All posts tagged "sports"
-
DC Front Runners
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
-
Summer Playground
Iconic lesbian tennis champ Billie Jean King served the first ball for a new match in an unlikely location -- downtown D.C., on the site...
-
Diva in a Dress
Tackle football is usually synonymous with fall weather and rough guys. That's old school. Today, tackle football can mean daffodil season and kick-ass women like...
-
Love Game
When I picked up a racquet for the first time in 16 years and joined a gay tennis league, I set my expectations low. Basically,...
-
Go Team!
With a myriad of gay and lesbian sports organizations in the area, it may seem daunting to try to pull them all together for common...
-
Gearing up for Spring
Once upon a time, when sports were the domain of the heterosexual male and outcasts were always chosen last, gay and lesbian athletes were invisible...
-
'Soft' Touch
It's called softball for a reason. The ball is bigger than a baseball, and the pitch is underhand -- a little bit friendlier, a little...
