two years.  People talked about the Chicago Cubs curse or the Boston curse of the Bambino that was wiped out in 2004 but Each of those cities had other franchisees winning Championships.  No curse likens to the torture suffered by a Philly sports fan.

Maybe that is the reason that even though we see Philly fans canceling their season tickets, calling up The talkshow hosts at WIP, and taking an oath that they should never cheer for their team again that they are here every pre-season ready to boo once more.