Sunday night was a good night to be a football fan in Philadelphia, as the Eagles defeated the New England Patriots, 41-33, to win the city’s first-ever Super Bowl and first NFL championship since 1960.
It was not, however, a good night to be a lamppost in Philadelphia.
Eagles fans celebrate after Super Bowl LII by climbing a lamppost, which is a celebratory thing in the city of Brotherly Love..
(Matt Rourke / Associated Press )
Or a traffic light.
People sit on a felled traffic light pole while celebrating the Eagles’ victory in Super Bowl LII in Philadelphia.
Yep, things got pretty nuts. And, surely, for most people it was good, clean fun for a city that hasn’t been able to celebrate a football championship for way too long.
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It was a happy night for long-suffering Eagles fans.
(Matt Rourke / Associated Press )
And, sure, the celebration caused a lot of damage.
But at least no one died.
Despite what has been "reported" on Twitter, there have been no fatalities -- be it officers or civilians -- from all the reveling in Philadelphia tonight, @PhillyPolice tell @usatodaysports.
Chuck Schilken is a sports reporter on the Fast Break team. He spent more than 18 years with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports Department in a variety of roles. Before joining The Times, he worked for more than a decade as a sports reporter and editor at newspapers in Virginia and Maryland.