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Chase Senior is a 2010 graduate of Bayard Rustin High School and a current sophomore at Temple University majoring in broadcast journalism. Senior is a lead anchor on Temple Universities student run television show, OwlSports Update and is a beat writer for Philahoops.com covering the Temple men's basketball team. Senior is also a co-host for Temple Sports Hour that airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on Temple's student run radio station, WHIP.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Do You Have Great Balls Of Flyer?

Jerry Lee Lewis' 1989 hit Great Balls of Fire is still prevalent today, and now the Philadelphia Flyers are using that phrase and twisting it into their own style with their game two giveaway tee-shirts for tonights game against the New Jersey Devils.

The Orange Crush is the best "color out" in all of sports with Oklahoma City Thunder's "blue out" a close second. The Flyers continue their marketing creativity and tonights giveaway tee shirts are directed right towards the male fan base. 

Masculinity!!!

This years Flyers team certainly has displayed great balls of fire throughout the season, but tonight the players and fans will have "Great Balls of Flyer" instead. 

Genius?!

Another great move by the Flyers Marketing Department, indicating that teams with lower "intestinal fortitude" for lack of a better term, are the ones who win hockey games and bring home Lord Stanley's Cup. 

In other Flyers related news, Illya Kovalchuk is out for tonights game. It was speculated before the series that he had some lingering injury issues and that looks to be the case. The left winger will not lace up the skates tonight, making a 2-0 deficit a logical reality for the Devils. 

Also, beginning next fall, Flyers games will be moving from the WIP radio airwaves to 97.5 The Fanatic. This was announced late afternoon. A reason for the move could be the fact that WIP was broadcasting Phillies games on the FM dial (94.1) and Flyers playoff games on the AM switch (610). WIP has now lost both the Sixers and Flyers to The Fanatic in the span of a week. 

Game two giveaway tee-shirt below:

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