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CYBER-BUDDIES WANTED....

Posted by rudeboyz on 2009.02.15 at 14:35
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Please make sure to boycott any John Rocker products.

http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/01/former-atlanta-brave-john-rocker-uses.html


Texas!

On Breaking Barriers

Posted by avehoward on 2007.04.09 at 22:36
Current Mood: pensivepensive
Current Music: Arcade Fire
Y'all might have heard that Major League Baseball has decided to honor Jackie Robinson on the 60th Anniversary of his breaking the color barrier in baseball by allowing a player on each team in the bigs to wear Robinson's universally-retired #42 next Sunday. This got me to thinking about the color barrier and the unofficial "Rainbow Barrier" that we see in the major sports right now. We've had athletes like John Amaechi (basketball), Glenn Burke (baseball), Esera Tualo (football) come out of the closet after their playing careers have ended and others, like Martina Navritolova, who play individual sports come out while still active.

But who will be the first major sports (football, baseball, basketball, and, to a lesser extent, hockey and soccer) athlete to come out and what will it take?

I think that the athlete will probably come out of baseball, a sport where there is less body-to-body contact. He'll probably embody the "straight-acting" type, lest straight America get scared off by flamingness. I'd bet that he's not a star but a solid, established veteran player, probably in the twilight of his career (hence having nothing much to lose).

Those are my thoughts--what about the rest of you? What will this Jackie Robinson be like?

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/OtherSports/2007/03/30/3871767-ap.html

A short, yet cool story. Similar to any of your experiences?


Some disagree...

Posted by hvymtlpapillon5 on 2007.03.29 at 00:03
Current Mood: calmcalm
BUT DANCE IS A SPORT


Kobe vs. MJ

Posted by ichmagdich on 2007.03.27 at 21:05
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/070326&sportCat=nba

Not so much LGBT related, but I thought this was interesting. Kobe's great, no denying that, but MJ's... well, MJ. Kobe can score, but he doesn't really pass a whole lot, and his defense (in my opinion) is overrated. I'm with Michael on this one.

P.S. Sorry the only two posts are so basketball-centered, but it's the only sport I really follow...


Posted by ichmagdich on 2007.03.24 at 23:15
Given as (so far) I'm the only member, I'll make the first post. Here's a site I thought might interest people: http://www.gaysports.com/

Not the most creative URL...

For discussion's sake, who do you think will be the NBA's first draft pic?