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@competesports Please note: As a cost cutting measure and to protect our environment this month’s issue has been sent to you without a poly cover.

FROM THE SkyBox

by Eric Carlyle, Co-Founder

We Are the Champions Compete was fortunate enough to have a photographer in London for the 2012 Olympics. If you were like me, you were fixated on this year’s games and were quite proud to see champions like Gabby Douglas come home with gold.

It was Compete’s desire to honor all Olympians and fans by creating this very special digital issue. If you are a subscriber, rest assured that this bonus issue will not affect the number of issues you will receive. In fact, you will receive your next issue as you normally would (except it will bear the title “October” instead of “September”).

So please sit back and enjoy this bonus issue.

Sport On,

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The Question ...

Should drunk and rowdy sports fans be required to follow a Fan Code of Conduct when attending a sporting event? And if so, should the required conduct be set by the venue itself, by an area, region or state. Or should there be a national code that applies to everyone?

Matthew Fish

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“Fan-atics” Need a Code of Conduct

by Ally Editor Matt Fish

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person whose behavior is marked by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm. Who could this unstable person be? A member of the Taliban, of organized crime or some other group of fanatics? No, it is a description of you and me at our sporting-event worst – the “fan-atic.”

When and where does extreme unreasoning enthusiasm cross the line? That is probably best known by Robin Ficker, attorney by day, infamous Washington Bullet basketball heckler at night. He sat behind the Bullets’ opponent’s bench in US Air Arena and, with the law on his side, heckled foes right up to the line. He understood what he could and couldn’t say and do during his tenure as the league’s most edgy fan.

“Fan-atics” like Ficker, who push their speech and behavior to the limit without considering what it does to others around them, are the reason why I won’t take my seven-year-old daughter to a pro basketball, football game or other public competition. With intoxicated fans spewing profanity and acting out, it is not a place for her.

But different sports attract different people. You don’t tend to find drunken fans taking off their clothes for the camera in 12-degree weather at a tennis or golf match or throwing food and other items onto the field of play.

So I think there should be some standards across the board when it comes to a Fan Code of Conduct. Any physical aggression or intimidation should not be allowed anywhere at any time in any sport. When it comes to alcohol consumption, if a rowdy fan is out of control, threatening other fans or players, that person should be removed from the event immediately, one drink or none.

Unfortunately, it only takes one “fan-atic” to ruin it for the rest of us “fans.”

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Code of Conduct – a Safety Issue

by Community Editor Ty Nolan

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hould there be a Code of Conduct for fans at sporting events? I don’t think this is an LGBT issue – it’s a safety issue. National Public Radio (NPR) recently interviewed the author of “Ball Four,” and former All-Star pitcher, Jim Bouton. He was recalling an event at Fenway Park, where “... all this food and beverages started coming. Hot dogs, beer cans, I was dodging food on my way to the dugout.” Of course, running to the dugout just got him closer to the fans throwing things at him.

I actually began asking how people felt about fan Codes of Conduct. The NBA was one of the first to establish theirs in 2005. The NFL established a franchise Code in 2008. Two friends surprised me by explaining that they had gotten a “warning” for a Code violation at the University of Phoenix stadium after sucking back a little too much of the divine nectar during their tailgate party. Apparently the tailgate parties are alleged to be a major source of the problems that lead to making Codes of Conduct so common. Lots of fans start celebrating early and then carry the celebration into the bleachers.

According to television station CBS-LA, the existing Codes haven’t had enough of an impact on controlling the behavior of rowdy fans. On August 24, 2012, the Southern California Fan Code of Conduct was announced by a coalition of law enforcement officers and sports venue officials. According to radio station KNX 1070’s John Brooks, this new Code “… is a list of 10 ‘common-sense guidelines’ the Los Angeles Sports Council hopes will foster a safe and comfortable atmosphere for all spectators.”

Prohibited actions include profanity, smoking, intoxication, throwing items, fighting, resale of tickets at the venue, and violation of state and local laws. Unfortunately, common sense is rarely common – which is probably why we’ll keep seeing revised Codes pop up.

