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Tennis great King charms SF audience

Tennis great King charms SF audience

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 27, 2019

Billie Jean King charmed audience members as she regaled them with stories about her life, women's rights, and gender equity at a recent appearance at the University of San Francisco.

Jock Talk: Media outlets forfeit in coverage of high school wrestling

Jock Talk: Media outlets forfeit in coverage of high school wrestling

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 27, 2019

Less than a month ago, two Colorado high school girls earned medals in the state wrestling championships after a boy refused to wrestle either one of them.

Jock Talk: 'Light in the Water' is a must-see

Jock Talk: 'Light in the Water' is a must-see

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 20, 2019

Spoiled as we are these days with so many competition and participation options in so many different sports, it is easy to forget how hard it was to get here.

Amid low registration, EuroGames on hold

Amid low registration, EuroGames on hold

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 19, 2019

Online registration for the 2019 EuroGames was suspended this week.

Jock Talk: Nuance and Navratilova

Jock Talk: Nuance and Navratilova

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 6, 2019

A week ago, I wrote that lesbian tennis great Martina Navratilova was wrong when she said transgender women competing in women's sports were cheating, that not even she believed that.

Jock Talk: On Martina, Caster, and wrestlers who wouldn't wrestle

Jock Talk: On Martina, Caster, and wrestlers who wouldn't wrestle

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 27, 2019

Martina Navratilova is wrong. Transgender women competing in women's sports isn't "cheating." Not even she believes that.

Jock Talk: The NBA's imperfect All-Star Game

Jock Talk: The NBA's imperfect All-Star Game

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 20, 2019

The NBA's All-Star Game returned to Charlotte, North Carolina, where an anti-trans bathroom bill derailed it a few years ago.

Jock Talk: The novel that sparked a generation

Jock Talk: The novel that sparked a generation

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 13, 2019

The sad news came last weekend that lesbian author Patricia Nell Warren had died at the age of 82.

Patricia Nell Warren, author of gay classic, dies

Patricia Nell Warren, author of gay classic, dies

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 13, 2019

Bestselling novelist, social activist, and longtime LGBT sports advocate Patricia Nell Warren died Saturday, February 9, at the age of 82. A cause of death was not immediately reported but Ms. Warren had been battling various health issues.

Jock Talk: The transphobia battle in sports

Jock Talk: The transphobia battle in sports

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 6, 2019

The battle for acceptance of gay men, lesbians, and bisexual individuals in American sports has its roots in the 1970s with the sensationalized coming out stories of a handful of high-profile athletes such as Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, and Dav

Jock Talk: Gay skater wins US pairs gold

Jock Talk: Gay skater wins US pairs gold

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 30, 2019

Timothy LeDuc and Ashley Cain captured the gold medal in the pairs competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit last weekend, making LeDuc the first openly gay American skater to win a national title.

Jock Talk: Meet the Gay Games sports officers

Jock Talk: Meet the Gay Games sports officers

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 23, 2019

The Bay Area Reporter talks to the recently elected sports officers of the Federation of Gay Games.

Jock Talk: SF Fog rugby competes on the pitch

Jock Talk: SF Fog rugby competes on the pitch

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 16, 2019

The season for rugby, that most aggressively affable of team sports, is upon us. Forget the transient wind, chill, and rain: this is the season for the Fog.

Jock Talk: Hellos and farewells from 2018

Jock Talk: Hellos and farewells from 2018

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 2, 2019

So, sportswise, what was 2018?