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2026 Best Noise Makers

Flyers fans

Though there was plenty to cheer about for the Flyers this year, props need to go to Flyers fans for dragging their team into the playoffs for the first time since 2020. Long beleaguered, oft forgotten, the fans reminded the city why, in a city dominated by the Eagles and the Phils, the ones wearing the orange and black remain the most dedicated. Read More »

2026 Best Birds Fan

Neil Beck

Philly sports fan extraordinaire Neil Beck has a collection of some 1,700 sports jerseys decorating his Ardmore man cave, including a closet containing the history of Eagles uniforms from 1933 through Super Bowl LIX. His all-time fave? A Fletcher Cox number 91, complete with Super Bowl LII patch. How did he decide among such riches? “It’s not hard for me,” he says. Read More »