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Gritty Wins Best In Sports Social Media Award

The Flyers mascot's social media game is very strong. So strong he and his team won a Sports Business Award Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA — Gritty is the king of sports social media. At least that's according to the Sports Business Awards.

That's right, the beloved Flyers mascot's social media game is so strong he and his team took won the Best Sports Social Media award at the Sports Business Journal's Sports Business Awards Tuesday in New York City.

Gritty was up against “Friday Night Stripes”: Adidas/Intersport/Twitter, JuJu Smith-Schuster, WWE.

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Gritty's antics have been well documented on his social media accounts, mostly Twitter and Instagram.

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What are your favorite Gritty moments? Let us know in the comments here and on Facebook.

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