This Day in Philly Sports History - April 7, 2025

Happy Monday. The Phillies took 2 out of 3 from the Dodgers this weekend. We break down what it means. The Sixers have 5 games left starting tonight against the Heat. We start our Missing Rings spotlight as well.Today's Question of the Day is "Phillies vibe check. How are we feeling today?"Today's players with Missing Rings are the Legion of Doom line (Lindros, Renberg, and LeClair).On this day in 1984 the Flyers lost to the Capitals 5-1 getting swept out of the playoffs for the 2nd straight year. It was Bobby Clarke's last game as Flyer and occurred the same day Bill Barber had major knee surgery. It essentially was the end of the Broad St. Bullies.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