Last night’s Meek Mill surprise appearance brought up an interesting question – who was supposed to ring the bell before he was released on bail, fresh outta jail?
I think it was Jay Wright and the Villanova Wildcats, but it could have been Jeffrey Lurie. Maybe Tom Wolf? Nah, nobody would care about the gov, nor that dopey Youtube guy sitting to Meek’s right.
This morning, Crossing Broad Slack chat kind of devolved into a stream of consciousness querying: who is actually left to ring the bell?
Doug Pederson has done it. Meek did it. M Knight and Kevin Hart and Carson Wentz and most of the Eagles have been there. I don’t even know who’s left.
The only guy with more firepower than Meek would probably be Sam Hinkie, but you know that’s not gonna happen. Nick Foles? That would be a hell of a way to open game three vs. Boston or game one against Milwaukee. I’m pretty sure Dr. J and Allen Iverson and a bunch of famous ex-players have already had their turn.
If the Sixers do play the Celtics in the second round, I think a throwback to those classic playoff series would be cool. Investor Jeff mentioned Andrew Toney as a possibility. Maybe gather up all of the guys from that ’76 to ’85 era who bumped into the Celtics five times in the playoffs. I think acknowledging the historic rivalry between the clubs would be pretty cool.
Who else is out there?
Charles Barkley? I don’t think he can do it since he’s on TV now, right? I guess that really doesn’t matter.
Sylvester Stallone? Bradley Cooper? Bernard Hopkins? Chase Utley? Charlie Manuel? Chooooooooooooch?
What about that dude from Mad Money or Jake Tapper or some other national person? Tina Fey? Will Smith? Joey Merlino? Bill Cosby? Should we get a different guy out of jail for every game? What’s Chaka Fattah doing these days?
Also, not sure if he’d be available, but President Trump did go to Penn, so maybe we get him or Melania on the phone. Obama is a hoops fan. Maybe he would be down.
I tried to compile a list of everyone who has rung the bell this season, and this is what I came up with:
- Meek Mill
- Kevin Hart
- Carli Lloyd
- Carson Wentz
- M Night Shyamalan
- Kevin Lee and Edson Barboza
- Eagles offensive line (Brooks, Big V, Seumalo, some backups)
- Joel Embiid with Phantom of the Opera mask
- Lil Dicky
- LeGarrette Blount and Malcolm Jenkins
- Doug Pederson
- 97.5 the Fanatic morning show
- Vince Papale
- Kevin Negandhi
- Gabe Kapler
- Brandon Graham, Jalen Mills, Rodney McLeod
- Lane Johnson, Brandon Brooks, Jason Kelce
- Allen Iverson
- Dr. J
- Rhys Hoskins and J.P. Crawford
- Alshon Jeffery
- Freddie Mitchell
- Franklin the Dog on his birthday
- Darren Sproles and Kenjon Barner
- Tom McGinnis? pretty sure he was up there
- Preston and Steve
- Bobby Jones
- Mike Shelley (fan who won Chic-fil-A for arena)
That’s 28, so I’m missing a bunch. There were 41 home games and 3 home playoff games, and I can’t remember if they did the bell during the two preseason games, so the total is either 44 or 46. I think there were definitely more Eagles in there.
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Actually, you know who I would be down with ringing the bell? How about Marc Zumoff, Alaa Abdelnaby, and Molly Sullivan? The local broadcasts are over as we head into the second round, so it would be cool to shout them out for a job well done after covering a bunch of brutal seasons. I think that would go over well with the provincial home crowd.
By the way, the radio broadcasts will continue on 97.5, so if you dislike the national commentary, you can mute the TV and turn on Tom McGinnis instead.
That’s all I could come up with, 28 bell ringers, so help me out here and tell me who I’m missing.
51 Responses
40 home games because of London
didn’t someone ring the bell over there though? they treated it like a typical home game, had the whole WFC presentation and everything. dunk squad guy sang the anthem
What about Pat Croce?
