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  • Gay Games Grab

    By on August 12, 2009

    The heat was on and Mayor Adrian Fenty's G-men were out. Of course, the ''G'' stands for ''gay,'' referring to the mayor's liaison to the...

  • Go Team!

    By on August 5, 2009

    Few metaphors speak as loudly as sports metaphors. Reach for the goal! Fight to the finish line! There’s no “I” in “team”! So it’s perhaps...

  • Hitting Out

    By on July 22, 2009

    Every sport has its hallowed grounds and those few athletes who have the good fortune and great talent to compete on them. In tennis, few...

  • Life Preservers

    By on July 9, 2009

    While the recession may have left the District of Columbia Aquatics Club (DCAC) more than $4,000 short of its fundraising goal for this year's Maryland...

  • Get Your Kicks

    By on June 10, 2009

    Michael Pranikoff had just moved to D.C. when he discovered the Federal Triangles at the Capital Pride Festival eight years ago. Though Pranikoff had played...

  • Equality Crew

    By on May 27, 2009

    It might just seem like a day at the races, as men and women from across the Mid-Atlantic -- as well as some from as...

  • DC Front Runners

    By on April 29, 2009

    If you're like me, you can't spend more than three or four minutes on a treadmill before becoming bored out of your mind. While there's...

  • D.C. 'Fired Up' for Gay Games

    By on February 25, 2009

    D.C. is officially ''fired up'' in hopes of winning a bid to host the 2014 Gay Games in the District. Vince Micone, President of the...

  • Calling All Cheerleaders

    By on February 18, 2009

    Washington is fighting three cities -- Boston, Cleveland and Miami -- in its bid to host the 2014 Gay Games, the world's largest GLBT sports...

  • Bring It

    By on November 5, 2008

    If some local sports enthusiasts' dreams come true, Washington will be the site of the 2014 Gay Games. That's the hope for some, following an...

  • Pink Shadow

    By on October 22, 2008

    More than 200 people are expected to attend D.C.'s first gay basketball tournament, the D.C. Capital Classic, a National Gay Basketball Association-sanctioned event, Oct. 25-26,...

  • Rain or Shine Rackets

    By on September 10, 2008

    Walker Chaffin flatly refuses to entertain the idea that it might rain during the 16th Annual Capital Classic Tournament. ''I refuse to think that there's...

  • Playing Out

    By on July 30, 2008

    At James Madison High School in Vienna, Va., being the gay member of an all-male swim team was ''rough'' enough, says Dan Martinelli. The feelings...

  • 'Gay' for Effort

    By on June 25, 2008

    Washington Renegades Rugby Football Club When Will Marshall first joined the Washington Renegades Rugby Football Club (RFC), he didn't know the rugby team was then...

  • Making a Splash

    By on June 11, 2008

    Expect to see much more than just water sports at the 2008 International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships (IGLA) in Washington, from June 18 to...