This Day in Philly Sports History - March 24, 2025

Happy Monday. The Phillies wrap up their Spring Training schedule today and begin to prepare for Thursday's opener in D.C. They'll start without Ranger Suarez who is on the 15-day IL. The Sixers and Flyers both kept pace in the lottery race losing to the Hawks and Blackhawks respectively. Today's Question of the Day is "Can an Ivy League team make a Final Four run?"Today's Women's Big 5 Hall of Fame Spotlight is on Natasha Rezek from Penn.On this day in 1979, the Penn Quakers lost to Michigan St. in the Final Four 101-67. Michigan St. was led by Magic Johnson. The Quakers are the last team from the Ivy League to make the Final Four.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