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Phillies News: Rocky Balboa More Famous than Real Philadelphia Athletes

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MARCH 20: The Rocky Statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is seen without visitors due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 20, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The tourism and entertainment industries have been hit hard by restrictions in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images)

Philadelphia is an iconic sports city, home to the Phillies, Eagles, Sixers, Flyers.

Athletes as iconic as Mike Schmidt, Wilt Chamberlain, Allen Iverson, and Donovan McNabb have played for Philadelphia. But ask most people what they think of when they think about Philadelphia sports, and apparently, they’ll say Rocky.