Sixers fans hated Big Shot. Then a guy from Bridesburg made the mascot come alive.
“Philly, they love you or they hate you. There’s not much in between,” Joe Kempo said. “We hung in there and tried to get creative.”
Joe Kempo, left, with the jersey of Big Shot, the Sixers mascot he performed at in the 1980s and 1990s. Former Sixers mascot Big Shot, right.Read moreCourtesy
