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Jock Talk: Rippon revels in candor, some snark in SF

If you're a get-off-my-lawn curmudgeon like me, your first impression when hearing Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon chatter, throw shade, and coyly chuckle just might be that he's a lightweight with not much to offer – but man, what a mistake.

Semenya loses ruling over testosterone

  • NEWS
  • by
  • May 1, 2019

In a 2-1 ruling, a Court of Arbitration for Sport three-member panel ruled Wednesday that the international federation of track and field has the right to discriminate against female athletes who have naturally occurring high levels of testosterone.

Jock Talk: Paris Gay Games finishes in the black

The 2018 Gay Games in Paris were not merely successful at pulling in enough participants to create strong tournaments in virtually every sport. Gay Games X became the first Gay Games held outside of the United States to turn a profit.

Jock Talk: 2019 EuroGames registration reopens

Online registration for the 2019 EuroGames is back up and running after organizers responded to concerns over the event by the licensing organization and reduced their official sports offerings.

Jock Talk: Australia was the experience of a lifetime

Every sports person should get a chance at least once in life to coach Australians.

Jock Talk: Delaying the obvious

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has postponed until later this month a ruling on the international track federation and its proposed restrictions against female athletes with naturally high testosterone levels.

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

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

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

Online registration for the 2019 EuroGames was suspended this week.

Jock Talk: Nuance and Navratilova

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • SPORTS
  • 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

  • SPORTS
  • 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

  • SPORTS
  • 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

  • SPORTS
  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 2, 2019

So, sportswise, what was 2018?

Jock Talk: Resolve to give back

  • SPORTS
  • by Roger Brigham
  • Dec 26, 2018

You've bah-humbugged your way through holiday shopping, had the unavoidable Trump-centered free-for-all dinner table discussion with your family during a festive feast, and now are having a little me time trying to decide on a worthy New Year's resolution