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title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_teams_of_the_United_States_and_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada">professional American sports</a>, dating back to 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-phils1800_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phils1800-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philly_(45).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Philly_%2845%29.JPG/220px-Philly_%2845%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Philly_%2845%29.JPG/330px-Philly_%2845%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Philly_%2845%29.JPG/440px-Philly_%2845%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial_Field" title="Lincoln Financial Field">Lincoln Financial Field</a> in South Philadelphia, home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wells_Fargo_Center_-_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Wells_Fargo_Center_-_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg/220px-Wells_Fargo_Center_-_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Wells_Fargo_Center_-_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg/330px-Wells_Fargo_Center_-_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Wells_Fargo_Center_-_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg/440px-Wells_Fargo_Center_-_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2794" data-file-height="1634" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> in South Philadelphia, home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_River_End_2010.10.02_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_River_End_2010.10.02_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_River_End_2010.10.02_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_River_End_2010.10.02_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_River_End_2010.10.02_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_River_End_2010.10.02_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_River_End_2010.10.02_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6101" data-file-height="4070" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, has a long and rich tradition in <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports" title="Professional sports">professional</a>, semi-professional, <a href="/wiki/Amateur_sports" title="Amateur sports">amateur</a>, <a href="/wiki/College_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="College athletics">college</a>, and <a href="/wiki/High_school_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="High school sports">high-school</a> sports. </p><p>Philadelphia is one of <a href="/wiki/U.S._cities_with_teams_from_four_major_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. cities with teams from four major sports">twelve cities</a> that hosts teams in the "Big Four" <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major sports leagues</a> in North America, and Philadelphia is one of just four cities in which one team from every league plays within <a href="/wiki/City_limits" title="City limits">city limits</a>. These major sports teams are the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB), the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL), the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL). Each team has played in Philadelphia since at least the 1960s, and each team has won at least two championships. Since 2010, the Greater Philadelphia area also has been the home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> (MLS), making the Philadelphia market one of only <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_and_Canadian_cities_by_number_of_major_professional_sports_franchises" class="mw-redirect" title="List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises">nine cities</a> that hosts a team in the five major sports leagues. Prior to the 1980s, Philadelphia was home to several other notable professional franchises, including the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Yellow_Jackets" title="Frankford Yellow Jackets">Frankford Yellow Jackets</a>, the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Golden_State_Warriors" title="History of the Golden State Warriors">Philadelphia Warriors</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(NHL)" title="Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)">Philadelphia Quakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Atoms" title="Philadelphia Atoms">Philadelphia Atoms</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Field_Club" title="Philadelphia Field Club">Philadelphia Field Club</a>. </p><p>Sports play a very significant role in the <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Philadelphia" title="Culture of Philadelphia">culture</a> of the city and the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Greater Philadelphia area</a>. Philadelphia sports fans are considered to be some of the most knowledgeable fans in sports, and are known for their extreme passion for all of their teams. Philadelphia fans, particularly Phillies and Eagles fans, have a reputation for being the "<a href="/wiki/Hooliganism" title="Hooliganism">Meanest Fans</a> in America".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia's passionate and knowledgeable fans, combined with the number and extensive history and tradition of the city's teams have many times led the city to be described as the nation's best sports city.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Greater Philadelphia area hosts several college sports teams. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Philadelphia Big 5</a> is an informal association of <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> schools in Philadelphia, historically consisting of <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a> and also including <a href="/wiki/Drexel_University" title="Drexel University">Drexel University</a> as of the 2023–24 school year. These six schools, along with <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a>, all represent the Greater Philadelphia area in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a>, while several other area schools field teams in other divisions of the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a>. Temple fields the lone <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I FBS</a> football team in the region, though many Philadelphia fans root for other programs, such as the <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State Nittany Lions</a>. </p><p>In addition to the major professional and college sports, numerous semi-pro, amateur, community, and high school teams play in Philadelphia. The city hosts numerous sporting events, such as the <a href="/wiki/Penn_Relays" title="Penn Relays">Penn Relays</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Rugby_Championship" title="Collegiate Rugby Championship">Collegiate Rugby Championship</a>, and Philadelphia has been the most frequent host of the annual <a href="/wiki/Army%E2%80%93Navy_Game" title="Army–Navy Game">Army–Navy football game</a>. Philadelphia has also been the home of <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Philadelphia#Sports" title="List of people from Philadelphia">several renowned athletes and sports figures</a>. Philly furthermore has played a historically significant role in the development of <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">extreme wrestling</a> in the United States. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_league_professional_teams">Major league professional teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Major league professional teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/U.S._cities_with_teams_from_four_major_league_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. cities with teams from four major league sports">U.S. cities with teams from four major league sports</a></div> <p>Philadelphia has a long history of <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports" title="Professional sports">professional sports</a> teams. Philadelphia is one of <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_by_number_of_professional_sports_championships" title="List of U.S. cities by number of professional sports championships">six cities</a> that has won at least one championship in the NHL, NFL, MLB, and NBA. Philadelphia's combined total of 19 championships in these leagues ranks <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_by_number_of_professional_sports_championships" title="List of U.S. cities by number of professional sports championships">seventh</a> among North American cities in total championships. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Division </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Location </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Titles </th> <th scope="col">Head coach / manager </th> <th scope="col">General manager </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Phillies, Philadelphia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">NL East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1883 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Thomson" title="Rob Thomson">Rob Thomson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Fuld" title="Sam Fuld">Sam Fuld</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Eagles, Philadelphia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NFC_East" title="NFC East">NFC East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial_Field" title="Lincoln Financial Field">Lincoln Financial Field</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1933 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Sirianni" title="Nick Sirianni">Nick Sirianni</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howie_Roseman" title="Howie Roseman">Howie Roseman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="76ers, Philadelphia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NBA)" title="Atlantic Division (NBA)">Atlantic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Nurse" title="Nick Nurse">Nick Nurse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Elton Brand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Flyers, Philadelphia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Division" title="Metropolitan Division">Metropolitan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Tortorella" title="John Tortorella">John Tortorella</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Briere" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Briere">Daniel Briere</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Union, Philadelphia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(MLS)" title="Eastern Conference (MLS)">Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester</a> </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Curtin" title="Jim Curtin">Jim Curtin</a> </td> <td>Ernst Tanner </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers all play their home games in the <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">South Philadelphia Sports Complex</a> within the city. The Eagles currently play at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial_Field" title="Lincoln Financial Field">Lincoln Financial Field</a> (commonly referred to as "The Linc"), built in 2003. The Phillies play at <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a>, which opened in 2004. The Flyers and 76ers share the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a>, opened in 1996. All three venues are within walking distance of <a href="/wiki/NRG_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="NRG Station">NRG Station</a> on SEPTA's <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Line" title="Broad Street Line">Broad Street Line</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> plays its home games at <a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> in the satellite city of <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester</a>, about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Philadelphia has also been home to <a href="/wiki/Relocation_of_professional_sports_teams" title="Relocation of professional sports teams">relocated</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_Pennsylvania_sports_teams" title="List of defunct Pennsylvania sports teams">defunct</a> franchises. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a>, the Philadelphia Warriors (now the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Yellow_Jackets" title="Frankford Yellow Jackets">Frankford Yellow Jackets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> each played in Philadelphia for over a decade. Other former Philadelphia teams, such as the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(NHL)" title="Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)">Philadelphia Quakers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>, have been more short-lived. Both of the major league teams that relocated (the Warriors and the Athletics) currently play in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1980_in_sports" title="1980 in sports">1980</a>, Philadelphia became the only North American city in which all four major sports teams played for their respective championships in one year (although the <a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">Phillies</a> were the only team to win the championship). The Flyers' run to the <a href="/wiki/2010_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2010 Stanley Cup Finals">2010 Stanley Cup Finals</a> made the city of Philadelphia the first North American city to have all four of its major professional sports league teams play in the league championship finals at least once since 2000, although the Phillies and the Eagles are the only teams to have won a championship since 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Inauguration_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inauguration-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia has had an odd trend of losing championship games during presidential inauguration years; the Sixers, Eagles, Phillies, and Flyers collectively have an 0–8 record in such games since 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-Inaugural_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inaugural-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the Phillies became the first team in the city's major professional sports history to finish the regular season in first place in five consecutive seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-FourForOne_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FourForOne-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two other teams finished first during four consecutive seasons: the 1973–77 Flyers and the 2001–04 Eagles.<sup id="cite_ref-FourForOne_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FourForOne-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five other teams finished first for three seasons in a row: the 1929–31 Athletics, 1947–49 Eagles, 1965–68 Sixers, 1976–78 Phillies, and 1984–87 Flyers.<sup id="cite_ref-FourForOne_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FourForOne-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_football">American football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: American football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Super_Bowl_402EF3AA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Super_Bowl_402EF3AA.jpg/220px-Super_Bowl_402EF3AA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Super_Bowl_402EF3AA.jpg/330px-Super_Bowl_402EF3AA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Super_Bowl_402EF3AA.jpg/440px-Super_Bowl_402EF3AA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4846" data-file-height="3231" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> are presented with the <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy" title="Vince Lombardi Trophy">Vince Lombardi Trophy</a> after winning <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">Super Bowl LII</a>, February 4, 2018</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frankford_yellow_jackets_football_1926.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Frankford_yellow_jackets_football_1926.jpg/220px-Frankford_yellow_jackets_football_1926.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Frankford_yellow_jackets_football_1926.jpg/330px-Frankford_yellow_jackets_football_1926.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Frankford_yellow_jackets_football_1926.jpg/440px-Frankford_yellow_jackets_football_1926.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="796" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Yellow_Jackets" title="Frankford Yellow Jackets">Frankford Yellow Jackets</a> 1926 team photo. Launched in 1899, the Yellow Jackets were Philadelphia's first professional football team and won the <a href="/wiki/1926_NFL_season" title="1926 NFL season">1926 NFL season</a> with a season record of 14–1–2.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, founded in 1933, are members of the <a href="/wiki/NFC_East" title="NFC East">East Division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a> (NFC) in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). They have operated continuously since then, with the partial exception of the <a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_season" title="1943 NFL season">1943 season</a>, when the Eagles temporarily merged with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/Steagles" title="Steagles">Steagles</a>. The Eagles have won three <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NFL champions">pre-Super Bowl era NFL championships</a>: <a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_season" title="1948 NFL season">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/1949_NFL_season" title="1949 NFL season">1949</a>, <a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_season" title="1960 NFL season">1960</a>, five conference championships, and 16 division championships. They have made four <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> appearances, losing in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XV" title="Super Bowl XV">Super Bowl XV</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Eagles season">1980</a>), <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">Super Bowl XXXIX</a> (<a href="/wiki/2004_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2004 Philadelphia Eagles season">2004</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVII" title="Super Bowl LVII">Super Bowl LVII</a> (<a href="/wiki/2022_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2022 Philadelphia Eagles season">2022</a>), and winning <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">Super Bowl LII</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2017 Philadelphia Eagles season">2017</a>). The franchise frequently finished at the bottom of the standings in the 1930s, but improved in the 1940s, and became the only NFL team to win back to back championships by shutout (in 1948 and 1949). Though the franchise was average for much of the 1950s, the 1960 championship-winning Eagles were the only team to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a>-coached <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Packers</a> in a playoff game. The Eagles did not experience much success in the 1960s and early 1970s, but the franchise made four straight playoff appearances starting in 1978, including a Super Bowl appearance in 1980. After another down period, the franchise made the playoffs in six of nine seasons between 1988 and 1996. <a href="/wiki/Andy_Reid" title="Andy Reid">Andy Reid</a> was hired as head coach in 1999, and across 14 seasons he led the franchise to nine playoff appearances and a run to <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">Super Bowl XXXIX</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Chip_Kelly" title="Chip Kelly">Chip Kelly</a>'s three-year tenure as head coach, the Eagles hired <a href="/wiki/Doug_Pederson" title="Doug Pederson">Doug Pederson</a>, a former offensive coordinator under Reid. The Eagles defeated the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">Super Bowl LII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FootballRef_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FootballRef-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Sirianni" title="Nick Sirianni">Nick Sirianni</a> was named head coach in 2021 and lead the Eagles to a berth in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVII" title="Super Bowl LVII">Super Bowl LVII</a>. In 1994, defensive end <a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">Reggie White</a>, running back <a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Steve Van Buren</a>, and two-way players <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik" title="Chuck Bednarik">Chuck Bednarik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pete_Pihos" title="Pete Pihos">Pete Pihos</a> were named to the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a>. </p><p>The city's first professional football team was the <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Yellow_Jackets" title="Frankford Yellow Jackets">Frankford Yellow Jackets</a>. Originally a community athletic-association team in the <a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia" title="Frankford, Philadelphia">Frankford</a> neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Northeast Philadelphia</a> dating back to 1899, the club became one of the early NFL clubs in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-Kashatus_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashatus-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Yellow Jackets won the <a href="/wiki/NFL_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL championship">NFL championship</a> in 1926. Its home field was <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Stadium" title="Frankford Stadium">Frankford Stadium</a> (also called Yellow Jacket Field). Financial troubles brought on by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and a fire at <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Stadium" title="Frankford Stadium">Frankford Stadium</a> led to the club disbanding after the 1931 season. <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Famers</a> <a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Guy Chamberlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_R._Lyman" class="mw-redirect" title="William R. Lyman">William R. Lyman</a> both played for the Yellow Jackets. </p><p>The greater Philadelphia area has had four other football teams that played in the NFL or in leagues that attempted to compete with the NFL. The <a href="/wiki/Pottsville_Maroons" title="Pottsville Maroons">Pottsville Maroons</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>, played in nearby <a href="/wiki/Pottsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Pottsville, Pennsylvania">Pottsville</a> during the 1920s. In 1925, the Maroons were <a href="/wiki/1925_NFL_Championship_controversy" title="1925 NFL Championship controversy">briefly suspended</a> from the NFL for playing an unauthorized exhibition game at Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>. The team moved to Boston in 1929, but folded at the end of the season. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(AFL)" title="Philadelphia Quakers (AFL)">Philadelphia Quakers</a> played one season in Philadelphia as part of the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1926)" title="American Football League (1926)">American Football League</a>, a fledgling league intent on challenging the NFL as the premier football league in the country. The team took its name from the <a href="/wiki/Union_Quakers_of_Philadelphia" title="Union Quakers of Philadelphia">Union Quakers of Philadelphia</a>, a local club which had been denied entry into the American Professional Football Association (as the NFL was known before 1922). The AFL Quakers won the league championship in 1926, giving Philadelphia two football championships in one year, as the Frankford Yellow Jackets won the 1926 NFL title. However, both the AFL and the Quakers folded after just one season of existence. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Bell" title="Philadelphia Bell">Philadelphia Bell</a> was a franchise of the <a href="/wiki/World_Football_League" title="World Football League">World Football League</a>, which operated from 1974 to 1975 and attempted to challenge the NFL's dominance. The league was founded by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Davidson" title="Gary Davidson">Gary Davidson</a>, who had also led the founding of World Hockey Association and the American Basketball Association, but the WFL folded after only two years and no teams were absorbed into the NFL. The Bell played its home games in <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Stadium_(Philadelphia)" title="John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)">JFK Stadium</a>, and they employed the first African-American head coach in modern professional football history (retired Hall of Fame safety <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wood" title="Willie Wood">Willie Wood</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-wwncotb_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwncotb-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia/Baltimore_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars">Philadelphia Stars</a> were a football team in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League" title="United States Football League">USFL</a>, a league that attempted to compete with the NFL for three seasons in the 1980s. The Stars, playing at Veterans Stadium, won the league championship in their second season in Philadelphia in 1983−84, but the franchise moved to <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> for the league's final season. The team was coached by <a href="/wiki/Jim_E._Mora" title="Jim E. Mora">Jim Mora</a>, who went on to a successful coaching career in the NFL, and among its players were future NFL Pro Bowlers <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mills" title="Sam Mills">Sam Mills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sean_Landeta" title="Sean Landeta">Sean Landeta</a> (who later played for the Philadelphia Eagles). Unlike the NFL, the league played in the spring and summer, but it folded after a failed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League#USFL_v._NFL_lawsuit" title="United States Football League">antitrust lawsuit</a> and an aborted attempt to directly compete with the NFL in the fall. In 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(2022)" title="Philadelphia Stars (2022)">Philadelphia Stars</a> name and iconography were resurrected with a team in the new <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Football League (2022)">USFL</a> (although all games were played in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>). In 2023, that league merged with the <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(2024)" title="United Football League (2024)">United Football League</a>, which announced that the Stars franchise would not be folded into the new league.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">History of the Philadelphia Athletics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Veterans_Stadium_Final_Game_-_September_28,_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Veterans_Stadium_Final_Game_-_September_28%2C_2003.jpg/220px-Veterans_Stadium_Final_Game_-_September_28%2C_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Veterans_Stadium_Final_Game_-_September_28%2C_2003.jpg/330px-Veterans_Stadium_Final_Game_-_September_28%2C_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Veterans_Stadium_Final_Game_-_September_28%2C_2003.jpg/440px-Veterans_Stadium_Final_Game_-_September_28%2C_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> final game at <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Stadium" title="Veterans Stadium">Veterans Stadium</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Multi-purpose_stadium" title="Multi-purpose stadium">multi-purpose stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a>, on September 29, 2003. The Phillies played at Veterans Stadium from 1971 until 2003. The stadium was demolished in March 2004.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Players_rushing_field.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Players_rushing_field.JPG/220px-Players_rushing_field.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Players_rushing_field.JPG/330px-Players_rushing_field.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Players_rushing_field.JPG/440px-Players_rushing_field.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Phillies players rush the field at <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a> after winning the <a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008 World Series</a> on October 29, 2008. The Phillies have won the World Series twice in their history, in <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a> and 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>The city's sole existing <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) team is the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. Founded in 1883, the team is the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Phillies compete in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">National League East</a> and have won the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> twice, in <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008</a>. The Phillies have won eight <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_pennant_winners" title="List of National League pennant winners">pennants</a> and eleven <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">NL East</a> <a href="/wiki/National_League_East#Most_Division_titles" title="National League East">division titles</a>. In 2007, the Phillies lost a game for the 10,000th time in franchise history; according to the <a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a>, no professional sports franchise in any sport has lost more games.