Apr 7th, 2008
by Cyd Zeigler jr..
This came in last week from Pat Griffin of It Takes A Team. If you’re a non-heterosexual coach (or former), definitely contact the researcher; we can’t get enough of this kind of research going.
Looking for Non-Heterosexual Coaches for Research Study
Are you interested in participating in a research study examining female collegiate coaches work experiences with [...]
Apr 1st, 2008
by Sean Jackson.
I can’t think of a worse thing than four number one seeds in the Final Four … well, maybe watching Kelvin Sampson join me in a Sprint family plan. But outside of that, nothing worse.
Four ones is so bland, blase, mundane, unsurprising. Who wants to see that?
Problem is these guys - Kansas, North Carolina, Memphis [...]
Mar 27th, 2008
by Sean Jackson.
So I realize there’s a lot of Joe Alexander fans on this board, many disappointed his Mountaineers are out of the tournament. For you, I’ll allow a moment of silence.
Ok, moment’s over.
Here’s why you should root for the scrappy bunch of ballers that knocked off Joey A and his mountain men, the Xavier Musketeers.
10) [...]
Mar 27th, 2008
by Sean Jackson.
I want to go to Davidson College. Like right now. Not a second later.
You see, the school is going a little crazy with this Sweet 16 stuff, and now wants its students to be in Detroit for Friday’s showdown with Wisconsin. How badly?
Well, badly enough: The school sent out this email, one reported [...]
Feb 19th, 2008
by Cyd Zeigler jr..
Patricia Nell Warren, who writes a series for Outsports about gay-sports history and who contributes to this blog, is writing a two-part piece for Pat Griffin’s “It Takes A Team” about her experiences and observations about the influence of sports on the perception of gender and sexuality. It’s been a common theme in many of [...]
Oct 30th, 2007
by Cyd Zeigler jr..
That’s the assertion that openly gay sociologist Eric Anderson, whom most of us affectionately know as Coach Gumby (right), makes in a new study. He talked to 47 (apparently masculine) cheerleaders at American universities, all of whom played football in high school. Nineteen of them said they had had sexual contact with another man. All [...]