About the Philly Fan Project

This four-part series is all about you - the Philadelphia sports fans - what you think, who you like, how you enjoy sports.

In an effort to assemble the most wide-ranging fan-attitude survey done in the region, a collaboration was formed among the Daily News, philly.com and the Sport Industry Research Center at Temple University.

The result is "The Philly Fan Project," beginning today in the Daily News and online at philly.com.

"Philadelphia has a lot of stereotypes about its sports fandom, this may help either contextualize or create some new ideas about what sports fans think in Philadelphia," said Dr. Aubrey Kent, the research center's director.

The survey reflects the responses of 2,303 subscribers to the Philly.com daily sports newsletter in the eight-county region of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania and South Jersey suburbs.

Surveys were distributed online to those who lived within the target area and had signed up for the newsletter. Results are representative of the entire group of subscribers within 2 percent plus or minus.

Responses were collected for 18 days in mid-March.

After the data was compiled, the Daily News did more than 100 interviews with fans, current and former Philadelphia athletes and team officials to provide reaction and context.

TUESDAY

Hot topics

Major findings and talking points

WEDNESDAY

How they doing?

Your take on the city's teams on the field and in the front office

THURSDAY

At the game

How the economy has impacted the Philly sports scene.

FRIDAY

The Greatest

The choice for the best Philadelphia athlete of all time and your favorite sports moment