COMPETE Magazine January 2015

SPORTS. DIVERSITY.

FOOTBALL FANTASY HERE COMES FOOTBALL

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2014 Legacy Award Winner

26 FOOTBALL FANTASY 34 NEW YEAR, NEW YOU KICK–OFF 12 SPEED READ 13 GRANDSTANDING 14 THUMBS UP+DOWN DEPARTMENTS 28 SPORTS–ARIZONA AGRA Rodeo

30 SPORTS–SOCAL Palm Springs

32 SPORTS–NEVADA Sin City Shootout

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New Year, New Sports Diversity Landscape

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anuary is my favorite month of the year. It is the perfect time to reflect on the past and at the same time plan ahead for the New Year. This year it seems more perfect than ever before.

2014 was an amazing year for sports diversity. Cleveland hosted Gay Games 9; Sydney hosted the Bingham Cup; Dallas hosted the Gay Softball World Series; Philadelphia hosted the Gay Bowl; Major League Baseball appointed Billy Bean as its first ambassador for inclusion; Michael Sam and Chip Sarafin came out … and the list goes on and on.

With all these exciting developments it is beginning to feel like LGBT sports equality and sports diversity may soon become the norm. Let us hope this trend continues.

What would I like to see in the year ahead? I would like to see more athletes become comfortable enough to come out. I would like to see the environment in amateur, college and professional sports continue to evolve to the point where an athlete’s coming out story doesn’t even make the news.

To me, the “coming out” isn’t even the story—I know lots of out and proud athletes (just look at the 7,000 athletes attending this year’s Sin City Shoot Out in Las Vegas). The real story is the supportive environment these brave athletes are finding when they decide to come out—an environment that includes both members of the LGBT community and supportive allies.

I am deeply proud of athletes like Michael Sam and Chip Sarafin because what they did in 2014 will certainly shape the New Year ahead into one that increasingly devotes more time to celebrating what unites us rather than what divides us.

Sport On,

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THE PICK-6

BY JOSHUA WYRICK, MANAGING EDITOR

Gay Groundswell

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his fourteenth year of the 00’s turned out to be a tremendous one for gay athletes in professional sports. Robbie Rogers published a book that has garnered a huge amount of positive social media success, allowing him to parlay his story into a television show and boost his career to astronomic heights. Chip Sarafin pounded the pages of Compete magazine over the summer to make one of the biggest splashes a college athlete can by announcing his sexuality. Michael Sam made an NFL team, then was cut, then made another team, then was cut again. Billy Bean was named to the post of Major League Baseball’s ambassador of inclusion, a league first.

All of these events are pivotal to the snowballing effect that stars like Jason Collins have talked about in the past year. While every gay athlete wishes his or her sexuality weren’t an issue there is an important recognition that comes with being in a position of power, the recognition that openly announcing your sexuality doesn’t have to be about you. It can be about your parents, your teammates, developing minds and uninformed arrogance everywhere.

As we witness the snowball start to grow as winter grips the nation and indoor sports like basketball and hockey loom large in the near future, it’s important to remember that Arizona will be seeing a Superbowl in February and college football had its very first four-team playoff that led to an exhilarating national championship game.

The world around you is changing. Just like watching ice melt, the layers of bigotry and misunderstanding are slowly beginning to erode and give way to the shinier, more beautiful American consciousness that we all know exists.

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BY CONNIE WARDMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

We’re Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

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oth Eric and Joshua have captured in their letters the exciting 2014 developments in sports diversity, many of which were directly related to Jason Collins and Robbie Rogers having the courage to come out in 2013. As I was thinking about this remarkable avalanche of events, I was struck by those early gay athletes who laid the groundwork for where we are today.

Society doesn’t easily give up its long-held stereotypes – it takes true courage to break a barrier by speaking your truth! I’m reminded of a quote by Isaac Newton, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” In every sport there are game-changing giants who risked it all to live their truth.

