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The Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, who meet Friday night to begin their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals series, don't like each other very much. That much we know. Once upon a time, Pittsburgh and Philly fans weren't too chummy either, but that was when the Pirates and the Phillies played in the same division and were both good. Now there's not too much of a rivalry between the cities, but maybe that's all about to change.

As the Philadelphia Inquirer reports today, Philly is abuzz over rumors of a pending attack by Penguins fans on the Rocky statue in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Pens fans are supposedly interested in adorning the fictional boxer with a Pittsburgh jersey. Angelo Cataldi, former Journal staffer and current Philadelphia talk show host, has suggested posting a big, scary-looking guy with "menacing facial hair" in front of the statue to protect it. But he discourages violence, saying "you gotta look so scary that they wouldn't try [anything]."

Crazy? Maybe, but it wouldn't be the first time this playoffs that a visiting fan has defaced Rocky.

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