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|  | Chicago Sky players wed 2019-01-09
- Chicago Sky teammates Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley got married in Seattle Dec. 27, according to the women's basketball website SwishAppeal.com. Seattle is just north of Vandersloot's hometown of Kent, Washington. This past season ...
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| | THE SPORTING LIFE Kenny Johnson 2018-12-19
- Kenny Johnson has played almost every gay sport over the past four years, after moving to Chicago five years ago from Elkhart, Indiana. Johnson has scored many basketball memories. "My most memorable gay sports highlight was ...
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| | Mayoral wager includes LGBT group 2018-03-30
- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made a friendly wager with Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mayor Christopher Taylor on the outcome of the March 31 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four matchup between Chicago's Loyola University and the University ...
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| | NGBA to host annual Coady Roundball Classic in Philadelphia Tri-State Area 2017-04-27
From a press release - Los Angeles, CA, April 27, 2017 - The National Gay Basketball Association (NGBA) will host its annual Coady Roundball Classic tournament at Competitive Edge Sports in King of Prussia, PA from May 6-7, 2017. The Coady ...
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| | NBA warns Texas lawmakers anti-LGBTQ bills could affect All-Star game bids
2017-02-17
From a press release - WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) hailed comments from the National Basketball Association, warning Texas lawmakers that any legislative attack on LGBTQ people would factor into a decision as to ...
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| | In the Life: Cassey Brick 2016-09-21
- Cassey Brick has a solid sporting background that just continues to grow. She started playing basketball in fourth grade, and played through college. Brick as a senior at Costa Mesa High School in California in 2004, ...
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| | Chicago Sky clinch playoff berth 2016-09-14
- The Chicago Sky women's basketball team is again in the playoffs. With a 96-86 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sept. 11, the Sky clinched its fourth consecutive playoff berth, joining Minnesota, Los Angeles and New ...
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| | NBA All-Star Game moves to New Orleans due to North Carolina's anti-LGBTQ law 2016-08-19
From a press release - WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to a report from the Associated Press that the National Basketball Association (NBA) is moving the 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans, Louisiana — a city with ...
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| | Chicago/Windy City Black Pride July 1-4 2016-06-24
- Chicago/Windy City Black Pride will take place July 1-4, with a variety of events to mark the occasion. Some of the events include: —"Love & Basketball," a charity basketball game and fashion show featuring Teairra Mari ...
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| | Loyola's Swoopes under investigation 2016-04-19
- Chicago's Loyola University is launching an internal investigation into the conduct of women's basketball coach Sheryl Swoopes after 10 of the team's 12 returning players have transferred or requested releases ...
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| | Gordon first gay player in NCAA tourney 2016-03-29
- Seton Hall University's Derrick Gordon became the first openly gay person in the annual NCAA Division I basketball tournament, Newsy.com reported. Gordon was a 24-year-old guard for the Pirates, which made its first appearance in the ...
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| | In the Life: Steve Figg 2016-03-09
Photos courtesy of Figg - Steve Figg has been involved in sports since he was 9, first playing basketball, soccer, and competing in track. But his passion was swimming and diving—and that's where he found much success. In high school, Figg ...
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| | Billy Masters 2016-01-20
- "I'm just a gay guy from Indiana who doesn't play basketball."—CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller talks to the press about diversity both in front of and behind the camera. And yet CBS is the only major ...
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| | Bases loaded: 1985 sports memories, locally and nationally 2015-09-23
Windy City Times 30th anniversary issue - Bob Knight whipped a chair across the basketball court at Indiana University, where he was the beloved, longtime men's basketball coach. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson battled for supremacy in the NBA, and it was the ...
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Griner, Johnson
tie the knot 2015-05-10
- Just two weeks after WNBA star Brittney Griner and fiancee/fellow basketball player Glory Johnson were arrested on assault and disorderly-conduct allegations, the couple tied the knot in a ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona, USA Today reported. Griner ...
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