73 days until Eagles Week 1 so here are some throwback edition plays going 73 yards:
🏈 1991: Keith Jackson TD vs the Giants
🏈 2011: Brent Celek (almost) TD vs the Jets
73 days in The Countdown 🦅⏳
Jose Canseco turns 62 today. This biblical blast in Game 4 of the 1989 ALCS was jaw dropping when I watched it live. Still resonates as one the longest HRs in baseball history. Even Tony Kubek was in awe & he was teammates with Mantle.
28 years ago today, at King of the Ring:
"Good gawd almighty! Good gawd almighty! They've killed him! As god is my witness, he is broken in half!" - @JRsBBQ
One of the most iconic WWE moments, both in action and commentary
On this date in 1985 the Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field.
BITE-SIZED FACT | Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in the hit movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". #80s
May 26th, 1987 - Flyers win game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to stay alive in the series. This time with another comeback win after being down 3-1 in the game. They would win 4-3 thanks to big performances from Rick Tocchet, Pelle Eklund, and Brian Propp.
On this day in Philly sports history, May 25, 1997
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 4-2 to win the 1997 Eastern Conference Final and advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 10 years.
Rod Brind’Amour scored the go-ahead goal with just 54 seconds left in the first period before adding another in the third period to seal the win.
It was one of four multi-goal playoff games Brind’Amour had with the Flyers, all of which came during the Flyers’ 1997 playoff run
30 years ago on Memorial Day, WCW Monday Nitro went to a 2 hour format.
During the first hour, Scott Hall walked through the crowd, interrupted a match between Steve Doll & The Mauler, and cut one of the most historic & important promos in wrestling history.
May 22nd, 1987 - In Game 3 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals, the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 at the Spectrum. They made history by executing the first-ever comeback from a 3-0 deficit in a Stanley Cup Finals game.
On this day in Philly sports history, May 21, 1995
John LeClair recorded the lone playoff hat trick of his career as the Flyers rallied from a 2-0 deficit in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals to defeat the Rangers, 5-4, in overtime.
LeClair scored three goals as Philadelphia stunned the defending Stanley Cup champion Rangers in front of the home crowd in Philly.
He remains one of just 17 players in Flyers franchise history to record a playoff hat trick