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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 05:51 PM
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Steelers, Penguins, Phillies trophies displayed together

From left, the World Series, Vince Lombardi (NFL) and the Stanley Cup (NHL) championship trophies.

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HARRISBURG -- You just might call Pennsylvania the "state of champions."

Three trophies marking three recent titles won by Pennsylvania teams were on display together, for the first time, today at the Capitol: the tall, silvery Stanley Cup, won by the Penguins last month; the silvery football of the Vince Lombardi trophy, won by the Steelers in February; and the gold-colored Major League Baseball World Series trophy, won by the Philadelphia Phillies in October.

Among the hundreds of sports fans in a line that snaked its way around the long Capitol hallways were Matt Quigg and his two young daughters, Trinity, 8, and Amie, 6.

"I want to see the trophies!'' shouted Amie, as she passed by the table where they stood side by side by side.
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Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982298-66.stm?cmpid=news.xml#ixzz0KcI0GdRC&C


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