The first pro athlete to come out was retired NFL player David Kopay in 1977, followed by Roy Simmons in 1992, Esera Tuaolo in 2002 and Wade Davis in 2012; retired NBA player John Amechi came out in 2007; and MLB players Glenn Burke (who came out to teammates) in the 1980s and Billy Bean in 1999.

In 2013 Compete presented its Legacy Award to NBA players Jason and Jarron Collins for their courage to change the landscape in basketball. Although only

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Jason is gay, both brothers have been working with LGBT youth through clinics such as the You Belong Initiative. Yet it was Amaechi’s coming out in 2007 that removed the first brick in the basketball wall.

This year we presented the Legacy Award to retired NFL player Esera Tuaolo who continues his advocacy work, making it easier for Wade Davis to now work directly with the NFL and the Canadian Olympic committee through the You Can Play Project.

Then there’s Billy Bean who quit the game he loved in 1995 to live true to himself, dedicating his book, “Going the Other Way” to Burke. Now he’s the newlyminted ambassador of inclusion for MLB. And don’t forget women like Billie Jean King who’s not only changed the tennis world, she’s opened the way for all women athletes, both straight and gay to declare they deserve equal treatment. The proof?

Mo’ne Davis, the first little girl to make the cover of Sports Illustrated. As one of the first girls playing in the formerly all-boy Little League World Series, she earned the first win and pitched the first shutout in World Series history.

We’re certainly standing on the shoulders of earlier giants. But who knows, the next giant may be you.

Keep Smiling,

Connie Wardman, Executive Editor connie@competenetwork.com

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KICKOFF

LEFT FIELD

SPEED READ

Olympic Agenda 2020 Reforms Passed

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ow that the Sochi Winter Olympic Games are over, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has met in Monaco and unanimously passed all 40 recommendations of IOC president Thomas Bach’s Olympic Agenda 2020.

And part of that is Recommendation 14 that includes non-discrimination based on sexual orientation to “strengthen the 6th Fundamental Principle of Olympism.”

Bach called the plan a “jigsaw puzzle,” saying that it’s a picture of progress …, “a picture that promotes the Olympic values. And it is a picture that strengthens sport in society.” And that appears to be true. In a real show of support for Bach and the reforms, all 40 recommendations were voted on individually and received the complete backing of the 96 IOC members in attendance with no negative votes or abstentions.

In September the IOC added a non-discrimination clause to its future host city contract that requires a host city to pledge to uphold Principle 6.

A month later the IOC announced it would also include human rights protections. While it’s been seen as a positive step forward, it doesn’t yet cover gender identity.

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This forward movement is largely due to work by the Federation of Gay Games and to Athlete Ally’s and All Out’s launch of their Principle 6 campaign during the Games that called attention to discrimination against LGBT athletes by the Russian government.

Principle 6 states that “Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.”

The organizations partnered with American Apparel to have t-shirts with the Principle 6 language printed on the front.

But perhaps the most exciting partnership to come out of all this so far is the tri-party agreement between the You Can Play Project in the U.S., the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Egale, Canada’s only national charity to promote LGBT human rights through research, education and community engagement to promote equality in amateur and high-level sport.

Described as “the most widereaching such agreement by a national Olympic committee,” the committee’s responsibility is to protect and support

LGBTQ athletes, youth and coaches in sport and in schools through training and a supportive atmosphere for Olympic LGBTQ athletes if they want to come out.

The three groups intend to create “ground-breaking LGBTQ-focused resources to be used in its Canadian Olympic School Program (COSP)” for both educators and students in grades 6-8. They also plan to launch a new #OneTeam athlete ambassador program that will invite Canadian athletes into schools across Canada to promote mental fitness, self-esteem and equality in sport.

The new #OneTeam ambassadors will be trained to use the COSP resources for school assemblies, during seminar question/answer periods and when engaging both gay and straight athletes throughout the year.

According to Wade Davis, executive director of You Can Play, “we are thrilled to be working with Egale and the COC to create a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ youth and athletes across Canada. We have always believed,” he continued “that by creating change in sport, we create change across all segments of society.”

