This blog is dedicated to the rise, and mainly fall of Philadelphia sports. Philadelphia fans are usually known as some of the most hardheaded and arrogant sports fans in the world. These fans will live and die by their team no matter what the situation. The curse of Billy Penn began in 1987. Before 1987 no building in the city of Philadelphia was supposed to be built higher than the statue of Penn atop Philly's City Hall. In March of '87, the One Liberty Place skyscraper was built, and it exceeded the height of Penn's Statue. Since then no Major Philly sports team has won a championship.
The Curse of William Penn is an alleged curse, sometimes used to explain the failure of professional sports teams based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to win championships since the March 1987 construction of the One Liberty Place skyscraper, which exceeded the height of William Penn's statue atop Philadelphia City Hall. Since then, no Philadelphia major sports team (baseball, football, basketball, or hockey) has won a league championship. The last professional team to win a championship in the four major sports was the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1983 NBA Finals, when they swept the Los Angeles Lakers in four games.
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