The Windy City Times is reporting that the Chicago Cubs are the first team with an openly gay owner. The team was purchased for a reported $845 million by the Ricketts family.
Among the purchasers is Laura Ricketts, a lesbian who now becomes the first out individual to own a professional sports team, according to MarketToMarketLLC.com. [...]
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Lesbian now owns the Chicago Cubs
Joe’s World Series Preview
We’ve got quite a matchup for the 2009 World Series: the New York Yankees vs. the Philadelphia Phillies. Broadway vs. Broad Street. The Bronx vs. South Philly. The City That Never Sleeps vs. The City Of Brotherly Love. The Big Apple vs. The Big Scrapple. (I thought of that last one myself, although I’m pretty [...]
Why does Manny get to be Manny?
Lots of talk today about Manny Ramirez being in the showers as his Dodgers lost to the Phillies. Some are chastising him for leaving his teammates as they fought on the field. Some (including manager Joe Torre!) are dismissing it as “Manny being Manny.”
Is everyone else as tired of that line as I am? “Manny [...]
Drag performer sings anthem at SF Giants game
The Twitter feed for the Queers United blog (”the activist blog uniting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual community & Allies in the fight for equality”) had a link to this blog post from Joe.My.God. Donna Sachet, described on the blog as a “San Francisco drag legend,” sang the national anthem before a [...]
Nats’ cap a sign of terrorism?
I’ve written many times here about the travails of the Washington Nationals, the team with the worst record in baseball this season. Now, courtesy of Deadspin and the Washington Post, comes news that the Nationals’ “W” logo has been construed as a symbol of terrorism. It seems that Tyler Allard, an aide to Rep. [...]
A-Rod sees six pitches, earns 100 grand
As you sit in your cubicle today toiling for the man, consider this: Every time A-Rod (photo) sees six pitches, he makes $100,000. For the average American, it takes four years. Tiger Woods? He does it in 11 holes. And LeBron? 21 minutes. It’s four snaps for Ben Roethlisberger.
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Cubs fans: losers, not so lovable
Well, well, well. Once again we have one of those moments that, if it happened in Philadelphia, would result in days of media outrage. Since it didn’t, even if it is talked about on ESPN, MLB Network, et al, it’ll be forgotten by tomorrow.
With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the [...]
Sad-sack “Natinals” fire manager
I don’t know how I missed this story, but in reading up on the firing of manager Manny Acta Sunday night by my favorite sad-sack team, the Washington Nationals, I found yet another embarrassing item: during a game in April, two players — Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman — had their team’s name misspelled as [...]
‘Moneyball’ flick not quite dead yet
The Hollywood Reporter says that West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is going to take a shot at a draft of a script for Moneyball, the Columbia Pictures film that, if it ever gets made, would star Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. The film was previously put in “turnaround” status by the [...]
Some Chicago fans wear their homophobia
News flash: Homophobia lives on in Chicago baseball. At the recent Cubs-White Sox series, fans of the White Sox apparently decided that it would be fun to point out how Gaaaaay the Cubs are. Some wore t-shirts with the image to the right, produced by Chi-City Tees. The company’s delightful pitch for the shirt:
THE HOTTEST [...]
Phillies “Gay Day” in its seventh year!
It’s hard to believe that the Philadelphia Phillies Gay Community Night is already in its seventh year! But Larry Felzer has been working with the defending World Series champs since early 2003 building what is probably the most successful recurring gay outing at any pro sports event in the country. This year features lawyer and [...]
Women’s hottest baseball player: Derek Jeter
I’ve never understood why so many women think Derek Jeter is the hottest athlete around, but he’s again been named their hottest baseball player in an informal poll. I’ve been wondering if it’s due to the label of “hot athlete” that straight men in the media have given him. Because he’s a passable guy for [...]
On the MLB drug beat…
Two major league players tested positive for drugs during this year’s World Baseball Classic, but neither will be punished by MLB. One who was punished for a test in 2008 may now be in legal trouble. The details:
Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, a member of the Puerto Rican team during the WBC, won’t be punished [...]
Quick hits: Rangers, LSU, Rodney, Hewitt
Texas Rangers OF Marlon Byrd has said he’s taking supplements at the direction of BALCO’s Victor Conte. This just in: He’s having Michael Vick dog-sit this weekend.
LSU wins College World Series over Texas.
Rodney Harrison calls Favre’s on-again-off-again five-year retirement tour “ridiculous.”
Lleyton Hewitt has pulled off Wimbledon’s first big upset, ousting No. 5 Juan Martin del [...]
“Moneyball” flick may be struck out
Variety reports that “Moneyball,” the Steven Soderbergh film starring Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (not to be confused with openly gay former ballplayer Billy Bean) may be in trouble. The report says that Columbia Pictures has put the production in “limited turnaround” because studio head Amy Pascal felt the final draft [...]