<sup id="cite_ref-JLongman_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JLongman-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For its first 30 years, the franchise often finished in the middle of the National League. Led by pitcher <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Grover Cleveland Alexander</a>, the franchise appeared in the <a href="/wiki/1915_World_Series" title="1915 World Series">1915 World Series</a> and made strong finishes in 1916 and 1917. After trading Alexander in 1917, the franchise had one of the worst stretches in professional sports history, as it managed just one winning season between 1918 and 1948. The <a href="/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(baseball)" title="Whiz Kids (baseball)">"Whiz Kid"</a> Phillies, led by pitcher <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a>, reached the <a href="/wiki/1950_World_Series" title="1950 World Series">1950 World Series</a>, but the team was swept by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. The team finished towards the middle of the pack for much of the 1950s and 1960s. After a down period in the early 1970s, third baseman <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> led the Phillies to six playoff appearances in eight years. The Phillies won their first World Series in <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> in six games. The Phillies also appeared in the <a href="/wiki/1983_World_Series" title="1983 World Series">1983 World Series</a>, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>. The franchise had just one winning season between 1987 and 2000, although the 1993 Phillies appeared in the <a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">1993 World Series</a>, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a>. The franchise experienced a resurgence starting in 2001, though it did not make the playoffs until 2007. From 2007 to 2011, the Phillies made the playoffs for five straight seasons, winning the <a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008 World Series</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> and also appearing in the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009 World Series</a>. After an 11-year playoff drought, the Phillies reached the <a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022 World Series</a>, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> in six games. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> were founded in 1901 as one of the eight <a href="/wiki/American_League#Charter_franchises" title="American League">charter franchises</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>. Like several other MLB teams, the Athletics <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_relocation_of_1950s%E2%80%9360s" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball relocation of 1950s–60s">relocated in the 1950s</a>, moving to <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a> after the 1954 season. The Philadelphia Athletics won the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> in <a href="/wiki/1910_World_Series" title="1910 World Series">1910</a>, <a href="/wiki/1911_World_Series" title="1911 World Series">1911</a>, <a href="/wiki/1913_World_Series" title="1913 World Series">1913</a>, <a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">1929</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a>. The team won the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_pennant_winners" title="List of American League pennant winners">pennant</a> nine times while in Philadelphia, including a <a href="/wiki/1902_in_baseball" title="1902 in baseball">1902</a> pennant victory that occurred before the start of the modern <a href="/wiki/World_Series#Modern_World_Series_(1903–present)" title="World Series">World Series</a>. The Athletics declined after their victory in the 1930 World Series, and usually finished below .500 in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Having played 53 seasons in Philadelphia, the Athletics are the sixth-longest tenured team in major North American professional sports to relocate, behind four other baseball teams (the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Boston_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Boston Braves">Braves</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the New York Giants (baseball)">Giants</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Dodgers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)">Senators</a>) and one football team (the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_San_Diego_Chargers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the San Diego Chargers">Chargers</a>). The Athletics would later relocate to <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> after the 1967 season, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>, and plans are now in place for the Athletics to relocate to <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a> in 2028. Philadelphia Athletics players such as <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Grove" title="Lefty Grove">Lefty Grove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">Al Simmons</a> have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame">Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame</a>, as has long-time manager and owner <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Connie Mack</a>, who holds the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_records_considered_unbreakable" title="List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable">record</a> for most games managed, won, and lost. While the Athletics played in Philadelphia, they frequently played the Phillies in exhibition games known as the <a href="/wiki/City_Series_(Philadelphia)" title="City Series (Philadelphia)">City Series</a>. However, the teams never met in the World Series, and did not play each other in the regular season until 2003 (after the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">interleague play</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">integration</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> following World War II, Philadelphia was the home of numerous <a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league</a> teams playing in various leagues. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Pythians" title="Philadelphia Pythians">Philadelphia Pythians</a> played from 1867 to 1887, and were one of the top early black baseball clubs. Shortly after the end of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, the Pythians tried to join the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> but were denied membership.<sup id="cite_ref-GKirsch_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GKirsch-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Giants" title="Philadelphia Giants">Philadelphia Giants</a> were a <a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league</a> team that played from 1902 to 1911. The <a href="/wiki/Hilldale_Club" title="Hilldale Club">Hilldale Club</a> played as an independent and in several leagues from 1910 to 1932. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Tigers" title="Philadelphia Tigers">Philadelphia Tigers</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Colored_League" title="Eastern Colored League">Eastern Colored League</a> in 1928. Two franchises played in the second incarnation of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%9348)" class="mw-redirect" title="Negro National League (1933–48)">Negro National League</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">Philadelphia Stars</a> played from 1934 to 1948, while the <a href="/wiki/Bacharach_Giants" title="Bacharach Giants">Bacharach Giants</a> played in the league in 1934. In 2020, Major League Baseball retroactively extended major league recognition to seven negro leagues,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making the Giants, the Tigers, the Hilldale Club, the Bacharach Giants, and the Stars major league franchises for part or all of their existences. The Hilldale Club and the Stars, two of the longest lasting Negro League franchises, were both led by local postal official <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bolden" title="Ed Bolden">Ed Bolden</a>. Hilldale was defeated in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Negro_World_Series" title="Negro World Series">Negro World Series</a> of <a href="/wiki/1924_Colored_World_Series" title="1924 Colored World Series">1924</a> but won the following year in <a href="/wiki/1925_Colored_World_Series" title="1925 Colored World Series">1925</a>, while the Stars won the <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%931948)" title="Negro National League (1933–1948)">Negro National League</a> championship in 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first game in the history of Major League Baseball was played in Philadelphia, on Saturday, April 22, 1876, at the <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Street_Grounds" title="Jefferson Street Grounds">Jefferson Street Grounds</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Caps" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Red Caps">Boston Red Caps</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(1860%E2%80%931876)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876)">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, 6–5, in the inaugural game of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These Athletics (officially known as the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia) were formed in 1860, and played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Base Ball Players">National Association of Base Ball Players</a> (NABBP), then the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association</a> (NA), and finally the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> (NL; for only one year). The Athletics won the inaugural <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association</a> title, making the franchise the winner of arguably the first title in major league history. After the end of the 1876 season, the franchise folded, having been expelled from the National League for refusing to make a late-season road trip. Three other franchises would later use the name "Athletics", including the now–Oakland Athletics. Though the 1860–76 Athletics were the first prominent Philadelphia baseball club, the history of baseball in Philadelphia extends to even before the Athletics, as Philadelphians were playing <a href="/wiki/Town_ball" title="Town ball">town ball</a> by the 1820s.<sup id="cite_ref-RWestcott_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWestcott-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Golden_State_Warriors#1946–1962:_Philadelphia_Warriors" title="History of the Golden State Warriors">History of the Golden State Warriors § 1946–1962: Philadelphia Warriors</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilt_Chamberlain_Nate_Thurmond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wilt_Chamberlain_Nate_Thurmond.jpg/220px-Wilt_Chamberlain_Nate_Thurmond.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wilt_Chamberlain_Nate_Thurmond.jpg/330px-Wilt_Chamberlain_Nate_Thurmond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wilt_Chamberlain_Nate_Thurmond.jpg/440px-Wilt_Chamberlain_Nate_Thurmond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="684" data-file-height="838" /></a><figcaption>Four-time NBA <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> (right) of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> teammate <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Nate Thurmond</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> (commonly referred to as the Sixers) represent Philadelphia in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>. The franchise, which plays in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NBA)" title="Atlantic Division (NBA)">Atlantic Division</a>, has won three NBA championships, nine conference titles, and five division titles. As of 2014, the Sixers have the third most wins in NBA history.<sup id="cite_ref-Sixerswins_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sixerswins-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The franchise began in 1946, as the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Nationals" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse Nationals">Syracuse Nationals</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(United_States)" title="National Basketball League (United States)">National Basketball League</a> (NBL). In 1949, the Nationals were one of seven NBL teams that merged with the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America" title="Basketball Association of America">BAA</a> to form the NBA. The franchise won its first championship in <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_NBA_season" title="1954–55 NBA season">1955</a>, as the Nationals. After moving to Philadelphia in 1963 and being renamed the 76ers, the franchise acquired <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> and experienced a great period of success. The team won a then-<a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_teams_by_single_season_win_percentage" title="List of NBA teams by single season win percentage">record</a> 68 games and the <a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">championship</a> in the 1966–1967 season, making it the only team <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">besides</a> the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> to win an NBA championship in the 1960s. The franchise missed the playoffs for four consecutive seasons in the early 1970s, and the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season">1972–1973</a> Sixers hold the <a href="/wiki/NBA_regular_season_records#Season_2" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA regular season records">NBA record</a> for most losses in one season, with 73. However, the team quickly bounced back after it acquired <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>, and Erving and <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> led the Sixers to a championship in <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a>. The franchise continued to experience success until the early 1990s, when it traded <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>. The Sixers missed the playoffs for seven straight seasons until the emergence of <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a>, who led the team to the <a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001 Finals</a>. The team hovered around .500 for most of the 2000s decade, and missed the playoffs from 2013 to 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-bbref_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbref-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the team has since made six consecutive playoff appearances with star center <a href="/wiki/Joel_Embiid" title="Joel Embiid">Joel Embiid</a>. In 1996, the NBA named the <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season">1967</a> and <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">1983</a> championship-winning teams two of the ten <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History#Top_10_Teams_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">greatest teams</a> in NBA history. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Warriors">Philadelphia Warriors</a> played in Philadelphia from 1946 to 1962 before moving to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> and becoming the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>. The Philadelphia Warriors won two championships and three conference titles during that time. The team won its first championship in <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season" title="1946–47 BAA season">1946–47</a>, the inaugural season of the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America" title="Basketball Association of America">Basketball Association of America</a> (BAA). Following the merger between the BAA and the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(United_States)" title="National Basketball League (United States)">National Basketball League</a> that formed the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>, the Philadelphia Warriors won their second title in <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_NBA_season" title="1955–56 NBA season">1956</a>. While a member of the Philadelphia Warriors, <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> set several <a href="/wiki/NBA_regular_season_records" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA regular season records">NBA records</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain%27s_100-point_game" title="Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game">scoring 100 points</a> in a game against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> is perhaps his most well-known achievement. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame">Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame</a> has inducted <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Neil Johnston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Joe Fulks</a>, and other people associated with the Philadelphia Warriors. The Warriors franchise moved to San Francisco in 1962 and became the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>. The Warriors and Sixers/Nationals have met in the playoffs <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_76ers_seasons" title="List of Philadelphia 76ers seasons">ten times</a>, most recently in the <a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967 NBA Finals</a>. Philadelphia went <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_NBA_season" title="1962–63 NBA season">one season</a> without an NBA franchise before the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Nationals" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse Nationals">Syracuse Nationals</a> moved to Philadelphia and became the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. In the lone season that Philadelphia lacked an NBA franchise, the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1961%E2%80%9363)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball League (1961–63)">American Basketball League</a>, which had been started in 1961 by <a href="/wiki/Abe_Saperstein" title="Abe Saperstein">Abe Saperstein</a> as an attempt to compete with the NBA, moved a franchise to region. Both the team (the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Tapers" title="Philadelphia Tapers">Philadelphia Tapers</a>) and the league folded in December 1962. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ice_hockey">Ice hockey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ice hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dave_Schultz_hockey.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dave_Schultz_hockey.JPG/220px-Dave_Schultz_hockey.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dave_Schultz_hockey.JPG/330px-Dave_Schultz_hockey.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dave_Schultz_hockey.JPG/440px-Dave_Schultz_hockey.JPG 2x" data-file-width="949" data-file-height="1329" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dave_Schultz_(ice_hockey)" title="Dave Schultz (ice hockey)">Dave Schultz</a>, who played for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> from 1971 to 1976, helped lead the Flyers to two <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> victories while also helping establish their reputation as the Broad Street Bullies, setting the all-time <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> record for most <a href="/wiki/Penalty_(ice_hockey)" title="Penalty (ice hockey)">penalty minutes</a> in a season (472 in 1973–74).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> were one of six teams that the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL) <a href="/wiki/History_of_organizational_changes_in_the_NHL" title="History of organizational changes in the NHL">added</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/1967_NHL_expansion" title="1967 NHL expansion">1967 NHL expansion</a>, which ended the <a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a> era. The Flyers play in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Division" title="Metropolitan Division">Metropolitan Division</a> and have won two championships: the <a href="/wiki/1974_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1974 Stanley Cup Finals">1974</a> and <a href="/wiki/1975_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1975 Stanley Cup Finals">1975</a> <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cups</a>. The Flyers were the first non-<a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a> team to win the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Maroons" title="Montreal Maroons">Montreal Maroons</a> won the cup in 1935. The Flyers have won eight conference championships and 16 division championships. The Flyers were particularly successful in the 1970s: the team won back-to-back Stanley Cups, appeared in a third consecutive Stanley Cup Finals in <a href="/wiki/1976_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1976 Stanley Cup Finals">1976</a>, defeated <a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">HC CSKA Moscow</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> "<a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> team") in a <a href="/wiki/1976_Philadelphia_Flyers%E2%80%93Red_Army_game" title="1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game">famous exhibition game</a>, and, in the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season">1979–80 season</a>, set the record for the <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_records_(team)" title="List of NHL records (team)">longest unbeaten streak</a> in NHL history.<sup id="cite_ref-oldflyers_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldflyers-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The franchise experienced success even after the retirement of Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Clarke" title="Bobby Clarke">Bobby Clarke</a>, making Stanley Cup appearances in <a href="/wiki/1985_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1985 Stanley Cup Finals">1985</a> and <a href="/wiki/1987_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1987 Stanley Cup Finals">1987</a>. After a down period in the early 1990s, <a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">Hart Trophy</a>-winner <a href="/wiki/Eric_Lindros" title="Eric Lindros">Eric Lindros</a> helped lead the team to the <a href="/wiki/1997_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1997 Stanley Cup Finals">1997 Stanley Cup Finals</a> and a string of playoff appearances. The team made another Finals appearance in <a href="/wiki/2010_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2010 Stanley Cup Finals">2010</a>, but lost in six games to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hockeyref_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hockeyref-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2016, the Flyers have accrued the second-highest <a href="/wiki/Points_percentage" class="mw-redirect" title="Points percentage">points percentage</a> of all NHL franchises, behind only the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-teamindex_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teamindex-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Bullies" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad Street Bullies">1970s Flyers</a> earned the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" for their aggressive style of play, and the nickname is still applied to the franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flyers <a href="/wiki/Enforcer_(ice_hockey)" title="Enforcer (ice hockey)">enforcer</a> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Schultz_(ice_hockey)" title="Dave Schultz (ice hockey)">Dave Schultz</a> holds the <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_records_(individual)#Penalty_minutes" title="List of NHL records (individual)">record</a> for most penalty minutes in a season, with 472. </p><p>Philadelphia has had only brief experiences with top-level hockey aside from the Flyers. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(NHL)" title="Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)">Philadelphia Quakers</a> were a <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> team that played only one full season, 1930–31, at the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Arena" title="Philadelphia Arena">Philadelphia Arena</a>. The franchise, which had moved from Pittsburgh, folded after its only season in Philadelphia, during which the club set a record for the lowest winning percentage and the longest losing streak in league history—records that stood for over forty years. The Quakers were one of several NHL teams that <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_and_relocated_National_Hockey_League_teams" title="List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams">folded</a> in the 1930s, leaving the NHL with just six teams between 1942 and the 1967 expansion that brought the NHL to Philadelphia and five other American cities. <a href="/wiki/Len_Peto" title="Len Peto">Len Peto</a> attempted to bring the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Maroons" title="Montreal Maroons">Montreal Maroons</a> to Philadelphia in the 1940s, but the lack of both league support and a suitable arena prevented the Maroons from playing in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-maroons_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maroons-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Blazers" title="Philadelphia Blazers">Philadelphia Blazers</a> played for one season in the <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a>, a league that attempted to challenge the NHL's supremacy, using a rink constructed in Convention Hall at the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Convention_Hall_and_Civic_Center" title="Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center">Civic Center</a> (later used by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Firebirds_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Firebirds (ice hockey)">Philadelphia Firebirds</a> of the North American Hockey League and the American Hockey League). After the 1972–73 season, the Blazers moved to <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, but the franchise folded in 1977. Another <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a> franchise, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Golden_Blades" title="New York Golden Blades">Jersey Knights</a>, moved in November 1973 to the Cherry Hill Arena in <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Cherry Hill, New Jersey">Cherry Hill, New Jersey</a>, and then relocated to San Diego before the start of the 1974–75 season.<sup id="cite_ref-Bangor_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bangor-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PPL_Park_DSC_0105.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/PPL_Park_DSC_0105.jpg/220px-PPL_Park_DSC_0105.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/PPL_Park_DSC_0105.jpg/330px-PPL_Park_DSC_0105.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/PPL_Park_DSC_0105.jpg/440px-PPL_Park_DSC_0105.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2551" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> (MLS)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1921.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1921.jpg/220px-Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1921.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1921.jpg/330px-Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1921.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1921.jpg/440px-Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1921.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="308" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._(1907%E2%80%931930)" title="Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930)">Bethlehem Steel F.C.</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> July 1921</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_Union_-_Minnesota_UNITED_-_MLS_-_Soccer_(36993213812).