Week 4 Goff Was Mr. Perfect

 18 for 18, those were the Week 4 numbers for Lions QB Jared Goff. Goff also caught a touchdown pass similar to “Philly Philly”. That play became well known by Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII.

Goff was named NFC Offensive Player Of The Week. The Ford Field crowd watched The Lions defeat the previously unbeaten Seattle Seahawks. 

Growing up, the late Curt Henning was known as Mr. Perfect.

He won the WWF Intercontinental Championship multiple times. The Minneapolis, Minnesota native…character had plenty of bravado. 

Final Day Of September Philadelphia Loses Two Significant Athletes

 Monday September 30, 2024 locally in the Delaware Valley…what a day. With the region already simmering from Sunday, when the Eagles were manhandled by 17 down in Tampa Bay. 2001 Eastern Conference champion, Dikembe Mutombo passed away. In 2001 Mutombo won 1 of his 4 NBA defensive player of the year awards. He was 58 years old.

Later Monday evening, news came down 83 year old Pete Rose passed away. After winning multiple World Series with the Reds and the Big Red Machine, Rose became missing piece in Philadelphia. Mike Schmidt and the Phillies, with the help of Rose won the 1980 World Series. Philadelphia finally was able to win their first world title.

After beating on baseball, Rose was banned by Major League Baseball for life. With no access to the Baseball Hall Of Fame. 

The irony is now that he passed away, he may finally get in. 

3 Generations Of North Philadelphia Represented In USA Basketball

Diamond Street, Lehigh Ave, Cecil B. Moore Ave, Ridge Ave. are some of the streets in North Philadelphia. If you are from there like : Dawn Staley, Kyle Lowry and Kahleah Copper you probably know those streets pretty well.

Staley is the senior of the 3 North Philadelphia natives, followed by Lowry and Copper.

University of Virginia, Villanova University and Rutgers University are the college institutions eached played Division 1 basketball for respectively.

After Sunday Olympic gold medal final a one point win by the USA Women, Copper won a gold medal. 

Which carries on the North Philadelphia tradition.

Lowry won a gold medal for the USA Men in 2016 while in Brazil. 

Staley as a head coach in 2021 while in Tokyo guided the USA women to gold. Then in Atlanta, 1996 summer games and 2000 summer games in Sydney contributed as a player to a pair of gold medals. 

Locally the city couldn’t be more proud of those three individuals. 

Canada vs. France Game Should Be Quarterfinals Best Competitive Game

 Here at Sports247365 on the men side of the Olympic quarterfinals on Tuesday we spotted what should be the highlight of the day.

Canada vs. France quarterfinal number 3 of the day.

Paris will be the place, France and Wemby certainly should have the crowd in their favor.

Gobert is the other twin tower for the French team. 

Along with veteran Nic Batum.

This should be a medal game, yet the loser will be eliminated completely.

Canada led by OKC Thunder : SGA, his teammate Dourt is on the team. RJ Barrett, Dillion Brooks amongst others.

Both teams are potential competition threats to heavenly favorite of the USA team. Now they may only potentially have to deal with only one. 

These Finals Plenty Of Local DV Ties : Jefferson / Lively II / Jones Jr. / Morris Twin

Thursday the 2024 Finals tip off in Boston for Game 1. 5th seed Mavericks won the West. Overall 1st seed NBA best record Boston Celtics won the East.

Both teams are trying to win their first Larry O’Brien trophy since 2011 & 2008 respectively. Here in the Delaware Valley we have local guys in the Finals coaching or playing. 

Amile Jefferson of Friends Central prior to Duke and the NBA, we grew up with his father Malcom in West Philadelphia. We also played pickup basketball back then at Cato. When Amile was in 7th grade we coached him in a church league on Saturdays at West Philadelphia HS.

Now he is on Boston staff. Morris twin, Markieff already a 2020 world champion with the Lakers is a veteran off the bench in Dallas. Locally he and his brother while at Prep Charter prior to Kansas won a PIAA state title. One of the first Philadelphia HS that was allowed to do so back in 2007.

Jones Jr of Dallas we have followed since his catholic league days prior to UNLV, read up on him via City Of Basketball Love. Chester own, very athletic. Game has expanded despite being a slam dunk champion.

Lastly, Lively II just two years ago watched him lead Westtown to Friends League title vs. ANC at La Salle University. Which was prior to Duke & Mavericks, now in the NBA Finals 24 months later. 

 

Celtics Best Chance At Winning A Title…

 

Before the 2024 NBA Playoffs started, here at Sports247365, we believed the following had to happen for Celtics to host a Larry O’Brien trophy.

Boston under the core of Tatum and Brown has now made 3 consecutive Eastern Conference Finals appearances.

Including being up 2-1 vs. Golden State in the 2022 NBA Finals, eventually losing the series. 

Miami ousted Boston in last season Eastern Conference Finals.

We believe Boston best chance to win it all : a young team like Minnesota or OKC represents the West in June. 

Sunday in Denver, Game 7 Western Conference Semifinals for defending champions vs. rising star Anthony Edwards and Minnesota. Who last Game 7 was in 2004 vs. Sacramento in the WCSF ( a game they won in the Twin Cities ). 

The Cancer ( Astrology ) 1968 Heisman Winner Transitions From Cancer

 OJ Simpson was born July 9, 1947. On April 10, 2024 following a battle with cancer, Simpson passed away at age 76.

Nearly 30 years ago in June 1994, an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden between the Knicks & Rockets was interrupting by a news report. 

On the LA Freeway OJ Simpson and his Ford Bronco was in a high speed chase with LAPD.

Eventually he would be charged with the double murder of his ex wife & her male friend. Literally Simpson especially after this was a polarizing figure. His trial would last 9th months.

In October of 1995 he was acquitted of the double murder. Nonetheless eventually by both families taken to court and having to pay a wrongful death suit from a liability standpoint.

13 years later Simpson was serve 9 years for theft and kidnapping over items he used to own.

As an athlete at USC he won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 and eventually become a number one draft pick. 

In Buffalo became first ever NFL player to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season ( 14 game season ). 

Retired arguably as one of the best running backs in NFL history. Eventually worked for NBC Sports, played in some movies and commercials such as Hertz.

Even in death more than likely like in life Simpson will have positives and negatives as well as pros and cons.