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Hawk Harrelson would love this horse
I don’t know what the future holds for horse racing, or if there’s much of one to hold. It feels like it could be consigned to the past within the next decade. Or maybe sports gambling will revive interest as more tracks get their own sportsbook to go with the slots they needed years ago. Or maybe t...
Beer-breath mask is real: My trip to MSG shows what it’s really like at indoor sports events during COVID
Deciding to attend the first live sports event in New York City with fans in just under a year, indoors at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, had me very much channeling Sméagol/Gollum in The Lord of the Rings....
Dubois-Laine trade is full of sound and fury, but signifies... not much
There is something truly hockey about two players wanting to get away from cities and situations they find lacking, and coaches they find dinosaur-like, only to be swapped into the other country’s version of the situations they were trying to escape. But that’s the setting both Patrik Laine and Pier...
Pennsylvania lieutenant governor doubles pleasure with massive shade on Trump and Browns
John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania who has become one of the few truly enjoyable political figures in America in 2020, had a little sports-themed fun after the latest judicial setback to Donald Trump’s coup attempt....
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Here's A Lovely Newspaper Photo Goof [Update]
Look closely at this past Saturday’s sports page of the Washington County (Penn.) Observer-Reporter. There’s something off about that photo accompanying a recap of the game between between Peters Township and North Hills. ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Candidate: "I'm Going To Stomp All Over Your Face In Golf Spikes"
There are no circumstances under which you should feel bad for Chris Christie, but here’s the one that seems closest. Heading into the primary campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Christie had a brand that worked for him. He wasn’t a great or even terribly good governor of New J...
Report: Celtics Assistant Coach Jerome Allen Allegedly Bribed By Accused Medicare Fraudster While At Penn
A Miami Beach business executive charged with running a billion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme allegedly bribed then-Quakers head coach and current Celtics assistant Jerome Allen to get his son admitted to the University of Pennsylvania, according to a new indictment reported by the Miami Herald:...
The Pirates Want Sports Gambling Revenue To Fund Stadium Upkeep
With the Supreme Court paving the way for the legalization of sports gambling last month, sports leagues and teams have quietly dropped their longstanding opposition to gambling and have a new question: How can we get a cut?...
Youth Lacrosse Coach Gets His Team All Rowdy With Pregame Speech About <i>Fortnite</i>
While some lacrosse coaches might rend their garments over their players’ obsessions with the video game Fortnite, others are using it to their advantage. A reader sent in this clip of a Pennsylvania eighth-grade lacrosse coach who last weekend gave a pregame speech full of popular references to pum...
Golf Club Apologizes After Calling Police On Group Of Black Women Members
A Pennsylvania golf club called police on five members this weekend after the club’s co-owner felt that the group was playing too slowly and claimed that they did not leave the course when asked. The members—all five of whom are black women—say that they were discriminated against....
Pennsylvania School District Arms Teachers With Dinky Baseball Bats
In the case of a shooting, one school district in Pennsylvania will be prepared with these tiny bats that would definitely break if you hit someone with them once....