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The Spectrum's Biggest Sports Moments
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The Spectrum's Biggest Sports Moments
For this week's cover story, I listed what I consider the Top 10 Spectrum Sports Moments. Disagreements are welcome — but first let's look at the footage:
1. The Flyers Win Their First Stanley Cup 5/19/1974
You can watch the entire game here. I recommend you at least check out the last few minutes, when the fans storm the ice and the Flyers basically have to fight them off to protect the Cup. Dave Schultz, especially, takes things too far.
2. Flyers vs. Russian Red Army 1/11/1976
Yep, that's Gene Hart and Marv Albert with the call.
3. The Sixers Win It All, 5/26/1983
See Also: "Fo Fi Fo" by Pieces of a Dream
4. Christian Laettner Takes "The Shot," 3/28/1992
See Also: Chris Farley's Laettner impression
5. Flyers vs. Oilers, Stanley Cup Finals, Game Six, 5/28/1987
6. Wilt Chamberlain's Double-Triple-Double, 2/2/1968
Footage not found. Instead, please enjoy this tribute to Wilt's entire career, to the tune of Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" (of course).
7. Hextall Scores, 12/8/1987
See Also: Hexy scores again.
8. The Streak, 10/16/1979-1/6/1980
Footage not found. The Flyers went 35 games without a loss that season but there doesn't seem to be a video celebrating that online. So enjoy this Zapruderish footage of a bench-clearing brawl footage from the same era.
9. Daryll Dawkins Brings Down The Rim, 12/30/1979
Video includes lots of interviews with Dr. J, Shaq and more, and footage of Chocolate Thunder's road game rainmaker from three weeks earlier.
10. Phantoms win the Calder Cup, 6/10/1998
Footage not found. So watch this video of former Phantoms captain/current Flyers coach fight with Dan Smith of the Hershey Bears. Gene Hart and Steve Coates call the shots.
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