This Day in Philly Sports History - April 20, 2025

Happy Easter to all who celebrate. It's 4/20 so if you celebrate, shout out to you as well. The Phillies won a wild one yesterday almost blowing a 7 run lead when Jordan Romano self-destructed. The Union got back on the winning side of things and Danny Briere talked Flyers offseason. We run another Tankathon simulation for the Sixers and Flyers.Today's Question of the Day is "Who deserved a ring more. Allen Iverson or Brian Dawkins?"Our Final Philly Athlete with Missing Rings Spotlight is on Allen Iverson.On this day in 2003 the Sixers beat the Hornets 98-90 in game 1 of their playoff series. Allen Iverson scored a playoff career high 55 points. It also was a Sixers franchise playoff high.The 2025 Induction Class for the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame is set.  Here’s who got in https://www.philadelphiasportshalloffame.org/Meet Lenny Wagner, the author of “Playing with the Best: One Man’s Journey through the Golden Age of Sports.  The book chronicles the amazing life of Walter French who won both an World Series and NFL Championship.For more information about Lenny or Walter go to https://www.playingwiththebest.comLeave your text or voicemail thoughts and opinions on the Back to the Phuture Voice/Text Line @ 267-495-8531Check out Phillygoat.com for all of your Philly apparel needs. Use the promo code JIMMONTGOMERY for 10% off of your order The Clashing Conferences Podcast brings together the everyday passion of REAL fans and their not so friendly friends for the purpose of real life sports entertainment.  Available wherever you get your pods and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGLVSg7IjPpQ93iTUPb-KIgCheck out the Philly Sports History Portal for access to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame New Digital Archive https://sites.google.com/phillyhall.org/phillysportshistory