PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl victory set off a celebration that has been 58 years in the making. As time expired, crowds across the city spilled out of sports bars, apartments and houses. There were fireworks amid car horns blaring, and Philadelphians — young and old — descended on Broad Street, the iconic thoroughfare that will soon host a parade to commemorate the city’s first major pro sports championship since the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. “The city deserved it,” said 66-year-old Lou Potel, who threw a party at his home just off Broad before joining a much bigger party outside. In Boston, fans inside the Banshee Bar came to terms with a rare loss for Tom Brady.

Source: National Post February 05, 2018 05:03 UTC