{"id":56021,"date":"2025-12-09T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56021\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:53:08","slug":"philadelphia-sports-memorable-moments-from-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56021\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia sports: Memorable moments from 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eagles cough up 21-point lead in loss to Cowboys
\n\"DeVontaPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith (6) catches a pass against Dallas Cowboys safety Donovan Wilson during the fist half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Nov. 23, the Eagles went up 21 points early in the second quarter against the rival Dallas Cowboys. But then the offense sputtered, and the Birds laid a goose egg while Dallas put up 24 unanswered points en route to a devastating Birds defeat<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

The day brought another trifecta Philly loss. The Sixers lost to the Miami Heat<\/a>, and later that evening, the Union was eliminated<\/a> from the playoffs in a 1-0 loss to NYCFC at Subaru Park in Chester.\n<\/p>\n

Flyers fire Torts
\n\"JohnFILE \u2013 Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella stands behind his bench during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Matt Freed)<\/p>\n

The John Tortorella era in Philadelphia ended swiftly and abruptly. On March 25, the Flyers head coach gave his final, fateful press conference<\/a> after the team lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re in this type of situation, you\u2019re losing all the time and there\u2019s nothing at the end of the tunnel for you, there\u2019s certainly going to be some frustration,\u201d Tortorella said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not really interested in learning how to coach this type of season where we\u2019re at right now.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

On March 27, Tortorella was fired<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cToday I made the very difficult decision to move on from John as our head coach,\u201d Daniel Bri\u00e8re, Flyers general manager, said in a statement<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

Rick Tocchet was hired May 14<\/a> to coach the 2025-26 squad.\n<\/p>\n

A Philly legend lost but not forgotten
\n\"PhiladelphiaFILE \u2013 Philadelphia Flyers goalie Bernie Parent raises his mask to take a break during the Stanley Cup finals in Buffalo, N.Y., May 28, 1975, against the Buffalo Sabres. (AP Photo, File)<\/p>\n

Former Flyers goaltender Bernie Parent passed away Sept. 21 at age 80<\/a>. Parent, a Hall of Famer, was the netminder for the only two Stanley Cup championships<\/a> in franchise history, in 1974 and 1975.\n<\/p>\n

In the Parent memorial game, the Flyers beat the Devils, 6-3<\/a>. The Orange and Black set a franchise record with three goals scored in 26 seconds.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eagles cough up 21-point lead in loss to Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith (6) catches a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4064,25731,69,71,70,8740,8401],"class_list":{"0":"post-56021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-flyers","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","12":"tag-philadelphia-news","13":"tag-phillies","14":"tag-sixers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}