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Philadelphia_Union_-_Minnesota_UNITED_-_MLS_-_Soccer_%2836993213812%29.jpg/220px-Philadelphia_Union_-_Minnesota_UNITED_-_MLS_-_Soccer_%2836993213812%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Philadelphia_Union_-_Minnesota_UNITED_-_MLS_-_Soccer_%2836993213812%29.jpg/330px-Philadelphia_Union_-_Minnesota_UNITED_-_MLS_-_Soccer_%2836993213812%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Philadelphia_Union_-_Minnesota_UNITED_-_MLS_-_Soccer_%2836993213812%29.jpg/440px-Philadelphia_Union_-_Minnesota_UNITED_-_MLS_-_Soccer_%2836993213812%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> club photo in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> (MLS) team that plays in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(MLS)" title="Eastern Conference (MLS)">Eastern Conference</a>. The franchise began play in 2010. The Union play at <a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Soccer-specific_stadium" title="Soccer-specific stadium">soccer-specific stadium</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Ben_(MLS_supporters_association)" title="Sons of Ben (MLS supporters association)">Sons of Ben</a> is an independent <a href="/wiki/Supporters_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Supporters group">supporters group</a> that helped bring the Union to the Philadelphia area and continues to support the Union. The Union's top affiliate is <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union_II" title="Philadelphia Union II">Philadelphia Union II</a>. Originally known as Bethlehem Steel FC as a tribute to the early 20th century soccer powerhouse, the team began play in 2015 in the second-level United Soccer League, now known as the <a href="/wiki/USL_Championship" title="USL Championship">USL Championship</a>. Steel FC played its first four seasons at <a href="/wiki/Goodman_Stadium" title="Goodman Stadium">Goodman Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem, Pennsylvania</a>, but moved to Subaru Park for at least the 2019 season because Goodman Stadium no longer meets league stadium requirements. Steel FC was renamed Union II in advance of the 2020 season, and went on hiatus for the 2021 season. Union II returned the next year as one of the inaugural teams of <a href="/wiki/MLS_Next_Pro" title="MLS Next Pro">MLS Next Pro</a>, an MLS-operated third-level league made up mainly of MLS reserve sides. </p><p>The Union have also reached the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Cup" title="U.S. Open Cup">U.S. Open Cup</a> final three times, in <a href="/wiki/2014_U.S._Open_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 U.S. Open Cup Final">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_U.S._Open_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 U.S. Open Cup Final">2015</a> and <a href="/wiki/2018_U.S._Open_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 U.S. Open Cup Final">2018</a>, losing two games at home (in extra time in 2014 to <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Sounders_FC" title="Seattle Sounders FC">Seattle Sounders FC</a> and after penalties in 2015 to <a href="/wiki/Sporting_Kansas_City" title="Sporting Kansas City">Sporting Kansas City</a>) and once on the road (in 2018 away to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Dynamo" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Dynamo">Houston Dynamo</a>). In <a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Soccer_season" title="2020 Major League Soccer season">2020</a>, the Union won the <a href="/wiki/Supporters%27_Shield" title="Supporters' Shield">Supporters' Shield</a>, given to the team in MLS with the best regular season record, the first major trophy in the team's history.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._(1907%E2%80%9330)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–30)">Bethlehem Steel F.C.</a> was one of the most successful early American soccer clubs; the club was sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel" title="Bethlehem Steel">Bethlehem Steel</a> and played from 1907 to 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-NRadz_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRadz-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club won league championships in two semi-professional leagues, the AAFBA and the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_Football_League" title="National Association Football League">NAFBL</a>. For the inaugural 1921–1922 season of the professional <a href="/wiki/American_Soccer_League_(1921%E2%80%9333)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Soccer League (1921–33)">American Soccer League</a>, Bethlehem Steel F.C. moved to Philadelphia and competed as the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Field_Club" title="Philadelphia Field Club">Philadelphia Field Club</a>. The team won the first American Soccer League championship, but moved back to Bethlehem and reverted to its original name. Three other franchises also competed as the Philadelphia Field Club, giving Philadelphia continuous representation in the ASL between 1921 and 1929 (although the second incarnation of Philadelphia Field Club changed its name to the Philadelphia Celtic for one season). During the 1924–1925 season, <a href="/wiki/Fleisher_Yarn" title="Fleisher Yarn">Fleisher Yarn</a> joined the ASL, giving Philadelphia two teams. Excluding the first incarnation of the Philadelphia Field Club, the Philadelphia ASL teams experienced little success. The ASL was one of the most popular sports leagues in the country before it dissolved due to the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and disagreements with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States Football Association</a> and <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-slate1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slate1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After returning to Bethlehem, Bethlehem Steel F.C. won a second ASL championship in 1927, and then played in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Professional_Soccer_League_(1928%E2%80%9329)" title="Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29)">Eastern Professional Soccer League</a> from 1928 to 1929, winning the league championship in both seasons. The EPSL and ASL merged after the 1929 season, but Bethlehem Steel FC folded in 1930 and the ASL collapsed in 1933. Bethlehem Steel F.C. won the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Cup" title="U.S. Open Cup">US Open Cup</a> five times, which remains a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Cup#Champions_by_number_of_titles" title="U.S. Open Cup">record</a> (shared with <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="Maccabi Los Angeles">Maccabi Los Angeles</a>). The club also won the <a href="/wiki/American_Cup" title="American Cup">American Cup</a> six times. <a href="/wiki/National_Soccer_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Soccer Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> Bethlehem Steel players include <a href="/wiki/Jock_Ferguson" title="Jock Ferguson">Jock Ferguson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Millar_(soccer)" title="Robert Millar (soccer)">Robert Millar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Ratican" title="Harry Ratican">Harry Ratican</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Fleming_(soccer)" title="Tommy Fleming (soccer)">Tommy Fleming</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Archie_Stark" title="Archie Stark">Archie Stark</a>, whose international record of 70 goals in one season stood for 87 years before it was broken by <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Lionel Messi</a> in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-messi_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-messi-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the Philadelphia Union unveiled a third uniform that pays homage to Bethlehem Steel F.C.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the collapse of the ASL, soccer in the United States <a href="/wiki/History_of_soccer_in_the_United_States" title="History of soccer in the United States">declined</a> in popularity and the country lacked a major professional soccer league. In 1967, two major soccer leagues, the <a href="/wiki/National_Professional_Soccer_League_(1967)" title="National Professional Soccer League (1967)">National Professional Soccer League</a> (NPSL) and the <a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_Association" title="United Soccer Association">United Soccer Association</a> (USA), both began play.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Spartans" title="Philadelphia Spartans">Philadelphia Spartans</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Art_Rooney" title="Art Rooney">Art Rooney</a>, played at <a href="/wiki/Temple_Stadium" title="Temple Stadium">Temple Stadium</a> for the NPSL's lone season. After one season, both leagues merged to form the <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>-backed, major professional <a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">North American Soccer League</a> (NASL). The Spartans did not make the jump to the NASL, but two different franchises later represented Philadelphia. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Atoms" title="Philadelphia Atoms">Philadelphia Atoms</a> played from 1973 to 1976, winning the <a href="/wiki/Soccer_Bowl" title="Soccer Bowl">Soccer Bowl</a> in their <a href="/wiki/1973_North_American_Soccer_League_season" title="1973 North American Soccer League season">inaugural 1973 season</a>. Philadelphia goalkeeper and Pennsylvania native <a href="/wiki/Bob_Rigby" title="Bob Rigby">Bob Rigby</a> became the first soccer player to be featured on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> following the club's championship. The Atoms folded after the 1976 season, having been bought by Mexican owners whose plans to move the team to <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a> were not approved by the league. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fury_(1978%E2%80%9380)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Fury (1978–80)">Philadelphia Fury</a> played from 1978 to 1980, but were bought by <a href="/wiki/Molson_Brewery" title="Molson Brewery">Molson Brewery</a> and moved to <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Manic" title="Montreal Manic">Manic</a>. The Atoms and the Fury both played at Veterans Stadium, though the Atoms played their final season in Philadelphia at Franklin Field. The NASL folded in 1984, leaving the United States without a top-level soccer league until Major League Soccer (MLS) began play in 1996. </p><p>Philadelphia is one of eleven U.S. cities which will host matches during the <a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2026 FIFA World Cup">2026 FIFA World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_tennis">Team tennis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Team tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two teams named the Philadelphia Freedoms played in <a href="/wiki/World_TeamTennis" title="World TeamTennis">World TeamTennis</a>, the original <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedoms_(1974)" title="Philadelphia Freedoms (1974)">Philadelphia Freedoms</a>, for which the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedom_(song)" title="Philadelphia Freedom (song)">Elton John song</a> was written and a second <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedoms" title="Philadelphia Freedoms">Philadelphia Freedoms</a> team from 2001 until the league folded in 2021. <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> and Freedoms star <a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean_King" title="Billie Jean King">Billie Jean King</a> were good friends, and John and his songwriting partner, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Taupin" title="Bernie Taupin">Bernie Taupin</a>, wrote the song for the team to be used as a team anthem at home matches in the <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">Spectrum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-king_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John was such a big fan of the Freedoms that he attended home matches wearing the team's uniform and sat on the bench with the players.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recorded the song in the summer of 1974, and it was released on February 24, 1975. </p><p>WTT's inaugural season was 1974, and the Freedoms were one of the charter franchises. Teams had the opportunity to sign players to contracts prior to the draft held by the new 16-team league, and King signed with the Freedoms. She served as the team's player-coach, making her the first female head coach of a professional sports team that included male players, since WTT was a co-ed league. The Freedoms finished with WTT's best regular-season record at 39–5 in the league's inaugural season. King was the league's MVP. The Freedoms defeated the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Nets">Cleveland Nets</a> in the Eastern Division semifinals and the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Triangles" title="Pittsburgh Triangles">Pittsburgh Triangles</a> in the Eastern Division championship series. Although King performed well in the WTT Finals, WTT Playoffs MVP <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Pattison" title="Andrew Pattison">Andrew Pattison</a> was dominant for the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Racquets" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver Racquets">Denver Racquets</a>, and that proved too much to overcome, as the Freedoms were swept in two straight matches. </p><p>Following the 1974 season, WTT owners concluded it would be in all their interests to have a successful franchise in New York City, and they pressured Freedoms co-owner, Dick Butera, to trade King to the <a href="/wiki/1974_New_York_Sets_season" title="1974 New York Sets season">New York Sets</a>, who were 15–29 in 1974, in a complicated deal on February 5, 1975. Upon announcing the trade, Butera said, "It's not an easy thing to let Billie Jean go. I feel like <a href="/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Faisal of Saudi Arabia">King Faisal</a> giving away his oil wells."<sup id="cite_ref-king_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After King was traded, a group of investors that included Bob Mades, Paul Slater, Herbert S. Hoffman, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kraft" title="Robert Kraft">Robert K. Kraft</a> and Harold Bayne expressed interest in buying the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Lobsters_(1974)" title="Boston Lobsters (1974)">original Boston Lobsters</a>. However, the Lobsters franchise had already been contracted by WTT. With Freedoms owners Dick and Ken Butera far less enthusiastic about their team after trading King, the two sides struck a deal, and the Freedoms were sold on March 27, 1975, and moved to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>. In order to claim the name and intellectual property of the original Lobsters, the new ownership group was required to settle some of the debts of the former team. Once they accomplished this, the Freedoms were renamed as the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Lobsters_(1974%E2%80%931978)" title="Boston Lobsters (1974–1978)">Boston Lobsters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a consequence, "Philadelphia Freedom" was never paid at a home match of the original Philadelphia Freedoms. King went on the win two WTT championships in New York in 1976 and 1977. The team changed its name to <a href="/wiki/New_York_Apples" title="New York Apples">New York Apples</a> after the 1976 season. </p><p>Billie Jean King and the Freedoms returned in 2001, when they became a WTT expansion franchise with King as their owner. The team first played its home matches at <a href="/wiki/Cabrini_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabrini College">Cabrini College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Radnor Township, Pennsylvania">Radnor Township, Pennsylvania</a> and won WTT championships in 2001 (as an expansion team) and 2006. For the 2008 and 2009 seasons, home matches were played at a temporary stadium erected in the parking lot of the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Prussia_(shopping_mall)" title="King of Prussia (shopping mall)">King of Prussia</a> mall. From 2010 to 2016, the Freedoms played their home matches at <a href="/wiki/Finneran_Pavilion" title="Finneran Pavilion">The Pavilion</a> on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>. In 2017, the Freedoms home court moved to <a href="/wiki/Hagan_Arena" title="Hagan Arena">Hagan Arena</a> on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's University</a>, returning to play within the City of Philadelphia for the first time since 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline_of_franchises">Timeline of franchises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Timeline of franchises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The timeline includes Philadelphia franchises that played in major professional sports leagues after 1900.</i> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_ks6mbmhlmzsrfgjs9fur55g5ugkb190"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" coords="788,229,924,250" title="Philadelphia Union" alt="Philadelphia Union" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fury_(1978%E2%80%9380)" coords="637,211,768,231" title="Philadelphia Fury (1978–80)" alt="Philadelphia Fury (1978–80)" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Atoms" coords="596,192,732,213" title="Philadelphia Atoms" alt="Philadelphia Atoms" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Blazers" coords="587,174,735,194" title="Philadelphia Blazers" alt="Philadelphia Blazers" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Spartans" coords="546,155,699,176" title="Philadelphia Spartans" alt="Philadelphia Spartans" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" coords="546,137,688,157" title="Philadelphia Flyers" alt="Philadelphia Flyers" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" coords="513,118,649,139" title="Philadelphia 76ers" alt="Philadelphia 76ers" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Warriors" coords="372,100,524,121" title="Philadelphia Warriors" alt="Philadelphia Warriors" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" coords="264,81,405,102" title="Philadelphia Eagles" alt="Philadelphia Eagles" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(NHL)" coords="239,63,386,84" title="Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)" alt="Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Frankford_Yellow_Jackets" coords="189,44,358,65" title="Frankford Yellow Jackets" alt="Frankford Yellow Jackets" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" coords="-1,26,156,47" title="Philadelphia Athletics" alt="Philadelphia Athletics" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" coords="-10,8,142,28" title="Philadelphia Phillies" alt="Philadelphia Phillies" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_ks6mbmhlmzsrfgjs9fur55g5ugkb190" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/ks6mbmhlmzsrfgjs9fur55g5ugkb190.png" /></div> <p><span style="background-color:rgb(190,186,218); color:;">Baseball</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(141,211,199); color:;">Football</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(253,180,98); color:;">Basketball</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(290,106,758); color:;">Hockey</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,179); color:;">Soccer</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_professional_championships,_awards,_and_events"><span id="Major_professional_championships.2C_awards.2C_and_events"></span>Major professional championships, awards, and events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Major professional championships, awards, and events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_professional_championships">Major professional championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major professional championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Franchise </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Championships </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">NFL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1948 NFL Championship Game">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/1949_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1949 NFL Championship Game">1949</a>, <a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1960 NFL Championship Game">1960</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankford_Yellow_Jackets" title="Frankford Yellow Jackets">Frankford Yellow Jackets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1926_NFL_season" title="1926 NFL season">1926</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">MLB </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1910_World_Series" title="1910 World Series">1910</a>, <a href="/wiki/1911_World_Series" title="1911 World Series">1911</a>, <a href="/wiki/1913_World_Series" title="1913 World Series">1913</a>, <a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">1929</a>, <a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilldale_Club" title="Hilldale Club">Hilldale Club</a> </td> <td>ECL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_Colored_World_Series" title="1925 Colored World Series">1925</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">NBA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Warriors">Philadelphia Warriors</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_BAA_Finals" title="1947 BAA Finals">1947</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1974 Stanley Cup Finals">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1975 Stanley Cup Finals">1975</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Atoms" title="Philadelphia Atoms">Philadelphia Atoms</a> </td> <td>NASL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973_NASL_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 NASL Championship">1973</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Championship_game/series_appearances"><span id="Championship_game.2Fseries_appearances"></span>Championship game/series appearances</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Championship game/series appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Franchise </th> <th scope="col">Season<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1905_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1905 Philadelphia Athletics season">1905</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1910_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1910 Philadelphia Athletics season">1910</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1911_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1911 Philadelphia Athletics season">1911</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1913_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1913 Philadelphia Athletics season">1913</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Athletics season">1914</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1915_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1915 Philadelphia Phillies season">1915</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1929_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1929 Philadelphia Athletics season">1929</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1930_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1930 Philadelphia Athletics season">1930</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Athletics </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1931_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1931 Philadelphia Athletics season">1931</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Warriors </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Philadelphia_Warriors_season" title="1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season">1946-47</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1947 Philadelphia Eagles season">1947</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Warriors </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_Philadelphia_Warriors_season" title="1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season">1947-48</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1948 Philadelphia Eagles season">1948</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1949_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1949 Philadelphia Eagles season">1949</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1950 Philadelphia Phillies season">1950</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Warriors </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Philadelphia_Warriors_season" title="1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season">1955-56</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1960 Philadelphia Eagles season">1960</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season">1966-67</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Atoms </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NASL_Final_1973" title="NASL Final 1973">1973</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers season">1973-74</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season">1974-75</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers season">1975-76</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season">1976-77</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season">1979-80</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">1979-80</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">1980</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Eagles season">1980</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">1981-82</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">1982-83</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1983 Philadelphia Phillies season">1983</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season">1984-85</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers season">1986-87</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1993 Philadelphia Phillies season">1993</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers season">1996-97</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2000–01 Philadelphia 76ers season">2000-01</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2004 Philadelphia Eagles season">2004</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Soul </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Arena_Football_League_season" title="2008 Arena Football League season">2008</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2008 Philadelphia Phillies season">2008</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Phillies season">2009</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers season">2009-10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Soul </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Arena_Football_League_season" title="2016 Arena Football League season">2016</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Soul </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Arena_Football_League_season" title="2017 Arena Football League season">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2017 Philadelphia Eagles season">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phillies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2022 Philadelphia Phillies season">2022</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Union </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Philadelphia_Union_season" title="2022 Philadelphia Union season">2022</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eagles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2022 Philadelphia Eagles season">2022</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="MVPs">MVPs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: MVPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following Philadelphia players won the regular season <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">most valuable player</a> award of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#Associated_Press_NFL_POY/MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Most Valuable Player Award">NFL</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#Associated_Press_NFL_POY/MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Most Valuable Player Award">AP</a>), <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MLB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">NHL</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Landon_Donovan_MVP_Award" title="Landon Donovan MVP Award">MLS</a>. Note that MLB confers an MVP award to one player in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> and one player in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Collins" title="Eddie Collins">Eddie Collins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">AL</a>, 1914</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Cochrane" title="Mickey Cochrane">Mickey Cochrane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">AL</a>, 1928</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Grove" title="Lefty Grove">Lefty Grove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">AL</a>, 1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">Chuck Klein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">NL</a>, 1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">AL</a>, 1932, 1933</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Konstanty" title="Jim Konstanty">Jim Konstanty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">NL</a>, 1950</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">AL</a>, 1952</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Brocklin" title="Norm Van Brocklin">Norm Van Brocklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#Associated_Press_NFL_POY/MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Most Valuable Player Award">NFL</a>, 1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA</a>, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Clarke" title="Bobby Clarke">Bobby Clarke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">NHL</a>, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">NL</a>, 1980, 1981, 1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA</a>, 1980–81</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA</a>, 1982–83</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lindros" title="Eric Lindros">Eric Lindros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">NHL</a>, 1994–95</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA</a>, 2000–01</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">NL</a>, 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">NL</a>, 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Harper" title="Bryce Harper">Bryce Harper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">NL</a>, 2021</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Embiid" title="Joel Embiid">Joel Embiid</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA</a>, 2022–23</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Raudabaugh" title="Dan Raudabaugh">Dan Raudabaugh</a>, AFL, 2015 </li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_awards">Other awards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Player </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Byrd_(baseball)" title="Harry Byrd (baseball)">Harry Byrd</a> </td> <td>AL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> </td> <td>1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sanford" title="Jack Sanford">Jack Sanford</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>1957 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Sauldsberry" title="Woody Sauldsberry">Woody Sauldsberry</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> </td> <td>1958 