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Article: HOW TO EAT LIKE AN EAGLES FAN
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2005
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Twenty-two years is a long time to wait.
Since the 76ers swept the Los Angeles Lakers to win the 1983 NBA
championship, Philadelphia sports fans have yearned for another major
sports title.
In the interim, they've simply had to turn their interest to other
areas like eating. When Men's Fitness magazine released its
inaugural list of fattest cities in 1999, the City of Brotherly
Lovehandles literally took the cake, coming in at No. 1.
Alarmed at this ignominious distinction, Mayor John Street
installed the nation's first civic "fitness czar" to whip his
constituents into shape. The move seemed to pay off, as Philly
slipped all the way to No. 7 last year.
But Philadelphians are nothing if not ...