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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: NBA News of Note 11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Gilbert Arenas Suspension The NBA leveled an indefinite suspension against Washington Wizards’ foward Gilbert Arenas on Wednesday for a gun incident involving teammate Javaris Crittenton. The latest reports corroborate the initial Washington Post story that Crittenton actually loaded his gun during the incident at the Verizon Center. If true, Crittenton deserves a life long ban from the [...]
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jasebrighton wrote a new blog post: Stop Uganda’s Genocide ! 11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
You may or may not know that but s ince 1962, Ugandans have suffered gross violation of human rights, including genocide, governmentsponsored violence, acts of elimination of elites, forced exiles and expulsions, imprisonment without trial, and denial of the other basic human rights. More than 2 million people have been killed, maimed, imprisoned, or forced into exile. [...] -
Lyndon Evans wrote a new blog post: Nude Sculpture To Welcome Vistors 11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
The above sculpture by Edmund Haakonson is what will be greeting folks who attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC in February and stay at PRIDE house, a special area being set aside at the Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre Hotel. Whistler, 76 miles from downtown Vancouver, will host some of the prime events, including downhill skiing, [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Nude Sculpture To Welcome Vistors 11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
The above sculpture by Edmund Haakonson is what will be greeting folks who attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC in February and stay at PRIDE house, a special area being set aside at the Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre Hotel. Whistler, 76 miles from downtown Vancouver, will host some of the prime events, including downhill skiing, [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Sportrait: Brian Cushing 11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
NFL linebacker Brain Cushing is making a name for himself with gay sports fans both on and off the field. The Houston Texans selected the extremely well built and former USC LB with the 15th overall pick of the 2009 draft and he subsequently earned the NFL’s 2009 Defensive Rookie of the Year award. The 6-2/243 native [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Texans LB Brian Cushing wins Rookie of the Year 11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Former USC linebacker Brian Cushing was named the AP’s NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, receiving 39 out of 50 votes by a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters. If you’re wondering why USC had a little bit of a drop off this year consider this, Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, who also [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Call it the Mike Leach Rule 11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
The NCAA is considering a rule change that would allow officials to remove players from games if they show signs or symptoms of a concussion. The NFL moved recently to toughen the standards on when players are allowed to return after experiencing concussion-like symptoms. With all of the science recently regarding the long-term effects of concussions on [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Cowboys New Formula, No Drama 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
The extent to which the Dallas Cowboys recovered from a disappointing 2008 season is nothing short of remarkable. The difference between 2008 and 2009 is simple, the Cowboys shed Terrell Owens, Tank Johnson, Adam ‘PacMan’ Jones and Jessica Simpson. It may sound like a simplified version of events but with Tony Romo and Wade Phillips able [...]
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jasebrighton wrote a new blog post: Over & a bit of Charlieiscoollike 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
They say that you have to love yourself before you can love any one else, they also say that learning to love yourself is part of maturing from a child to an adult. They also say that to love the inner person is the first step to being a true individual. But, that leads me on [...] -
thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: The Big Wiener, er Winner 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
I’m not a big proponent of crowning a conference champion in college football strictly from one season’s bowl results. Fans like to beat their chests and point to the bowl results if their particular conference has fared well but I think the best conferences are those that demonstrate consistency over a number of seasons not merely [...]
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Lyndon Evans wrote a new blog post: They Came Out And Were Supported 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
For most of her 17 years growing up in rural, religious New Brunswick, Sierra Paul lived with a secret. A star hockey player at Woodstock High School, Paul hid the fact that she was gay from all but a few close friends. “Mentally, it was one of the hardest things I have ever battled with,” the 11th-grader [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Another year, Another Cotton Bowl 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
New Stadium
New Trophy
New team
Same result
GO REBS!
Note to Big 12: Don’t mess with the SEC.
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Lyndon Evans wrote a new blog post: Emile Griffith Comes Out At Age 71 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Emile Griffith, born in the US Virgin Islands, was a six-time world champion at welterweight and middleweight in the Sixties, now installed in boxing’s Hall of Fame. There was always speculation about his sexuality – he talked with a lisp, had an effeminate gait and had worked as a milliner designing women’s hats. We certainly raised [...]
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jasebrighton wrote a new blog post: End of the year, start of the decade! 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Cowboys vs Eagles headline NFL weekend 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
As my momma used to say, “Who would’ve thunk it?” Just three weeks ago the Cowboys were preparing for what everyone, including myself, thought was a sure beat down from New Orleans. The loss to the Saints would be the catalyst that would surely send the Cowboys into a tale spin, ending only after Dallas was [...]
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Lyndon Evans wrote a new blog post: Are The 2011 Outgames In Trouble ? 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
No longer able to count on the support of the BC government, Vancouver’s Outgames organizers are turning to the private sector to ensure the North American portion of the international gay sports and culture festival will continue as planned in 2011. When planning the games in 2007 and 2008, Outgames chair John Boychuk says representatives from “ministries [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: What’s a ‘Fan Nation’? 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
On a growing list of overused and under-deserved sports cliches, no single cliche chaps my ass more than when schools, players or fans over inflate their team’s importance by attaching ‘nation’ after the team’s mascot. The latest examples of this phenomenon have come from Tim Tebow and Craig James describing the Florida and Texas Tech fan [...]
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jasebrighton wrote a new blog post: Pete Tatchel’s rant against Crisp 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
British gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell launched a huge rant against legendary queer, Quentin Crisp, calling him no hero to the gay community in Tuesday’s Independent newspaper, one of the UK’s more serious daily newspapers. Tatchell’s rant follows the recent showing of ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ and ‘An Englishman in New York’ on UK TV over the [...]
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thesportsfag wrote a new blog post: Mike Leach is Friggin Nuts 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Texas Tech University officials suspended head coach Mike Leach on Monday while the school investigated complaints from sophomore wide receiver Adam James, son of ESPN college football analyst Craig James, regarding how he was treated after being diagnosed with a concussion by team doctors. And so how does Tech head coach Mike Leach demonstrate leadership during what [...]
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Lyndon Evans wrote a new blog post: Winter Gay Times For Gay Skiers 11 months, 4 weeks ago · View
The organizers of Aspen Gay Ski Week (AGSW) and presenting sponsor Bud Light, have announced dates and a schedule of events for their 2010 “Into the Woods” themed event taking place Sunday, January 17, 2010 through Sunday, January 24, 2010. Established in 1976 by a small group of Aspen residents to host social events and organize educational [...]
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