Featured events


27 June-1 July 2012
Eurogames,
Budapest

Eurogames 2012 will take place in Budapest, where some 3800 athletes will compete in 18 sports.

Learn more HERE.
30 May-2 June 2012
IGLA Championships,
Reykjavik
Reykjavik, Iceland hosts the 2012 IGLA Championships for swimmers, synchro swimmers, divers and water polo players.

Learn more HERE.

25-29 May 2012
TIP Paris International Tournament,
Paris
On Pentecost weekend 2012, A new and even bigger edition of the TIP Paris International Tournament with 15 sports and a new sports village.

Learn more HERE.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Portrait of Glenn Burke

An athletic phenom rises out of poverty in Oakland to professional baseball stardom only to end up a wasted crack addict. The failure was not Glenn’s but that of little minds.

Funny thing about heroes; we can forgive minor flaws, providing they don’t violate our limited moral underpinnings. Glenn was never able to realize his full athletic potential because he became the first professional baseball player to declare his homosexuality.

Baseball is the most masculine of sports: fundamental indolent, full of nonsensical traditions, overblown preening, repulsive habits, and laiden with intolerance.

Continue reading HERE.

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