GRANDSTANDING LETTERS TO COMPETE MAGAZINE MVP FAN (November 2014) I was checking out Compete Magazine and came across your Team Compete MVP, Tyler Forester. While the photo did not show a lot of skin the picture of a “regular” athlete made me smile. I could almost picture myself as next month’s MVP.

COMPETE READER SURVEY Did you make a New Year’s resolution that includes fitness or weight loss goals?

Griffin Cobb Phoenix, Arizona (via email) GAY BASKETBALL? (November 2014) Where oh where has basketball gone? Judging by writer Connie Wardman’s piece on Lambda Basketball it must be Southern California. I consider myself a very competitive athlete and never thought of Lambda as a truly competitive group. Sometimes just connecting sports to basketball, in my mind, reduces the competitive nature of sports. Maybe I am wrong, maybe not.

Jason Locke Orange County, California (via email) TALK TO US! Submissions to Compete should include the writer’s name, address and contact phone number and should be sent by email to letters@competenetwork.com. Letters may be edited by Compete and become the property of Media Out Loud, LLC.

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KICKOFF

SPORTS

… for winning a highly competitive bid to host the Bingham Cup in May 2016. It will be the eighth time the event has been held and the second time for it to be held in the U.S. since its debut in San Francisco.

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NASHVILLE GRIZZLIES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

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THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN

What Native American language was Super Bowl XXX the first to be broadcast in?

OREGON DUCKS JUNIOR QUARTERBACK MARCUS MARIOTA … for winning the 80th annual Heisman Trophy.

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY … for dismissing junior football player Tyreek Hill (a second-team All-Big 12 selection and one of the fastest players in college football) from both the football team and the track team following his arrest late Thursday night with probable cause for domestic abuse by strangulation.

PROFESSOR NANCY HOGSHEADMAKAR … for receiving the prestigious 2014 Women Sports Trophy from the International Olympic Committee in Monaco for her work promoting women and sport activities. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming.

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Amy Jones, Esera Tuaolo & Blake Skjellerup

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Diversity Awards Karen Bailey and Karen Majors, Lifetime Spirit Award Winners

Phoenix played host to the 2014 Compete Sports Diversity Awards hosted by Olympian and Gay Games Ambassador Blake Skjellerup and Media Personality Amy Jones. Among those honored were former NFL athlete Esera Tuaolo, the Phoenix Mercury, the Arizona State University Athletic Department and a host of local and national athletes and organizations.

Sue Wieger, LPGA Golf Professional Entrepreneurial Athlete Award

Vince Kozar, Vice President of Operations Phoenix Mercury Outstanding Professional Team, League or Organization Award

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pening the evening was a powerful performance by gay former NFL player Esera Tuaolo singing the National Anthem.

Throughout the evening our award winners were presented their individual Peteys to honor their efforts and accomplishments.

K. Marie accepted the Inspiring Athlete Award for her determination to bowl in spite of being blind.

The Sports Pioneer Award went to Chip McKenney, founder of the Gay Polo League (GPL). Through his efforts the GPL has thrived in an environment that accepts all players unconditionally.

After dinner honorees and guests watched a video message from Jason Collins who, along with his twin brother Jarron received the Compete 2013 Legacy Award. Other award winners included Arizona State University (ASU) Athletic Department for creating an environment for Compete-featured athlete Chip Sarafin to become the first openly gay active Division I NCAA

football player. Due to the university’s steps to promote sports equality, the school also won the Outstanding University Award. No event that promotes diversity in sports would be complete without a message from the Gay Games, the world’s largest inclusive sporting event.

Near the end of the ceremony Esera Tuaolo accepted the 2014 Legacy Award for his work to end homophobia in sports. Coming out after he retired from the NFL, he has continuously championed LGBT rights events in a variety of ways.

