 Presents of mind
Remember this Gift Guide when shopping for sports fans and athletes this holiday season
FORGET THE PANDAS, SWEATERS, BOARD GAMES, SMALL APPLIANCES AND GIFT CARDS. This December ask yourself: What does the sports fan in my life really need? Or: What is the best gift for my friend the athlete? |
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Written by Eric Carlyle / David Riach
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Applauding our straight allies
One reason we decided to publish Compete was to bridge the gap between traditional sports and the gay sporting community. In fact, our very first issue included an article titled “The New Face of Gay Sports,” featuring straight amateur athletes like Andy Spencer, playing on predominantly gay sports teams. Spencer was one of two openly-straight athletes playing on the Phoenix Storm |
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Written by Buddy Early
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A point of pride
Throughout my career as a journalist I’ve been successful at maintaining objectivity on stories. I’ve tried to never show favoritism towards people, organizations or issues. But when your job is to follow gay sports … and you play a gay sport … and you have friends who play gay sports – well, screw objectivity! I have to express my joy regarding |
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 Filmmaker Victor Rook gets a Stronghold on wrestling’s appeal for men (gay and straight)
Boys will be boys. There are some things many of us have in common with respect to our childhoods. One of those things: we wrestled. If we were bored on the playground we found an area in which to wrestle with our friend. We moved the furniture in the living room so we could wrestle with our brother. Those of us who took it more seriously joined our high school team so we could wrestle competitively. And for some who were exceptionally good, it was off to a college program and dreams of wrestling in the Olympics. |
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