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  1. Temple’s Unbeaten Season Helped Give the First Sugar Bowl Its Start
  2. The Fight, the Handshake and the Finals Portland Took Back
  3. The Flag That Gave Penn One More Kick—and Left Harvard Protesting
  4. The Flyers Beat the Red Army by Holding Their Ground
  5. The Grounder That Kept the Phillies’ 1980 Pennant Hopes Alive
  6. The Hit That Ended Brian Propp’s Night—and the Grudge That Outlasted It
  7. The Philadelphia Atoms Built a Team That Could Survive Losing Its Top Scorers
  8. The Philadelphia Stars Won the Pennant. The Argument Outlived It.
  9. The Pythians Could Take the Field. Baseball’s Association Kept Them Out.
  10. The Steagles Had Two Home Cities. Their Workweek Was the Harder Divide.
  11. The Wire Beneath the Phillies’ Coach’s Box
  12. Three Games in Atlantic City Put the Philadelphia Giants’ Claim to the Test
  13. Three Imported Shells, Two Philadelphia Crews, and a New Race on the Schuylkill