Winner of the Mark Bingham Athlete of the Year Award was R. Tony Smith, Compete’s last month’s MVP. A volleyball player, he has been on the Colorado Governor’s Council for Physical Fitness, held a post at the Denver LGBT Commission in addition to being active in various volleyball tournaments that also raised money for charity, making him a true competitor.

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Juan Reyes with U.S. Bank Douglas Sanborn with MillerCoors Jeff Marsh with Orbitz and Amy Powell with HealthMarkets 2014 Compete Sports Diversity Photos by Jacqueline Phillips Photography

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2014 HONOREES LIFETIME SPIRIT AWARD Karen Bailey and Nelda Majors.

PHOENIX COMMUNITY BUSINESS PARTNER AWARDS Sunwest Pharmacy, Michael McKnight accepting.

Community Tire, Jeremy Rodgers accepting.

OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL TEAM, LEAGUE OR ORGANIZATION AWARD 2014 WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury, Vince Kozar accepting.

CORPORATE DIVERSITY AWARD Wells Fargo, Jonathan Kenger accepting.

YOUTH IN SPORTS AWARD

ENTREPRENEURIAL ATHLETE AWARD

One N Ten, Stacey Jay Cavaliere accepting for Linda Elliot.

Sue Wieger.

LOCAL SPORTS TEAMS, LEAGUES & ORGANIZATIONS AWARDS

LEGACY AWARD

Arizona Gay Volleyball Association, Cactus Cities Softball League, Friends With Benefits Kickball, Gay & Lesbian Association of Darts, Phoenix Frontrunners, Phoenix Gay Flag Football League, Phoenix Gaymers, Phoenix Storm Rugby Football Club, Phoenix Sunfish Gay & Lesbian Aquatics Club, Phoenix Unified Gay Bowling Alliance.

INSPIRING ATHLETE AWARD K. Marie.

Esera Tuaolo.

MARK BINGHAM ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD R. Tony Smith.

Jonathan Kenger, Vice President Wells Fargo Corporate Diversity Award

OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AWARD Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS, Bruce Weiss accepting.

OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TOURNAMENT AWARD Saguaro Cup Sports Festival and Cactus Cities Softball League.

MVP AWARD Eric Reissner.

SPORTS PIONEER AWARD Chip McKenney.

GAY GAMES 9 PARTICIPANTS Special Presentation by Stacy Louis.

GROUNDBREAKING PARTNERSHIP AWARD Arizona State University Equality Night, Justin LaLone accepting.

OUTSTANDING COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AWARD Arizona State University, Bill Kennedy accepting.

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Compete’s 2014 Legacy Award Winner

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e are now living in a time when many gay athletes are finally feeling free enough to come out publically. But this day couldn’t have come without the early professional gay athletes who were courageous enough to come out at a time when they could lose it all – jobs, family, friends.

Compete is proud to honor one of these game-changing athletes – former NFL player Esera Tuaolo who, after retiring from football, came out in 2002 on HBO’s Real Sports. He was the third NFL player to do so, following in the footsteps of David Kopay in 1997 and Roy Simmons in 1992.

A 300-pound defensive lineman of Samoan origin, Tuaolo not only played like a pro, he certainly looked the part. But he lived in fear of being outed for his nine NFL seasons. In 2006 his book, “Alone in the Trenches: My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL” was released, recounting how he had to live a lie to fit in the

macho world of professional football. Some of his former teammates admitted that had they known he was gay, they’d have tried to injure him so they wouldn’t be viewed guilty too, simply by association.

Since his coming out Tuaolo has been a constant advocate for the LGBT community traveling across the country to speak about inclusion. He has worked with the NFL to combat homophobia in the league and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004 to share his story.

Born in Hawaii, he was raised in an Assembly of God Pentecostal Church which looked at homosexuality as a sin or curse. Because of his strict religious upbringing, he particularly likes to address religious groups to share his personal experiences and to use his knowledge of the Bible to counter their homophobic views based on their religious interpretation. Yet for all he’s faced, his message is still one of tolerance, acceptance and inclusivity.

