Philadelphia Flyers

1. Misery Loves Company - As the ancient expression goes, misery loves company, and as testified by Philadelphia athletic franchisees unceasing losing, Philly sports devotees still have a plenty of misery-and a good deal of company.  This is the city of Brotherly Love and we can usually pick out some other low-down sports fan to commiserate with.  Our Sports Radio Station, WIP, is fundamentally twenty-four constant hours of angry fans bitching about the Philadelphia Phillies and the other teams.  The show hosts, whether they be Howard Eskin, Glen Macnow or Angelo and the morning crew, spend their hours giving the occasional unrealistic fan a stinging dosage of realism.
    
2. Booing - Philly fans adore booing and hissing at someone whether it is Charlie Manuel, Terrell Owens or Saint Nick.  We love it!
    
3. Beer & Food - whether you find yourself tailgating prior to a Philadelphia Eagles sporting event or sitting in the Wachovia center, or in the parking lot of Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphians delight in to chug suds and chow down.  This could be the reason why it always seems we are amongst the most zaftig Americans every year.
    
4. Dallas Cowboy Fans - Sure the Eagles have not won the Super Bowl… EVER.  But recently the Eagles have been invariably trouncing the Dallas Cowboys.  For some reason, there still exists a microscopical but garish bunch of failures who with pride phone WIP Sports Radio and extol - “this is the year that Dallas will beat the Eagles”. Of course, we almost never hear them blabbing again till the following year when our Eagles crush the Cowboys.
    
5. Wing Bowl - this is thrown on the Friday before the Super Bowl in the Wachovia Center and brings more watchers than a Philadelphia Flyers game.  The people cannot determine why it is that 20,000 spectators come in to watch a few of people munch down tons of buffalo wings but they do.  The scores of exotic dancers and suds most likely aid a little with getting people down there though, aye?
    
6. Hope of a Broad Street Parade - Sure all of us recollects way back in the 70’s when those Flyers won the Stanley Cup and 1 million people came out for the Broad Street Parade, right?  Since 2.7 million Philly fans had not been born yet-it is likely that they have heard the tales for so long, it is almost like they recall.
    
7. Cheese Steaks - Every top-10 list connected to Philly must name Those delicious cheesesteaks.  A “yuz wanna steak wit” is approximately as Philadelphia as never having a title.  Take a glance at Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid and you will view another fan of cheesesteaks
    
8. The Philly Phanatic - He is the neatest mascot of all time.  Fur-covered, maniacal, and devoid of bloomers, he accurately defends a prominent cross-section of the Philly man.
    
9. Allen Iverson - love him or hate him, every Philly fan honors him on the goal line.  He plays through pulls, kinks, cuts, bruises and broken bones, and can energize a crowd.  However, he is maybe even more interesting off the court acting like the king of da hood.  He is the opposite of Donovan McNabb, who is altogether loved by Football buffs, AI as Iverson is called produced a career out of dropping exercises, brooding if he cant play nearly every moment of each game, getting in problems with the cops, or just turning up a City Line Ave. eatery with his Posse.  He constitutes the person Players that Philadelphia area fans love to hate and hate to love.
    
10. Breaking The Billy Penn Curse - Until the late 1980s, no building in downtown Philadelphia had ever been taller than the William Penn sculpture atop city hall.  Since the height barrier was brushed off, no Philadelphia team has captured a national championship - not for a bit more than twenty-two long years.  People talked about the Cubs curse or the Boston curse of the Bambino which was broken in 2004 but Each of those metropolises had other franchisees bringing home Championships.  No curse equates to the torture weathered by a Philly fan.

Maybe that is the reason that even with Philly fans canceling season tickets, calling The hosts at WIP, and taking an oath that they might never support their team again that they are back each pre-season prepared to boo another time.