Sports Philadelphia

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citizens bank park, home of phillies


philadelphia s professional sports teams date @ least 1860 founding of baseball s athletics. city 1 of 12 u.s. cities have 4 major sports: philadelphia phillies in national league of major league baseball, philadelphia eagles of national football league, philadelphia flyers of national hockey league, , philadelphia 76ers of national basketball association.


the philadelphia metro area home of philadelphia union of major league soccer. union play home games @ talen energy stadium, soccer-specific stadium in chester, pennsylvania. philadelphia began play in mls in 2010, after beating several other cities in competition rights mls expansion franchise.


the city s professional teams went without championship 1983, when 76ers won nba championship, until 2008, when phillies won world series. in 2004, espn ranked philadelphia second on list of fifteen tortured sports cities. failure attributed in jest curse of billy penn. sports fans of philadelphia known being referred meanest fans in america .



the flyers play @ wells fargo center


major-sport professional sports teams originated in philadelphia moved other cities include golden state warriors basketball team , oakland athletics baseball team.


philadelphia home city of philadelphia spinners, professional ultimate team part of major league ultimate. 1 of original 8 teams of american ultimate disc league began in april 2012. played @ franklin field , won inaugural audl championship. of 2013, spinners play in newer mlu @ various stadiums through city , surrounding southern suburbs.



historic boathouse row @ night on schuylkill, enduring symbol of philadelphia s rich rowing history.


rowing has been popular in philadelphia since 18th century. boathouse row symbol of philadelphia s rich rowing history, , each big 5 member has own boathouse. philadelphia hosts numerous local , collegiate rowing clubs , competitions, including annual dad vail regatta, largest intercollegiate rowing event in u.s, stotesbury cup regatta, , head of schuylkill regatta, of held on schuylkill river. regattas hosted , organized schuylkill navy, association of area rowing clubs has produced numerous olympic rowers.


philadelphia home professional, semi-professional , elite amateur teams in cricket, rugby league (philadelphia fight), rugby union , other sports. major sporting events in city include penn relays, philadelphia marathon, broad street run, , philadelphia international championship bicycle race. collegiate rugby championship played every june @ talen energy stadium; crc broadcast live on nbc , regularly draws attendances of 18,000.


philadelphia home philadelphia big 5, group of 5 division college basketball programs. big 5 saint joseph s university, university of pennsylvania, la salle university, temple university, , villanova university. sixth ncaa division school in philadelphia drexel university. @ least 1 of teams competitive every year , @ least 1 team has made ncaa tournament past 4 decades. villanova won 2016 ncaa division men s basketball tournament championship.



olympic bidding

the city of philadelphia has placed 4 bids olympics in 1920, 1948, 1952 , 1956, losing bids , having pulled bids 3 times 2004, 2016 , 2024 games.


on april 22, 2013, mayor michael nutter s office declared philadelphia s interest in bidding 2024 games. city had expressed interest in hosting 2016 games, lost out chicago usoc s bid city. city of philadelphia withdrew consideration on may 28, 2014, in letter usoc, citing timing major factor in decision. city reiterated continued interest in pursuing games in future. on may 28, 2014, mayor michael nutter announced had written usoc earlier month, informing of city s decision not pursue bid host 2024 summer olympic games.








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