Gritty featured in the New Yorker

Saturday, December 22, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- He might not have been named person of the year, but a very high toned publication is giving the Flyers mascot some mad props.

Gritty is front and center in the New Yorker.
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He's featured in the article titled, "The Year in Good Men."

The journalist remarks that 2018 was a tough one for the reputation of the American male, but Gritty is "pure male id, without any of the menace."

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