The Sixers won their last championship 25 years ago Saturday, May 31. Since then, not one Philadelphia team has won a championship. Is that unbelievable or what?

Since then, a generation has been born and grown to adulthood in this area without knowing what it’s like to celebrate the ultimate victory in pro sports. My son, who’s 18 in a month, has begun every season for the past eight to 10 years believing that this time, this season it will be different, whether it’s the Eagles, the Flyers or the Sixers. He abandoned the Phillies about three years back, choosing to root for the Mets, the team his father grew up rooting for.

Will one of Philly’s major four ever reach the top again? Which one will do it, or do it first? And will those of us in middle age live to see it?