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With a voice as big and powerful as his body, Tuaolo is known for singing the National Anthem at various NFL games as well as at events like the Compete Sports Awards. And in addition to his speaking, he is also involved in musical theatre and recently was part of a television pilot. He is a man of many talents.

The devoted father of 14-year-old twins, Mitchie and Michele, Tuaolo’s goal in life is to educate people, to help create a world for his children where sexual orientation will never hinder them reaching their full potential. No one can leave a better, more loving legacy than this!

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November 15, 2014 - Tempe, Arizona

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HOMETOWN: St. Louis SPORTS: U.S. Masters Swimming, Flag Football, Triathlons FAVORITE ATHLETE: Mark Tewksbury INTERESTS: Keeping in shape and doing as many activities as possible in order to keep himself in that shape!

LIKES: Frozen yogurt, meat, cooking, exploring new restaurants, dogs, the outdoors DISLIKES: People chewing with their mouth open BEST PHYSICAL FEATURE: Upper legs WHY HE LOVES HIS SPORTS: “I love my sports because it’s a lot of cardio and I love the teams that I am on. I love going out after a hard meet or game for a beer and food and talk about what we did well and what we can improve on and just hang out.

I love the feeling of practicing a lot and seeing what all that practice accomplishes at either a game or swim meet. I love the feeling of winning or knowing that we all tried our absolute best!”

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FOOTBALL FANTASY

BY JOSHUA WYRICK

THE LOCATION IS SET: ARLINGTON, TEXAS on the twelfth of January, two thousand and fifteen. The champion of college football will be crowned and many hands will touch the coveted crystal ball. While we won’t know the details of the matchup until New Year’s day when the penultimate games take place and the field of four is narrowed to just two, the capping event of college football will be filled with gripping emotions from both sides.

College football has introduced (at fan behest after many years of what must have felt like futile efforts) a playoff system to decide who will make the trip to Arlington. Four teams will play in their respective BCS bowl games for a

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chance to see AT&T Stadium how Tony Romo sees it on Sundays.

Marcus Mariota and the Oregon Ducks will face “Famous” Jameis Winston and the Florida State Seminoles in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. Across the country and down in the bayou the Alabama Crimson Tide will meet Cardale Jones and the Ohio State Buckeyes in New Orleans at the Superdome to decide Sugar Bowl supremacy.

Odds-makers expect an Alabama-Oregon game as both teams far outrank many of the other teams they play in their own conferences (the SEC and Pac-12, respectively) despite playing in the two most competitive conferences this year.

While college football will dominate the first two weeks of January, many football fans will already be looking forward to Glendale, Arizona where Super Bowl XLIX will be played at the beginning of February after two blistering weeks of playoff competitions.

Glendale also happens to be the site of the NFL’s AllStar game which is taking an experimental respite from Hawaii where it is usually held.

January is football month, where commercials battle during every break for your attention between highlight reels of some of the world’s most freakish athletes catching the hand-egg. Tune in and enjoy.

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SPORTS ARIZONA

ARIZONA GAY RODEO TURNS 30

BY CONNIE WARDMAN IF YOU’RE A DYED-IN-THE-WOOL COWBOY OR COWGIRL, then saddle up and mosey on over to the Corona Ranch and Rodeo Grounds in Laveen, just outside of Phoenix. From February 13-15 you can be part of the Arizona Gay Rodeo Association’s (AGRA) 30th annual event.

While the competition and entertainment are great, everyone really looks forward to reconnecting with old friends and making lots of new ones—not hard since they anticipate about 3,000 people coming from all over to be part of this little slice of the old west.

If you’ve never competed before but would like to, no worries. On Friday they hold rodeo school so you’ve got some experience under your belt before the competitions begin on Saturday and Sunday. And if you aren’t interested in competing, you certainly won’t be bored.

In addition to food and drink, there are dance groups, impersonators and live music to entertain you throughout the weekend as well as plenty of vendors with a variety of things to charm the plastic right out of your pocket.