Cuz should be full time ringer
Cuz should just whip he hammer out and beat the bell.
The Cuz is awesome.
He could have beat trump.
How about the guy who makes those fake dog shirts and pockets
the money instead of giving it to childrens charity like Lane Johnson and The NFL do?
I mean he needs at the attention he can get….apparently.
Australian heritage night they had some rugby player
Or a sheep dog.
Should be Kevin “Soul Glow” Kinkerkaid
He can ring the bell then lecture everyone on the pros and cons of pro/reg MLS.
Leave Kinker alone!
He knows a lot about shit that you have no concept of.
If it wasn’t for Kyle getting in the way with his bright ‘ideas’ and trying to ‘run’ things Kinker could run this whole site
by himself.
Will Smith? Kobe in an AI jersey?
How about Will Smith and Kobe stuck together with industrial marine epoxy
and that goes for their big mouths also……???
Honey, I’ll be home a little late tonight. Have some business in Radnor.
I heard Ernest Owens would be available in May.
Good form too on this young strapping lad
Reeta heews???
How about Barbie Benton?
How about the asshole who approved the soda tax?
How about not drinking soda, fat ass?
You communistic pussy
How about Chris Christie standing in a kiddie sand box all by himself wearing a Cowboys shirt?
How about Wilson Goode?
all you dopes , sons of Sam and nitwits should let my boy have a shot
How in the hell was Freddie Mitchell invited/allowed to ring the bell? That’s a violation right there.
Freddie freakin’ Mitchell. Ass Clown Personified!
Did he ‘thanks his hands’ after he rang the bell?
slushy shelly rang the bell?
would love for pistachio girl and her huge titties to take a swing
She’s out of your league.
You might be able to get a date with Jim Adair’s ex from 1998.
at K&A giving blowies for $10
Foles
How about Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein?
Its hard to tell who won with the most harassments of women…
So you might as well have both.
Should have eagles Shirley from the sip morning show ring the bell . She would get the crowd hyped
E rock should ring the bell .
No doubt Freddie Mitchell doing something illegal to get $$. Dude is always on private jets and floor seats at sixers games
Would love to see Gargano out there ringing the bell.
Nahhhh people would throw shit at him and mess up the court.
How about that drug dealing ass clown El Wingador
Btw, this site went to shit since the comments were disabled.
“Investor Jeff” is now known as “Tax Loss Jeff”
all of Cuz’s past co hosts…that will take you through 2 weeks or so
Mike Miss would be good too. Everyone in the city loves Mike and Ant.
chain MIkey to Howard Eskin and let them fight over who gets to ring th
How about Cosmo DiNardo or Gary Heidnik.
They are both philly ‘products’.
rob ellis should ring the bell
How bout me?
It should be Sam Hinkie, but we all know that will never happen. Zumoff or Alaa would be a good idea since they won’t be broadcasting the games anymore. Has Howie done it? They should ask Eskin to do it just to see the reaction, but i don’t think his ego would allow it.
Michael Buffer…He is a huge Sixers fan and if you can also get him to Introduce the starting lineup followed by a Let’s Get Ready to Rumble I don’t see anyone else topping that.
The Cuz could top this easy.
He’s such a slick meatlocker type of guy.
How about all the people who glom off of philly sports teams anc converts by producing fake merch?
fake dog shirt guy, gym bag shirt guy on Pattison between xfinity live and the Bank,
duffel bag guy who hangs out in the wellsfargo lot after concerts selling 2/20$?
Uh…..Kyle….
I’m sure they can find another criminal cronad to ring the fucking bell….
I’m pretty sure O.J . is available. Done his crime, served his time. Also very experienced at hangin’ with rich white dudes.
sam hinkie
1. Hinkie
2. Andrew Toney
3. Matt Geiger
4. Shawn Bradley
5. Eric and Donald Trump Jr.
Me.