This Day in Philly Sports History - March 17, 2025

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone, Irish or not. The Sixers hurt their draft status by beating the Mavs 130-125 yesterday in Dallas. The Union suffered their first loss of the season and the Flyers return to action tonight. The Phillies had a couple of injury scares - we're waiting to see the extent of them.Today's Question of the Day is a Phillies vibe check. How are we feeling about the Phillies right now?Today's Big 5 Women's Hall of Fame Spotlight is on Crista Ricketts from LaSalle On this day in 1995 #3 seed Villanova, in the tourney for the first time since 1991, lost to #14 Old Dominion 89-81 in Triple OT. Their loss came a day after Temple, Penn and Drexel also lost in the 1st round.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 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