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buck_Shaw" title="Buck Shaw">Buck Shaw</a> </td> <td>NFL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a> </td> <td>1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen">Dick Allen</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>1964 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Dolph Schayes</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a> </td> <td>1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young</a> </td> <td>1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Shero" title="Fred Shero">Fred Shero</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Adams_Award" title="Jack Adams Award">Jack Adams Award</a> </td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bernie Parent </td> <td>NHL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vezina_Trophy" title="Vezina Trophy">Vezina Trophy</a> </td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Parent" title="Bernie Parent">Bernie Parent</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe Trophy</a> </td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bernie Parent </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Vezina Trophy </td> <td>1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bernie Parent </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Conn Smythe Trophy </td> <td>1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Leach" title="Reggie Leach">Reggie Leach</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Conn Smythe Trophy </td> <td>1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steve Carlton </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Cy Young </td> <td>1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Quinn_(ice_hockey)" title="Pat Quinn (ice hockey)">Pat Quinn</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Jack Adams Award </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steve Carlton </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Cy Young </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manny_Trillo" title="Manny Trillo">Manny Trillo</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/League_Championship_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award">NLCS MVP</a> </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">World Series MVP</a> </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steve Carlton </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Cy Young </td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bobby Clarke </td> <td>NHL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Selke_Trophy" title="Frank J. Selke Trophy">Frank J. Selke Trophy</a> </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Bobby Jones</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award">Sixth Man of the Year</a> </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Denny" title="John Denny">John Denny</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Cy Young </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Matthews" title="Gary Matthews">Gary Matthews</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>NLCS MVP </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Keenan" title="Mike Keenan">Mike Keenan</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Jack Adams Award </td> <td>1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pelle_Lindbergh" title="Pelle Lindbergh">Pelle Lindbergh</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Vezina Trophy </td> <td>1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">Reggie White</a> </td> <td>NFL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a> </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Hextall" title="Ron Hextall">Ron Hextall</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Vezina Trophy </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ron Hextall </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Conn Smythe Trophy </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Poulin" title="Dave Poulin">Dave Poulin</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Frank J. Selke Trophy </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bedrosian" title="Steve Bedrosian">Steve Bedrosian</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Cy Young </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>NLCS MVP </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Rhodes" title="Ray Rhodes">Ray Rhodes</a> </td> <td>NFL </td> <td>Coach of the Year </td> <td>1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dana_Barros" title="Dana Barros">Dana Barros</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">Most Improved Player</a> </td> <td>1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Scott Rolen</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Barber" title="Bill Barber">Bill Barber</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Jack Adams Award </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_McKie" title="Aaron McKie">Aaron McKie</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td>Sixth Man of the Year </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Dikembe Mutombo</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a> </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td>Coach of the Year </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bowa" title="Larry Bowa">Larry Bowa</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Manager_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award">Manager of the Year</a> </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Reid" title="Andy Reid">Andy Reid</a> </td> <td>NFL </td> <td>Coach of the Year </td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ryan Howard </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron_Award" title="Hank Aaron Award">Hank Aaron Award</a> </td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jackson_(wide_receiver)" title="Chris Jackson (wide receiver)">Chris Jackson</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Offensive Player of the Year </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_D%27Orazio" title="Matt D'Orazio">Matt D'Orazio</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Quarterback of the Year </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mike Brown </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Al Lucas Hero Award </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matt D'Orazio </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Arena Bowl MVP </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Lidge" title="Brad Lidge">Brad Lidge</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Reliever_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award">Reliever of the Year</a> </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>NLCS MVP </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cole Hamels </td> <td>NL </td> <td>World Series MVP </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ryan Howard </td> <td>NL </td> <td>NLCS MVP </td> <td>2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>Cy Young </td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hughley" title="Jeff Hughley">Jeff Hughley</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Ironman of the Year Award </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_Richardson" title="Kent Richardson">Kent Richardson</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Defensive Back of the Year </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Carter-Williams" title="Michael Carter-Williams">Michael Carter-Williams</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Breen" title="Shannon Breen">Shannon Breen</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Offensive Lineman of the Year </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Frevert" title="Tommy Frevert">Tommy Frevert</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Kicker of the Year </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dan Raudabaugh </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Offensive Player of the Year </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tommy Frevert </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Kicker of the Year </td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jake_Metz" title="Jake Metz">Jake Metz</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Defensive Lineman of the Year </td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Blake" title="Andre Blake">Andre Blake</a> </td> <td>MLS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MLS_Goalkeeper_of_the_Year_Award" title="MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award">Goalkeeper of the Year</a> </td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Hollis" title="Dwayne Hollis">Dwayne Hollis</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Defensive back of the Year </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Tribue" title="Wayne Tribue">Wayne Tribue</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Offensive Lineman of the Year </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adrian Trevino </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Kicker of the Year </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beau_Bell_(American_football)" title="Beau Bell (American football)">Beau Bell</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Defensive Player of the Year </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Foles" title="Nick Foles">Nick Foles</a> </td> <td>NFL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl MVP</a> </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Ben Simmons</a> </td> <td>NBA </td> <td>Rookie of the Year </td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Romain" title="James Romain">James Romain</a> </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Defensive Back of the Year </td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>James Romain </td> <td>AFL </td> <td>Defensive Player of the Year </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Couturier" title="Sean Couturier">Sean Couturier</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>Frank J. Selke Trophy </td> <td>2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Harper" title="Bryce Harper">Bryce Harper</a> </td> <td>NL </td> <td>NLCS MVP </td> <td>2022 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_sports_events_held_in_Philadelphia">Major sports events held in Philadelphia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Major sports events held in Philadelphia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Philadelphia has hosted the following <a href="/wiki/All-star_game" title="All-star game">all-star games</a> and <a href="/wiki/Draft_(sports)" title="Draft (sports)">drafts</a>, including the first NFL Draft: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_NFL_draft" title="1936 NFL draft">1936 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_National_Football_League_All-Star_Game_(December)" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 National Football League All-Star Game (December)">1942 NFL All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1943 MLB All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_NFL_draft" title="1944 NFL draft">1944 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_NFL_draft" title="1949 NFL draft">1949 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_draft" title="1950 NFL draft">1950 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_draft" title="1951 NFL draft">1951 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_draft" title="1952 NFL draft">1952 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1952 MLB All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_draft" title="1953 NFL draft">1953 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_draft" title="1954 NFL draft">1954 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_draft" title="1955 NFL draft">1955 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_draft" title="1956 NFL draft">1956 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_draft" title="1957 NFL draft">1957 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_draft" title="1958 NFL draft">1958 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NFL_draft" title="1959 NFL draft">1959 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_draft" title="1960 NFL draft">1960 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1960 NBA All-Star Game">1960 NBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_draft" title="1961 NFL draft">1961 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1970 NBA All-Star Game">1970 NBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1976 MLB All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1976 NBA All-Star Game">1976 NBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="29th National Hockey League All-Star Game">1976 NHL All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="43rd National Hockey League All-Star Game">1992 NHL All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1996 MLB All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002 NBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_MLS_SuperDraft" title="2014 MLS SuperDraft">2014 MLS SuperDraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NHL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 NHL Draft">2014 NHL Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_MLS_SuperDraft" title="2015 MLS SuperDraft">2015 MLS SuperDraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_draft" title="2017 NFL draft">2017 NFL draft</a></li></ul> <p>Future </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2026 FIFA World Cup">2026 FIFA World Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_MLB_All-Star_Game&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 MLB All-Star Game (page does not exist)">2026 MLB All-Star Game</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Philadelphia has rivalries with three of the four other major cities in the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a>, particularly <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> along with a long instate rivalry with <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>. Philadelphia teams also compete with teams from New York City and Pittsburgh for fans support among <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> residents.<sup id="cite_ref-BaseballBorders_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaseballBorders-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NBAmap_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBAmap-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NFLmap_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFLmap-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to regional rivalries, teams from Philadelphia have a number of other rivalries with teams from other cities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_City">New York City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: New York City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_the_New_York_metropolitan_area" title="Sports in the New York metropolitan area">Sports in the New York metropolitan area</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rangers_vs_Flyers_2007_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Rangers_vs_Flyers_2007_1.jpg/260px-Rangers_vs_Flyers_2007_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="364" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Rangers_vs_Flyers_2007_1.jpg/390px-Rangers_vs_Flyers_2007_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Rangers_vs_Flyers_2007_1.jpg/520px-Rangers_vs_Flyers_2007_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in January 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>As the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_the_United_States_by_decade" title="List of most populous cities in the United States by decade">two largest cities in the United States</a> for much of the nation's history, New York and Philadelphia have a historical rivalry that has continued in the world of sports. There are intra-division rivalries among teams from New York City and Philadelphia in each of the five major leagues, as seen in the rivalries between the <a href="/wiki/Mets%E2%80%93Phillies_rivalry" title="Mets–Phillies rivalry">New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">National League East</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eagles%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry" title="Eagles–Giants rivalry">New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NFC_East" title="NFC East">NFC East</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> and the Philadelphia 76ers in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NBA)" title="Atlantic Division (NBA)">Atlantic Division</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Flyers%E2%80%93Rangers_rivalry" title="Flyers–Rangers rivalry">New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Flyers%E2%80%93Islanders_rivalry" title="Flyers–Islanders rivalry">New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Division" title="Metropolitan Division">Metropolitan Division</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Red_Bulls" title="New York Red Bulls">New York Red Bulls</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(MLS)" title="Eastern Conference (MLS)">Eastern Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Flyers also have an <a href="/wiki/Devils%E2%80%93Flyers_rivalry" title="Devils–Flyers rivalry">intense rivalry</a> with the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> (who play in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York metropolitan area</a>). The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> and the 76ers are also divisional rivals, as both teams play in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NBA)" title="Atlantic Division (NBA)">Atlantic Division</a>. The Phillies and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a> play each other very rarely, but the teams met in the <a href="/wiki/1950_World_Series" title="1950 World Series">1950 World Series</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009 World Series</a>. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> and the Eagles have only played each other thirteen times, with the Eagles winning 12 out of the 13 matchups.<sup id="cite_ref-RCimini_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCimini-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Pittsburgh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Pittsburgh" title="Sports in Pittsburgh">Sports in Pittsburgh</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> are the two major cities of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and the only two cities in the state with major professional sports franchises, and the teams of the two cities have had strong rivalries in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>. Perhaps the strongest current rivalry is between the <a href="/wiki/Flyers%E2%80%93Penguins_rivalry" title="Flyers–Penguins rivalry">Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins</a>, both of which play in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Division" title="Metropolitan Division">Metropolitan Division</a> of the NHL. The rivalry is generally considered to be one of the fiercest in the NHL.<sup id="cite_ref-Moldov_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moldov-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AKim_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AKim-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although not major rivals since the 1994 MLB divisional realignment, the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> and Phillies had historically been heated <a href="/wiki/Phillies%E2%80%93Pirates_rivalry" title="Phillies–Pirates rivalry">rivals</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, and frequently competed for the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">National League East</a> division title. The Phillies and Pirates still play regularly, but are no longer in the same division. The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pirates</a> earned their <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates#Franchise_history" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">name</a> from a 19th-century incident with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(American_Association)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)">Philadelphia Athletics</a>; after the Pirates signed second baseman <a href="/wiki/Lou_Bierbauer" title="Lou Bierbauer">Lou Bierbauer</a>, the Athletics protested that Pittsburgh's actions were "piratical." </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> and the Eagles both came into the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> during the 1933 season. Between 1945 and 1970, the Eagles and Steelers played each other every year, and the two teams met in a <a href="/wiki/One-game_playoff#National_Football_League" title="One-game playoff">one-game playoff</a> in <a href="/wiki/1947_NFL_season" title="1947 NFL season">1947</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eagles-Steelers_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eagles-Steelers-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Steelers moved to the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">American Football Conference</a> as part of the 1970 <a href="/wiki/AFL-NFL_Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL-NFL Merger">AFL-NFL Merger</a>, and the Eagles and Steelers only play each other every four years. </p><p>There is also a spirited <a href="/wiki/Penn_State%E2%80%93Pittsburgh_football_rivalry" title="Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry">rivalry</a> between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at both the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn State University">Penn State University</a>, as there are many students from both cities at both <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_System_of_Higher_Education" title="Commonwealth System of Higher Education">state-related</a> schools. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston">Boston</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Boston"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Boston" title="Sports in Boston">Sports in Boston</a></div> <p>Philadelphia and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> have historically had strong rivalries in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PhiBos_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhiBos-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 76ers have a long <a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%9376ers_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtics–76ers rivalry">rivalry</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> and both currently compete in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NBA)" title="Atlantic Division (NBA)">Atlantic Division</a>. The two franchises have met each other in the NBA playoffs more than any other pair of franchises.<sup id="cite_ref-Most_frequent_playoff_matchups_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Most_frequent_playoff_matchups-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sixers guard <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> earned the appellation "The Boston Strangler" for his clutch play against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in the 1980s. The Flyers have met the <a href="/wiki/Bruins-Flyers_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruins-Flyers rivalry">Boston Bruins</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Flyers_seasons" title="List of Philadelphia Flyers seasons">seven times</a> in the NHL playoffs, including a stretch where they met four out of five years, one of those meetings being the <a href="/wiki/1974_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1974 Stanley Cup Finals">1974 Stanley Cup Finals</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> are <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">interleague rivals</a>, and the two franchises met in the <a href="/wiki/1915_World_Series" title="1915 World Series">1915 World Series</a>. The Eagles and the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> rarely play, but the teams met in both <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">Super Bowl XXXIX</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">Super Bowl LII</a>. The Union and the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Revolution" title="New England Revolution">New England Revolution</a> both play in the MLS's <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(MLS)" title="Eastern Conference (MLS)">Eastern Conference</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington,_D.C."><span id="Washington.2C_D.C."></span>Washington, D.C.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Washington, D.C."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Sports in Washington, D.C.">Sports in Washington, D.C.</a></div> <p>Philadelphia and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> have teams in the same division in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a>. The Eagles and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Commanders</a> have a long <a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Eagles_rivalry" title="Commanders–Eagles rivalry">history</a>, having (almost always) competed in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_and_Western_Conferences_(NFL)_1933%E2%80%9369" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern and Western Conferences (NFL) 1933–69">same division</a> since 1933. The Flyers and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> both play in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Division" title="Metropolitan Division">Metropolitan Division</a>; the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_rivalries#Philadelphia_Flyers_vs._Washington_Capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hockey League rivalries">rivals</a> have met <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Flyers_seasons" title="List of Philadelphia Flyers seasons">five times</a> in the NHL playoffs. The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> franchise (including their predecessor, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>) and the Phillies have competed in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">NL East</a> since 1969. The Union have developed an intraconference <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union#Rivalries" title="Philadelphia Union">rivalry</a> with <a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> and the 76ers also both play in the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a>, and the two teams met in the NBA playoffs <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_76ers_seasons" title="List of Philadelphia 76ers seasons">five times</a>, most recently in 2021. They also met in the 1971 playoffs, when the current Washington franchise was based in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_rivalries">Other rivalries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Philadelphia teams have rivalries with teams from outside of the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeast</a>. There is a passionate <a href="/wiki/NFC_East" title="NFC East">NFC East</a> <a href="/wiki/Cowboys%E2%80%93Eagles_rivalry" title="Cowboys–Eagles rivalry">rivalry</a> between the Eagles and the Cowboys, with a number of stories and memorable events surrounding the rivalry.