This Day in Philly Sports History - April 5, 2025

What a win for the Phillies last night. Timely hits, great pitching and amazing defense. They're back at it today. The Sixers, Flyers and Union also are in action today. We continue our discussion with Lenny Wagner on Walter French today.Today's Question of the Day is "What has surprised you most so far this season with the Phillies?"In our discussion with Lenny we talk about the 1925 NFL season and the defacto championship game between Pottsville and Chicago.On this day in 1967 the Sixers beat the Celtics 115-104 to take a 3-0 lead in the East Division Finals. Wilt Chamberlain messed around and came up 1 assist short of a triple double while grabbing an NBA playoff record 41 rebounds.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.April 8 at Mount Laurel Historical Society @7pm For more information about Lenny or Walter go to https://www.playingwiththebest.com Leave your text or voicemail thoughts and opinions on the Back to the Phuture Voice/Text Line @ 267-495-8531 Check 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-KIg Check 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