This site was created to share many of the exciting and thrilling moments that Philly sports has generated over the years – from great athletes and legendary teams, to arguably the most passionate fans in the nation. Enjoy the ride as we chronicle some of these classic achievements in Philly sports history in words and pictures and discuss the latest local sports books. A LOOK INSIDE: ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAYMCNABB TRADE A WIN-WIN FOR DONOVAN AND EAGLES
Only time will tell but it looks like Easter Sunday’s blockbuster trade with the Washington Redskins is a big Win-Win for both Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles.
After 11 eventful years, it’s a well-deserved fresh start for both No. 5 and the Birds. Unquestionably, both the quarterback and the team needed a change after repeatedly coming ever so close to a Super Bowl championship. >> Read More |
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Highly Anticipated Bert Bell Biography Now in Bookstores!
“I know the book well… it’s a terrific book.”
– Current NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
“A fascinating, thoroughly-researched biography about one of the
finest commissioners in the history of professional sports.”
– Don Shula, the winningest coach in the history of the NFL |
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book price: $30.00
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ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
On Any Given Sunday is the first biography ever written about the man who some considered the greatest commissioner in the history of professional sports. It vividly portrays the life of Bert Bell, a native of Philadelphia, who has been called the most powerful executive figure in the history of |
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book price: $21.00
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PALESTRA
PANDEMONIUM
For more than three decades, Philadelphia’s Big 5—La Salle, Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph’s, Temple and Villanova—waged college basketball’s biggest, most envied, unique and frenetic intracity rivalry. No ever city in the nation ever had as many major universities competing so feverishly for such a coveted title as did the City of Brotherly Love from 1955 to 1991.
In Palestra Pandemonium, Bob Lyons describes for the first time how five local college basketball powers amazingly agreed to compete |
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book price: $25.00
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EAGLES
ENCYCLOPEDIA
The Eagles Encyclopedia, co-authored by Hall of Fame Writer Ray Didinger and local sports historian Bob Lyons, is the first comprehensive chronicle of the team’s history and an indispensable guide for every Eagles fan.
Abundantly illustrated with anecdotes about players, coaches, fans and stadiums in which the team has played, The Eagles Encyclopedia recounts the greatest moments in the team’s history and vividly brings to life the men who helped to create professional football in Philadelphia. |
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BOOK SIGNING:
Saturday, June 12Â at Barnes and Noble (Willow Grove, PA) from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and at Barnes & Noble (Jenkintown, PA) from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Thursday, July 1 at 7:00 PM at Atlantic Books, 8th St. and the Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ
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Friday, June 25 at 11:30 A.M. – Bob Lyons will be the featured guest on the cable TV show BEYOND THE GAME on White Plains, NY Channel 76 and Verizon Fios Channel 45 k
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Roger Goodell comments on the book “On Any Given Sunday” on ESPN’s Sal Pal Football Radio Hour… listen here.
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BOOK RELEASE PARTY IN BOSTON
Tuesday, January 26th – Former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Thomas P. O’Neill III, the son of the late Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, hosted an invitation-only book signing for On Any Given Sunday, A Life of Bert Bell at the Boston Harbor Hotel. 150 guests were in attendance. Below are some pictures from the event.
 From Left: O'Neill with author Robert Lyons and Upton Bell.  Signing books about his father, Upton Bell with retired state Superior Court justice Hiller Zobel.  Upton Bell sharing a light moment with author Robert Lyons about On Any Given Sunday, A Life of Bert Bell 
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