PHILADELPHIA – Former University of Cincinnati football player Jason Kelce has been in Philadelphia long enough to know what it takes for an athlete to thrive among the fans as opposed to those who are booed and chased out of town.
To Kelce, who's in his 11th season as the Eagles center, that explains why recently-traded Zach Ertz was so beloved, and why the 76ers' Ben Simmons isn't, calling it "a travesty any way you look at it."
Simmons is trying to force a trade out of Philadelphia. He was banished from practice on Tuesday and suspended for the Sixers' opener on Wednesday for "conduct detrimental to the team.