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If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?: Philadelphia, Its Faithful, and the Eternal Quest for Sports Salvation Hardcover - 2005
by Longman, Jere
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- Title If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?: Philadelphia, Its Faithful, and the Eternal Quest for Sports Salvation
- Author Longman, Jere
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-09-13
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0060843721
- ISBN 9780060843724 / 0060843721
- Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.89 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.26 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Philadelphia Eagles (Football team), Football fans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006276103
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.332
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Summary
The last time a Philadelphia professional sports team won a championship, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Return of the Jedi was number one at the box office. No city with all four major sports has gone longer without one. The local NFL franchise, the Eagles, has not won a title since 1960, putting its devoted fans through decades of futility and heartbreak.Peppered with riotous anecdotes about the grandstand brawlers and football lunatics who make Philadelphia one of the most entertaining places in America to watch a game, If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer? is the hilarious day-by-day account of the operatic passion of Eagles fans in the buildup to the team's first Super Bowl appearance since 1981. With outrageous detail and beer-on-your-shoes reporting, New York Times sportswriter and longtime Philly resident Jere Longman reveals what happens when the losingest sports town in America finally has a shot at winning it all.