Archive for June, 2006

Dressed for the Occasion

I ended up on the ad-hoc Wizards clothing committee (me, Johannes and Ray), trying to figure out what to wear as we march into the opening ceremonies of the Outgames, which is just four weeks from tomorrow! We decided on t-shirts—after all it is late-July so staying comfortable is important—and we reached out to Chris, [...]

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Wizards Training Camp

Ok, so it’s not really training camp, but it is ice time with the Wizards before the team goes to Montreal. Captain Johannes has set up ice time for the Montreal team, as well as the other Wizards, on July 9 and July 16. It will be great to see what it feels like to [...]

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Ordinals Hold It Together Against Blizzard

The Ordinals had their best game ever against the Blizzard last night. It wasn’t a win, but we did manage an overtime loss, posting a 3-4 game. I was skeptical mid-second period that we’d even come that close. But, once the team settled a bit and started playing some fundamental hockey, we got two points [...]

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Rugby Drama

Ok, so this isn’t a post about hockey, but about something that happened in another NYC gay sports organization. The Outsports.com website reported this week that a rugby team refused to play the Gotham Knights, an NYC gay rugby team, when the Knights would not confirm that everyone on the team was HIV negative. It’s [...]

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Skating Fuel

I took the plunge last week and bought new skates. It got to the point I didn’t have much of a choice because when I was taking the skates off two weeks ago, the tongue to one of them came off in my hand. I made it work for a couple weeks, but while I [...]

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In The Village Voice

The article I was interviewed for–and had pictures taken for–came out in the Village Voice today. Here’s the online version of the article. I’m still going to try to get other pictures from that shoot as well since the one with the article turned out so good.

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BBQ at the Mayor’s

A few posts ago I mentioned that I was getting to go to a reception given by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg to celebrate LGBT Pride Month. The reception, which was a BBQ, was held yesterday evening at Gracie Mansion, the Mayor’s official residence, and it was very cool to be there. NYCGHA had three-fourths of [...]

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Chelsea Challenge 2006

Chelsea Challenge 2006 was quite a success this weekend, and provided such a thrilling twist as the semifinals and finals brought upsets. Six teams, randomly put together based on player strength, each got three games in the run up to the playoffs.
My team, Shamrocks, got eliminated ahead of the playoffs unfortunately. But it was a [...]

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Strike A Pose

I mentioned last week that I’d done an interview for the Village Voice for an article about NYC athletes going to either the Gay Games in Chicago or the 1st World Outgames in Montreal. I was one of three Wizards interviewed and on Saturday afternoon David Benaym and I took part in a photo session [...]

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A Busy June

June is shaping up to be a busy month on the hockey front, mostly on the NYCGHA organizational front.
I just got done with an interview with a Village Voice writer who is doing a piece on the GayGames/Outgames coming up in July. I’m also coordinating with him to get other NYCGHA members who are going [...]

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