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Gays in sports: On the field -- and in the closet
When I was 7 years old, my friends and I would play football in my backyard for hours, often with my mother watching through the kitchen window. One of the games we played was called "smear the queer." At the time I didn't know what "queer" meant. I...
Tags: Football, Megan Rapinoe, Gays and Lesbians, Tennessee Titans, Sports
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Director Tony Scott lived like his alpha-male action heroes
With films such as"Unstoppable"and "Man on Fire," Tony Scott told adrenaline-filled stories about fearless men — spies and cops, race car drivers and fighter pilots — who live by a code and face death on their own terms. He filled his...
Tags: Symptoms, Rock Climbing, David Bowie, Entertainment, Joe Carnahan
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Tony Scott death: Hollywood looks to his films to make sense of tragedy
With films like “Top Gun” and “Man on Fire,” Tony Scott made spectacle movies about men who live by a code and face death on their own terms -- spies and crime lords, race car drivers and fighter pilots. Recently, the director-...
Tags: Symptoms, Suicide, David Bowie, Entertainment, Witnesses
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Magic Johnson-led group is picked as Dodgers' next owner
A group led by Lakers legend Magic Johnson emerged Tuesday night as the new owners of the Dodgers, ending months of uncertainty for the storied but troubled baseball franchise. Johnson, who guided the Lakers to five NBA championships during the...
Tags: National League, Magic Johnson, San Francisco Giants, Stan Kroenke, Los Angeles Lakers
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ABC primetime schedule 2013-2014
Channel Guide MagazineABC announced its 2013-2014 prime time schedule on Tuesday, adding fourteen new shows and a Disney/Pixar special to its programming roster. “We are taking some big swings with groundbreaking shows this season, and staying close to our roots with... -
NBA owners vote in Dallas to keep Kings in Sacramento
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThe Kings are staying in Sacramento. The question remaining is who will be the club's new owners. Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and the other 29 NBA owners had a long meeting Wednesday at the Hilton Anatole and voted 22-8 to follow the relocation...Tags: Dallas Mavericks, David Stern, Basketball, Sacramento Kings, Kevin Johnson
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Online tuxedo rental, sports commentary ideas win IU business startup competition
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Sports and tuxedos proved to be winners this year in an Indiana University startup competition. The competition, called the Building Entrepreneurs in Software and Technology, or BEST Competition, made $100,000 investments in two new Bloomington...Tags: Business, Companies and Corporations, Startups, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Guess who's coming to dinner
If you could invite anyone alive today to dinner, who would you invite? Began thinking about this while re-reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. The Mad Hatter and the March Hare would keep any tea party hopping. Also, I...
Tags: Rodeo, Kentucky Derby, College Football, College Sports, Eli Manning
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Martina Navratilova paved way for out athletes long ago
Staff writerThe morning programs provided a fascinating contrast in covering NBA player Jason Collins' revelation that he is gay. ABC's "Good Morning America" interviewed Collins, who received support from President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and...Tags: Dallas Mavericks, Barack Obama, Matthew Shepard, Jason Collins, Bill Clinton
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Jason Collins comes out as gay, triggers huge response
Jason Collins was a journeyman NBA center, all but unknown to anyone but the sport's dedicated followers. That was before Collins revealed he is gay in a first-person account for Sports Illustrated posted to the magazine's website Monday. In doing so,...
Tags: Dallas Mavericks, David Stern, Bill Clinton, Oliver Purnell, Jamal Crawford
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Mac Engel column
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThere is just one small problem with NBA center Jason Collins becoming the first active professional sports team athlete to come out of the closet and admit he is gay. Collins needs a job. While NBA commissioner David Stern and the White House...Tags: Racism, Dallas Mavericks, David Stern, Dwight Howard, Sports Illustrated
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BRIEF: Virginia Beach bikemaker enters TV's 'Shark Tank'
The Virginian-PilotA co-owner of a Virginia Beach bikemaker went into the "Shark Tank" last year. Viewers of the ABC show will find out in two weeks whether she was eaten alive. On the show, Mary Beth Lugo, partner of Kazam LLC, seeks funding for its balance bike from...Tags: ABC (tv network), Shark Tank (tv program), Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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