I spoke with Bob Pimentel, the rodeo director, who has been involved in the gay rodeo since the early 1980s, splitting his time between Arizona and New Mexico.

Arizona is one of the five founding states that formed IGRA, the International Gay Rodeo Association that provides structure to the competition. IGRA-sanctioned rodeos not only standardize amateur rodeo competition but are also committed to preserving the country-western lifestyle.

Bob shared that John King, owner of Charlie’s and Wayne Jakino from Denver created the gay rodeo as we know it today. And Charlie’s continues to support the rodeo and the Men of Charlie’s, even sending a group of them to Cleveland for the Gay Games 9 in August.

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There are 13 IGRA-approved events, all or most of which you’ll find at any IGRAaffiliated rodeo, depending on the local arena conditions: • Calf roping on foot • Break-away roping • Team roping • Barrel racing • Pole bending • Flag race • Goat dressing • Steer decorating • Wild drag race • Chute dogging • Steer riding • Bareback bronco riding • Bull Riding While everyone involved loves to have a good time, the rodeo is also an important fundraiser to help local charities. Originally the monies raised at the rodeos went to Muscular Dystrophy. But Bob says that as needs have changed over the years, money now goes to a variety of local worthwhile groups, such as HIV/AIDS, feeding programs, gay youth programs and breast cancer organizations.

SPORTS SOCAL

PALM SPRINGS

A Sports Lover’s Paradise

BY CONNIE WARDMAN IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A winter getaway that doesn’t freeze you to the bone, wait no longer—head for Palm Springs! Only 487 feet above sea level, the area is known for 330-350 days of sunshine, an annual rainfall of less than six inches and mild spring temperatures ranging from the mid60s to the mid-80s. Even in the winter, it’s one of the rare places where you can bask in the warm desert sunshine while enjoying the snow-topped mountains surrounding you.

With one of the highest gay populations in the U.S., the town is one of nine that make up the Coachella Valley; sister-cities include Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage. And all of them are packed with reasons for sports lovers to visit the area.

Known as the golf capital of the western U.S., Palm Springs and its surrounding sister cities are home to top-flight tennis facilities as well as 110 world-class golf courses, many of them challenging courses designed by well known professional golfers and golf course designers. If you want to improve your game, you’ll also find great schools and clinics, many of them staffed by professionals, as well as rentals, equipment sales and repairs.

With many historical celebrity homes and stunning mid-century modern architecture, there are seven different walking tours you can take.

Palm Springs is also a great place to ride your bike or set out on your rollerblades. If you prefer to hike, there

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are beautiful trails that range from easy walking to difficult desert terrain. And don’t pass up the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. You might want to hike up and after a wonderful meal at Peaks, The Restaurant that sits at 8,500 feet, ride back down.

There are also biplane and warbird rides along with hot air ballooning and adventure Hummer tours. And save time to tour some of art museums and festivals, the Palm Springs Walk of Stars, and the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert.

Once you’re ready to relax and socialize over an adult beverage or three, Palm Springs also has a wonderful assortment of dining and nighttime hot spots to enjoy. With endless sports and entertainment options, when you visit Palm Springs and its sister-cities you can be sure you’ll never be bored!

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SPORTS NEVADA

SIN CITY SHOOTOUT

BY JOSHUA WYRICK Tournament Director Eric Ryan first conceived the idea of a large tournament designed from a player’s point of view in 2007. It has grown much larger over the past seven years. SCS now includes eighteen different sports in categories varied enough to draw more than seven thousand participants from all over the world. Although the event is known for its festival-like atmosphere, expect every competitor to be hungry for an award.

Among other important community celebrities at the event this year, the newly married Lance Bass will be making a special appearance that puts this celebration of sports above the rest. The list of sponsors has swelled to include many of the most well-known restaurants in the immediate event area, as well some of the best night clubs on the strip, like the Havana Room and the Piranha Boutique.

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A New Year always offers a new beginning, time for a fresh start.

