Archive for category: Sport(s)

Steve Holcomb’s thousand gay boyfriends    (2010.03.08)

Another year, another season of bobsleigh. And who got discovered by the bears?

Too white! Too strong!    (2010.01.15)

Mark McGwire liked hitting the ball really fucking hard and far. But what does a white lesbian think about a gay-sports site?

Half-blind musclebear hauls in medals    (2009.11.14)

Steven Holcomb had no trouble driving a bobsleigh while half-blind. So what’s everybody else’s problem?

Bobsleigh camp    (2009.07.30)

I visited the bobsleigh recruitment camp, despite being so weak I can barely push a shopping cart

Non-freakonomics of bobsleigh    (2008.03.15)

If teams everywhere are short of bobsledders, why aren’t they looking at cripples?

‘Chix with Stix’ redux redux    (2006.03.18)

More on wymmynz in men’s hockey: Yes, height/weight is a stronger indicator than body-mass index

Johnny, are you Weir?    (2006.02.21)

Memo to dumpy sportswriter guys: There’s nothing wrong with being gay and there’s nothing wrong with asking if a public figure is

‘Chix with Stix’ redux    (2006.02.13)

Joe does Freakonomics™ to show that some elite women hockey players are big enough for the NHL