Studio 2 Extra: The Philly Sports Guy — without his face paint
Philly sports fans have a bad reputation. Diehard super fan Jamie Pagliei is beloved as 'The Philly Sports Guy' and while his fandom is family-friendly, it is always intense.
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If you’ve watched a Philly sports game in the last 5 years you’ve probably seen Jamie Pagliei on TV. You just wouldn’t know it’s him.
Jamie attends over a hundred games a year, wearing full face paint and sporting a dyed mohawk. He calls it getting “painted up.” And the cameras love it so much, that he’s become well-known, and beloved, as The Philly Sports Guy.
Unlike your stereotypical Philly fan, he’s not drinking, not cursing, and not picking fights with the other team. His enthusiasm is usually family-friendly, but it is always intense. On this Studio 2 extra, he tells Avi Wolfman-Arent that he can’t imagine fandom any other way.
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