Fans pick 2008 World Series as top Philadelphia sports moment

Published May 7, 2010 at 6:10 p.m.
ONE THING THAT quickly became clear to Ryan Howard when he came to Philadelphia was how starved the city was for a championship. It had been decades. Philadelphia had not won a championship since Julius Erving led the Sixers to one in 1983 and it had been 3 years before that since the Phillies had won the only one in their dismal history. The Flyers had gone even longer since their back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1973-74 and 1974-75. The Eagles? The 1960 NFL title was their last.


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