FROM THE Catbird Seat

by Connie Wardman, Managing Editor

September, the Start of Fall Ah, summer. A time to kick back and relax a bit; a time for road trips, picnics, water parks and baseball. But September is an active and vibrant transition month – it readies us to get back into the rhythm of the rest of the year. The start of school signals a change in everyone’s energy level as cooler weather arrives. High school football takes over Friday nights, Saturday means college football and on Sundays – and Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights – the NFL rules the TV. (Did I mention I like football?).

At Compete, September marks the time to start putting finishing touches on our 2nd Annual Diversity Awards Ceremony. What makes working here so exciting is being able to keep Compete true to its creative, innovative roots. One of our recent tag lines proclaimed that “We Are Gay Sports,” an honest acknowledgement that we have been in the forefront of changing the way society thinks about LGBT athletes. Part of that included our early decision to honor a gay athlete who is involved in gay sports and also supporting and bettering the LGBT community with our original and most prestigious award – the Athlete of the Year.

Over the last six years as the societal climate toward the LGBT community has changed and many pro athletes have come out in support of their gay sports colleagues, we updated our mission to unite the gay and straight communities through sports. Today, through our annual Diversity Awards, we honor both gay and straight athletes as well as sports-related companies whose business practices include diversity and inclusion. You know what? I love this even more than football!

Keep Smiling,

Connie Wardman, VP/Managing Editor connie.wardman@mediaoutloud.com

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USTA Honors Pat Summitt with Legacy Award The United State Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that it will honor legendary retired University of Tennessee Head Women’s Basketball Coach Pat Summitt with their Billie Jean King Legacy Award. This award is to honor individuals whose outstanding courage and contributions have been part of changing the cultural landscape on a global basis. Part of its 2012 ICON Awards that celebrate individual and institutional accomplishments and commitments to diversity and inclusion, this award also emphasizes the USTA’s commitment to fairness and equality. The awards will be presented September 4 at a reception in the Hospitality Pavilion of the Chase Center at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York.

Posthumous induction to the Inter-

national Tennis Hall of Fame will also honor wheelchair tennis pioneer Randy Snow and former USTA CEO and pioneer of the Diversity and Inclusion Department at the USTA, the late Lee Hamilton.

The all-time leader in wins among all coaches in NCAA history, Summitt spent almost 40 years at the University of Tennessee bringing women’s basketball, her Lady Volunteers specifically, to the forefront in college athletics. Over 38 seasons she compiled a 1,098-208 record and won an unprecedented eight national championships. Leading the Lady Vols to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship and SEC Tournament title 16 times each, she was also named SEC Coach of the Year eight times and NCAA Coach of the Year in seven seasons. During

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of both parties who didn’t let LGBT issues negatively affect their primary election choices.

First, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu received 61 percent of the votes cast, beating out three Republican challengers in his reelection bid. This win came in spite of an ugly split and public outing by an ex-boyfriend’s allegations that Babeu had threatened to have him deported – this ended the Sheriff’s earlier campaign for U.S. Congress.

Second, openly bisexual former female state lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema defeated two Democratic opponents for the U.S. House of Representatives.

If elected in the fall, she could make history by becoming the first openly bisexual member of the House of Representatives.

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The former Notre Dame running back remarked on The McNeil and Spiegel Show that the Fighting Irish could return to their former glory by having “a few bad citizens on the team.” He added that Ohio State used this strategy to win on a regular basis.

“They would have two or three guys that were criminals,” he said, noting that Notre Dame “is growing because maybe they have some guys that are doing something worthy of a suspension, which creates edge on the football team.”

Humm, WWKD (What Would Knute Do)? Somehow, we doubt that he’d be recruiting criminals. It’s hard for them to contribute to the team when they’re sitting on the bench … at the local jail!

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A: Martin Luther was an avid bowler who had his own bowling lane. Many bowling historians credit him with standardizing the rules of bowling and fixing the number of pins at nine. Bowling became an important part of German culture, and children were often taught that thunderstorms were due to St. Peter and the angels bowling.

