The Great Book of Philadelphia Sports Lists (Completely Revised and Updated Edition)
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Overview
With their 2007 The Great Book of Philadelphia Sports Lists, WIP sports radio hosts Glen Macnow and Big Daddy Graham compiled dozens of sports lists to stir up dialog and debate within the buzzing Philadelphia sports community (and beyond).
A lot has happened in Philly sports since 2007 — the Phillies' 2008 World Series win; the Eagles' record-breaking 2017 season, now-famous Philly Special play, and Super Bowl LII victory over the Patriots; the Sixers' "Trust the Process" campaign; and, of course, Gritty — so now Glen and Big Daddy are back with dozens of new lists to keep the conversation fresh, ranking things like:
- The most overrated and underrated players in Philly sports history
- The top 10 Philadelphia sports quotes
- The 10 worst Eagles draft picks ever
- The greatest duos in Philly sports history
- The 10 best sports movies set in Philadelphia
- The worst bosses in Philly sports history
- and much more!
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780762496082 |
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| Publisher: | Running Press Book Publishers |
| Publication date: | 10/29/2019 |
| Edition description: | Revised ed. |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Sales rank: | 1,076,630 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Big Daddy Graham has been with WIP for twenty years. He is one of the most successful standup comics ever in Philadelphia, working more than 4,000 shows and appearing with stars such as Ray Charles and Smokey Robinson. He was previously a features reporter for FOX-29 TV in Philadelphia.
Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Ten Greatest Athletes from the PA Suburbs Glen 1
Ten Greatest Athletes from the Great City of Philadelphia (to Kell with the Suburbs!) Big Daddy 3
Ten Greatest Athletes from South Jersey Reuben Frank 6
Bight Greatest Athletes from Delaware Peter Mucha 9
Ten Best Philly Pro Players Not Born in This Country 11
Guys Who Were a Pleasure to Coach-and Guys Who Were a Challenge Billy Cunningham 13
Best Rookie Seasons 15
Questlove's All-Time Favorite Philly Athletes (Questlove) 18
Stars Who Played Their Entire Careers in Philly 19
Philly Stars Who Looked Weird in Another Uniform 21
Ten Fastest Philly Athletes 23
Guys Who Came Out of Nowhere 25
The Best and Worst Sportswriters in Philadelphia Angelo Cataldi 27
Ten Best Movies Set in Philadelphia 30
Ten Oscar Acceptance Speeches Big Daddy Would Like to Hear 32
Ten Worst Eagles Draft Picks Ever 34
The Greatest Duos in Philadelphia Sports History 36
My 10 Favorite Days in Philadelphia Jay Wright 39
Best Complimentary Nicknames 40
Best Nicknames That Were Meant as Anything but a Compliment 43
Guys Whose Names Sound Dirty (but Aren't) 45
Nine Old-Time Baseball Players We'd Want to Party With 46
Spelling Bee 47
The Great Philadelphia Nickname Quiz 49
Ten Greatest Female Athletes in Local History Lisa Raymond 51
The 10 Best Things about the Palestra 53
Top Philadelphia College Basketball Coaches of All Time John Chaney 54
Ten High School Coaches I Had the Most Trouble Against Speedy Morris 56
Philadelphia Athletes Who Had Memorable Run-ins with the Law 58
Philly Athletes Who Acted-The Best and the Worst 60
The Five Toughest Point Guards I Ever Faced Maurice Cheeks 64
Toughest Guys in Flyers History Bob Kelly 65
The Worst Goalies in Flyers History Anthony SanFilippo 67
A Philadelphia Frankenstein 69
Ten Local Athletes Who Don't Need a Mask on Halloween 72
Big Daddy's Favorite Chrome Domers 74
Glen's List of Guys with Great Hair and Guys with Bad Hair 76
The Greatest Players, Teams, and Games in Big 5 History Phil Martelli 79
My Most Memorable Eagles Calls Merrill Reese 82
My Favorite Voices Joe Conklin 86
Ten Funniest People from Philadelphia 87
Johnny Callison's Memories of 1964 89
