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Kate Smith’s Music Will Not Be Banned From Wildwood, N.J.

Kate Smith’s Music Will Not Be Banned From Wildwood, N.J.

Following the discovery that she had sung on reportedly racist records in the 1930s, two professional sports franchises, the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Yankees, have removed the use of Kate Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America” from their game presentations. But there will still be one place where Smith’s music will still be heard: […]

5y ago

Kate Smith’s Family Blasts Flyers Over Decision To Remove Statue Over Racist Lyrics

Kate Smith’s Family Blasts Flyers Over Decision To Remove Statue Over Racist Lyrics

Kate Smith’s family members are not happy with the Philadelphia Flyers. Smith’s niece blasted the Philly-based NHL team’s decision to remove a statue of the late opera singer that had long sat outside of the Wells Fargo Center after racially-insensitive song lyrics from her recordings in the 1930s were unearthed. Smith’s niece Suzy Andron told […]

5y ago

Kate Smith Statue Covered Up, ‘God Bless America’ Cut From Flyers Games After Revelations Of Racist Lyrics

Kate Smith Statue Covered Up, ‘God Bless America’ Cut From Flyers Games After Revelations Of Racist Lyrics

Kate Smith’s famous rendition of “God Bless America” will no longer be played at Philadelphia Flyers hockey games or New York Yankees baseball games. The once beloved First Lady Of Radio, who died in 1986, debuted Irving Berlin’s famous song on Armistice Day in 1938 and the song has been played at countless sporting events […]

5y ago

‘Desperate’ Philadelphia Flyers End Winnipeg Jets’ Winning Streak, Philly Is Back In The Game

‘Desperate’ Philadelphia Flyers End Winnipeg Jets’ Winning Streak, Philly Is Back In The Game

Philadelphia Flyers fans rejoiced today as their team finally put an end to a losing skid of five games in a row. Things were so bad that The Inquirer Daily News described the losing streak as a crisis, and there wasn’t much hope going into Saturday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets. But the Flyers came […]

6y ago

Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Michal Neuvirth Collapses On Ice During Faceoff

Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Michal Neuvirth Collapses On Ice During Faceoff

Philadelphia Flyers fans were stunned when goalie Michal Neuvirth suddenly collapsed on the ice as his teammates were preparing for a faceoff mid-rink. According to ESPN, the game was only about seven and a half minutes in when Neuvirth, who was standing alone in the goal, fell back in the goal unconscious. Neuvirth’s Philadelphia teammates […]

7y ago

Philadelphia Flyers Adjust Defense After Timonen Diagnosed With Blood Clots

Philadelphia Flyers Adjust Defense After Timonen Diagnosed With Blood Clots

The Philadelphia Flyers are slowly becoming a better team. Now, they will need some luck. After signing defenseman Kimmo Timonen, a 15-year veteran, to a one-year contract valued at $2 million, doctors in Timonen’s home country of Finland have diagnosed Timonen with blood clots, according to NHL.com. Flyers new general manager Ron Hextall announced in […]

9y ago

Watch Flyers Vs Rangers Game 7 Streaming Online Live; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Watch Flyers Vs Rangers Game 7 Streaming Online Live; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Flyers vs Rangers, game 7. Right from the beginning, we’ve told you to look for this one to go the distance. As expected, this series has been the classic finesse vs grit, with both teams playing at the high level fans expect in the NHL playoffs. Last night, the Flyers jumped out to a four […]

10y ago

Watch Rangers Vs Flyers Game 5 Streaming Online Live For Free; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Watch Rangers Vs Flyers Game 5 Streaming Online Live For Free; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Rangers vs Flyers drop the puck in New York City at 12 noon Eastern Standard Time today for game five of their best of seven series. New York and Philly have been trading blows throughout the entire series and come into game five ties at two games apiece. Each team has won one on their […]

10y ago

Philadelphia Flyers Win…Because Claude Giroux Said So

Philadelphia Flyers Win…Because Claude Giroux Said So

Way back in October, when the Philadelphia Flyers were off to their franchise worst 1 and 7 start, Claude Giroux, the young Captain of the then last place team told the media that the team would make the playoffs. Members of the Philadelphia media scoffed, preferring to discuss who the Flyers would take with the […]

10y ago

Watch Flyers Vs Rangers Game Four Streaming Online Live; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Watch Flyers Vs Rangers Game Four Streaming Online Live; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Flyers vs Rangers game four starts tonight at 7 PM Eastern Time in Philadelphia with New York holding a 2-1 lead in the Rangers vs Flyers series. Fans can expect more of the same brawn versus finesse battle at the Flyers try to muscle their way back to even in the opening round series of […]