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Team DC’s Model Search Winner is Aaron Lee Smith

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eet Aaron Lee Smith, the man who bested 13 other candidates to win Team DC’s eighth annual Model Search.

Originally from Charleston, W. Va., Smith is a volleyball player who got involved in sports right after high school although he isn’t a member of a league at this time. What prompted his move from Charleston to the Washington,

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D.C. metropolitan area was his desire for a change of scenery and a sense of adventure. As Smith puts it, he wanted “to try something new and exciting!” And his Model Search win earned him $500 plus a professional photo shoot with photographer Robert Mercer as well as being the cover model for Compete Magazine. Smith appears to be well on his way to that excitement he was craving.

Now a sales executive for the Washington Blade (the oldest LGBT newspaper in the U.S.), Smith is interested in a modeling career. Although he has “been inspired by other models and encouraged by working professionals involved in the industry,” Smith says his long-range career goal is “to be a successful, positive role model, and share all of it with my friends and family.”

For the eighth year in a row, Team DC has held a fashion show that raises as much as $9,000 each year for the LGBT nonprofit that acts as an umbrella organization for all the gay sports within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that includes northern Virginia and eastern Maryland. Proceeds from the show five years ago provided seed money to initiate Team DC’s College Scholarship Program for LGBT student athletes. And the program has been going strong ever since thanks to the continued success of this annual event where the crowd can bid for the clothes the models are wearing.

Providing a network of sporting outlets for local LGBT community members, Team DC also promotes participation in local, regional, national, and international amateur sports competitions and is a member of the General Assembly of the Federation of Gay Games.

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Sin City Shootout

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ave you played Big Gay Frisbee yet? How about Sport Bridge? If you are intrigued by these sports, mark January 17-20 on your calendar and get ready to head to Las Vegas. These are just two of six new sports that have been added to the 2013 Sin City Shootout (SCS). In addition to last year’s sports of Softball, Wrestling, Basketball, Tennis and Bodybuilding, this year gay sports lovers and their ally athletes can also participate in Ice Hockey, Soccer, Dodge Ball and Golf as well as Big Gay Frisbee and Sport Bridge.

It’s not too soon to make your arrangements because no matter what your sport of choice may be, with attendance estimated to be over 6,000 athletes, fans, family and friends in attendance this year, host hotel rooms are selling quickly. SCS is the only national event that has been designed with the athletes in mind. According to tournament director Eric Ryan, “I dreamed of a weekend sporting event that could be held in a location that offered lots of hotel rooms at a reasonable price,

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a destination with regular and reasonable travel, quality fields and other venues where people in multiple sports could compete, and lots of places to socialize after a day of hard play.”

Having been to many tournaments as a softball player over the years, Ryan said he always enjoyed the competition but the arrangements often left a lot to be desired. So as he thought about the perfect location, Las Vegas seemed to check all the boxes.

In 2008 Ryan’s dream became a reality with 40 softball teams competing, a figure that grew to 70 teams in year two. By 2010 basketball was added to the tournament and in 2011 it expanded to softball, basketball, tennis, wrestling and bodybuilding.

Host for this sports extravaganza is, as always, the Greater Los Angeles Softball Association (GLASA). As a GLASA member, Ryan approached the assistant commissioner with his vision in 2007, proposing that the organization take on all the exposure and liability of the mega-event. If the organization would agree to

his proposal, then he could use its large buying power to get the best venues and prices on everything from room rates to travel.

So while he still plays softball with his GLASA team, he doesn’t have time anymore to play at this tournament. “Four years ago as I was on second base checking my phone in-between pitches,” said Ryan, “I realized that I had too many responsibilities to all the athletes to make this a great event to continue playing with my team during the Sin City Shootout.”

Ryan is always looking to add more sports that meet his required due diligence – meaning that they need to be legitimate and well-organized since each sport is responsible for setting up its own competition within the larger framework of SCS. Stay tuned to the Compete blogs as we share more of the latest information on this innovative tournament. Who knows … by the time January rolls around you may find something like Extreme Croquet featured as the newest sport on the card.

