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Shout-Out to John Clark for Finding Cousin Bern
We take you to the court where @tygarland SW Philly Floater was born (with his mom and cousin Bern) NBC10 at 5 pm twitter.com/johnclarknbc10… — John Clark NBC10 (@johnclarknbc10) March 25, 2013...
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Tyrone Garland’s Mom Won’t Do Her Son’s Braids Again Until After the...
Cousin Bern – who clarified that he would, in fact, prefer to be called Cousin Bern – was on 97.5 The Fanatic with Mike Missanelli today (audio here). Among other tidbits, Cousin Bern told Missanelli...
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Here’s Video of Bag of Dicks Marshall Henderson Flipping off the Kansas City...
This fucking guy. Marv Albert and Steve Kerr spent two entire telecasts fellating Ole Miss point guard Marshall Henderson, and I have no idea why. They interpreted his general jackassery and the fact...
View ArticleVideo: Behind The Scenes with La Salle
Lots of game highlights in the first half, but the second half (around 2:20) is filled with locker room and post-game stuff. Very cool. via WIP
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An Intimate Setting Awaits Sweet 16 Teams in Dallas
If you look closely enough, you can vaguely see something resembling a basketball court down there, via WFAA TV This is why the NCAA is a bunch of money-loving hypocrites. Look at this place– fucking...
View ArticleVideos: La Salle’s Game-Winner From the Stands
Surprised there aren’t more of these yet. The first video is courtesy of Mike McCoy of La Salle’s SportsTalk Philadelphia, from press row. The second video, from YouTube.
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La Salle Students Celebrated at 20th and Olney Last Night
I love this girl who mocked Ole Miss criminal Marshall Henderon’s annoying shark-head thing. 80 bucks says that kid’s in jail again within the next five years. La Salle students took to the streets...
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Ramon Galloway’s Mom Celebrated at 20th and Olney, Too
Perhaps the only La Salle basketball player relative who had a better night than Tyrone Garland’s cousin Bern was Ramon Galloway’s mom, Karen, who joined in the celebration at 20th and Olney. And good...
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La Salle TV and Student Newspaper Reporters Need Your Help Getting to the...
For a few years now, Dave Grzybowski, a La Salle senior, and his crew over at La Salle TV have made themselves known to myself and many other Philly sports bloggers, writers and outlets with their...
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Is ‘City of Basketball Love’ Ending?
This was something that caught my eye last night. (EDIT: The tweet has been deleted) I don’t know about you, but it sounds like a “thanks and good bye” message to me. And some Inquirer writers also...
View ArticleMr. All-Around: A Review of the Tom Gola Biography
In the waning days of his senior year at LaSalle University, David Grzybowski endeavored to answer a seemingly simple question: who was Tom Gola? After five years of research, interviews, and writing...
View ArticleCrossing Broadcast: The Only Six-For-Six Podcast
Kevin and Russ bounce around the Villanova, Temple, and St. Joe’s news, 6-for-6 fans, discuss why the Sixers season feels like a chore, the Sixers’ depth issues and the postseason, Brett Brown’s job...
View ArticleVideo: One Shining Moment
How does the Southwest Philly Floater not make One Shining Moment? No shoutout to Cousin Bern? Tyrone Garland’s mom? Outrage. The post Video: One Shining Moment appeared first on Crossing Broad.
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ESPN College GameDay Coming to The Palestra for Temple-La Salle
The last time College GameDay was in town This is cool. Because I’m a snob, I think that every College GameDay in Philadelphia should include Villanova… but still, this is cool: ESPN College GameDay is...
View ArticleCelebrate the Best Philly Sports Team of the Year with This Commemorative DVD
I’m trying to reconcile the cognitive dissonance of that headline and the fact that we’re talking about La Salle basketball. But ’tis true– your greatest Philly sports moment of the year, thus far,...
View ArticleThis Art Print Features Every Big 5 Score in the Palestra’s History
You’ve probably seen artist Dan Duffy’s work. His word-mosaic art of Brian Dawkins or Brad Lidge probably hangs in the living room of at least one of your friends. But he’s really outdone himself with...
View ArticleLa Salle Found Their Man
He was right here in Philadelphia. Ashley Howard, Jay Wright’s top assistant at Villanova, will take over as the Explorers’ next head basketball coach following the departure of Dr. John Giannini after...
View ArticleAtlantic 10 Reportedly Moving Fall Sports to the Spring
Dana O’Neil reporting that the A10 might be following in the footsteps of other conferences: Source: Atlantic 10 will postpone all fall sports and championships to the spring. Will include a...
View ArticleThe NCAA Files a Trademark for “Battle in the Bubble”
The college sports landscape is all over the place right now, with a lot of conferences pushing activities to 2021 entirely while others forge ahead with their fall seasons. There was always a thought...
