Day: April 3, 2013
Mike Rice fired as Rutgers coach after airing of practice video
Mike Rice was fired as the Rutgers basketball coach Wednesday, one day after ESPN aired a video that showed him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players and directing anti-gay slurs toward them during practice.
HRC to Rutgers: Fire Coach Mike Rice
Late Tuesday evening, video footage was released showing Rutgers University men’s basketball coach Mike Rice berating his players, using homophobic slurs as a means of intimidation and ridicule.
I like to call it ‘The Joey Barton Coefficient’…
For only the second time in my life I’d like to personally thank Joey Barton. Or, I should say, Joseph Barton, as he doesn’t like being called Joey… Even though he made his own Twitter handle include Joey… But I digress when instead I should probably be explaining why.
Brighton fans demand FA action over homophobic chants
Fans of Championship club Brighton have demanded that the Football Association act over the homophobic abuse directed at them by opposition fans.
Uruguay’s senate approves same-sex marriage bill
Uruguayan senators voted overwhelmingly in favor of a same-sex marriage measure Tuesday — a key step that pushes the South American country one step closer to a new marriage law.