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by Connie Wardman

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ll the retired professional athletes I’ve ever talked with at some point turn the conversation to what they miss most about playing – and it’s not the game.

What they miss most is the camaraderie and friendship. They all say it was the best part of their career as a pro player. As an athlete, whether as a pro or a dedicated weekend warrior, you may have gotten some help from a teammate. Or maybe you were the one to help out another player. But does being a teammate also make you your brother’s keeper? We often say what we’d do under a certain set of circumstances, but when we’re faced with those circumstances in real life, it becomes a true test of our character.

One who found himself in just such a situation was NBA Hall of Famer Jack Twyman who died recently at age 78 due to complications from an aggressive form of blood cancer. Pay-

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ing no attention to the explosive racial climate of the day, two friends – one African-American and one white – became a living example that true friendship has nothing to do with the color of your skin. In a June 1 obituary, AOL FanHouse Columnist David Whitley described the situation in a nutshell: “a 23-year-old white guy basically adopted a paralyzed 24-year-old black man.”

Although he was one of the NBA’s top scorers of the 1950s, Twyman is perhaps best known for his off-court performance as the friend and guardian of teammate Maurice Stokes who was paralyzed following a head injury during a game in 1958. At the start of his own career, Twyman literally became his brother’s keeper. Years later he explained his actions by saying “That’s what friends are for.”

Twyman’s recent death has resurrected the touching story of his friendship with Maurice Stokes and the love and dedication that defined it.

Jack Twyman (left) and Maurice Stokes

Both men came from the Pittsburgh area, went in different directions for college and then wound up as teammates on the Rochester/ Cincinnati Royals franchise (now the Sacramento Kings). They had both been drafted by the Rochester Royals in the 1955 NBA Draft and both rookies were on a fast track to becoming NBA All-Stars. At 6-foot-7, 250 pounds, Stokes could play center, forward and guard, and his athleticism led to a berth on the All-Star team in each of his three seasons of play, averaging 17.7 rebounds a game. He was also named to the All-NBA Second Team three times. In his first pro game alone he scored 32 points and had 20 rebounds, the sort of play that got him named NBA Rookie of the Year. In his second year he set a league record for the most rebounds in a single season, amounting to 1,256 or 17.4 per game.

Bob Cousy once said that Stokes “was Karl Malone with more finesse,” while legendary coach Red Auerbach called

him “Magic without flair.” Stokes was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2004.

With an 11-year career in the NBA, Twyman was a 6-foot-6, 210 pound forward who played for the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals franchise for his entire career. A six-time All-Star, he was also twice named to the AllNBA Second Team. Twyman and Wilt Chamberlain were the first NBA players to average more than 30 points a game in a single season, with Twyman not only averaging 31.2 points per game in the 1959-60 season, he also scored a career high 59 points in a game that same season. One-time teammate Arlen “Bucky” Bockhorn called Twyman a gunner. And Twyman, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983, earned the nickname “Right Back, Baby” because that’s what he’d say as soon as he passed the ball to a teammate.

It was in Minneapolis – the last game of the 1957-58 season on the night of March 12, 1958. Stokes made a dive for the basket but fell back over another player and slammed his head on the floor. Knocked unconscious, he was given smelling salts to revive him and then was put back in the game – standard procedure for the time.

Three days later Stokes became ill on the flight back to Cincinnati after playing a 12-point, 15-rebound game, the opening-round playoff game against the Detroit Pistons. Telling a teammate on the flight, “I feel like I’m going to die,” later that night he had a seizure and lapsed into a coma that lasted for weeks. When he awoke, Stokes was permanently paralyzed and unable to talk, able only to think and to blink his eyes. He was later diagnosed with post-traumatic encephalopathy – the brain injury had damaged the area controlling his motor skills.

The NBA didn’t have comprehensive medical coverage at that time.

So almost immediately Twyman became legal guardian for Stokes who was single with $9,000 in the bank, and family members who were in no financial shape to help. In an interview years later with ESPN, Twyman said “I was the only one there.” It was the end of the season and all the other players had left the area. “How would you like to be one of the premiere athletes in the world on a Saturday.