View ArticleNo Penn Basketball this Year as Ivy League Cancels Winter Sports
The Big Five is gonna be more like the Big Four this season, because Penn is not playing basketball. The Ivy League cancelled all Winter Sports on Thursday night, becoming the first division one...
View ArticleVivid Seats Ticket Data Shows a Robust Villanova Footprint in the...
Is Villanova a Philly school? It’s one of our favorite arguments of all time. Obviously the anti-Nova types think it’s a snobby college out on the Main Line, while I’d point out that Nova plays games...
View ArticleGet Pumped for Basketball with La Salle’s Smoke Machine
The La Salle Explorers beat the absolute piss out of Fairleigh Dickinson University on Tuesday night. They clobbered the Knights by 26 points, sending FDU to a miserable 0-8 record on the season. But...
View ArticleThe Rise: A Review of Mike Sielski’s Kobe Bryant Biography
“I wanted to do Batman Begins for the Black Mamba,” Mike Sielski tells me as he describes the pitch for The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality. Over Zoom, the increasingly popular method...
View ArticleFran Dunphy is Here to Save the La Salle Basketball Program
From the great Mike Jensen at The Philadelphia Inquirer: BREAKING NEWS … Sources: La Salle to hire Fran Dunphy as men’s basketball coach https://t.co/xaELOoBNeY via @phillyinquirer — Mike Jensen...
View ArticleTim Legler Lobbies for a D1 Coaching Job While Trashing La Salle in the Process
I did not see La Salle being the talk of college basketball Twitter right after one of the biggest sports weekends of the year. But here we are after Tim Legler trashed his alma mater and vouched for a...
View ArticleThe Big 5 Needs to Take a Page Out of Georgia Southern’s Playbook and Bring...
I don’t know if you heard, but this weekend the Big 5 officially came back. Is it a coincidence the same weekend we were reminded of one of the greatest traditions thanks to Georgia Southern?...
View ArticleBarstool Invitational Had Better Attendance than Big 5 Doubleheader at The...
I was casually flipping through YouTube TV last night and stopped for a moment to watch La Salle vs. Temple, which was part of the Big 5 doubleheader at The Palestra. There was nobody in the stands and...
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Friday News Dump: They Killed the Big 5 Tradition
A little Friday news dump. The Big 5 tradition is dead: The Philly Six has found a solution to keep the Big 5 tradition alive. After months of conversations and searching for solutions to reinvent the...
View ArticlePhilly Could Have Zero Men’s Teams in March Madness for the First Time Since...
Big win for the Cats NIT chances last night against Xavier, but there’s bad news. Barring Temple, Nova, St. Joes, La Salle, Penn, or Drexel winning their conference tournaments, March Madness will be...
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Officially Official: No Philadelphia Men’s Team in March Madness for First...
The March Madness bracket was released on Sunday night, officially confirming what we were rather easily able to deduce on Saturday. Zero Philadelphia-area teams are going dancing in 2023. Here’s the...
View ArticleDrexel Officially Becomes a Big Five Member, New Triple-Header/Pod Format...
There’s a press event in South Philly today to announce this: PHILADELPHIA (April 11, 2023) – Today, the Big 5 officially welcomed Drexel University and revealed details of a new series format where...
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Big 5 Classic Tickets Seem Like a Pretty Good Deal
Inbox: PHILADELPHIA (August 15, 2023) – Tickets for the first-ever Big 5 Classic, which will be held at the completely transformed, built-for-basketball New Wells Fargo Center on December 2, are on...
View ArticleFran Dunphy Hopes New Big 5 Classic Can be a “Total Event that Everybody...
In 2022, Barstool Sports ran an invitational tournament at the Wells Fargo Center which drew a little more than 5,000 people. There were no Philadelphia teams in the event, which featured Mississippi...
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Duke Does Not Respect the Big 5
A gross injustice occurred at Cameron Indoor leading up to the La Salle vs. Duke tilt, which was part of the “Blue Devil Challenge” tournament. I want heads to roll in Durham for disrespecting a...
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Jay Wright a Proponent of New Big Five Classic –“It’s Something We’ve Been...
It’ll be Temple vs. St. Joe’s for the Big 5 title on Saturday, following a pair of ridiculous Wednesday games in which the Owls outlasted La Salle in three overtimes and the Hawks upset Villanova on...
View ArticleThere’s a Rumor that One of the Best Traditions in Sports is Coming Back for...
The inaugural Big 5 Classic is tomorrow, Saturday, and there’s a rumor that the greatest tradition in sports will be returning: Hearing a rumor one of the greatest traditions in sports is coming back...
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