Whether or not you adhere to the “early to bed, early to rise” part of it, do take Ben Franklin’s focus on “healthy, wealthy and wise” as your New Year’s focus to keep you physically fit, financially fit and intellectually fit.

Healthy Nothing is better or more important than having good health. This is a great time to get started on a healthier lifestyle by making the move to healthier and sustainable foods.

Organic foods are coming down in price and there are lots of great recipe books that have fast, easy recipes for healthy meals that no longer taste like cardboard. You may also find that purchasing healthy ready-made food fits not only your health goals but also your busy schedule. And if you really can’t handle a whole new healthy diet, at least try to cut down on your junk food intake.

If you’re an exercise junkie, great. But if you’re a couch potato, it’s time to kick it up a notch. First, get a good checkup with your physician to make sure you’re ready for some exercise and then head to a spot with professional equipment and personal trainers to help you with your special needs and show you how to pace yourself. For lasting results, work from the tortoise’s slow and steady perspective.

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A financial advisor can help you avoid costly mistakes, especially with the upswing in same-sex marriage and child adoption. Seemingly simple things like the beneficiaries on your accounts or failure to diversify investments properly can wipe out years of asset accumulation if done incorrectly.

According to Ron Jensby with JW Advisors, “Many financial advisors have years of experience working with many different types of clients in many different situations. Because of their experiences, a professional advisor can quickly assess your needs and offer advice that is appropriate just for you.” Ron Jensby (ron@thegrowthinvestor.com) is happy to help you start your year financially fit.

Maybe this is the year you’ll decide to get out of your rut and learn something new. You’re never too old to go back to school – learning is a “womb-to-tomb” experience if you’re doing it right.

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NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY THERE CAN’T BE MANY PLACES more appropriate for an over the top celebration of diversity than New Orleans.

Brian Raymond This city is built on the melding of different peoples into a community, while celebrating the uniqueness and partaking in each group’s culture and traditions.

For the most fun and excitement stay in or near the French Quarter. Plan on spending a day exploring the area which has one of the widest variety of stores anywhere. It is the heart and soul of the city, filled with everything from fine art galleries to shops where you can buy voodoo dolls and mystical tools, plus elegant restaurants and affordable bars serving authentic Creole or Cajun food.

Check out Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights (founded in 1944) on Royal Street where you can see the workshop filled with antique gas fixtures and old work tables. You might even see a coppersmith working! Watch cigars being hand rolled, a craft and art, at the Cigar Factor on Decatur. Visit Maskarade on St Ann St to find exquisite custom carved leather masks for Mardi Gras, Carnivale or Halloween - we bought two last time we were there.

Learn how to cook authentic New Orleans cuisine handson at Langlois, a couple of blocks NE of the Quarter. But this doesn’t even scratch the surface. Take time to walk through the district. You’ll learn a lot about the city’s history and its people, all while having a fun day.

Of course, New Orleans is known for partying. So while there you have to explore the gay center in the French Quarter.

Start at Bourbon Pub or Café Lafitte (which claims to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in U.S.). Have a few drinks, make new friends and grab one of the local gay papers and see what’s happening.

For a somewhat unusual experience, but another very unique to New Orleans, visit St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 a few blocks north of the French Quarter. Because the city is below sea level, the deceased had to be buried above ground. The cemeteries have beautiful and elaborate sculptures with decorative artwork adorning the tombs.

New Orleans is vibrant, pulsing, romantic, spiritual and enjoys indulging to excess. How can you not have fun?

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It served as the catalyst for a new career. In looking at the overall market place, he realized that skin care for men is one of its fastest growing segments.

While Axiom for Men began with feedback from his friends in the gay community, Waxman is clear that the company isn’t a gay brand—the company’s social mission is really proequality. Good skin care isn’t about sexual orientation. It also reflects his desire to get people connected and to unify and give back to the LGBT community.

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company donates five percent of its revenues to five special pro-equality organizations: The American Military Partner Association, Athlete Ally, Family Equality Council, The National Center for Transgender Equality and The Trevor Project. Waxman says the company is an aspirational brand with inspirational marketing. The Axiom logo is, in fact, Waxman’s visual interpretation of the next generation of the rainbow flag with the rainbow shown in a copper patina.