The Best Philly Players Who Never Won a Championship 91
Thrilling-and Crushing-Endings 93
Harvey Holiday's Top 10 Philadelphia Soul Records 98
Big Daddy's Favorite Songs That Mention Philly 99
Glen's Most Inspirational Athletes 101
Big Daddy's Seven More Inspirational People 104
The Top 10 Eagles Special Teamers Ike Reese 106
The Worst Bosses in Philadelphia Sports History 108
Ten Most Important Beers in Philadelphia History Joe Sixpack 110
Ten Best Philly Area Sports Bars Jim Fris 112
The Best Cheeseburger in the Delaware Valley-A Debate 113
Glen's History of Food Hunts 116
My Favorite Philadelphia Restaurants Brandon Brooks 118
The 10 Best Moments of the Eagles' Super Bowl Season John Barchard Eliot Shorz-Parks James Seltzer 119
Touched by God 121
The Greatest and Worst Flyers Games Ever Ed Snider 123
More Greatest and Worst Flyers Games (Since 2001) Jim Jackson 125
The Best Team Nicknames 127
Ten Things Big Daddy Doesn't Get about the NHL 129
Ten Things Glen Doesn't Get about the NBA 130
My Favorite Moments from the Phils' Great Run from 2007 to 2011 Joe DeCamara 132
Ten Greatest Pro Coaches in Philly History 135
The Best Trades in Philadelphia History 137
The Worst Trades in Philadelphia Sports History 140
The Top Latino Sports Stars in Philadelphia History Hackle Ricardo 142
Top 10 Most Hated Personalities in Football 144
Top 10 Most Hated Personalities in Baseball 146
Top 10 Most Hated Personalities in Hockey 147
Top 10 Most Hated Personalities in Basketball 149
Ten More Hated Nonathletes 151
The ABCs of Philly Pro Sports-Part 1 153
The Best Assistant Coaches 156
False Saviors 158
Ten Athletes or Coaches We Were Wrong About Joe Giglio 160
Clutch and Non-Clutch Philadelphia Sports Figures (and a Few Who Were Both) 162
Best One-on-One Rivalries 168
The Classiest People in Philadelphia Sports History Bill Campbell 170
Little Giants 172
The Five Greatest Receivers in Eagles History Tommy McDonald 174
Greatest Mcs and Macs 175
Ten Eagles Players That Fans Never Liked Jon Marks 177
The Best and Worst Free Agents in Philadelphia History 180
My Favorite Airport Interviews John Clark 184
Ten Best Philadelphia Sports Beards 187
Big Daddy's Favorite Things about the Jersey Shore-2019 Edition 189
My 10 Favorite Drummers (David Uosikkinen, of fee Hooters) 192
The Best-and Worst-Renditions of the Pregame Anthems Lauren Hart 194
Ten Eagles Who Were Better Than You Thought Ray Didinger 196
Best In-Season Player Acquisitions 198
The Best Eagles Defensive Backs from the Past 30 Years Mike Quick 200
Philly Athletes to Play in Two Different Leagues 202
The Best Philadelphia Baseball Players to Play in Both Leagues 204
My Favorite Phillies Names to Announce Dan Baker 206
My Favorite Hockey Names to Call Out Lou Nolan 208
Ten Favorite Celebrity Fans 210
My Favorite Sixer Bell Ringers Matt Cord 212
My Five Favorite Sam Hinkie Trades Spike Eskin 213
Our Favorite Johnsons 215
Ten Terrible Commercials Starring Philadelphia Sports Figures 217
The Greatest Sports Movies Ever-A Debate 219
My Favorite Sports Movies Claude Giroux 223
Best Performances by an Actress in a Sports Movie 224
Philadelphia's Ultimate Pickup Team Sonny Hill 226
The Worst Coaches and Managers in Philadelphia History 228
Most Memorable News Conferences Michael Barkann 230
Ten Philly Athletes Who Jumped to Broadcasting 233
The Best Guys I've Been Around with the Phillies Larry Andersen 235
What If… 237
Ten Extremely Lucky Philadelphia Athletes 241
Once-in-a-Lifetime Weirdness 243
The Best and Worst Second Acts in Philadelphia Sports 245
Hall of Famers Who Played Better Elsewhere 249
Top 10 Sports Podcasts Mike Angelina 252
The ABCs of Philly Pro Sports-Part 2 254
Ten Sports "Things" Philadelphia Could Really Use 260
My Favorite Phillies Memories Harry Kalas 262
My Favorite Phillies Memories Scott Franzke 264
The 101 Best Philadelphia Athletes in the Last 50 Years 267
Photo Credits 279
Index 281