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The Broad Street Bullies — the only time I’ve ever been proud to live near Philadelphia. Their beating up the Russians is one of the greatest moments in American sports. We bought a color TV so we could watch the Flyers.

9 posted on 05/30/2019 9:48:56 PM PDT by Born to Conserve

To: Born to Conserve

The 1970s-1980s were a great time to be near Philadelphia, sports wise. The Sixers were awesome with the likes of Dr J and Moses Malone, the Phillies finally won a World Series (Pete Rose catching Boonie's bobbled foul catch was one the most clutch plays ever), and the Eagles almost won the SB (beating Dallas at home for the NFC championship was almost like a SB win). The fact that everyone hated the Bullies made me even more proud of them.

Of course we had the downside like the MOVE bombing, Ed Rendell our DA, Budd Dwyer (yea, I know...not Philadelphia but work with me...), but cool things like Live Aid.

The similarities so far in this Cup final between the Blues and the Bullies have been tight. More to come.

12 posted on 05/31/2019 3:51:56 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)

To: Born to Conserve

. Their beating up the Russians is one of the greatest moments in American sports

"They're going home! They're going home!"

31 posted on 05/31/2019 1:37:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: Born to Conserve

LOL, ok so Sign Man needed to brush up on his History a bit.

32 posted on 05/31/2019 1:40:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

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