This Day in Philly Sports History - March 18, 2025

It's Tuesday so it's time for some motivation and positivity courtesy of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Sixers had a good 144-137 OT loss to the Rockets yesterday. Quentin Grimes dropped 46. The Flyers free fall continues as they lose 2-0 to the Lightning. Zack Wheeler will start Opening Day for the Phillies. Today's Question of the Day is "Who is the best big man in NBA history?"Today's Women's Big 5 Hall of Fame Spotlight is on Auretha Fleming from Penn.Wilt Day. On this day in 1968 the Sixers beat the Lakers 158-128. Wilt Chamberlain did Wilt things recording an unofficial quintuple-double. On this day in 1991 the Sixers retired his #13.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