PHILADLPHIA SPORTS
“I’d like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.” - W. C. Fields

Philly Cheese Steaks
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What a Cheese Steak should look like

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Add ketchup or pizza sauce

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Nothing beats a Philly Cheese Steak

Football
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Lincoln Financial Field

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Home of the Philadelphia Eagles

Baseball
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Citizens Bank Park

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Home of the Philadelphia Phillies


Dad Vale Regatta
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Boathouse Row and Rowers On The Schuykill River

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The Schuykill is the scene of the Dad Vail Regatta,
the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the United States.

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The regatta draws over a hundred colleges and universities from North America
and has been held annually on the Schuylkill River since 1953

Philadelphia International Bike Race
The Philadelphia International Championship was an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Europe." It was one of the longest single-day races in the U.S. at 124.0 miles.
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The race starts at the Art Museum and then heads along Kelly Drive to East Falls

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Kelly Drive between the Art Museum and East Falls
The iconic race got its start in 1985.

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Racers climb the hill in Manayunk

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The race continues through Roxborough

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Finally, through Logan Circle and along the Ben Franklin Parkway
to complete the 124.0 mile loop



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