10y ago

Watch Rangers Vs Flyers Game Two Steaming Online Live For Free; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Watch Rangers Vs Flyers Game Two Steaming Online Live For Free; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Rangers vs Flyers, game two starts at noon Eastern Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Rangers took game one of the series 4-1 on one of the more lopsided games of the 2014 NHL Playoffs so far. Don’t look for the hard-hitting Philadelphia Flyers to take it lying down, though. Look for […]

10y ago

Watch Flyers Vs Rangers Streaming Online Live; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Watch Flyers Vs Rangers Streaming Online Live; 2014 NHL Playoffs

Flyers vs Rangers. Rangers vs Flyers. Whichever end of the Metro Division you hang out in, you probably don’t need to be told that there’s a long history of bad blood between these two teams going into the first round of the 2014 NHL playoffs. In case you’re new to hockey or just starting to […]

10y ago

Philadelphia Flyers: Clutch Time

Philadelphia Flyers: Clutch Time

The Philadelphia Flyers had a chance today to leap frog the New York Rangers to take over second place in the Metropolitan Division. All they needed was a win in a Sunday matinee in Philadelphia. The only down side was their opponent…the Atlantic Division leading Boston Bruins. The Bruins have not only nailed down a […]

10y ago

Philadelphia Flyers-New York Rangers: Rivals Or Blood Feud?

Philadelphia Flyers-New York Rangers: Rivals Or Blood Feud?

The New York Rangers host the Philadelphia Flyers tonight. The game is being broadcast on NBCSports Network as part of the Wednesday Night Rivals series. To say that the Flyers and Rangers are rivals is putting it quite mildly; these two teams crossed from a rivalry to a blood feud a long time ago. The […]

10y ago

Are The Pittsburgh Penguins Marching To The Stanley Cup Or Marching Into Madness?

Are The Pittsburgh Penguins Marching To The Stanley Cup Or Marching Into Madness?

The Pittsburgh Penguins have spent nearly the entire season at the top of the NHL’s Metroplolitan Division. The Penguins still lead the Division, but no longer lead the Eastern Conference. The Atlantic Division Bruins, who are winners of ten straight, now sit atop the Eastern Conference with 99 points. In the new playoff system implemented […]

10y ago

Flyers Captain Claude Giroux Plays His 400th Game. Claude Who? CLAUDE GIROUX.

Flyers Captain Claude Giroux Plays His 400th Game. Claude Who? CLAUDE GIROUX.

Flyers Captain Claude Giroux played in his 400th NHL game today. For Captain Claude, the more important number was two; the two points that the Flyers earned in the second half of a home and home with the Flyers cross state rival Pittsburgh Penguins. In the first half of the weekend series, the Flyers smoked […]

10y ago

Pittsburgh Penguins Blown Out…Shut Down…Shut Out

Pittsburgh Penguins Blown Out…Shut Down…Shut Out

The first game of the Penguins home and home with the Philadelphia Flyers was as good a game as possible….for the Flyers. The Penguins were manhandled, and lost 4-0. The points were meaningless for the Penguins, and it showed. Stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, defended by Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier, had only three […]

10y ago

Philadelphia Flyers Versus Pittsburgh Penguins…The Battle For Pennsylvania Is On. Like Donkey Kong.

Philadelphia Flyers Versus Pittsburgh Penguins…The Battle For Pennsylvania Is On. Like Donkey Kong.

The Battle for Pennsylvania is on this weekend… in Philadelphia on Saturday, in Pittsburgh on Sunday. The Flyers and Penguins have a home and home this weekend, with the playoffs looming on the horizon. For the Penguins, the points are meaningless. Short of a nuclear disaster, the Penguins, currently in first place in the Metropolitan […]

10y ago

Will The Flyers Give Kimmo Timonen The Finnish He Deserves?

Will The Flyers Give Kimmo Timonen The Finnish He Deserves?

Kimmo Timonen has been playing coy about next season; he has hinted that he will not return, but has also dropped a few hints about coming back. The Finnish defenseman, who has been a key component in the Flyers resurgence this season, was openly disgusted by the Flyers performance last season. He is very vocal […]

10y ago

Wayne Gretzky’s Record Broken…Wait…Paulina’s Dad Played Hockey?

Wayne Gretzky’s Record Broken…Wait…Paulina’s Dad Played Hockey?

Eighteen year old Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon broke one of Wayne Gretzky’s many NHL records earlier this week (the longest consecutive games point streak for an 18-year-old in NHL history). MacKinnon, born in 1995, was little more than a toddler when Gretzky retired from the NHL in 1999. Most of MacKinnon’s teenage contemporaries only […]

10y ago

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