Spent 2 months in Philly going to firefighting/damage control schools while in the navy. A seriously kick ass adventure for a small city boy. Tallest buildings this rube had ever seen. But scary too. Loved the history but never felt like the people were the friendliest. But, the biggest shock (and almost impossible for anyone to believe, especially back in those days) was how great the cops were. They really looked out for the navy, while letting us have some fun. But then, I'm white too. The best part was having the Spectrum a quick walk right outside the base gates. Got to see the (9-73, with first round pick Freddie Boyd from OSU) Sixers and the up and coming Bobby Clarke Flyers anytime we wanted for almost next to nothing. Great concerts anytime the sports teams weren't playing. And I won't even mention the cheesesteaks and hoagies.....Philadelphia does get a bad rap sometimes.....
It's all kinda moot because I doubt players ever live IN the city itself. I'm sure Philly has some fantastic suburban towns within 15 miles.
It's not so much the city, as it is the PHI fans that get hated on, and you have to admit, that any fan base that boos Santa, chucks D cell batteries at J.D. Drew and had the first (and I believe) only stadium in the world to have it's own courtroom and jail IN THE STADIUM has earned that negative reputation. BNM
And, I didn't even mention a fan intentionally vomiting on the 11-year old daughter of off-duty cop, or Eagles fans cheering when Micheal Irvin was wheeled off the field on a stretcher with a career ending neck injury. The city may be beautiful and rich in history, but the fans are the least classy in North America, if not the world. BNM
Only visited Philly, but enjoyed my time there. The great food goes way beyond their well known cheese steaks. Not sure if this is still true or not. But 20 years ago, all bars & taverns were required to maintain a certain % of their business as food service. Or they would loose their liquor license. Every little dive bar would compete for your restaurant $$ with great home cooked type meals at reasonable prices.
Spent a week in Philly in the beginning of November last year and had a great time. Tagged along with the girlfriend as she was attending a conference, which meant I had literally zero agenda. Spent most of my time just walking around eating and drinking. Somehow ended up at a free Stevie Wonder concert one evening, that was a bonus. I don't think I would want to live there, but enjoyed my time touring the city. Everyone was friendly, actually had a long conversation with a guy that works for the 76ers. He is a trainer that works with either Embiid or Okafor (forget which) and other athletes from different sports doing some weird spacial dynamics training or something. It was a really interesting convo. Their fans and staff at the stadiums are pretty terrible though.
My brother and I drove through Phili when I moved to NY. after driving about a half hour around the city center looking for an Authentic Phili Cheesecake place, we roll up to a red light next to a horsecop. I rolled the window down and asked where the best Phili Cheese steak in town is. He lead us about a mile down and then a left for another two miles. We found it. A tiny hole in the wall on a corner all faded yellow with bars on the windows and what looked like pushers on the corner. We went in and the place smelled FANTASTIC, but was dirty as hell and looked to be a take out only type place. Getting stared at by several hard core looking individuals as we wait for our sandwich is never fun. As we pulled out(We were not hanging in the parking lot and eating there!) we saw this dude in a three wheel BMX contraption roll up and toss his cat off his shoulder onto the pavement and watched it scurry off into some bushes. We think it was his cat anyhow. Or maybe he was collecting meat for the venue? LOL We joked about that on the way out, but I tell ya, the cop was right. Even though he sent us into the fricken Ghetto, it was the best. and by the way. It was a sunny day too.
My son went on an AP history tour in high school....worked Duck games to help pay..they went to Philly, New York City, DC, Gettysburg.....went he got back he though Philly was his favorite big city...loved it. I went once but was too young to remember much....probably 4 or 5 with the family
sorry...English Premiere League Soccer has some of the most violent and classless fans in the world....hooligans are the worst fans
and tagged it with this.....but really, it's no big deal....I know a lot of soccer fans over there...they've had small wars over games
Minor signing. Believe the Grizz signed Pierre Jackson to a 10 day contract. He is a feisty PG that played for the Boise D league team a couple of years ago, but has not been able to stick on an NBA team.
