The story in the 9/23 Orange County Register gives all the sad details. 1988 Olympic gold medalist in basketball Cindy Brown is losing the home that she owned since 1989. This after a bitter battle with the city of Villa Park over her dying landscaping — she lost all her money in an [...]
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LPGA losing major event sponsor
The world’s economic recession is hitting all sports, but few may be hit harder than women’s golf. The LPGA has lost seven tournaments to sponsors pulling out since 2007. The latest is Anheuser-Busch dropping the popular Michelob Ultra Open, which fans and players have voted as their favorite tour event over the last two years. [...]
Gays a target audience for Women’s Pro Soccer
Former Chicago Fire (of MLS) general manager Peter Wilt is now with Women’s Professional Soccer, the seven-team league you probably didn’t hear about when it kicked off its innaugural season in March. In an interview with ESPN.com, published yesterday, talked about the target market of WPS being suburban families. In talking about whether WPS could [...]
Claim: Semenya is ‘a hermaphrodite’
South African runner Caster Semenya, whose gender has come into question very publicly after her victory at the World Championships, is “glamming it up” on the cover of You magazine with the headline, “Wow, Look at Caster Now!” I don’t know what she usually looks like out of her running clothes, so maybe she usually [...]
The year of girl power
It’s one of those moments when a champion racehorse becomes a symbol for human aspirations. This year, so many outstanding fillies are out there — including the remarkable Zenyatta — that touts are calling it “the year of girl power.” But it’s 3-year-old Rachel Alexandra that has women and girls flooding to the tracks to [...]
Has sports journalism improved for women?
Has the world of sports journalism gotten any better for the women who have made a career there? Longtime sports journalist Susan Reimer thinks it may have improved (there was a time when she wasn’t allowed in the Orioles locker room), but there’s still a long way to go.
A woman ran a seminal and nearly [...]
Billie Jean King to receive Medal of Freedom
Openly gay tennis legend Billie Jean King will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony on Aug. 12. King and Harvey Milk are the two openly gay people receiving the award in August. Jack Kemp joins King as the only sports figures on the latest list.
Some gay people consider it a lovely gesture [...]
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 [...]
‘Training Rules’ director speaks out
Training Rules producer and director Dee Mosbacher wrote a short piece about how homophobia still rules in sports. In it she talks about the prevalence of homophobia in women’s sports despite the advances that society and some in sports have made. She lays out succinctly the biggest difference between gay men and lesbians playing elite [...]
uh-UH! Tennis screeching on the ropes?
Since Monica Seles flew up the world tennis rankings, more and more women have joined the grunting ranks of the WTA, sending loud shrieks into the stands as they hit the tennis ball. Some opponents of the shriekers have complained that it is distracting, and now the International Tennis Federation is considering penalties for grunting [...]
Quick hits: Tiger, Lakers, Nadal, Pacman
After two months of “Tiger Woods is finished” talk, Woods comes back from 4 shots down to win the Memorial. Welcome to two weeks of “Tiger Woods is immortal” talk. Soon to be followed by “Tiger Woods is finished” talk.
L.A. Lakers win NBA championship.
Nadal’s coach claims the defending champ is doubtful for Wimbledon. Really??
Is Jerry [...]
Quick hits: Safina, La Russa, Shaq, Sosa
World No. 1 Dinara Safina will play Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open final.
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing Twitter over a fake page using his name that he claims damaged his reputation.
Meanwhile on Twitter, Shaquille O’Neal says that he wants Kobe Bryant to win his fourth NBA Championship…which is really just about [...]
NewFest starts this weekend with sports films
If you’re going to be in New York City over the next week, be sure to check out some of the gay-sports films showing at NewFest:
Off And Running, June 6: Adopted children often face the dilemma of how much of their parents’ identities they can or should take on as their own. For Avery, [...]
Martina embroiled in messy breakup
If you ever wanted to know the deep dark secrets of a lesbian tennis player, you may get your wish. Martina Navratilova has ended a eight-year relationship with her partner, Toni Layton, and now the partner is threatening to tell everything she knows. Navratilova apparently offered Layton $200,000 as a settlement of their affairs. That [...]
Intersex player rising up WTA rankings
The story of Sarah Gronert has been at the back of my mind for a while, and a new Advocate article has finally spurred me to post about her. She’s an intersex (the I in LGBTQQI) player who has been cleared to play on the WTA Tour. The case is a first of its kind [...]
