The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

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The Greatest Off-Field Icons in Philly Sports History

Building a list like our recent 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time countdown naturally makes one think of the Philadelphia sports world more holistically. […]

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The Most Quintessentially Philadelphia Sports Moments

When we were working on our list of the 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time, we couldn’t help but get a little nostalgic for […]

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The Best of the Rest: The Athletes Who Just Missed Our “Most Philly” List

By now you’ve hopefully checked out our 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time list, which ran the gamut from Vince Papale to Smarty Jones […]

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There Was Only One Choice for Most Philly Athlete of All Time: Allen Iverson

Thug. Drug dealer. Ex-con. That’s what you heard, nearly three decades ago. Columnists and sports-talk yakkers let it be known that a bad actor had […]

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The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

On May 20, 1871, the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia took to the field in front of 2,500 fans for the very first professional […]

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Why Mo’ne Davis Is One of the Most Philly Athletes of All Time

Mo’ne Davis celebrated her 13th birthday six weeks before the 2014 Little League World Series, in which she became the first girl in series history […]