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MONDAY KICKSTARTER: Jason Collins Debuts for the Brooklyn Nets, Becoming First Out Man to Play in the NBA
I trolled the web for LGBT headlines all weekend so you wouldn’t have to. Here’s what I dug up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDnzbwMa2mI#t=0 HISTORY It’s the moment we’ve […]
Is There Any Reason to Watch the Sixers the Rest of the Season?
Tuesday night, the Sixers gave out “Together We Build” blueprints to the 372 fans in attendance at the Wells Fargo Center. The next important date […]
Phils Add A.J. Burnett, But Hamels to Miss Opening Day
NJ.com reports: “After weeks of speculation, it looks like the Phillies have indeed come to an agreement with free-agent pitcher A.J. Burnett. According to Jim […]
Sixers Lose by 45 to Team Wearing T-Shirts
Of all the franchises in the NBA, the Los Angeles Clippers are historically the worst. (They’re kind of like the Phillies of basketball.) Of all […]
Confessions of an Olympics 2014 Junkie
I had a hard time tearing myself away to write this. The German and Russian women’s ice hockey teams are facing off in the living […]
Johnny Weir on Fooling Around in the Olympic Village and Being Gay in Sochi
Before this year, I thought Sochi was a kind of Japanese ice cream. Where is it, exactly? Sochi is a beautiful resort town that was […]
Your Guide to Watching the Olympics Anywhere
The Olympics are here! Well, okay, they’re not quite the Olympics — these are the Winter Games, the not-so-beloved younger brother of the Summer Olympics. […]
Should Flyers Claude Giroux Be a Late Addition to Team Canada?
Wednesday afternoon the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that star sniper Steven Stamkos would not participate in the Winter Olympics for Team Canada. His horrificly fractured […]
Mike Missanelli Offers Apology
Crossing Broad offers a formal apology from Mike Missanelli for the homophobic emails published this week by Deadspin. Missanelli, a host for 97.5 The Fanatic, […]
Mike Missanelli Suspended for Homophobic Emails
97.5 The Fanatic has suspended sports talk host Mike Missanelli, a day after a series of homophobic emails directed at a listener went public. Greater Media […]
PHOTOS: Athletes Bare All in Calendar to Save Temple’s Men’s Gymnastics Program
Here’s something to warm you in all the right places on this cold, snowy day: On Saturday, alumni of the Temple University Men’s Gymnastics team […]
Boyfriend of First Out College Football Player Tells His Team He’s Gay, Too
Hot couple alert: Outsports reports that Chandler Whitney, the boyfriend of Conner Martens, the first out college football player, has also come out of the […]
At Temple, Collateral Damage in the Fight Against College Sexual Violence
Last week, President Obama made a big splashy show of announcing the formation of a task force to fight the “epidemic” of sexual violence on […]
Super Bowl Facts: You Know What They Say About Quarterbacks With Big Hands…
Quick: What body part’s size is most vital to a pro quarterback’s success? Um, gee. I dunno. Height, maybe? Uh-uh. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is […]
Tom Gola is Dead
Philly basketball legend Tom Gola has died at the age of 81. He took La Salle to an NCAA championship in 1954 and the Philadelphia […]