While this video is relatively “harmless” as the video proceeds it becomes NSFW.
Someone at ABC-TV should consider this for an ESPN version of Dancing With the Stars.
At the very least it should be considered as an event at future Summer Olympics.
So enjoy Speedo Dancing …. and see what .. ahem … pops down.
Ahem (clear throat) … update … well there was a video but on checking this posting on Thursday the video was no longer available so you’ll just have to gawk at the photo instead. And so it goes.
OursceneTV talks to Olympic medal wiiner Mark Tewksbury during the winter Olympics last month in Vancover.
Tewksbury talks about being out and of course sports in this not so serious interview.
In December 1998, Tewksbury announced to the Canadian media and people that he was gay. He was the first Canadian athlete to voluntarily state his homosexuality and his announcement drew great public attention. In 1998, he lost a six-figure contract as a motivational speaker because he was “too openly gay.”
Tewksbury became a prominent advocate for gay rights and gay causes in Canada and the world. On May 16, 2003, Tewksbury joined the board of directors for the 2006 World Outgames in Montreal and was named co-president.
In 2006, he published his second book, an autobiography entitled Inside Out: Straight Talk from a Gay Jock.
As you have heard by now Tiger Woods will make his comeback debut at this year’s Masters Tournament … and none time to soon.
In proving the unfortunate that one man makes a sport, TV viewing and ratings for the PGA tour have been abysmal to put it mildly without Woods.
But viewership is without any doubt going to rebound and in this writer’s opinion not so much because of Wood’s fall from grace but because seeing Woods in action has been sorely missed. Let’s face it, Woods could come in dead last, hit 100 over par and still viewers will get what they have longed for these past dark months, seeing one of golf’s best, if not the best, players in action.
As The Globe and Mail wrote in an article today, And the winner of the Tiger Woods “Guilty As Hell Comeback Tour” is … CBS. The network that brings you the Masters is giddy that Woods will re-start his illustrious (on-course) career on their network. Even before learning that the world’s No. 1 golfer was going to tee it up at Augusta National next month, CBS president Sean McManus was predicting the biggest media event of the past decade, rivalling the Obama presidential inauguration.
Now? You can bet your azaleas that Tiger’s Masters melodrama will produce a Super Bowl number — particularly if Woods plays well at Bobby Jones’s famous layout. Some think the number could reach Olympic hockey final levels – i.e.., one in three American TVs tuned in for some part of Woods’s comeback.
While it will be a ratings bonanza for CBS Sports, as one commentator said on CBS Radio Tuesday having Woods back at Augusta won’t necessarily bring more ad revenue for CBS as the Masters controls everything including the number of ad minutes which CBS can show during the Masters Tournament. But this will nonetheless be a win-win for all, CBS, golf enthusiasts and Tiger Woods.
It’s time to let go of the “drama” and get back to the spectacle of a great golf champion.
OutSports has an article via Outlook Columbus about Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel who talks about the importance of every player including gay and lesbian athletes.
” …. every part of our team is important and every role has value – no job is too small and no person is irrelevant – that’s a great lesson that transcends into society. When I think of the diversity we’ve had on our team the past few years, it goes way beyond just a racial, sexual or ethnic mix. We’ve had players who had different religions, players who came from different economic backgrounds, players who are parents, who are spouses, who are caring for ailing parents, who are wheelchair bound, who are battling cancer, and on and on. Whatever a young man feels called to express, I hope we will help him do it in a supportive environment. Everybody is important, and maturity is learning to find and appreciate those differences in others.”
I also happened across an extended article today written by Jet Gardner titled “Openly Gay Athletes Break Stereotypes and Serve As Role Models“.
The article which was written at the website Blogcritics back in August of 2009 takes a look at both pro and collegiate athletes such as Brian Sims (pictured) who played for Bloomberg University. Sims is now a successful attorney who is connected with the Philadelphia Bar Association and works with the Pennsylvania Legislature in matters of the discrimination of gays and lesbians.
This is one article you should definitely take the time to read and share with others.
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Lyndon Evans