Philadelphia sports fans, in general, are jerks. And not in the good, New York kind of way. Booing Santa Claus is the most popular case of Philly fanaticism gone horribly awry, and today, THE SMOKING GUN offers the latest example.

A Philadelphia man tried to extort money from Giants head coach Tom Coughlin “by claiming that he would expose details of extramarital affairs purportedly engaged in by the head of the reigning Super Bowl champions..” Classy.

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