Walcott!! Leave it to a Gunner to come through!! What a strike!! (3) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
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Trashy's World: The Pretty Boy…
… is whining again. Cristiano Ronaldo was mocked by Denmark fans who chanted Lionel Messi’s name whenever the Portuguese was was on the ball. Photograph: Martin Rose/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo has had a dig at Lionel Messi after the Portugal international was mocked by Denmark supporters during the 3-2 victory
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Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday, er… Saturday, er, SUNDAY miscellany…
Queen, hockey, Hoedown, shopping and soccer edition! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh brother… the world’s fave in-bred family is celebrating something again. Yay. Revellers in London are getting ready for today’s big celebration marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Up to a million people are expected to flock to the banks of the River
Continue readingTrashy's World: I hate seeing things like this happen.
I really do. Our local soccer club has cancelled the 2012 season due to a lack of volunteers. 2012 Season Cancelled Dear parents, The Canterbury Soccer Club is a community-based, developmental soccer club that has been run solely by volunteers for the past 35 years. Some years, we have had
Continue readingTrashy's World: Thierry Henry? As a Gunner again?
Well, he is a Gunner for life for most Arsenal fans… BUT he could be making a short-term re-appearance with the club! Arsène Wenger says that he will use the Christmas period to decide whether to re-sign Club legend Thierry Henry. Arsenal’s all-time record goalscorer has been training with the
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…haaaa…. haaa.. LOL!!! LMAO!!!! ROTFL!!!! Sorry… can’t. Stop. Laughing! Manchester clubs crashed out of the Champions League at the group phase for only the third time in 16 years following a stunning 2-1 loss at Swiss champions Basel. In a shock night of European football, United’s rivals Manchester City were
Continue readinggay persons of color: Professional soccer player, David Testo, applauded by Montreal teammates for coming out
A lot of good has emerged from David Testo’s coming out last week in Montreal, including the support from some of his former Montreal Impact teammates. Captain Nevio Pizzolitto told the Montreal Gazette:”I’m glad he did, because he’s in a position …
Continue readinggay persons of color: American professional soccer player, David Testo, comes out
In an interview Thursday with Radio-Canada Sports, American soccer player, David Testo, who most recently played with the Montreal Impact in the North American Soccer League (NASL), publicly declared that he is gay. Recipient of the team’s 2009 Giuse…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Really? Seriously?
Medals are bad? Athletic competition is bad? Really? From what I’ve seen, competitive athletics encourages excellence, teamwork, and effort. But this is apparently now verboten. And don’t even think about medals and trophies! And I’m not speaking as some sideline soccer Dad. I coached youth soccer in Nepean and Gloucester for about ten years. I’m […]
Continue readinggay persons of color: Former Belgian soccer player Jonathan De Falco fields balls in porn
Earlier this year, Jonathan De Falco, a semi-professional, third division Belgian soccer player for the team Racing Mechelen was forced to quit the playing the game due to injury, and rather than move into a more traditional ex-pro line of work, the 27…
Continue readinggay persons of color: Watch: D.C. United players promise It Gets Better
The Washington D.C Major League Soccer (MLS) club, D.C. United, has come out in support of gay youth by filming an It Gets Better video. Featuring striker Josh Wolff and midfielder Clyde Simms, the spot encourages young people who are suffering from a…
Continue readinggay persons of color: Watch: Seattle Mariners, Seahawks, Storm, and Sounders say It Gets Better
Last Thursday, the Seattle Mariners released an “It Gets Better” video against anti-gay bullying to become the fifth Major League Baseball (MLB) team to do so and the first to include players from Seattle teams in the National Football League (NFL), …
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: 20 Tips for first-year students: #5- Get involved in Athletics at Mount Allison University
Fifth in this 20-part
video series is third year biology student David Summerby-Murray talking about how incoming students can
get involved in athletics at Mount Allison University.
Mount Allison has 18 Varsity and Club sports teams, in
a…
Trashy's World: ARSENAL!
Am I ever PUMPED for this season!
Here’s hoping that Cesc and Nasri both stick around for the season and that Arsene has the sense to pick up another quality defender!
GOONER FOR LIFE!
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Continue readinggay persons of color: Out Magazine salutes five athlete allies
Ben Cohen, Hudson Taylor, Michael Irvin, Mike Chabala, and Nick YoungquestSource: Out MagazineIn its July 2011 issue, Out Magazine salutes five top sportsmen “who have stood up for fairness and tolerance, shoulder-to-shoulder with their LGBT peers.” Th…
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INTERNATIONAL POLITICS BAHRAIN:TELL US WOMEN’S WORLD CUP PLAYERS TO SUPPORT THEIR FELLOW PLAYERS IN BAHRAIN:As this is being written the US Team at The Women’s World Football Cup has advanced to playing in the finals against Japan. With each advance th…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Pro soccer comes to Ottawa!
Even though we have known that this was coming for some time (tough to keep a secret of any kind in Ottawa), I am ecstatic to see a NASL team coming to the NCR in 2013 or 2014 – depending on when the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park and Frank Clair Stadium is completed.
OK – where […]
gay persons of color: Watch: French footballers against homophobia
Campaign against homophobia 2011 from Franck Annese on Vimeo.L’homophobie ne vous fera jamais gagner un match. Un jouer gai? Peut-être. (Homophobia will never help you win a match. A gay player might.) – Marc PlanusOn Monday, Paris became the first ma…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Positive Women’s Network Enriches Community Fabric
I’m constantly impressed with the caliber of community cooperation in Vancouver. The Positive Women’s Network is holding a film screening fundraiser on May 26th at 7pm at Vancity Theatre. VIFF and Reel Causes are cooperating to produce the event. Every element of this event is a testament to what makes communities strong. What does the […]
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