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Remembering Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America and the scene that made ‘In Da Face’ a thingFrustrated by many erroneous foul calls on his star player Rik Smits, Dave Magarity found himself pacing up and down the sidelines at Madison Square Garden. It was another game, one of many for the Marist head coach. At the time, there was nothing remarkable about it. But what Magarity didn’t know w...

Towson's Solomon Uyaelunmo Throws Down Two-Handed Slam Into Wrong BasketAbout halfway through the first half of Towson’s game against La Salle on Saturday, freshman forward Solomon Uyaelunmo saw an open lane to the basket, dribbled once and (kind of) dunked the ball with both hands. Unfortunately, the reason the basket in question was so open was because it belonged to ...

Monday Night’s Best Football Game Was Between MascotsPhiladelphia has a lot of new mascots. This year alone we’ve met Gritty, Phang, Wingston. Franklin is only three years old. Last night at halftime, the Eagles had a pro vs. college mascots football game and it was great. You can watch the whole thing here, or follow down below as I break down some o...

Streamers Return To The Palestra For The First Time In Years

Fans of Temple and La Salle's basketball teams renewed a Palestra tradition today, as they threw streamers onto the court after each team's first made basket. ...

This Whole Report For A H.S. Football Title Game Is A Local News Gem

You probably don't care about Michigan high school football, but FOX 2's Charlie Langton's report about a title game between Warren De La Salle and Muskegon Mona Shores should entertain you anyway. It's perfect. The damn thing starts out with Langton yelling as he's walking across the field, and...

GET YOUR FACE OUTTA THERE, KID....

An Encounter With La Salle's Lionel Simmons, Last Of The Local Gods

He was still the coolest guy in the building. Stylish sneakers, dark jeans, a navy-colored vest puffing out from a navy-colored sweatshirt. He was a little heavier now, and his close-cropped goatee had gone salt-and-pepper, but behind his black-rimmed eyeglasses he still wore that familiar sleepy lo...

Newsworks caught up with the La Salle glitter bros, one of whom happens to be a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a guy I knew back in my own days at La Salle. [Newsworks]...