From the beginning, Waxman realized that many men who were interested in good skin care were forced to buy women’s products, something to which many gay men were hypersensitive. Additionally, there is a real difference in female and male skin. So all Axiom products are clinically developed and tested to match male pH skin levels. The first two Axiom products continue to be the company top sellers— the pH-Balanced Hair Removal Cream and the Face and Body Shave Cream.

Based on Waxman’s research, the number one need for a variety of reasons was for a men’s hair removal product that worked all over the body.

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Waxman shared that cyclists and swimmers in particular want to remove body hair to move more quickly through the air or water.

And many wrestlers and ruggers want to remove body hair to prevent opponents grabbing it. In fact, spokesperson for the Axiom line is Stuart Reardon, a British rugger and straight ally with lots of tatoos.

While they have a number of other compatible products, Waxman is clear that the company isn’t going after the anti-aging market; rather it’s going after solutions for men’s skin on a regular quick basis since men, according to him, rarely have time for a whole skin care regimen. He’s also clear that while the company is a lifestyle brand, it isn’t telling men what they should look like.

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MULTI-SPORT TOURNAMENT Sin City Shootout Las Vegas Jan. 15-19

BASKETBALL San Diego Hillcrest Classic San Diego Jan. 17-18

BOWLING Alamo City Tournament San Antonio Jan. 16 Chuzapalooza Tucson Jan. 16 Ft. Lauderdale Invitational Regional Tournament Ft. Lauderdale Jan.17 Seattle Espresso Cup Seattle Jan.23

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ORGANIZATION UPDATE: The Denver Nuggets become the first team in the NBA to have multiple players voice support for LGBT athletes and fans as part of the You Can Play Project.

Forwards Kenneth Faried and Quincy Miller are joined by guard Randy Foye, and the student-athletes of Denver’s East High School, in promoting diversity and inclusion.

Faried was selected by the Nuggets in the 2011 NBA draft and named to the NBA’s All-Rookie Team. He has been a vocal supporter of equality, speaking up during the campaign for civil unions in Colorado.

Foye was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 2006 draft. The Villanova University alumnus was an All-American there and a Wooden Award finalist.

Miller was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year while playing at Baylor University. He was selected by the Nuggets in the 2012 Draft.

Faried, Foye and Miller appear in the video with the East High Angels as part of the Colorado State High School Activities Association’s “You Can Play, Colorado!” initiative and Positive Leadership campaign. The initiative promotes inclusion and diversity in the state’s high school locker rooms and all student activities.

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SPORTS YEARBOOK THIS MONTH IN SPORTS HISTORY: JANUARY

1 Rose Bowl, USC Trojans beat Michigan Wolverines 28-14 - 2004

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Bryant Gumbel co-hosts his final Today show on NBC-TV - 1997

U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft - 1983

5 MLB signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990 - 1989

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Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame - 1991

NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players-1990

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6 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle’s butler vs his butcher) - 1681

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7 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding - 1994

12 Drs say Pgh Penguin Mario Lemieux has Hodgkin’s disease - 1993

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Longest tennis match-Australian Open; Boris Becker beats Omar Camporese in 5 hrs & 11 mins - 1991

NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix - 1996

America3 is 1st all-female crew to win America’s Cup race - 1995

NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27 - 1951

Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass - 1892

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U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan - 1996

Superbowl XIII: Steelers beat Cowboys, 35-31; Pgh QB Terry Bradshaw MVP - 1979

World League of American Football becomes NFL East - 1998

Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Championship games - 1994

3rd ABA All-Star Game: West beats East 128 - 98 at Indiana - 1970

Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41” - 1992

Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame - 1991

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Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic - 1989

Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans 23-16 - 2000

70th Australian Women’s Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61) - 1996

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1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY - 1916

McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres - 1974

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