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THEN & NOW

Former Philadelphia Eagles player Bill Bergey (left) listens to current Eagles player Jeremiah Trotter (right) talk about a hit when the two sat down in an interview and discussed the differences in being an athlete today and in the 1970's. Photographed at the Novacare Complex on Monday, June 18, 2007. Philadelphia Daily News / Gina Gayle
Former Philadelphia Eagles player Bill Bergey (left) listens to current Eagles player Jeremiah Trotter (right) talk about a hit when the two sat down in an interview and discussed the differences in being an athlete today and in the 1970's. Photographed at the Novacare Complex on Monday, June 18, 2007. Philadelphia Daily News / Gina GayleRead more
    by Vance Lehmkuhl, Daily News
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  1. World B. different
    Former and current Sixers agree basketball has changed a lot since the 1970s
    WILLIE GREEN talked to World B. Free as if he were a mentor. And, for good reason. Green, the current player, and Free, a former player who among other roles serves as the team's director of player development, see each other almost every day.

  1. Then and now: Hockey like old times
    Watson, Hatcher meet at center ice in love for hockey as it used to be
    Third of four parts WHILE THERE are a number of years separating the playing careers of Joe Watson and Derian Hatcher, they mirror each other's thoughts on many issues. That might be because Hatcher is also an old-timer, heading to his 16th NHL camp in September. They talked about everything from the effects of concussions to the current state of their game, zipping through more than a 1-hour interview recently at Skate Zone in Voorhees, N.J., with Daily News staffers Mark Kram and Paul Vigna.

  1. Then and now: Life's a pitch
    Phils hurlers, past (Andersen) and present (Myers), say hitters get all the breaks
    YOU GOT the feeling that Brett Myers would be more than happy to trade eras with Larry Andersen, but that the desire wouldn't be mutual. Andersen, who had two tenures with the Phillies during a 17-year career, threw right to the doorstep of baseball's Power Age.