It is Philadelphia's day in the national limelight.
No, we did not make the Super Bowl. Again. The Eagles fell woefully short, inflicting more pain on their long-suffering fans with an epic late-season collapse that kept them out of the playoffs.
To salve our wounds, today the city once again will embrace a local tradition that focuses on two things:
Wings and Breasts.
Yes, it is time once again for Wing Bowl.
The wildly successful promotion dreamed up by Al Morganti and the rest of the gang from SportsRadio 94-WIP will once again see 20,000 people pack the Wells Fargo Center to see a lot of fat guys wolf down wings, while a bunch of scantily-clad women cheer them on. All of this while one diminutive woman tries to defend her crown, which she captured last year while inhaling more than 300 wings.
Is this a great country or what?
It's hard to believe that the little shindig that started in the lobby of the Wyndham Franklin Plaza has morphed into this monster production.
A lot of people try to pick a fight with Wing Bowl. I'm not going to say they're wrong.
I guess, like the Mummers, it is something of an acquired taste.
But it has become something distinctively Philly. Right there with cheese steaks and Tastykakes.
Let the eating begin.
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