This Day in Philly Sports History - April 23, 2025

Happy Humpday! The Phillies put on another lackluster performance up in New York last night and look to avoid the sweep this afternoon. We are gearing up for the Eagles draft and continue our best Eagles draft picks spotlight. We also run our daily Tankathon simulations for the Flyers and Sixers.Today's Question of the Day is "Is Seth Joyner a Hall of Famer?"Today we spotlight the Eagles best 8th round or later draft picks including some of the team's all-time greats.Winter sports doubleheader. On this day in 1996 the Flyers beat the Lightning 4-1 to even their series at 2 games. Then in 2019 the Sixers closed out the Nets 122-100 to win the series after losing game 1.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