Soccer
The Philadelphia Atoms Built a Team That Could Survive Losing Its Top Scorers
The expansion Atoms lost their top scorers before the title game. Their roster had enough depth to win anyway.
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Ice hockey
Before the Cups, Bernie Parent’s Philadelphia Home Was the Civic Center
The most revealing stop on Bernie Parent’s path to a Stanley Cup was not far from the Spectrum. It was across Philadelphia, at the Civic Center, where a second professional hockey team played before modest crowds on a rink Parent came to dislike.
Football
Temple’s Unbeaten Season Helped Give the First Sugar Bowl Its Start
Before the Sugar Bowl could become a New Year’s Day fixture, it needed something more immediate: two teams people would want to see play.
Baseball
Eight Runs Down at Shibe Park: The A’s Rally That Changed the Series
The most famous hit of the Philadelphia Athletics’ 1929 World Series did not put them ahead.
Football
Bert Bell’s Last Game Brought His Philadelphia Football Life Full Circle
Late in the Eagles’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on October 11, 1959, a Philadelphia crowd had reason to watch the field. Norm Van Brocklin’s touchdown pass to Tommy McDonald helped the Eagles pull ahead in a game they would win 28–24. Elsewhere in Franklin Field, an emergency was unfolding. Bert Bell, the NFL commissioner, had collapsed in the stands.
Football
Philadelphia’s Championship Stars Were Gone a Year Later
The Philadelphia Stars had barely finished celebrating their championship when the question of where they belonged began to change.
Baseball
Hilldale Won the World Series. Its Philadelphia Story Starts in Darby.
The last game of the 1925 Colored World Series was played in Philadelphia, but the champion’s home was elsewhere. On October 10, Hilldale beat the Kansas City Monarchs 5–2 at the Baker Bowl.
Baseball
Chuck Klein Hit .386. The Phillies Still Lost 102 Games.
The Phillies had 27 hits against Pittsburgh on July 23, 1930. Don Hurst hit two home runs. They scored 15 times, enough to win almost any ordinary baseball game.
Baseball
The Pythians Could Take the Field. Baseball’s Association Kept Them Out.
The Pythian Base Ball Club had sent a representative to Harrisburg with the credentials a baseball club needed to join Pennsylvania’s state association. At the convention on October 16, 1867, the credentials committee reported favorably on other clubs.
Baseball
Three Games in Atlantic City Put the Philadelphia Giants’ Claim to the Test
By the time the Philadelphia Giants and Cuban X-Giants reached Atlantic City in September 1904, each had a reason to believe a championship belonged to it. The X-Giants had beaten Philadelphia in a seven-game series the year before and advertised themselves as the “Colored Base Ball Champions of the World.” Philadelphia had remade its club with players from that very opponent.
Basketball
A Last-Second Interception Sent Penn to the Final Four. Six Days Later, It Faced Magic.
The two free throws gave Penn the lead. They did not give Penn the game.
Baseball
The Wire Beneath the Phillies’ Coach’s Box
Tommy Corcoran was supposed to be playing shortstop. Instead, during the third inning of a September 1900 game in Philadelphia, the Cincinnati Reds player began digging into the dirt around the third-base coach’s box.