David K. Li

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NHL bans all theme-night gear, including Pride symbols, from uniforms

The NHL issued a sweeping ban against on-ice theme night gear, barring clubs from having players wear rainbow sweaters or use multicolored tape on sticks during Pride Night, for example, officials confirmed Tuesday. The move, first reported Monday by the LGBTQ news site Outsports, followed a 2022-23 season when a handful of players — including Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov and then-San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer — declined to participate in their clubs’ Pride Night celebrations. Outsports called the NHL’s new directive “the most stifling, anti-LGBTQ policy any pro sports league in North America has ever issued.” Representatives for the NHL and the players union […]

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Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov boycotts Pride Night event

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to participate in pregame warmups Tuesday, ahead of his team’s Pride Night celebration, citing religious objections. The Flyers donned Pride-themed jerseys and used sticks wrapped in rainbow Pride tape as they warmed up for their game against the Anaheim Ducks. Provorov said his Russian Orthodox faith precluded him from taking part in the LGBTQ event.  “I respect everybody. I respect everybody’s choices. My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. That’s all I’m going to say,” Provorov told reporters after the game. The NHL pro then snapped at a reporter who asked if his refusal to warm up had any […]

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History-making NFL player Carl Nassib signs with Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed defensive end Carl Nassib — pro football’s first openly gay, active player — bringing him back to where he delivered two of his most productive seasons, officials said Tuesday. Nassib, then of the Las Vegas Raiders, came out a little more than a year ago and made one of the NFL’s most memorable early season plays, sacking the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson and forcing a fumble in a dramatic Monday Night Football victory for the Silver & Black. This will be Nassib’s seventh season in the NFL and his second stint in Tampa Bay, where he played in 2018 and 2019, recording 6.5 and 6 sacks, respectively, those years.  https://iframe.nbcnews.com/TFyp3ML?_showcaption=true&app=1 […]

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Amy Schneider’s historic ‘Jeopardy!’ streak comes to an end after 40 wins

Long-running “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider lost in an episode that aired Wednesday, ending the second-longest winning streak in the quiz show’s history. Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California, was defeated by Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, who raked in $29,600 in the latest game, besting Schneider, at $19,600. She left the show with nearly $1.4 million in winnings and had no regrets about the streak’s end. “I got about $1.2 million more than my best case scenario in my imagination,” a smiling Schneider said moments after the stunning defeat. Almost all of Schneider’s wins had been in 2-to-1 blowouts going into Final […]

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Indiana U. Says it Can’t Fire Professor over his ‘Racist, Sexist, and Homophobic’ Views

An Indiana University professor blasted by his employer for “sexist, racist, and homophobic” views penned a lengthy response to detractors, reiterating his notions that gay men should not be K-12 teachers and that women could indeed be “sluts.” Eric Rasmusen, a 60-year-old business and economics professor at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, created a web page to respond to what he called “the 2019 kerfuffle in which the Woke crowd discovered” his social media posts and other comments. He also responds directly to the university’s executive vice president and provost, Lauren Robel, who earlier this week slammed his views while […]

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Tennessee Detective Who Preached Gay People Are ‘Worthy of Death’ Having Cases Reviewed for Bias

Tennessee prosecutors said Friday they’ll take a fresh look at the work of a detective who, as a Baptist pastor, allegedly delivered homophobic sermons. Knox County Sheriff’s Det. Grayson Fritts said during a sermon last weekend that gay people are “freaks” and “reprobates” who are “worthy of death” and should be tried and executed by the government, according to NBC affiliate WBIR in Knoxville. Charme Allen, the prosecuting attorney of the 6th Judicial District, which includes Knox County, said she found Fritts’ comments “personally offensive and reprehensible.” Fritts resigned two weeks ago from the sheriff’s department after 19 years on the […]