Philly Sports Backwash: Philly wants to be the next Seattle, bracket results and fishing in the Schuylkill

 


[ ]  City Limits Fishing, the urban area fishing show that airs weekly on Versus, the Comcast-run network that only NHL fans watch, is set to broadcast the episode it shot in Philly tonight at 8:30 p.m.
 
In City Limits Fishing, professional angler Mike Iaconelli is challenged to catch a limit of fish entirely within the boundaries of some of the USA’s greatest cities. Iaconelli is familiar with the pressure of catching a limit of fish in a limited amount of time because he is one of the top professional tournament anglers. This “intensity of competition” is an integral part of City Limits. Iaconelli has to quickly find fish on an unfamiliar body of water and then figure out how to catch them. …
 
 
If, unrehearsed, someone booed Iaconelli from the river bank after he caught a small fish in the Schuylkill, it might be the greatest moment in Philly sports in the last 25 years.
 
 
[ ] More than 3,000 season tickets have been sold for the expansion MLS soccer team set to begin playing in Philly in 2010. (Inky)
 
In Philadelphia, the initial surge of ticket sales for MLS's 16th team has settled into a steady 20 seats a day. That's sufficient to sell out a stadium, though far short of the blazing pace set by the league's 15th club.
 
The Seattle expansion team, awarded Nov. 13, sold 3,000 seats in its first day and 10,000 in its first month.
 
 
 
The term ‘First Kick’ makes opening the baseball season in Japan seem like a tradition that was suggested at Stonehenge.
 
 
[ ]  We have seen lots of brackets and madness. The results:
 
       Y-Rock on XPN Modern Rock Madness: Radiohead 
       City Paper Beeramid: Nodding Head Grog
       Philly Rock Shootout: Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer
  
       Ongoing:
       MMR-ch Madness: No winner yet, but Tool is a solid bet
       College Mansion: Amber and Christy still alive.
       NBA Dance Team: Sixers Dancers advanced to Final Four, which starts Monday at noon. (The Daily Examiner)
       Local TV 64: Mendte alive in two brackets!
       Philly Madness: Chickie’s & Pete’s is a LOCK.