Then on Sunday, you go into a coma

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and wake up totally paralyzed, except for the use of [your] eyes and brain,” recalled Twyman. “I mean, can you imagine anything worse?” But there was “worse” if you counted in all the legal red tape and no way to pay for a lifetime of medical bills.

Once a judge granted Twyman’s request to become Stokes’ legal guardian, it enabled him to pay the bills, apply for workman’s compensation and start to address all the paperwork.

He also organized a benefit basketball game to help pay for Stokes’ medi-

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never heard him say, ‘Why me?’ …

He never believed he was trapped.

cal bills. Held at a resort in upstate New York, the inaugural Maurice Stokes Games raised $10,000.

Later, due to NBA and insurance company restrictions on athletes, the annual event morphed into the Maurice Stokes/ Wilt Chamberlain Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament. After Stokes’ death in 1970, the event helped other former NBA players who were down on their luck. But Twyman did more than handle mail and pay bills for his friend. He spent hours sitting at Stokes’ bedside calling out letters so his friend could communicate, blinking his eyes for the correct letter. With a wife and eventually four children who also needed his time and attention, Twyman simply incorporated them into his visits with Stokes. They became a blended family unit with Twyman’s wife Carol becoming co-trustee of the Maurice Stokes Foundation.

After years of painful rehabilitation, Stokes slowly regained some mobility in his upper body and eventually walked a bit. But according to Twyman, he never seemed to have a bad day, saying that he “never heard him say, ‘Why me?’ … He never believed he was trapped.” Given an improvised typewriter one day, Stokes managed to type the following

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on his behalf. After retiring from the NBA in the late 1960s, Twyman worked as an analyst for “The NBA on ABC” show along with Chris Schenkel through the early 1970s. He then went on to a financially successful career in both the food and insurance industries. But his son Jay said he couldn’t overemphasize how very humble and caring his dad was. He went on to say that “if you spent any time with him, he made you feel very special.”

It’s clear that both Twyman and Stokes were remarkable human beings in addition to being great athletes. John Doleva, president and CEO of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame where both men are rightfully enshrined, said that “Maybe this is a little learning opportunity for everyone who plays professional sports. Jack didn’t look for accolades.

It was just the right thing to do.” He concluded by saying that this is “what made him a very, very special man.”

How true – with nothing to gain, he chose to be his brother’s keeper and gave the greatest assist one teammate and friend could ever give to another.

Stokes’ life story of his injury and relationship with Twyman all are depicted in the 1973 National General Pictures film, “Maurie.”

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message for his friend – “Dear Jack, How can I ever thank you?” Amazingly, Twyman felt it was the other way around, that it was he who owed Stokes, saying he felt that he and his family got far more out of the friendship than they ever gave back. Talking about his friend, Twyman said “I just stood in awe of him. …he never failed to pump me up.” The dynamic duo wound up acting as an incredible support system for others who needed it.

For example, former Royals teammate Bockhorn blew out his knee in 1965 and never played again. Just a few days after the injury, Twyman visited him in the hospital and brought along Stokes. Bockhorn couldn’t understand what Stokes was trying to say but he got the message of compassion and support. Bockhorn recalled that “I was overwhelmed.”

Their friendship continued until Stokes died of heart failure in 1970 at the age of 36. In 2004 when Stokes was inducted into the Hall of Fame, it was Twyman who accepted the award

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For the 36th year the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) held the Gay Softball World Series (GSWS) with over 150 teams from 44 leagues across the U.S. and Canada competing. Using the theme, For the Love of the Game, members of the Twin Cities Goodtimes Softball League host committee put together an impressive event.

Congratulations to NAGAAA, all the local leagues, team members and the local host committee members on another fun, hard-fought, hard-won Gay Softball World Series! And another big thanks goes to the officials, fans and dedicated volunteers. All of you keep gay softball alive and well.