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a rivalry (stemming from the NFL) between the Soul and the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Desperados" title="Dallas Desperados">Dallas Desperados</a>. The 76ers enjoy an interconference <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_rivalries" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association rivalries">rivalry</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. The two teams met in the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> in <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a>. The Phillies have developed a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_rivalries" title="Major League Baseball rivalries">rivalry</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>. The teams met in the <a href="/wiki/1993_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1993 National League Championship Series">1993 NLCS</a>, and the two franchises are the most frequent winners of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">NL East</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_professional_teams">Other professional teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other professional teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Division </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Location </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Titles </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(2018%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Wings (2018–)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">NLL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Waterdogs" title="Philadelphia Waterdogs">Philadelphia Waterdogs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">PLL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Stadium" title="Villanova Stadium">Villanova Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Villanova,_Pennsylvania" title="Villanova, Pennsylvania">Villanova</a> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>0<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Blue_Coats" title="Delaware Blue Coats">Delaware Blue Coats</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League" title="NBA G League">G League</a> </td> <td>Atlantic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chase_Fieldhouse" title="Chase Fieldhouse">Chase Fieldhouse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union_II" title="Philadelphia Union II">Philadelphia Union II</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MLS_Next_Pro" title="MLS Next Pro">MLS Next Pro</a> </td> <td>Northeast </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phoenix_(AUDL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Phoenix (AUDL)">Philadelphia Phoenix</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Frisbee_Association" title="Ultimate Frisbee Association">UFA</a> </td> <td>East </td> <td>Neumann University </td> <td>Aston, PA </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philadelphia Surge </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_Ultimate_League" title="Premier Ultimate League">PUL</a> </td> <td>East </td> <td>Vidas Field at <a href="/wiki/Drexel_University" title="Drexel University">Drexel University</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_football_2">American football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: American football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron-Jaworski-Ring-Nov-16-08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Ron-Jaworski-Ring-Nov-16-08.jpg/220px-Ron-Jaworski-Ring-Nov-16-08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Ron-Jaworski-Ring-Nov-16-08.jpg/330px-Ron-Jaworski-Ring-Nov-16-08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Ron-Jaworski-Ring-Nov-16-08.jpg/440px-Ron-Jaworski-Ring-Nov-16-08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1331" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ron_Jaworski" title="Ron Jaworski">Ron Jaworski</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Eagles</a> quarterback and former owner of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Soul" title="Philadelphia Soul">Soul</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Philadelphia Soul are an <a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">Arena Football League</a> (AFL) franchise founded in 2004. The team played in the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a>. The Soul won <a href="/wiki/ArenaBowl_XXII" title="ArenaBowl XXII">ArenaBowl XXII</a> in 2008 before the league formally disbanded in 2009. The Soul returned in 2010 after the AFL restarted its operations as a new entity. The Soul <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Soul_seasons" title="List of Philadelphia Soul seasons">won</a> four conference championships and four division championships. The Soul won back-to-back championships in 2017 (ArenaBowl XXIX) and 2018 (ArenaBowl XXX), making it a total of three ArenaBowl Championships. The Soul disbanded in 2019 when the AFL folded again. In 2024, the Soul briefly returned under new ownership. </p><p>Philadelphia hosts some women's football teams as well. The city's first women's tackle football team was the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Liberty_Belles" title="Philadelphia Liberty Belles">Philadelphia Liberty Belles</a>, which played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Football_Association" title="National Women's Football Association">National Women's Football Association</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Women%27s_Football_League" title="Independent Women's Football League">Independent Women's Football League</a> from 2001 to 2004. A second incarnation of the Liberty Belles was founded in 2009, and plays in the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Alliance" title="Women's Football Alliance">Women's Football Alliance</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Firebirds_(IWFL)" title="Philadelphia Firebirds (IWFL)">Philadelphia Firebirds</a>, established in 2003, play in the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Women%27s_Football_League" title="Independent Women's Football League">Independent Women's Football League</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Passion" title="Philadelphia Passion">Philadelphia Passion</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Legends_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Legends Football League">Legends Football League</a>. </p><p>Other football teams in the city have folded. In 1902 the owners of the three MLB teams in Pennsylvania founded the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(1902)" title="National Football League (1902)">National Football League</a> (a league unrelated to the modern NFL). The league consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_(NFL)" title="Philadelphia Phillies (NFL)">Phillies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(NFL)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (NFL)">Athletics</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Stars" title="Pittsburgh Stars">Pittsburgh Stars</a>, and lasted only one year. Many of the players from the Philadelphia teams played for the "<a href="/wiki/New_York_(World_Series_of_Football)" title="New York (World Series of Football)">New York Philadelphians</a>" during the <a href="/wiki/World_Series_of_Football_(1902%E2%80%9303)" title="World Series of Football (1902–03)">1902 World Series of Football</a>. Other early football clubs include the <a href="/wiki/Union_Club_of_Phoenixville" title="Union Club of Phoenixville">Union Club of Phoenixville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conshohocken_Athletic_Club" title="Conshohocken Athletic Club">Conshohocken Athletic Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_Quakers_of_Philadelphia" title="Union Quakers of Philadelphia">Union Quakers of Philadelphia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Holmesburg_Athletic_Club" title="Holmesburg Athletic Club">Holmesburg Athletic Club</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Heights_Orange_%26_Black" title="Clifton Heights Orange & Black">Clifton Heights Orange & Black</a> competed from 1921 to 1932, and played in the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_of_Professional_Football" title="Eastern League of Professional Football">Eastern League of Professional Football</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Bulldogs_(American_football)" title="Philadelphia Bulldogs (American football)">Philadelphia Bulldogs</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Football_League" title="Continental Football League">Continental Football League</a> from 1965 to 1966. They won the 1966 championship. The <a href="/wiki/Pottstown_Firebirds" title="Pottstown Firebirds">Pottstown Firebirds</a> competed in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Football_League" title="Atlantic Coast Football League">Atlantic Coast Football League</a> from 1968 to 1970; the franchise was an affiliate of the Philadelphia Eagles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball_2">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1874_Philadelphia_Athletics_baseball.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/1874_Philadelphia_Athletics_baseball.jpg/220px-1874_Philadelphia_Athletics_baseball.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/1874_Philadelphia_Athletics_baseball.jpg/330px-1874_Philadelphia_Athletics_baseball.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/1874_Philadelphia_Athletics_baseball.jpg/440px-1874_Philadelphia_Athletics_baseball.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="382" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(1860%E2%80%931876)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876)">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, formed in 1860, were the first major league baseball team in Philadelphia</figcaption></figure> <p>Although the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> are the only active major league professional baseball team in Philadelphia, other professional baseball teams play in the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Reading_Fightin_Phils" title="Reading Fightin Phils">Reading Fightin Phils</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Double-A</a> affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. The club was established in 1967 and play in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%93present)" title="Eastern League (1938–present)">Eastern League</a>. Notable alumni of the Fightin Phils include <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryne_Sandberg" title="Ryne Sandberg">Ryne Sandberg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Blue_Rocks" title="Wilmington Blue Rocks">Wilmington Blue Rocks</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> affiliate that play in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>. Three other <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates">Phillies affiliates</a> play in Pennsylvania or <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>: the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_IronPigs" title="Lehigh Valley IronPigs">Lehigh Valley IronPigs</a> play in <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">High-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore_BlueClaws" title="Jersey Shore BlueClaws">Jersey Shore BlueClaws</a> play in <a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lakewood Township, New Jersey">Lakewood Township, New Jersey</a>. After the 2021 restructuring of <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> (MiLB), the <a href="/wiki/Trenton_Thunder" title="Trenton Thunder">Trenton Thunder</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Williamsport_Crosscutters" title="Williamsport Crosscutters">Williamsport Crosscutters</a> in <a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport, Pennsylvania</a> are unaffiliated <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_summer_baseball" title="Collegiate summer baseball">collegiate summer baseball</a> teams. </p><p>During the 19th century, Philadelphia was home to numerous franchises that played in <a href="/wiki/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States#Professionalism" title="History of baseball in the United States">various leagues</a> that did not last into the 20th century. Many of these leagues are considered to be "<a href="/wiki/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States#Rise_of_the_major_leagues" title="History of baseball in the United States">major leagues</a>" by baseball historians and record keepers. Three different franchises, none directly related to each other or the current <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> franchise, played in Philadelphia during the 19th century. The original <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(1860%E2%80%9376)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Athletics (1860–76)">Philadelphia Athletics</a> (also known as Athletic of Philadelphia) were formed in 1860, and played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>. <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(American_Association)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)">Another Athletics franchise</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(19th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (19th century)">American Association</a> from 1882 to 1890, while a <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(1890%E2%80%9391)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91)">third Athletics franchise</a> (also known as the Quakers) played one season in the <a href="/wiki/Players%27_League" title="Players' League">Players' League</a> and one season in the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(19th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (19th century)">American Association</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_White_Stockings" title="Philadelphia White Stockings">Philadelphia White Stockings</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Centennials" title="Philadelphia Centennials">Philadelphia Centennials</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Baseball_Players" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association of Professional Baseball Players">National Association</a> during the 1870s. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Borden" title="Joe Borden">Joe Borden</a> of the White Stockings pitched the first <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in professional history. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Keystones" title="Philadelphia Keystones">Philadelphia Keystones</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Quicksteps" title="Wilmington Quicksteps">Wilmington Quicksteps</a> both played parts of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Association" title="Union Association">Union Association</a>'s lone season in 1884. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball_2">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Blue_Coats" title="Delaware Blue Coats">Delaware Blue Coats</a> are the <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League" title="NBA G League">NBA G League</a> affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. Since the 2018–19 season, the franchise has played at the <a href="/wiki/76ers_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="76ers Fieldhouse">76ers Fieldhouse</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>. The Blue Coats franchise is named in honor of the <a href="/wiki/198th_Signal_Battalion_(United_States)" title="198th Signal Battalion (United States)">198th Signal Battalion</a>, which fought in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. The Blue Coats were founded as the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Flash" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah Flash">Utah Flash</a> in 2007, but the Flash suspended operations in 2011. The Sixers acquired the franchise in 2013 and renamed it as the Delaware 87ers; the team assumed its current name upon its move to Wilmington. Between 2013 and 2018, the 87ers played in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark, Delaware</a>. NBA players such as <a href="/wiki/Kendall_Marshall" title="Kendall Marshall">Kendall Marshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Kilpatrick" title="Sean Kilpatrick">Sean Kilpatrick</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jordan_McRae" title="Jordan McRae">Jordan McRae</a> have played for the Blue Coats or the 87ers. </p><p>The Philadelphia area had three teams that played in the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1925%E2%80%9355)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball League (1925–55)">American Basketball League</a>; the league was the product of an early attempt at forming a top-level national professional basketball league. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Warriors_(ABL)" title="Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)">Philadelphia Warriors</a> played in the ABL in the 1920s. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Sphas" title="Philadelphia Sphas">Philadelphia Sphas</a> played from 1917 to 1949, winning <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1925%E2%80%9355)#League_championships" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball League (1925–55)">seven ABL championships</a>. With the rise of the NBA, the ABL ceased to be a major league, and the Sphas became the touring opponent of the <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a>. The Sphas were renamed the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Generals" title="Washington Generals">Washington Generals</a> in 1952. <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a> also had a team in the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1925%E2%80%9355)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball League (1925–55)">ABL</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Bombers" title="Wilmington Bombers">Wilmington Bombers</a> played in the league in the 1940s. </p><p>The Philadelphia area has hosted numerous other defunct basketball teams. Two franchises named the <a href="/wiki/Camden_Bullets" title="Camden Bullets">Bullets</a> played in <a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Cherry Hill, New Jersey">Cherry Hill</a> in the 1960s and 1970s. The <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Red_Roses_(basketball)" title="Lancaster Red Roses (basketball)">Philadelphia Kings</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association" title="Continental Basketball Association">Continental Basketball Association</a> in the league's 1980–1981 season. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Aces" title="Philadelphia Aces">Philadelphia Aces</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Basketball_League" title="United States Basketball League">United States Basketball League</a> from 1987 to 1990. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Spirit" title="Philadelphia Spirit">Philadelphia Spirit</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Basketball_League" title="United States Basketball League">United States Basketball League</a> from 1991 to 1992. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Rage" title="Philadelphia Rage">Philadelphia Rage</a> moved from Richmond, Virginia in 1997 and played a year and a half in the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1996%E2%80%9398)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball League (1996–98)">American Basketball League</a> before the league folded during the 1998 season. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fusion_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Fusion (basketball)">Philadelphia Fusion</a>, formerly the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Squires" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey Squires">Jersey Squires</a>, was an <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="American Basketball Association (2000–present)">American Basketball Association</a> team that folded in February 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Esports">Esports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Esports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a> announced their professional <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">esports</a> league for their game <i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_(video_game)" title="Overwatch (video game)">Overwatch</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Overwatch_League" title="Overwatch League">Overwatch League</a> (OWL). Philadelphia was home to one of the league's teams, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Fusion">Philadelphia Fusion</a>. The Overwatch League differs from traditional esports, with a set of permanent teams and regular season play, compared to the use of <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion and relegation</a> commonly used in other esports leagues. The Fusion moved to South Korea and rebranded as the <a href="/wiki/Seoul_Infernal" title="Seoul Infernal">Seoul Infernal</a> in December 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ice_hockey_2">Ice hockey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Ice hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms_Hartford_Wolf_Pack_December_14_2019_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms_Hartford_Wolf_Pack_December_14_2019_2.jpg/220px-Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms_Hartford_Wolf_Pack_December_14_2019_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms_Hartford_Wolf_Pack_December_14_2019_2.jpg/330px-Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms_Hartford_Wolf_Pack_December_14_2019_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms_Hartford_Wolf_Pack_December_14_2019_2.jpg/440px-Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms_Hartford_Wolf_Pack_December_14_2019_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms" title="Lehigh Valley Phantoms">Lehigh Valley Phantoms</a>, the primary development team of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>, playing at <a href="/wiki/PPL_Center" title="PPL Center">PPL Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a> in December 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>Both of the Flyers' minor league <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Flyers_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Philadelphia Flyers minor league affiliates">affiliates</a> play in eastern Pennsylvania. The <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms" title="Lehigh Valley Phantoms">Lehigh Valley Phantoms</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> (AHL) are the top minor league affiliate of the Flyers. The Phantoms have played in <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>, since 2014. From 1996 to 2009, the Phantoms played in the <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum (Philadelphia)">Spectrum</a> and were known as the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phantoms" title="Philadelphia Phantoms">Philadelphia Phantoms</a>. The franchise won the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Cup" title="Calder Cup">Calder Cup</a> in 1998 and 2005. The <a href="/wiki/Reading_Royals" title="Reading Royals">Reading Royals</a> are the <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a> affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers. The franchise was founded in 1991 as the Columbus Chill, but moved to Reading in 2001. The Royals won the <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Cup" title="Kelly Cup">league championship</a> for the first time in 2013. The Flyers have had other <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Flyers_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Philadelphia Flyers minor league affiliates">affiliates</a> in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The <a href="/wiki/Trenton_Titans" title="Trenton Titans">Trenton Titans</a> of <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a>, played in the <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a> from 1999 to 2013, and served as the affiliate of the Flyers before they were bought by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Hershey_Bears" title="Hershey Bears">Hershey Bears</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hershey,_Pennsylvania" title="Hershey, Pennsylvania">Hershey, Pennsylvania</a>, are the oldest continuously operating professional hockey franchise outside of the NHL's <a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a>. The Bears served as the AHL affiliate of the Flyers for parts of the 1980s and 1990s. </p><p>Philadelphia has had several minor league hockey teams play in the city and the surrounding area. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Arrows" title="Philadelphia Arrows">Philadelphia Arrows</a> were the first hockey franchise in city history, playing in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian-American_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian-American Hockey League">Canadian-American Hockey League</a> from 1927 to 1935. The franchise changed its name to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Ramblers" title="Philadelphia Ramblers">Philadelphia Ramblers</a> before the 1935–36 season and joined the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a>, where it won the 1936 league championship (the year before the league introduced the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Cup" title="Calder Cup">Calder Cup</a>). The team acted as the primary affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> from 1935 to 1941. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Falcons" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Falcons">Philadelphia Falcons</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hockey_League" title="Eastern Hockey League">Eastern Hockey League</a> (EHL) from 1942 to 1946, before jumping to the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> and playing as the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Rockets" title="Philadelphia Rockets">Philadelphia Rockets</a> from 1946 to 1949. Another franchise named the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Ramblers_(EHL)" title="Philadelphia Ramblers (EHL)">Ramblers</a> played in the EHL from 1955 to 1964; the Ramblers moved to <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Cherry Hill, New Jersey">Cherry Hill, New Jersey</a> and played as the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Devils" title="Jersey Devils">Jersey Devils</a> from 1964 to 1973. A previous EHL <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Cherry Hill, New Jersey">Cherry Hill</a> team named the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Larks" title="Jersey Larks">Jersey Larks</a> had played one season in 1960–61. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Firebirds_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Firebirds (hockey)">Philadelphia Firebirds</a> were a minor league hockey team that played in the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Civic Center">Philadelphia Civic Center</a> from 1974 to 1979. They played in the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Hockey_League_(1973%E2%80%931977)" title="North American Hockey League (1973–1977)">North American Hockey League</a> (NAHL) from 1974 to 1977, winning the league championship in 1976. When the NAHL folded in 1977, they joined the AHL. The team moved to <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a> in 1979, but folded in 1980. Another short-lived team that played in the Centrum (the renamed Cherry Hill Arena) was the <a href="/wiki/Jersey/Hampton_Aces" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey/Hampton Aces">Jersey Aces</a>, which started the 1979–80 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hockey_League_(1978%E2%80%931981)" title="Eastern Hockey League (1978–1981)">Northeastern Hockey League</a> season in Cherry Hill but moved mid-season, playing the final 18 games of its season in <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton, Virginia</a>, where it continued operating until 1981. In 2017, and starting again in 2022, the Philadelphia Rebels play NAHL tier-2 junior ice hockey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lacrosse">Lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Box_Lacrosse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Box_Lacrosse.jpg/220px-Box_Lacrosse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Box_Lacrosse.jpg/330px-Box_Lacrosse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Box_Lacrosse.jpg/440px-Box_Lacrosse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> versus the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a>. The Wings relocated from Philadelphia in 2014 to become the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Black_Wolves" title="New England Black Wolves">New England Black Wolves</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Philadelphia has hosted several professional lacrosse teams. The original <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> won the <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">National Lacrosse League</a> (NLL) title six times, in 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, and 2001. They were the longest tenured team in one location in the NLL, but relocated after the 2014 season to become the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Black_Wolves" title="New England Black Wolves">New England Black Wolves</a>. In 2018, a new <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(2018%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Wings (2018–)">Philadelphia Wings</a>, playing at the Wells Fargo Center, was launched in the NLL and named itself after the previous team.<sup id="cite_ref-wings1_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wings1-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another lacrosse franchise, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Barrage" title="Philadelphia Barrage">Philadelphia Barrage</a>, played in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Lacrosse" title="Major League Lacrosse">Major League Lacrosse</a> (MLL) from 2004 to 2008. The team won the <a href="/wiki/Steinfeld_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Steinfeld Cup">league championship</a> in three out of the five years they played in Philadelphia, but the franchise folded after the 2008 season. The Barrage were resurrected for the 2020 season, but MLL was merged into the <a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">Premier Lacrosse League</a> at the end of the season and the Barrage were not included as a team in the merged league. The PLL uses a tour-based model unique in North American professional sports, in which each round of matches is played at a separate location. Since the league had 8 teams in its most recent 2022 season, this allows all teams to play at each tour stop. The semifinals and championship game are held at two additional tour stops. In the 2022 season, Subaru Park hosted the PLL championship game. In 2023, the PLL shifted to a new model in which touring would continue, but teams would also be affiliated with specific cities. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Waterdogs" title="Philadelphia Waterdogs">Philadelphia Waterdogs</a> were announced as the team representing Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer_2">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1917-1918.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1917-1918.jpg/220px-Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1917-1918.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1917-1918.jpg/330px-Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1917-1918.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._1917-1918.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="332" /></a><figcaption>The 1917–18 <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel_F.C._(1907%E2%80%931930)" title="Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930)">Bethlehem Steel F.C.</a>, winner of the <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt_U.S._Open_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup">Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Philadelphia has been the home of numerous defunct professional soccer teams. The Philadelphia Phillies and other baseball clubs established the <a href="/wiki/American_League_of_Professional_Football" title="American League of Professional Football">American League of Professional Football</a>, the first professional soccer league in the United States. The league only played for one season in 1894. <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Irwin" title="Arthur Irwin">Arthur Irwin</a>, the manager of the Phillies baseball team, served as the league president.