Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Feeling Angst For The Class of 2020

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We are a few hours from me and other Houston-Harris County residents having to deal with a stay at home order starting at 11:59 PM CDT ton...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Martina Navratilova Comes Out As A Transphobe

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As you longtime TransGriot readers are aware of, I am a huge tennis fan and played on my high school's varsity tennis team. I not on...
Friday, December 07, 2018

Pat Manuel Making History As A Trans Masculine Pro Boxer

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Before transition, he fought in the 2012 US Olympic trials.  He's endured physical rehab, chest surgery, the fight to cut through red ...
Thursday, December 07, 2017

Jose Altuve and JJ Watt Named SI Sportspersons Of The Year

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The SI Sportsperson of the Year has been chosen by Sports Illustrated since the magazine's 1954 founding to 'honor the person or ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Dale Hansen Unplugged- Mack Beggs

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Whenever I'm in the Dallas-Ft Worth area and have time to watch the local news there, I tune into WFAA-TV 8 so I can watch Dale Hansen...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Mack Beggs Is The Texas Class 6A State Wrestling Champ!

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Good luck Mack!.  Hope you leave the area with a historic state title win, and next year the UIL comes to its senses and allows you to wre...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Mack Beggs' 6A Wrestling Championship Run Highlights UIL's Flawed Trans Athlete Policy

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Mack Beggs is a trans masculine wrestler at Euless Trinity High School in the Dallas-Ft Worth area who is a few matches away from capturin...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Trans Cycling Trailblazer Jillian Bearden Wins 2016 El Tour de Tucson

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One of the people I met during my recent trip to Tucson was cyclist Jillian Bearden, who was in town for the El Tour de Tucson bike race a...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

'Back To The Future II' Was Right! Cubs Win!

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While I was watching that thrilling World Series Game Seven that ended over a century of frustration for the Chicago Cubs, it hit me that ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

2016 ESPN The Body Issue Includes A Trans Athlete

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The ESPN The Magazine's The Body Issue has been featuring since 2009 nude and semi nude photos of elite athletes for several years no...
Saturday, May 14, 2016

Will UH Be Heading To The Big 12?

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Ever since the Southwest Conference broke up and TCU and UH were shadily left out of the merger of the SWC and Big 8 no thanks to former U...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Countdown To Super Bowl 50

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Super Bowl 50 will be taking place  in Santa Clara next Sunday, and even though my favorite NFL team won't be involved in it, I will ...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Serena's 2015 SI Sportsperson Of The Year Acceptance Speech

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Y'all know I'm ride or die for Serena Williams, and was pleased to hear that she was named the 2015 Sportsperson of the Year.   Sh...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Sarah Thomas' First Regular Season NFL Game Was In H-town

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Didn't find this out until this disastrous Texans home opening game was nearly over, but some NFL history was made in Houston today. T...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Arizona Cardinals Hire First Ever NFL Female Coaching Staff Member

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When the Arizona Cardinals gather at University of Phoenix Stadium for their first training camp practice on August 1, there will be a woman...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

NFL Hires First Ever Female Referee

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The 2015 NFL officials pool will have a groundbreaking member added to it in Sarah Thomas, who was recently hired as the NFL's first...