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Group Of GOP Lawmakers Seek To Ban Pa.’s Transgender Student Athletes From Playing Women’s Sports

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, April 6, 2021

Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Five female Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban transgender students in Pennsylvania from playing women’s…

Frankford Shuts Out Roxborough

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, March 20, 2021

by Alex Lloyd Gross This year, the Roxborough Football Team is mostly new. They are young and inexperienced. They played the Frankford Pioneers at the Frankford home field. Almost from the start, The Roxborough indians could not get anything going in their favor. From penalties to plays getting called back, they were getting clobbered. …

School Sports Restart With No Fans and Some Parents Are Not Happy

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 3, 2020

by Alex Lloyd Gross 2020 is a year that makes no sense. The latest thing tossed on it’s head is High School Sports. No fans are allowed. Not even parents of the players. This is all due to the COVID-19 and restrictions. It is done for the safety of everyone there, especially the students. No…

No Tailgating At Today’s Eagles Game- No Traffic Either

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, September 20, 2020

by Alex Lloyd Gross By now you have heard. No fans allowed at the Eagles games for the 2020 season. Due to COVID-19 all fans must stay away from pro sporting events. Football is one of the biggest events of the year. Unfortunately, you will not be there. The people that work at the stadium…

School Sports In Philadelphia Cancelled Until 2021

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, August 11, 2020

by Alex Lloyd Gross Due to the threat of COVID-19 all school athletics are cancelled . This includes football, and basketball. Many player are up set, as they have been practicing with the team in advance of the season. Practice for football usually starts in August. There was talk that games would be allowed but…

Is a Boycott of Pro Sports Coming?

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, July 26, 2020

by Alex Lloyd Gross With the threat of coronavirus , pro sports are slowly making a return to stadiums but without fans. With the Black Lives Matter protests and riots, many teams and leagues have taken to promoting, some say blindly, the Black Lives Matter agenda. Some fans think it is a great and wonderful…

Confederate Flag Now Banned At NASCAR Events

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, June 10, 2020

by Alex Lloyd Gross In a rush to be politically correct and not to offend anyone, NASCAR has issued a statement that bans the Confederate Flag from it’s properties. While this means cars and race teams will not be able to display the flag and items depicting the flag will not be allowed to be…

NFL Draft is On For Tonight

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, April 23, 2020

by Alex Lloyd Gross The NFL Draft will happen tonight April 23, 2020. However, it will be a virtual draft with no crowds and even production staff will be at a minimum. It starts at 6:00 PM and it will be streamed live. There is no fan fest to accompany this , where people throw…

Gritty Cannot Get Arrested In This Town. Police: No Assault Occurred

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, February 3, 2020

By Alex Lloyd Gross Gritty is free. No longer under police investigation for an alleged assault against a 13 year old boy attending a Flyers game. Today, February 3 2020 Philadelphia Police released the results of their investigation. An investigation of the incident was conducted by South Detective Division. That investigation, which has been completed…

Kobe Bryant Memorial Grows At Lower Merion High School

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, January 29, 2020

By Alex Lloyd Gross Kobe Bryant, the basketball legend was killed over the weekend. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers . He grew up in the Philadelphia area and was a stellar player at Lower Merion High School. It was there that hundreds set up a shrine to the athlete. It is set up…