<sup id="cite_ref-earlysoccerhistory_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlysoccerhistory-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other early Philadelphia-area soccer clubs include <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Hibernian" title="Philadelphia Hibernian">Philadelphia Hibernian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Centennial_F.C." title="Centennial F.C.">Centennial F.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Merchant_Ship" title="Philadelphia Merchant Ship">Philadelphia Merchant Ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disston_A.A." title="Disston A.A.">Disston A.A.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_F.C." title="Victor F.C.">Victor F.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Beecroft_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecroft-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous teams competed in the defunct <a href="/wiki/American_Soccer_League_(1933%E2%80%9383)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Soccer League (1933–83)">second American Soccer League</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Ukrainians" title="Philadelphia Ukrainians">Philadelphia Ukrainians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uhrik_Truckers" title="Uhrik Truckers">Uhrik Truckers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Nationals" title="Philadelphia Nationals">Philadelphia Nationals</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Spartans" title="Philadelphia Spartans">Philadelphia Spartans</a>. The Philadelphia Ukrainians won the <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt_U.S._Open_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup">US Open Cup</a> four times, while the Uhrik Truckers won the trophy once. <a href="/wiki/Walter_Bahr" title="Walter Bahr">Walter Bahr</a>, a Philadelphia native and the captain of the 1950 <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">U.S. national team</a> that <a href="/wiki/United_States_v_England_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup)" title="United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup)">defeated</a> <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>, played for the Ukrainians and the Nationals. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fever_(MISL)" title="Philadelphia Fever (MISL)">Philadelphia Fever</a> were an indoor team that played in the original <a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(1978%E2%80%9392)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92)">Major Indoor Soccer League</a> from 1978 to 1982. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_KiXX" title="Philadelphia KiXX">Philadelphia KiXX</a> were an indoor team that played from 1995 to 2010 in the <a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="National Indoor Soccer League">National Indoor Soccer League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2001%E2%80%932008)" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)">Major Indoor Soccer League</a>. The KiXX won the championship in 2002 and 2007, but disbanded in 2010. Philadelphia has also been home to defunct women's soccer teams. </p><p>Philadelphia has two defunct women's teams that played at the top level of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_soccer_pyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="United States soccer pyramid">United States soccer pyramid</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Charge" title="Philadelphia Charge">Philadelphia Charge</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_United_Soccer_Association" title="Women's United Soccer Association">Women's United Soccer Association</a> from 2000 to 2003, while the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Independence" title="Philadelphia Independence">Philadelphia Independence</a> played the 2010 and 2011 seasons in <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">Women's Professional Soccer</a>, reaching (and losing in) the championship game each year before the league folded in 2012. Philadelphia has not yet had a team play in the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a>, which is currently the top women's league in the United States. However, the current NWSL side <a href="/wiki/NJ/NY_Gotham_FC" title="NJ/NY Gotham FC">NJ/NY Gotham FC</a>, normally based at <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Arena_(New_Jersey)" title="Red Bull Arena (New Jersey)">Red Bull Arena</a> in New York City's New Jersey suburbs, played one home game at Subaru Park in both 2021 and 2022. Presumably, this arrangement was intended to develop a fanbase in southern New Jersey. </p><p>Philadelphia has two professional ultimate frisbee teams. The Philadelphia Phoenix is the men's team, which was founded in 2013. The team played at the South Philadelphia Super Site until 2024 when their home field moved to Neumann University. The Philadelphia Surge was founded in 2023 and played at </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collegiate_sports">Collegiate sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Collegiate sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_college_athletic_programs_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of college athletic programs in Pennsylvania">List of college athletic programs in Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Philadelphia" title="List of colleges and universities in Philadelphia">List of colleges and universities in Philadelphia</a></div> <p>Philadelphia is the home of nine <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> schools. <a href="/wiki/Drexel_University" title="Drexel University">Drexel University</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a> are <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> schools. Three schools compete in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill_College" title="Chestnut Hill College">Chestnut Hill College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Family_University" title="Holy Family University">Holy Family University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_University" title="Thomas Jefferson University">Thomas Jefferson University</a> (known for sports purposes as "Jefferson"). <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Philadelphia" title="List of colleges and universities in Philadelphia">Other schools</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a> <a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">CSA</a> are also <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> members, including <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> schools <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a>. </p><p><i>The following table shows all <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> schools in the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a> and all <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> schools in Philadelphia.</i> </p> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Est.</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Varsity Sports</th> <th>Division</th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Football </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill_College" title="Chestnut Hill College">Chestnut Hill College</a></td> <td>Griffins</td> <td>1924</td> <td>Catholic</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia">Chestnut Hill</a></td> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">II</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Atlantic_Collegiate_Conference" title="Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference">Central Atlantic</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Delaware !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens">Fightin' Blue Hens</a></td> <td>1743</td> <td>Public</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark</a></td> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> (<a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a>}<sup id="cite_ref-CAAFB_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAAFB-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_Hornets" title="Delaware State Hornets">Hornets</a></td> <td>1891</td> <td>Public</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a></td> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drexel_University" title="Drexel University">Drexel University</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drexel_Dragons" title="Drexel Dragons">Dragons</a></td> <td>1891</td> <td>Private</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_City,_Philadelphia" title="University City, Philadelphia">University City</a></td> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family_University" title="Holy Family University">Holy Family University</a></td> <td>Tigers</td> <td>1954</td> <td>Catholic</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Torresdale,_Philadelphia" title="Torresdale, Philadelphia">Torresdale</a></td> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">II</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Atlantic_Collegiate_Conference" title="Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference">Central Atlantic</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Jefferson !"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_University" title="Thomas Jefferson University">Thomas Jefferson University</a></span> (Jefferson)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Rams" title="Jefferson Rams">Rams</a></td> <td>1884</td> <td>Private</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Falls,_Philadelphia" title="East Falls, Philadelphia">East Falls</a></td> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">II</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Atlantic_Collegiate_Conference" title="Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference">Central Atlantic</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle University</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers" title="La Salle Explorers">Explorers</a></td> <td>1863</td> <td>Catholic</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logan,_Philadelphia" title="Logan, Philadelphia">Logan</a></td> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Penn !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers" title="Penn Quakers">Quakers</a></td> <td>1740</td> <td>Private</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_City,_Philadelphia" title="University City, Philadelphia">University City</a></td> <td>27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers" title="Princeton Tigers">Tigers</a></td> <td>1746</td> <td>Private</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a></td> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's University</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks" title="Saint Joseph's Hawks">Hawks</a></td> <td>1851</td> <td>Catholic</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wynnefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Wynnefield">Wynnefield</a></td> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls" title="Temple Owls">Owls</a></td> <td>1884</td> <td>Public</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia" title="North Philadelphia">North Philadelphia</a></td> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats" title="Villanova Wildcats">Wildcats</a></td> <td>1842</td> <td>Catholic</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova,_Pennsylvania" title="Villanova, Pennsylvania">Villanova</a></td> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a><sup id="cite_ref-CAAFB_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAAFB-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_Championship_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> (<a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CAAFB_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAAFB-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_football_3">American football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: American football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2005_Army-Navy_Game_at_Lincoln_Financial_Field.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/2005_Army-Navy_Game_at_Lincoln_Financial_Field.jpg/220px-2005_Army-Navy_Game_at_Lincoln_Financial_Field.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/2005_Army-Navy_Game_at_Lincoln_Financial_Field.jpg/330px-2005_Army-Navy_Game_at_Lincoln_Financial_Field.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/2005_Army-Navy_Game_at_Lincoln_Financial_Field.jpg/440px-2005_Army-Navy_Game_at_Lincoln_Financial_Field.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="2464" /></a><figcaption>The 2005 <a href="/wiki/Army%E2%80%93Navy_Game" title="Army–Navy Game">Army–Navy football game</a>, played at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial_Field" title="Lincoln Financial Field">Lincoln Financial Field</a>; Philadelphia has hosted the <a href="/wiki/Army%E2%80%93Navy_Game" title="Army–Navy Game">annual game</a> more often than any other city.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Temple University</a>, which began playing football in 1894, fields the only <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a> football team in the Delaware Valley. Temple plays in the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a>. An <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">independent</a> for the first several decades of its history, Temple also played in the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a> for several years, and was briefly affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a>. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a> plays in the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference</a> of <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_programs" title="List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs">Division I FCS</a>, but will be moving to the FBS as part of <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> (CUSA) prior to the 2025 season.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens_football" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football">Delaware's football team</a> began playing in 1889, and the school won the <a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season" title="2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season">2003</a> FCS championship. </p><p>Although Temple is the lone FBS school in the region (until Delaware joins CUSA in 2025), the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_University" title="Pennsylvania State University">Pennsylvania State University</a> <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Nittany Lions</a> are the most popular college football team in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-Collegefootballmap_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collegefootballmap-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Penn State is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a>, one of the "<a href="/wiki/Power_Five_conferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Five conferences">Power Five conferences</a>" in college football. The school began playing football in 1887, and has won two consensus <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championships</a>. Many fans in the Philadelphia area also root for the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a>-affiliated <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a> <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Fighting Irish</a> or the Big Ten-affiliated <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights">Rutgers Scarlet Knights</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>, and the University of Delaware all field <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_programs" title="List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs">Division I FCS</a> football teams; Penn plays in the <a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a>, Delaware State plays in the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference</a>, and Villanova is a member of <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (administered by, but separate from, the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal Athletic Association</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers_football" title="Penn Quakers football">Penn Quakers</a> first played in 1876, and share a claim to six <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championships</a>. <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_football" title="Villanova Wildcats football">Villanova</a>, which began playing football in 1894, won the <a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season" title="2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season">2009 FCS national championship</a>. <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_Hornets_football" title="Delaware State Hornets football">Delaware State</a> began playing football in 1924, and the school lays claim to the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Black_college_football_national_championship" title="Black college football national championship">black college football national championship</a>. Delaware and Villanova have played each other every year since 1988 in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Blue" title="Battle of the Blue">Battle of the Blue</a>, while Delaware and Delaware State have played every year since 2011 in the <a href="/wiki/Route_1_Rivalry" title="Route 1 Rivalry">Route 1 Rivalry</a>. St. Joseph's, Drexel, and most recently La Salle have all <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_college_football_teams" title="List of defunct college football teams">discontinued</a> their football programs. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Army%E2%80%93Navy_Game" title="Army–Navy Game">Army-Navy football game</a> — an annual <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> game between the rival <a href="/wiki/United_States_Service_academies" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Service academies">service academies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a>) — has been held more often in Philadelphia (which is located approximately midway between the two schools) than in all other locations put together. Eleven of the past 15 Army–Navy Games have been held in Philadelphia. Philadelphia also formerly had a bowl game: from 1959 to 1963, the city hosted the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Bowl" title="Liberty Bowl">Liberty Bowl</a>, the only cold-weather <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a> of its time. The bowl game moved to <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a> in 1965. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palestra_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Palestra_interior.jpg/220px-Palestra_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Palestra_interior.jpg/330px-Palestra_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Palestra_interior.jpg/440px-Palestra_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">College basketball</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a>; the Palestra hosts many <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_Five" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Big Five">Big Five</a> games, an intense <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> rivalry among the Philadelphia area's five major <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> teams.</figcaption></figure> <p>Philadelphia enjoys a unique basketball rivalry among the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Big 5</a>, a group that historically consisted of five local <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> universities: <a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls" title="Temple Owls">Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks" title="Saint Joseph's Hawks">Saint Joseph's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers" title="Penn Quakers">Penn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats" title="Villanova Wildcats">Villanova</a>, and <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers" title="La Salle Explorers">La Salle</a>. A sixth local university, <a href="/wiki/Drexel_Dragons" title="Drexel Dragons">Drexel</a>, was officially added to the rivalry in 2023–24. The Big 5 teams have played many of their games at the <a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a>, Penn's venerable gymnasium. The Big 5 rivalry is unique because each of the schools has a rich basketball history and each school is located within a fifteen-mile radius of all of the others. Each of the historic Big 5 schools (i.e., all except Drexel) has made at least one appearance in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Final_Four_appearances_by_school" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by school">NCAA Final Four</a>, and two have won national titles—La Salle in <a href="/wiki/1954_NCAA_basketball_tournament" title="1954 NCAA basketball tournament">1954</a> and Villanova in <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2016</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2018</a>. <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">Villanova's</a> victory over <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team">Georgetown</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">1985 championship game</a> is widely considered one of the greatest upsets in NCAA basketball history.<sup id="cite_ref-VUpset_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VUpset-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Temple, Penn, Villanova, and Saint Joseph's all rank among the top 50 Division I teams in <a href="/wiki/List_of_teams_with_the_most_victories_in_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_college_basketball" title="List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball">number of games won</a>. Three Big 5 players have won the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_College_Player_of_the_Year" title="Naismith College Player of the Year">Naismith College Player of the Year</a> award: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Lionel Simmons</a> of <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers_men%27s_basketball" title="La Salle Explorers men's basketball">La Salle</a> in 1990, <a href="/wiki/Jameer_Nelson" title="Jameer Nelson">Jameer Nelson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball">St. Joseph's</a> in <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2003–04 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team">2004</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a> of <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">Villanova</a> in 2018. <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks" title="Saint Joseph's Hawks">Saint Joseph's</a> and <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers" title="La Salle Explorers">La Salle</a> compete in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers" title="Penn Quakers">Penn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats" title="Villanova Wildcats">Villanova</a> are perennial powers in the <a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a>. <a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls" title="Temple Owls">Temple</a> joined the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> in all sports when the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">original Big East</a> <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932013_Big_East_Conference_realignment" title="2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment">split into two leagues in 2013</a> (it had joined Big East football a year earlier). Prior to the Big East split, Temple had been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a>, and it still holds the most <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_men%27s_basketball_tournament#By_school" title="Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament">A-10 basketball tournament championships</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Drexel_Dragons" title="Drexel Dragons">Drexel</a> joined Division I in 1973 and, before being officially added to the Big 5 rivalry in 2023, made up the <a href="/wiki/City_6" title="City 6">City 6</a> in extramurals with the Big 5. It has its own basketball rivalry with Penn, known as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_33rd_Street" title="Battle of 33rd Street">Battle of 33rd Street</a>. The Drexel–Penn rivalry is geographically the closest in NCAA Division I; the two schools' campuses adjoin one another, and their basketball arenas are three blocks apart. Drexel has never made the Final Four, but did reach the second round of the <a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1996 tournament</a>. <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens_men%27s_basketball" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball">Delaware</a> has made five NCAA tournament appearances, reaching the second round in <a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2014</a>. <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_Hornets_men%27s_basketball" title="Delaware State Hornets men's basketball">Delaware State</a> has reached the NCAA tournament once, losing in the first round in 2005. Delaware and Drexel both play in the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a>, while Delaware State plays in the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a>. Three Philadelphia schools field <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> teams: <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill_College" title="Chestnut Hill College">Chestnut Hill College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Family_University" title="Holy Family University">Holy Family University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_University" title="Thomas Jefferson University">Thomas Jefferson University</a> (known for sports purposes as Jefferson). The <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Sciences_in_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="University of the Sciences in Philadelphia">University of the Sciences</a> also fielded a Division II team before it merged into Saint Joseph's University in 2022. </p><p>In 1939, Philadelphia hosted the first game of the first NCAA tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-FFitz_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FFitz-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia also <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship#Host_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">hosted</a> the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament#Final_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament">Final Four</a> in 1976 and 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_basketball"><span id="Women.27s_basketball"></span>Women's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Women's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_basketball" title="Women's basketball">Women's basketball</a> is another popular college sport in Philadelphia. St. Joseph's, Villanova, and Temple have all <a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Women%27s_Division_I_tournament_bids_by_school&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NCAA Women's Division I tournament bids by school (page does not exist)">appeared</a> at least ten times in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship</a> tournament, while La Salle, Penn, Drexel, Delaware, and Delaware State have all appeared in at least one tournament. Villanova has advanced further than any other area school, making the Elite Eight in <a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">2003</a>. <a href="/wiki/Immaculata_University" title="Immaculata University">Immaculata University</a>, a small Catholic school in the Philadelphia suburbs, won the first three <a href="/wiki/AIAW_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="AIAW women's basketball tournament">AIAW women's basketball tournaments</a>. The three championship teams were collectively inducted into the <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Basketball Hall of Fame</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-AFarnum_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFarnum-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the players on the Immaculata team, <a href="/wiki/Theresa_Grentz" title="Theresa Grentz">Theresa Grentz</a>, served as head coach of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States women's national basketball team">United States women's national basketball team</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rowing">Rowing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Rowing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rowing has been popular in Philadelphia since the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-RWestcott_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWestcott-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Boathouse_Row" title="Boathouse Row">Boathouse Row</a> is a symbol of Philadelphia's rich rowing history, and each <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Big Five</a> member has its own boathouse. Philadelphia hosts numerous local and collegiate rowing clubs and competitions, including the annual <a href="/wiki/Dad_Vail_Regatta" title="Dad Vail Regatta">Dad Vail Regatta</a>, the largest <a href="/wiki/College_rowing_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="College rowing (United States)">intercollegiate rowing</a> event in the U.S., the <a href="/wiki/Stotesbury_Cup_Regatta" class="mw-redirect" title="Stotesbury Cup Regatta">Stotesbury Cup Regatta</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Schuylkill_Regatta" title="Head of the Schuylkill Regatta">Head of the Schuylkill Regatta</a>, all of which are held on the <a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_River" title="Schuylkill River">Schuylkill River</a>. The regattas are hosted and organized by the <a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_Navy" title="Schuylkill Navy">Schuylkill Navy</a>, an association of area rowing clubs that has produced numerous <a href="/wiki/Rowing_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Rowing at the Summer Olympics">Olympic</a> rowers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby">Rugby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Philadelphia has several rugby teams in professional leagues. