This Day in Philly Sports History - March 16, 2025

It's easy like Sunday morning. It's a selection Sunday and for the first time in Philly hoops history, there will be no Philly school heading to the tournament on the men's or women's side this year. The Flyers got shutout at home and the Sixers return to action this afternoon in Dallas. The Union are home in their last game before 6 of their players head to play for their national teams.Today's Question of the Day is "Are Philly college hoops dead?"Today's Big 5 Women's Hall of Fame Spotlight is on Kamesha Hairston from Temple.On this day in 1985 the Flyers beat the Maple Leafs to win their 6th in a row. Six different Flyers scored including Ron Sutter who netted the Flyers 5000th in team history. 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.March 19 at Riverside Historical Society @7pm and April 8 at Mount Laurel Historical Society @7pm For more informationabout 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