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...course, Philadelphia's sports teams have all contributed mightily to the city's inferiority complex. The Phillies losing the final six games of the season in 1964; the 76ers winning but eight games in 1973; the Eagles collapsing after Norm Van Brocklin's departure. And Penn football...always...
...even though the city's rival to the north, Pittsburgh, calls itself the City of Champions, Philadelphia has certainly taken over as the nation's premier sports city. The Phillies finally won the World Series this year; the Eagles, 76ers and Flyers all currently lead their respective divisions. So start saying it to yourself "Philadelphia: City of Champions." Doesn't sound right, does it? Sort of like "New Jersey: Land of Milk and Honey...
...program books and bright marquees spell out the official version of the 1980 National Basketball Association championship series: the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Philadelphia 76ers. But basketball fans across the country know that the real name of these final games is: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Julius Erving. No matter what the outcome, the 1980 championship will be remembered as the long awaited meeting of the Big Guy and the Doctor...
...defunct A.B.A., whose rafter-clearing leaps and fluid moves earned him the sobriquet Dr. J (as in, watch him operate). Only after a merger of the warring leagues and four years of playoff eliminations did Abdul-Jabbar's Lakers dominate the West and Erving's 76ers conquer the East...
...Philadelphia, meanwhile, everyone has begun to listen to Erving. A soaring magician who could seemingly leave the floor at midcourt and glide like a bird of prey to the backboard, he joined the 76ers from the A.B.A. for a record $3.5 million in 1976. But Erving found an overtalented team of prima donnas who were loathe to give him the ball and shunned him off-court as well...