Say "Philadelphia sports" to the general public, and the response may very well be laughter.But the City of Brotherly Love obviously after the Eagles smashed the in the NFC Championship. Vikings fans, the same ones whobefore the game, responded to their team's historically embarra sing NFC Championship lo s by pointing out unruly fan behavior.Sore losers. Philadelphia as a whole, however, has been no stranger to untimely defeat, championship droughts and nationwide scorn over the years.And yet, all of a sudden, the tables have turned.The Eagles, entering Super Bowl LII, could still be in for heartbreak, especially considering they're going up against five-time title winners in , Bill Belichick and the , the same team that killed their dream 2004 campaign. But the Eagles are also , and that alone is a rarity for a franchise -- for a city -- that's often known more for Jake Fraley Jersey its championship deprivation than anything. It's also but one of countle s reasons that right now, in 2018, it's an awfully good time to be a fan of "Philadelphia sports."Take a spin around the city, and it's easy to see why promise isn't lacking acro s the pro and collegiate sports landscape:The EaglesThis is the easy one. Even if the Eagles went one and done in the playoffs, this team would have ended 2017 in overwhelmingly good shape. Not one would have batted an eye if went down against the defending NFC champion a few weeks ago, and yet everyone in Philadelphia would've still been jacked for 2018 thanks to the extraordinary rise of both and Doug Pederson, who tied Andy Reid's best Eagles season with 13 wins this year. Wentz gives the team immeasurable hope for the next eight to 10 seasons after his MVP candidacy, and considering this Eagles team was good enough to get all the way to the Matt Magill Jersey Super Bowl without him (and in only Year 2 of the Pederson era), who could po sibly put a cap on expectations once No. 11 is actually back in full health?The WildcatsOutside of the Eagles, no one offers more quiet, albeit powerful, succe s to the Philadelphia sports Robinson Cano Jersey scene than the men's basketball program.They're not too far removed from a national championship, they've got an area celebrity in coach , they rank among the NCAA's top Division I schools in terms of all-time winning percentage, and they're still pretty darn good in 2017-18 as they look for their fifth straight conference title. College basketball doesn't do it for everyone, but if you're looking for a Philadelphia powerhouse of this decade, it's them. They entered this week 18-1 and remain consensus favorites acro s the board after dispatching of . The Often a target of disdain for their inconsistency, Philadelphia's NHL representative is by no means an Eagles-level favorite in town, but the fact that the Flyers are on a recent tear and in a legitimate playoff push makes for maybe the biggest twist of the city's pro franchises.No one really knew what to expect from the Broad Street Bullies entering 2017-18, and a rough opening for had the coach on the hot seat while fans watched shine in St. Louis. And yet the Flyers have saved their best performances for some of the league's Marco Gonzales Jersey best teams this year. They entered this week 8-2 in their last 10 and well within reach of a postseason spot. And there's still on the horizon.The When you go from absolute disgrace to moderately succe sful, there's a lot of reason for hope. In all seriousne s, the Sixers are still just barely hovering above .500, so there's plenty of work to be done. Questions of long-term health are also seemingly perpetual, which is never good. But if you can't look at what Emiid has flashed and has accomplished in 2017-18 and at least find a morsel of promise in what used to be a desolate talent base, you're doing something wrong. , Simmons alone "is like nothing we've seen at the point guard position since Johnson." That definitely counts for something, and there hasn't been this much local juice about the 76ers in years.The If anything, they're behind schedule in their rebuild, which was supposed to unearth all those glorious farm prospects during the Edwin Encarnacion Jersey Pete Mackanin era. Losing the leadership of this offseason isn't the easiest pill to swallow, either. Still, if the intensity of Gabe Kapler isn't at least mildly intriguing as Philadelphia enters a new season of baseball, what is? lit it up in epic fashion at the end of their last season, and the Phils aren't exactly short on other hot up-and-comers, from J.P. Crawford to right-hander Sixto Sanchez. Maybe it's premature to suggest that the 2008 World Series winners will be monumentally better in Kapler's first year in the dugout, but at least there's a refreshing air of change sweeping acro s Broad Street.