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Whitemarsh_RFC" title="Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC">Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> team, was founded in 1985, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fight" title="Philadelphia Fight">Philadelphia Fight</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Semi-professional" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-professional">semi-professional</a> <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> football team, was founded in 1998, and the Northeast Philadelphia Irish, a team within the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Pennsylvania_Rugby_Union" title="Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union">Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union</a>, was founded in 2011 and has both men and women clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Colleges in the area also offer club rugby teams, with most area teams competing as part of the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union. The <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Rugby_Championship" title="Collegiate Rugby Championship">Collegiate Rugby Championship</a> (CRC), is a college rugby sevens tournament held every June at <a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> near Philadelphia. The CRC is the highest profile <a href="/wiki/College_rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="College rugby">college rugby</a> competition in the United States, with the tournament broadcast live on NBC every year. The Collegiate Rugby Championship has succeeded in drawing media attention, corporate sponsorships and attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-gainline.us_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gainline.us-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sports">Other sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG/260px-Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG/390px-Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG/520px-Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1818" data-file-height="1323" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boathouse_Row" title="Boathouse Row">Boathouse Row</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_River" title="Schuylkill River">Schuylkill River</a>, an enduring symbol of Philadelphia's rich rowing history, April 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to basketball, football, and rowing, schools in the Philadelphia area offer other <a href="/wiki/Varsity_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Varsity sports">varsity sports</a>. Temple, for example, fields varsity teams in <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">soccer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, and several other sports.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1905, <a href="/wiki/Haverford_College" title="Haverford College">Haverford College</a> played in the first modern intercollegiate soccer match.<sup id="cite_ref-jdoug_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jdoug-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers_fencing" title="Penn Quakers fencing">Penn's</a> <a href="/wiki/Fencing" title="Fencing">fencing</a> team has won three national championships. The schools also offer <a href="/wiki/Intramural_sports" title="Intramural sports">intramural sports</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Semi-pro,_amateur,_and_community_teams"><span id="Semi-pro.2C_amateur.2C_and_community_teams"></span>Semi-pro, amateur, and community teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Semi-pro, amateur, and community teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket">Cricket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> has a long history of play in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia was one of the last <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_cricket_team#Decline" title="United States national cricket team">bastions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_the_United_States" title="Cricket in the United States">cricket in the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia was the center of the "golden age" of American cricket in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphian_cricket_team" title="Philadelphian cricket team">Philadelphian cricket team</a> represented Philadelphia in <a href="/wiki/First_class_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="First class cricket">first class cricket</a> from 1878 to 1913, and played against some of the top teams in the world. Players on the team include <a href="/wiki/George_Patterson_(cricketer)" title="George Patterson (cricketer)">George Patterson</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Lester" title="John Lester">John Lester</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bart_King" title="Bart King">Bart King</a>, perhaps the greatest American cricket player.<sup id="cite_ref-BKing_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BKing-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Cricket_Club" title="Philadelphia Cricket Club">Philadelphia Cricket Club</a> was founded in 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greats such as <a href="/wiki/Bart_King" title="Bart King">Bart King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percy_Clark" title="Percy Clark">Percy Clark</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Christie_Morris" title="Christie Morris">Christie Morris</a> played for the team in its prime. Though it was disbanded in 1924, it was revived in 1998. Other cricket clubs in <a href="/wiki/Germantown_Cricket_Club" title="Germantown Cricket Club">Germantown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merion_Cricket_Club" title="Merion Cricket Club">Merion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belmont_Cricket_Club" title="Belmont Cricket Club">Belmont</a> flourished during the late 19th and early 20th century. </p><p>Since 1993, the city has been home to the annual <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philadelphia_International_Cricket_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philadelphia International Cricket Festival (page does not exist)">Philadelphia International Cricket Festival</a>, held during the first weekend in May, benefiting the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inglis_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inglis Foundation (page does not exist)">Inglis Foundation</a>. Each year, twelve teams, including five from the area and seven from across the United States or guest international sides, are invited to participate in the festival. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_league">Rugby league</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Rugby league"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">Rugby league</a> is an increasingly popular sport in the Philadelphia area. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fight" title="Philadelphia Fight">Philadelphia Fight</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/USA_Rugby_League" title="USA Rugby League">USA Rugby League</a>. The club has won three <a href="/wiki/USA_Rugby_League#List_of_championship_titles" title="USA Rugby League">USARL championships</a>. The Aston Bulls, <a href="/wiki/Bucks_County_Sharks" title="Bucks County Sharks">Bucks County Sharks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley_Mantarays" title="Delaware Valley Mantarays">Delaware Valley Mantarays</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/AMNRL" class="mw-redirect" title="AMNRL">AMNRL</a> before the league folded in 2013. The Sharks joined the Fight in USARL upon the folding of AMNRL. In 2015, Delaware Black Foxes joined USARL as an expansion team. <a href="/wiki/Aston,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Aston, Pennsylvania">Aston, Pennsylvania</a> is considered as the birthplace of rugby league in America.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_union">Rugby union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Rugby union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby union</a> is also an increasingly popular sport in the Philadelphia area. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Schuylkill_River_Exiles_Rugby_Football_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Schuylkill River Exiles Rugby Football Club (page does not exist)">Schuylkill River Exiles Rugby Football Club</a> are a Division 1 men's rugby club based in Philadelphia. The team plays matches on public fields in <a href="/wiki/Fairmount_Park" title="Fairmount Park">Fairmount Park</a>, and are members of <a href="/wiki/USA_Rugby" title="USA Rugby">USA Rugby</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union">Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union</a>. The club was founded in 1995. Brandywine Rugby Football Club is a Division 3 Men's Team founded in 1983 Located in Chester county. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Media_Rugby_Football_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Media Rugby Football Club (page does not exist)">Media Rugby Football Club</a> is a Division 3 rugby club that was founded in 1978. Media Rugby is a member of <a href="/wiki/USA_Rugby" title="USA Rugby">USA Rugby</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union">Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Whitemarsh_RFC" title="Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC">Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC</a> is a division 3 rugby union team in Philadelphia. The team was formed in 1985 after the merging of the Philadelphia and Whitemarsh clubs. The Hibernian RFC formed in 1976 by former Blackthorn RFC players right outside of Philadelphia, in Bucks County. The Northeast Philadelphia Rugby team, also known as the Fish, is a division 3 team in Philadelphia that was formed in 2011. </p><p>There are several women's <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> teams in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philadelphia_Women%27s_Rugby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philadelphia Women's Rugby (page does not exist)">Philadelphia Women's Rugby</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keystone_Women%27s_Rugby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keystone Women's Rugby (page does not exist)">Keystone Women's Rugby</a> (in <a href="/wiki/King_of_Prussia,_Pennsylvania" title="King of Prussia, Pennsylvania">King of Prussia</a>) compete in <a href="/wiki/USA_Rugby" title="USA Rugby">USA Rugby</a> Division I. Brandywine Women's Rugby (in <a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a>) and Doylestown Women's Rugby compete in Division II. Northeast Philadelphia Women's Rugby, associated with the Fish, joined the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Pennsylvania_Rugby_Union" title="Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union">EPRU</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer_3">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Philadelphia area has a long history of successful amateur soccer teams. The <a href="/wiki/National_Amateur_Cup" title="National Amateur Cup">National Amateur Cup</a> has been won several times by Philadelphia teams; winners include <a href="/wiki/Fleisher_Yarn" title="Fleisher Yarn">Fleisher Yarn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_German-Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia German-Americans">Philadelphia German-Americans</a>, Philadelphia Inter, and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_United_German-Hungarians" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia United German-Hungarians">Philadelphia United German-Hungarians</a>. The latter club helped found the <a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_League_of_Pennsylvania" title="United Soccer League of Pennsylvania">United Soccer League of Pennsylvania</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Lighthouse_Boys_Club" title="Lighthouse Boys Club">Lighthouse Boys Club</a> is a successful club whose history stretches back to the 19th century. <a href="/wiki/Junior_Lone_Star_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior Lone Star FC">Junior Lone Star FC</a> is an amateur soccer team that plays in the <a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Soccer_League" title="National Premier Soccer League">National Premier Soccer League</a> and <a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL League Two</a>. The club is based in <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia" title="Southwest Philadelphia">Southwest Philadelphia</a>, and was founded in 2001 by West African immigrants, mainly from <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Buxmont_Torch_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Buxmont Torch FC">Buxmont Torch FC</a> of <a href="/wiki/Perkasie,_Pennsylvania" title="Perkasie, Pennsylvania">Perkasie, Pennsylvania</a> also plays in the NPSL. <a href="/wiki/Reading_United_A.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Reading United A.C.">Reading United A.C.</a>, founded in 1996, plays in the <a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL League Two</a>. The club has served as an affiliate of the Union since 2009. The <a href="/wiki/Ocean_City_Nor%27easters" title="Ocean City Nor'easters">Ocean City Nor'easters</a>, founded in 1996, also play in the <a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL League Two</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fever_(WPSL)" title="Philadelphia Fever (WPSL)">Philadelphia Fever</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Ukrainians" title="Philadelphia Ukrainians">Philadelphia Ukrainians</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">Women's Premier Soccer League</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sports_2">Other sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnBKellySr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/JohnBKellySr.jpg/220px-JohnBKellySr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/JohnBKellySr.jpg/330px-JohnBKellySr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/JohnBKellySr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="321" /></a><figcaption>Rower <a href="/wiki/John_B._Kelly_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="John B. Kelly Sr.">John B. Kelly Sr.</a> of Philadelphia, winner of three <a href="/wiki/Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics">Olympic</a> gold medals in the 1920s</figcaption></figure> <p>There are a number of <a href="/wiki/Junior_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior hockey">Junior hockey</a> teams in the area. The Flyers sponsor three teams: the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers_Junior_Hockey_Club" title="Philadelphia Flyers Junior Hockey Club">Philadelphia Flyers Junior Hockey Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Little_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Little Flyers">Philadelphia Little Flyers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Junior_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Junior Flyers">Philadelphia Junior Flyers</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Revolution" title="Philadelphia Revolution">Philadelphia Revolution</a> also play in the area. The Philadelphia Flyers Junior Hockey Club plays in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Premier_Hockey_League" title="United States Premier Hockey League">USPHL</a>, while the other teams play in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hockey_League_(junior_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Hockey League (junior hockey)">EHL</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Penn_Jersey_Roller_Derby" title="Penn Jersey Roller Derby">Penn Jersey Roller Derby</a> is a Philadelphia-based co-ed <a href="/wiki/Roller_derby" title="Roller derby">roller derby</a> league, founded in 2005. They were one of the founding leagues of the <a href="/wiki/Old_School_Derby_Association" title="Old School Derby Association">Old School Derby Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Philly_Rollergirls" class="mw-redirect" title="Philly Rollergirls">Philly Rollergirls</a> are another Philadelphia-based women's <a href="/wiki/Roller_derby" title="Roller derby">roller derby</a> league, founded in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Philly Rollergirls are a member of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Flat_Track_Derby_Association" title="Women's Flat Track Derby Association">Women's Flat Track Derby Association</a>, and have been host to the WFTDA East Coast Derby Extravaganza tournament since 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Diamond_State_Roller_Girls" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond State Roller Girls">Diamond State Roller Girls</a> is a roller derby league based in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Professional_Inline_Hockey_Association" title="Professional Inline Hockey Association">Professional Inline Hockey Association</a> has had several franchises in Philadelphia and the surrounding area, including the Philadelphia Growl. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phoenix_(AUDL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Phoenix (AUDL)">Philadelphia Phoenix</a> play <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate (sport)">ultimate</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Frisbee_Association" title="Ultimate Frisbee Association">Ultimate Frisbee Association</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Spinners" title="Philadelphia Spinners">Philadelphia Spinners</a> were previously a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Ultimate" title="Major League Ultimate">Major League Ultimate</a> franchise until that league folded. The Philadelphia Justice are a professional <a href="/wiki/Dodgeball" title="Dodgeball">dodgeball</a> team that has played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Dodgeball_League" title="National Dodgeball League">National Dodgeball League</a> since 2011. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Australian_Football_League" title="United States Australian Football League">United States Australian Football League</a> is represented by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Hawks" title="Philadelphia Hawks">Philadelphia Hawks</a>, since 1998. </p><p>Due to a long history of <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> immigration, the Philadelphia area has hosted <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_games" title="Gaelic games">Gaelic games</a> for over a hundred years.<sup id="cite_ref-GGames_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGames-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Division_GAA_Board" title="Philadelphia Division GAA Board">Philadelphia Division GAA Board</a> is the governing body of <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_games" title="Gaelic games">Gaelic games</a> in Philadelphia. <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Alvarez" title="Eddie Alvarez">Eddie Alvarez</a> is the former <a href="/wiki/Lightweight" title="Lightweight">Lightweight</a> Champion of both the <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">UFC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bellator_MMA" title="Bellator MMA">Bellator MMA</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_sports">Individual sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Individual sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FranklinField.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/FranklinField.JPG/220px-FranklinField.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/FranklinField.JPG/330px-FranklinField.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/FranklinField.JPG/440px-FranklinField.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Field" title="Franklin Field">Franklin Field</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> hosts the annual <a href="/wiki/Penn_Relays" title="Penn Relays">Penn Relays</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Field" title="Franklin Field">Franklin Field</a> hosts the annual <a href="/wiki/Penn_Relays" title="Penn Relays">Penn Relays</a>, the largest early-season <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a> meet in the United States. One of the busiest streets in the city, <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Broad Street (Philadelphia)">Broad Street</a>, is closed to traffic for the annual <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Run" title="Broad Street Run">Broad Street Run</a>, a 10-mile race contested since 1980. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Marathon" title="Philadelphia Marathon">Philadelphia Marathon</a>, founded in 1954, is an annual marathon held on the third Sunday of November. The city also hosts the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Distance_Run" title="Philadelphia Distance Run">Philadelphia Distance Run</a>. Philadelphia has also hosted several one-off events or events without a fixed venue, including <a href="/wiki/UFC_101" title="UFC 101">UFC 101</a> and <a href="/wiki/UFC_133" title="UFC 133">UFC 133</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liacouras_Center" title="Liacouras Center">Liacouras Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Borgata" class="mw-redirect" title="The Borgata">The Borgata</a>, and other venues in the area host various events. <a href="/wiki/ECW_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="ECW Arena">2300 Arena</a> hosts boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boxing">Boxing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Boxing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Frazier_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Joe_Frazier_2010.jpg/170px-Joe_Frazier_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Joe_Frazier_2010.jpg/255px-Joe_Frazier_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Joe_Frazier_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joe_Frazier" title="Joe Frazier">Joe Frazier</a> of Philadelphia, known as "Smokin' Joe", was the world's <a href="/wiki/Undisputed_championship_(boxing)" title="Undisputed championship (boxing)">undisputed heavyweight</a> boxing champion from 1970 to 1973</figcaption></figure> <p>Philadelphia has a rich history in <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a>, with the sport having gained popularity in the 1850s.<sup id="cite_ref-RWestcott_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWestcott-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2300_Arena" title="2300 Arena">2300 Arena</a> is a prominent venue, and was named 2006 Venue of the Year by <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a> boxing program <a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Fights" class="mw-redirect" title="Wednesday Night Fights">Wednesday Night Fights</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Horizon" title="The Blue Horizon">The Blue Horizon</a> was also a popular venue before it closed in 2010. Another contribution to the city's love of boxing, comes in the form of fiction, with the classic movie <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky" title="Rocky">Rocky</a></i> taking place in the city. </p><p>Philadelphia has been the home of several prominent boxers. Though born in <a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort, South Carolina">Beaufort, South Carolina</a>, former world <a href="/wiki/Heavyweight" title="Heavyweight">heavyweight</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_heavyweight_boxing_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of heavyweight boxing champions">champion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics">Olympic</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_boxing" title="List of Olympic medalists in boxing">gold medalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Frazier" title="Joe Frazier">Joe Frazier</a> lived in Philadelphia. Frazier owned and managed a Philadelphia boxing gym before his death in 2011. Philadelphia native <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Hopkins" title="Bernard Hopkins">Bernard Hopkins</a> is a former world <a href="/wiki/Middleweight" title="Middleweight">middleweight</a> and <a href="/wiki/Light-heavyweight" class="mw-redirect" title="Light-heavyweight">light-heavyweight</a> champion. Hopkins is perhaps best known for his incredible longevity, as he has remained active in the <a href="/wiki/Light_heavyweight" title="Light heavyweight">light heavyweight</a> division well past his 40th birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-KMulvaney_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KMulvaney-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GBishop_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBishop-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other prominent boxers from the Philadelphia area include <a href="/wiki/Danny_Garcia_(boxer)" title="Danny Garcia (boxer)">Danny García</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryant_Jennings" title="Bryant Jennings">Bryant Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Hart" title="Jesse Hart">Jesse Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyrell_Biggs" title="Tyrell Biggs">Tyrell Biggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Loughran" title="Tommy Loughran">Tommy Loughran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Young_(boxer)" title="Jimmy Young (boxer)">Jimmy Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randall_%22Tex%22_Cobb" title="Randall "Tex" Cobb">Randall "Tex" Cobb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meldrick_Taylor" title="Meldrick Taylor">Meldrick Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Crawley" title="Tyrone Crawley">Tyrone Crawley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cunningham" title="Steve Cunningham">Steve Cunningham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buster_Drayton" title="Buster Drayton">Buster Drayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Giardello" title="Joey Giardello">Joey Giardello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Harding" title="Eric Harding">Eric Harding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Saad_Muhammad" title="Matthew Saad Muhammad">Matthew Saad Muhammad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Harold Johnson (boxer)">Harold Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Reid_(boxer)" title="David Reid (boxer)">David Reid</a>. <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Liston" title="Sonny Liston">Sonny Liston</a> also lived in Philadelphia during their boxing careers.<sup id="cite_ref-Ali_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ali-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SListon_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SListon-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racing">Racing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Racing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smarty_jones.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Smarty_jones.jpg/170px-Smarty_jones.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Smarty_jones.jpg/255px-Smarty_jones.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Smarty_jones.jpg/340px-Smarty_jones.jpg 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Thoroughbred racehorse <a href="/wiki/Smarty_Jones" title="Smarty Jones">Smarty Jones</a>, winner of both the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby">Kentucky Derby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Preakness_Stakes" title="Preakness Stakes">Preakness Stakes</a> in 2004, at <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Park_Racetrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Park Racetrack">Philadelphia Park Racetrack</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Philadelphia does not currently host any professional <a href="/wiki/Automobile_racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile racing">automobile racing</a>, but Philadelphia is in close proximity to <a href="/wiki/Dover_International_Speedway" class="mw-redirect" title="Dover International Speedway">Dover International Speedway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pocono_Raceway" title="Pocono Raceway">Pocono Raceway</a>, and Bridgeport Speedway. Defunct racing facilities in the area include <a href="/wiki/Trenton_Speedway" title="Trenton Speedway">Trenton Speedway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Langhorne_Speedway" title="Langhorne Speedway">Langhorne Speedway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nazareth_Speedway" title="Nazareth Speedway">Nazareth Speedway</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Flemington_Speedway" title="Flemington Speedway">Flemington Speedway</a>. <a href="/wiki/Midget_car_racing" title="Midget car racing">Midget car racing</a> was popular during the 1930s and 1940s; the two major tracks were Yellow Jacket Speedway, which closed in 1950, and National Speedway, which closed during World War II as a result of fuel rationing. Races were sanctioned by the <a href="/wiki/American_Automobile_Association" title="American Automobile Association">American Automobile Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Champ_Car_World_Series" title="Champ Car World Series">Champ Car World Series</a> negotiated with the city to organize a race, but no agreement was reached.