PhotoAs the Philadelphia Eagles geared up for a championship playoff game at their home stadium on Sunday, the police were preparing to keep the city’s boisterous football fans safe. Sekou Kinebrew, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Police Department, said in an email. And they broke out cans of Crisco, slathering up street poles to try to stop people from climbing them. The Eagles won the N.F.C. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMichelle Thompson, 27, saw the greasy poles along Broad Street when she started her shift at a restaurant on Sunday.

Source: New York Times January 21, 2018 21:33 UTC