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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 […]
St. Joe’s Basketball in Limbo: The Hawk Will Never Die?
You see them at St. Joe’s hoops games: old-guard fans who go by names like Owen, Ernie and Dr. Ed. Rich the CPA. The Twins. […]
Billie Jean King Philadelphia Freedoms Panties $88,900 on EBay
Though she inspired one of the most wretched songs in all of history, the most wretched so-called “Philadelphia” song, and easily the most spectacularly wretched […]