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia has produced multiple <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indianapolis_500_winners" title="List of Indianapolis 500 winners">winners</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Pete_DePaolo" title="Pete DePaolo">Pete DePaolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Petillo" title="Kelly Petillo">Kelly Petillo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Holland" title="Bill Holland">Bill Holland</a>. Other notable drivers from Philadelphia include <a href="/wiki/Skip_Barber" title="Skip Barber">Skip Barber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Holbert" title="Al Holbert">Al Holbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Wishart" title="Spencer Wishart">Spencer Wishart</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Shelmerdine" title="Kirk Shelmerdine">Kirk Shelmerdine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> and other members of the Andretti family live in nearby <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem, Pennsylvania</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">Horse racing</a> became popular in Philadelphia in the mid-1700s,<sup id="cite_ref-RWestcott_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWestcott-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and successful horses continue to be bred in the Philadelphia area.<sup id="cite_ref-AfAlex_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AfAlex-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a>, the founder of Philadelphia and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, reportedly raced his horses down the streets of Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-PAHistory.com_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAHistory.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Man_o%27_War" title="Man o' War">Man o' War</a>, owned by Philadelphia-area businessman <a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._Riddle" title="Samuel D. Riddle">Samuel D. Riddle</a> was named the <a href="/wiki/Blood-Horse_magazine_List_of_the_Top_100_U.S._Racehorses_of_the_20th_Century" class="mw-redirect" title="Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century">horse of the century</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Blood-Horse" title="The Blood-Horse">The Blood-Horse</a> magazine. Riddle also owned <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing_(United_States)" title="Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)">Triple Crown</a>-winning horse <a href="/wiki/War_Admiral" title="War Admiral">War Admiral</a>. In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Smarty_Jones" title="Smarty Jones">Smarty Jones</a>, who was bred in the Philadelphia area, won the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby">Kentucky Derby</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Preakness_Stakes" title="Preakness Stakes">Preakness Stakes</a>. Other horses with ties to the area include <a href="/wiki/Afleet_Alex" title="Afleet Alex">Afleet Alex</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AfAlex_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AfAlex-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barbaro_(horse)" title="Barbaro (horse)">Barbaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hard_Spun" title="Hard Spun">Hard Spun</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lil_E._Tee" title="Lil E. Tee">Lil E. Tee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Parx_Casino_and_Racing" title="Parx Casino and Racing">Parx Casino and Racing</a> hosts numerous horse races, including the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Derby" title="Pennsylvania Derby">Pennsylvania Derby</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cotillion_Handicap" title="Cotillion Handicap">Cotillion Handicap</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Cup_Stakes" title="Greenwood Cup Stakes">Greenwood Cup Stakes</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Race_Course" title="Atlantic City Race Course">Atlantic City Race Course</a> also hosts horse racing. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Manayunk,_Philadelphia" title="Manayunk, Philadelphia">Manayunk</a> area of the city was home to the annual <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_International_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia International Championship">Philadelphia International Championship</a> bike race, which ran from 1985 to 2016. The main feature of the race was the "Manayunk Wall", an inclined street including all of Levering Avenue and a few blocks of Lyceum Avenue. The race may have helped promote a local economic revival, and cycling is a prominent theme of many of the shops and restaurants in the area. The women's <i><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Classic" title="Liberty Classic">Liberty Classic</a></i> was held at the same time and over the same course. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sports_3">Other sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Tilden_in_color.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bill_Tilden_in_color.jpg/170px-Bill_Tilden_in_color.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bill_Tilden_in_color.jpg/255px-Bill_Tilden_in_color.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Bill_Tilden_in_color.jpg 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption>Tennis player <a href="/wiki/Bill_Tilden" title="Bill Tilden">Bill Tilden</a>, widely considered one of the best tennis players of the first half of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">Golf</a> has a long history in Philadelphia; the <a href="/wiki/Golf_Association_of_Philadelphia" title="Golf Association of Philadelphia">Golf Association of Philadelphia</a> is the oldest regional golf association in the United States. <a href="/wiki/Aronimink_Golf_Club" title="Aronimink Golf Club">Aronimink Golf Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newtown_Square,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Newtown Square, Pennsylvania">Newtown Square, Pennsylvania</a> has hosted several <a href="/wiki/Professional_Golfers%27_Association_of_America" title="Professional Golfers' Association of America">PGA</a> and <a href="/wiki/USGA" class="mw-redirect" title="USGA">USGA</a> events, including the <a href="/wiki/1962_PGA_Championship" title="1962 PGA Championship">1962 PGA Championship</a> and the 2010 and 2011 <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_National" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T National">AT&T National</a>. <a href="/wiki/Merion_Golf_Club" title="Merion Golf Club">Merion Golf Club</a> has hosted five <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Opens</a>, most recently in 2013. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_PGA_Championship" title="Philadelphia PGA Championship">Philadelphia PGA Championship</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Open_Championship" title="Philadelphia Open Championship">Philadelphia Open Championship</a> are both hosted in the Philadelphia area. Golfers from the Philadelphia area include <a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Jim Furyk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Germain_Porter" title="Dorothy Germain Porter">Dorothy Germain Porter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Sigel" title="Jay Sigel">Jay Sigel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_McDermott_(golfer)" title="John McDermott (golfer)">John McDermott</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a> is also a popular sport in Philadelphia. The <a href="/wiki/Advanta_Championships_of_Philadelphia" title="Advanta Championships of Philadelphia">Advanta Championships of Philadelphia</a> were held in Philadelphia from 1971 to 2005, while the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Lawn_Tennis_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship">Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship</a> was held in <a href="/wiki/Haverford,_Pennsylvania" title="Haverford, Pennsylvania">Haverford</a> from 1894 to 1974; it was briefly part of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit" title="Grand Prix tennis circuit">Grand Prix tennis circuit</a>. Tennis players from the Philadelphia area include <a href="/wiki/R._Norris_Williams" title="R. Norris Williams">Dick Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Tilden" title="Bill Tilden">Bill Tilden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Ora Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vic_Seixas" title="Vic Seixas">Vic Seixas</a>. Tilden was the first American to win <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">The Championships, Wimbledon</a> and was one of the most prominent sports figures of the first half of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-tilden2_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tilden2-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mosconi" title="Willie Mosconi">Willie Mosconi</a>, a Philadelphia native, won the <a href="/wiki/World_Straight_Pool_Championship" title="World Straight Pool Championship">World Straight Pool Championship</a> 15 consecutive times. Mosconi is considered one of the greatest <a href="/wiki/Pool_(cue_sports)" title="Pool (cue sports)">pool</a> players in the history of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Mosconi_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosconi-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Skating_Club_and_Humane_Society" title="Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society">Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society</a> is the oldest figure skating club in the United States, and was one of the clubs that founded <a href="/wiki/U.S._Figure_Skating" title="U.S. Figure Skating">U.S. Figure Skating</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympics">Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Philadelphia bid to host the <a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a>, <a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a> and <a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics</a> but lost to <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> respectively. As part of the <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott" title="1980 Summer Olympics boycott">1980 Summer Olympics boycott</a>, Philadelphia hosted the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Bell_Classic" title="Liberty Bell Classic">Liberty Bell Classic</a>. Philadelphia has expressed interest in hosting other <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics#Cancelled_potential_bids" title="2024 Summer Olympics">2024 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many <a href="#People">Philadelphians</a> have competed in the Olympics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="High-school_and_youth_sports">High-school and youth sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: High-school and youth sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many high school teams play in the <a href="/wiki/Inter-Academic_League" title="Inter-Academic League">Inter-Academic League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Catholic_League" title="Philadelphia Catholic League">Philadelphia Catholic League</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Public_League" title="Philadelphia Public League">Philadelphia Public League</a>. In 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Public_League" title="Philadelphia Public League">Philadelphia Public League</a> joined the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association" title="Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association">Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association</a>. In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Mo%27ne_Davis" title="Mo'ne Davis">Mo'ne Davis</a> was named the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_Athlete_of_the_Year" title="Associated Press Athlete of the Year">Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year</a> for her performance in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Little_League_World_Series" title="2014 Little League World Series">2014 Little League World Series</a> as a member of the Taney Dragons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame">Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Sportspeople_from_Philadelphia" title="Category:Sportspeople from Philadelphia">Category:Sportspeople from Philadelphia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG/170px-Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG/255px-Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG/340px-Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="623" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50 Greatest Players in NBA History</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Numerous notable athletes were <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Philadelphia" title="List of people from Philadelphia">born</a>, raised, or attended college in Philadelphia and the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a>. Basketball players from Philadelphia and the surrounding area include <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Dawn Staley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Black" title="Debbie Black">Debbie Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Petrie" title="Geoff Petrie">Geoff Petrie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Wallace" title="Rasheed Wallace">Rasheed Wallace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)" title="Richard Hamilton (basketball)">Richard Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elena_Delle_Donne" title="Elena Delle Donne">Elena Delle Donne</a>. Football players from Philadelphia include <a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Herb Adderley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell" title="Emlen Tunnell">Emlen Tunnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cappelletti" title="John Cappelletti">John Cappelletti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">Leroy Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Marvin Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Klecko" title="Joe Klecko">Joe Klecko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Flacco" title="Joe Flacco">Joe Flacco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gannon" title="Rich Gannon">Rich Gannon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_George" title="Eddie George">Eddie George</a>. Baseball players from Philadelphia include <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goose_Goslin" title="Goose Goslin">Goose Goslin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Dunlap" title="Fred Dunlap">Fred Dunlap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Dunn" title="Gertrude Dunn">Gertrude Dunn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Mike Piazza</a>. Hockey players from Philadelphia include <a href="/wiki/Hobey_Baker" title="Hobey Baker">Hobey Baker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Richter" title="Mike Richter">Mike Richter</a>. Soccer players from Philadelphia include <a href="/wiki/Carli_Lloyd" title="Carli Lloyd">Carli Lloyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Convey" title="Bobby Convey">Bobby Convey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Bahr" title="Walter Bahr">Walter Bahr</a>. Athletes from Philadelphia who played for professional Philadelphia teams include <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Tom Gola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Guy Rodgers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Del_Ennis" title="Del Ennis">Del Ennis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bucko_Kilroy" title="Bucko Kilroy">Bucko Kilroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Callison" title="Johnny Callison">Johnny Callison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herb_Pennock" title="Herb Pennock">Herb Pennock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Walters" title="Bucky Walters">Bucky Walters</a>. Notable coaches from Philadelphia include <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Dodgers</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda" title="Tommy Lasorda">Tommy Lasorda</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe McCarthy (manager)">Joe McCarthy</a>, long-time NBA coach <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a>, <a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies women's basketball">UConn women's basketball</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Geno Auriemma</a>, Jefferson basketball coach <a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Herb Magee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_St._Mary%27s_Mountaineers_men%27s_basketball" title="Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball">Mount St. Mary's</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Jim_Phelan_(basketball)" title="Jim Phelan (basketball)">Jim Phelan</a>, La Salle basketball coach <a href="/wiki/Speedy_Morris" title="Speedy Morris">Speedy Morris</a>, Wisconsin basketball coach <a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Bo Ryan</a>, and Temple basketball coach <a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">John Chaney</a>. </p><p>Olympians from the Philadelphia area include gymnast <a href="/wiki/Mohini_Bhardwaj" title="Mohini Bhardwaj">Mohini Bhardwaj</a>, swimmers <a href="/wiki/Maddy_Crippen" title="Maddy Crippen">Maddy Crippen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Hansen" title="Brendan Hansen">Brendan Hansen</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Berkoff" title="David Berkoff">David Berkoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Verdeur" title="Joe Verdeur">Joe Verdeur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Robie" title="Carl Robie">Carl Robie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Daniel" title="Ellie Daniel">Ellie Daniel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Macionis" title="John Macionis">John Macionis</a>, track and field athletes <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(relay_runner)" title="John Taylor (relay runner)">John Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Shiley" title="Jean Shiley">Jean Shiley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barney_Berlinger" title="Barney Berlinger">Barney Berlinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Sheppard" title="Mel Sheppard">Mel Sheppard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Meredith" title="Ted Meredith">Ted Meredith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horace_Ashenfelter" title="Horace Ashenfelter">Horace Ashenfelter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Burrell" title="Leroy Burrell">Leroy Burrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kim_Gallagher" title="Kim Gallagher">Kim Gallagher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Toomey" title="Bill Toomey">Bill Toomey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Drummond" title="Jon Drummond">Jon Drummond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ira_Davis_(athlete)" title="Ira Davis (athlete)">Ira Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Kraenzlein" title="Alvin Kraenzlein">Alvin Kraenzlein</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Powell_(athletics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Powell (athletics)">Mike Powell</a>, rowers <a href="/wiki/Paul_Costello" title="Paul Costello">Paul Costello</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_B._Kelly_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="John B. Kelly Sr.">John B. Kelly Sr.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_B._Kelly_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="John B. Kelly Jr.">John B. Kelly Jr.</a>, figure skater <a href="/wiki/Tara_Lipinski" title="Tara Lipinski">Tara Lipinski</a>, diver <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Becker-Pinkston" title="Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston">Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston</a>, and sailor <a href="/wiki/Don_Cohan" title="Don Cohan">Don Cohan</a>. </p><p>Other prominent Philadelphia sports figures include Flyers owner <a href="/wiki/Ed_Snider" title="Ed Snider">Ed Snider</a>, Philadelphia Warriors owner <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Eddie Gottlieb</a>, Sixers director of statistical information <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Pollack" title="Harvey Pollack">Harvey Pollack</a>, Philadelphia Athletics owner <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Connie Mack</a>, former NFL commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell" title="Bert Bell">Bert Bell</a>, former Phillies general manager <a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Pat Gillick</a>, former Phillies managers <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bowa" title="Larry Bowa">Larry Bowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Manuel" title="Charlie Manuel">Charlie Manuel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Green_(baseball)" title="Dallas Green (baseball)">Dallas Green</a>, former Flyers coach <a href="/wiki/Fred_Shero" title="Fred Shero">Fred Shero</a>, former Sixers coaches <a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Alex Hannum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a>, and former Eagles head coaches <a href="/wiki/Doug_Pederson" title="Doug Pederson">Doug Pederson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greasy_Neale" title="Greasy Neale">Greasy Neale</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Vermeil" title="Dick Vermeil">Dick Vermeil</a>. Since 2004, many of the most accomplished Philadelphia athletes and sports figures have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame">Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_media">Sports media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Sports media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2023, Philadelphia has the fourth-largest <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">media market</a> in the United States, with almost three million television homes.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">NBC Sports Philadelphia</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States" title="Cable television in the United States">cable television</a> channel that covers Philadelphia and <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a> sports. The channel carries all Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers games that are not nationally televised, along with numerous Philadelphia-area college sports events. Sister channel <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia#NBC_Sports_Philadelphia_Plus" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus</a> carries games when more than one team is playing at the same time. Due to the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League on television">NFL's centralized television rights format</a>, the Eagles, as an NFC team, usually play on <a href="/wiki/WTXF-TV" title="WTXF-TV">WTXF-TV</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, although games can also appear on <a href="/wiki/KYW-TV" title="KYW-TV">KYW-TV</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WPVI-TV" title="WPVI-TV">WPVI-TV</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WCAU" title="WCAU">WCAU</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/NFL_Network" title="NFL Network">NFL Network</a>, or streaming on <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a>. All Union games are broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>'s <a href="/wiki/MLS_Season_Pass" title="MLS Season Pass">MLS Season Pass</a>. The two major <a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">sports radio</a> stations in Philadelphia are <a href="/wiki/WIP-FM" title="WIP-FM">94.1 WIP</a> and <a href="/wiki/WPEN_(FM)" title="WPEN (FM)">97.5 WPEN</a>. WIP broadcasts all Phillies and Eagles games, while WPEN broadcasts all Sixers, Flyers, and Union games. <a href="/wiki/WPHT" title="WPHT">1210 WPHT</a> carries Phillies games when the Eagles are playing at the same time on WIP, and <a href="/wiki/WMMR" title="WMMR">93.3 WMMR</a> carries Flyers games when the Sixers are playing at the same time on WPEN. </p><p>Prominent members of the sports media (past and present) include <a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">Richie Ashburn</a> (who also played for the Phillies), <a href="/wiki/Gene_Hart" title="Gene Hart">Gene Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merrill_Reese" title="Merrill Reese">Merrill Reese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Stark" title="Jayson Stark">Jayson Stark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Whitaker" title="Jack Whitaker">Jack Whitaker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill Campbell (sportscaster)">Bill Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Didinger" title="Ray Didinger">Ray Didinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Jasner" title="Phil Jasner">Phil Jasner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Conlin" title="Bill Conlin">Bill Conlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Barkann" title="Michael Barkann">Michael Barkann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Cataldi" title="Angelo Cataldi">Angelo Cataldi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Missanelli" title="Mike Missanelli">Mike Missanelli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Eskin" title="Howard Eskin">Howard Eskin</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Sports_Writers_Association" title="Philadelphia Sports Writers Association">Philadelphia Sports Writers Association</a> presents annual awards. </p><p>Several films have depicted sports in Philadelphia. Most prominently, the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_(franchise)" title="Rocky (franchise)"><i>Rocky</i> film franchise</a> follows the <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> career of <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Balboa" title="Rocky Balboa">Rocky Balboa</a>, first as a fighter and later as a trainer. The film <i><a href="/wiki/Invincible_(2006_film)" title="Invincible (2006 film)">Invincible</a></i> was based on <a href="/wiki/Vince_Papale" title="Vince Papale">Vince Papale</a>'s career as a player on the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Garbage_Picking_Field_Goal_Kicking_Philadelphia_Phenomenon" title="The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon">The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon</a></i> starred <a href="/wiki/Tony_Danza" title="Tony Danza">Tony Danza</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">kicker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Bullies_(film)" title="Broad Street Bullies (film)">Broad Street Bullies</a> is a documentary that chronicles the early history of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>. The film <i><a href="/wiki/Pride_(2007_film)" title="Pride (2007 film)">Pride</a></i> follows swim coach <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ellis_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Ellis (sports)">Jim Ellis</a> in 1970s Philadelphia. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Macs" title="The Mighty Macs">The Mighty Macs</a></i> depicts the 1970s <a href="/wiki/Immaculata_University" title="Immaculata University">Immaculata College</a> women's basketball teams of the early 1970s. The main character of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Linings_Playbook" title="Silver Linings Playbook">Silver Linings Playbook</a></i> is an <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Eagles</a> fan who closely follows the <a href="/wiki/2008_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2008 Philadelphia Eagles season">2008 Eagles season</a> throughout the film. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg/170px-Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg/255px-Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg/340px-Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="909" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a>, a beloved play-by-play announcer for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> from 1971 until his death in 2009</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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being affiliated with Philadelphia.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CAAFB-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CAAFB_69-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAAFB_69-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAAFB_69-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">CAA Football is administered by, but separate from, the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Delaware will join <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> of Division I FBS prior to the 2025 season.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-12-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Heartbreak+City%3A+The+25+Greatest+Letdowns+in+Philadelphia+Sports+History&rft.pub=Bleacher+Report&rft.date=2010-11-30&rft.aulast=Kearney&rft.aufirst=Andrew+J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F519900-heartbreak-city-the-25-greatest-letdowns-in-philadelphia-sports-history&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASports+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKepner2010" class="citation news cs1">Kepner, Tyler (7 October 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/was-halladays-gem-the-greatest-philly-sports-moment-ever-mike-schmidt-says-so/">"Was Halladay's Gem The Greatest Philly Sports Moment Ever? 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title="Philadelphia Soul">Philadelphia Soul</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Hockey</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms" title="Lehigh Valley Phantoms">Lehigh Valley Phantoms</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reading_Royals" title="Reading Royals">Reading Royals</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hockey_League_(2013%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Hockey League (2013–)">EHL</a></dt> <dd><a 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