It is easy to poke fun of our own annual pre-Super Bowl gala of gluttony called Wing Bowl.
New Orleans can have Mardi Gras. The Friday before Super Bowl Sunday belongs to us. The scene at the Wachovia Center rivals anything on Bourbon Street for skin and revelry.
Fat men wolfing down chicken wings while being egged on by buxom Wingettes and cheered by a raucous crowd? Now that’s pure Philly.
But aside from the party, there is a serious side to all this. Yesterday the morning crew from 610-WIP Sportsradio presented a check for $20,000 from this year’s Wing Bowl to the Fraternal Order of Police for the FOP Survivors Fund.
The timing could not have been more profound. The city and region is again mourning the loss of still another Philadelphia police officer, the sixth cop killed in the line of duty in the last 16 months.
Officer John Pawlowski will be buried today.
We need diversions like Wing Bowl and sports talk radio to take our minds off the madness that seems to envelop us. That they can do that while also making a positive contribution to a much-needed effort just makes it that much better.
Nice job, guys. See you again next year. Save us a couple of wings.
New Orleans can have Mardi Gras. The Friday before Super Bowl Sunday belongs to us. The scene at the Wachovia Center rivals anything on Bourbon Street for skin and revelry.
Fat men wolfing down chicken wings while being egged on by buxom Wingettes and cheered by a raucous crowd? Now that’s pure Philly.
But aside from the party, there is a serious side to all this. Yesterday the morning crew from 610-WIP Sportsradio presented a check for $20,000 from this year’s Wing Bowl to the Fraternal Order of Police for the FOP Survivors Fund.
The timing could not have been more profound. The city and region is again mourning the loss of still another Philadelphia police officer, the sixth cop killed in the line of duty in the last 16 months.
Officer John Pawlowski will be buried today.
We need diversions like Wing Bowl and sports talk radio to take our minds off the madness that seems to envelop us. That they can do that while also making a positive contribution to a much-needed effort just makes it that much better.
Nice job, guys. See you again next year. Save us a couple of wings.
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