Philly’s Nuns Finally Win A Conference Title

Woo-hoo! Saturday afternoon, the Philadelphia Soul routed the Cleveland Steamers at the Wachovia Center to win the National Conference Championship; the team now heads to its first Arena Bowl on July 27.

(NB to the Inquirer: Come on, you guys really went with the “one victory away from bringing a championship to Philadelphia” lead? Yes, this is what they said about the Kixx and the Wings and the Barrage and the Charge — women’s soccer — and the Stars — the USFL, natch — and that online Mario Kart race I won the other day. Yes, there are other sports teams in Philadelphia besides the four major sports, but if they win a title that doesn’t mean Philadelphia wins a title or the drought is over or whatever. Okay? Thank you.)

Anyway, as you can see from the screencap from Action News yesterday, the Soul pulled out all its best players for an on-field celebration: Team president Ron Jaworski, two nuns and the team’s starting quarterback (he’s in the right hand corner). If the Soul win the Arena Bowl, does the team play the winner of the CFL next?

Update: Also awesome was this sentence in today’s Daily News:

Attentive father, devout Christian and Arena Football League Player of the Year . . . hard to make a guy like that look bad.

I believe winning the Arena Football League POY is a plenary indulgence, actually.

Jaws On The DL

Cross-promotion alert! This week’s PW On The DL Podcast by Dan Levy features none other than Ron Jaworski, talking about his football career, breaking down game tape and (of course) the Philadelphia Soul, who have a playoff game Saturday.

(Incidentally, this is my favorite line: “We also talk about the philanthropic efforts of the team and how they are one of the most successful teams in the league, yet don’t make any money.” Fortunately, the team is owned by a rock star, so I think he’s doing okay in the pocket.

Ron Jaworski talks with the DL [On The DL Podcast]