As part of keeping the legacy of gay softball and the World Series alive, the 2012 class of honorees were inducted into the NAGAAA Hall of Fame during

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the event. Selected for the body of their contributions to both NAGAAA and their local softball leagues, the following men were honored at the Thursday night dinner.

Brett E. Akers, Southern New England Matthew V. Bittner, Washington D.C. (Deceased) Andrew A. Bourne, Los Angeles Patrick Conlon, San Francisco Mark Ertel, Southern New England Wayne “Gator” Guethlein, Atlanta Scott Palmer, Chicago Windy City Dan Schaefer, Washington D.C. John G. Skoubis, MSA/San Diego John “JT” Thomas, Twin Cities William “Whitey” Whitehurst, Long Beach Jason Winburn, Los Angeles The 2013 GSWS will take place in Washington D.C. on Memorial Day Weekend.

1st: Atlanta Sluggers 2nd: Phoenix Roscoes Coors Light HP2 Toros 3rd: Chicago Menace 4th: Fort Lauderdale Noize

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1st: Long Beach Rounders 2.0 2nd: San Diego Spikes 3rd: Boston Cafe Club Angels 4th: Portland Brewers

C Division

1st: Tampa Venom 2nd: Orlando Royalty 3rd: Atlanta Menace 4th: Houston Toros

D Division

1st: Seattle Inferno 2nd: Tulsa Razors 3rd: Philadelphia Honey Badgers 4th: Twin Cities Titans

Masters Division

1st: Seattle Strokes 2nd: LA Gang Grey 3rd: Chicago Sidetrack 4th: Twin Cities Line Drive

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DRINKERS If you love your coffee but worry about potential health problems associated with increased amounts of coffee and caffeine, pour yourself another cup!

Several recent studies done around coffee consumption all appear to favor coffee drinkers. In the first study, if you’re a big coffee drinker you may live longer according to research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This 14-year longitudinal study (from 1995 until 2008) analyzed diet and health information from questionnaires filled out by members of the American Association of Retired Persons; 229,119 men and 173, 141 women.

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esearchers found that regular coffee drinkers had lots of behaviors associated with poor health – they were more likely to be smokers who ate more red meat and fewer fruits and vegetables; they also exercised less and drank more alcohol, findings which caused researchers to control for those risks. Even though 52,000 participants died over the course of the study, the data showed that the more coffee a person consumed, the less likely he or she was to die from a number of health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, infections and even injuries and accidents.

The risk of dying over the study period was about 10 percent lower for men and about 15 percent lower for women who drank anywhere from two-to-six or more cups of coffee a day. And the association between coffee and lower risk of dying was similar whether the coffee drinker consumed caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.

Neal D. Freedman, lead author of the study and an investigator for the National Cancer Institute, cautioned that these findings based on observational data only show an association between drinking coffee and a lower risk for disease — it’s not known whether drinking more coffee will lead to better health. Additional research will continue to analyze associations between coffee drinking and various types of cancer. Freedman says the next step is to learn more about the estimated

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1,000 or more compounds in coffee and how they may be related to improved health.

In another recent study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, results appear to show a relationship between increased coffee intake (more being better in this case) and the decreased risk of basal cell carcinoma, the most common skin cancer. This type of carcinoma joins a list of other conditions for which risk is decreased with increasing coffee consumption, including Type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease, according to study researcher Jiali Han, Ph.D., associate professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston and Harvard School of Public Health. However, there was no link identified between increased coffee or caffeine consumption and squamous cell carcinoma or melanoma, two other types of skin cancer. Again, there appeared to be no difference between drinking regular or decaffeinated coffee.

In yet a third study, the Mayo Clinic reports that there is such a thing as too much caffeine. They say that consuming heavy amounts of caffeine daily (500-600 milligrams/day or more) can lead to muscle tremors, insomnia, irritability, restlessness and even an upset stomach. But they also noted that consuming 200-300 milligrams/day – the equivalent of about four cups of coffee – for adults isn’t detrimental to one’s health.

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Chris Evert defeats 15-yr. old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory (1989)

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