The Curse of Philadelphia: Is it real?

You tell me...

Intro:

1. Our Flyers have lost in the Stanley Cup twice, 1987 (7 games) and 1997 (4 game sweep)
2. Our Phillies lost in the World Series in 1993 (Joe Carter)
3. Our 76ers lost in the 2001 NBA Finals against of the dominant squads of all time, LA Lakers
4. Our Eagles lost the Super Bowl by 3 points to one of the NFL's greatest dynasties

It gets worse:

1. Our Flyers were up 3-1 against the New Jersey Devils in the ECF when they came back and won in game 7
2. Smarty Jones loses the Triple Crown by one length in the Belmont in 2004
3. The Villanova Wildcat's mens bball squad, in 2005 fail to get to the Final Four after botched call by the ref at the end of the game against the Tar Heels
4. The St. Joes Hawks lose on a last second shot to Oklahoma State, keeping them out of the Elite Eight
5. The Temple Owls have just missed reaching the Final Four 5 times

As bad as it gets:

1. Barbaro, our Philly horse who is favored to win the Triple Crown, dies
2. The Phillies are now the only team in professional sports to get to 10,000 losses
3. After Ryan Howard finally gets on track, Pat Burrell begins to regain focus and the Phillies are 2 games out of the wildcard and hot with a month and a half left of baseball to play, Chase Utley, a NL MVP candidate, goes down with a broken hand

Is it real? It's hard to ignore the facts.

I think it's time to knock down all the skyscrapers in Philadelphia.

Who's with me?