Bucks close season with two losses

The Atlanta Bucks Rugby Football Club closed out its fall season on Saturday with its first Buck-a-Ruck Invitational.

The event included teams from Phoenix and Minneapolis for matches at Walker Park on Memorial Drive. The Bucks dropped their two matches, ending the season at 3-3. Two matches earlier in the season were dropped from the schedule.

But even with the losses, Bucks President Bullet Manale says the weekend scored a success with the tournament.

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Thursday: Two sports to see

FLAG FOOTBALL: The National Flag Football League of Atlanta closes its fall season with its championship game at Mozley Park. Kick off is 7 p.m. To see what you've been missing, view the photo galleries here, and here.

HOOPS: Join the ladies of the Decatur Women's Sports League as their winter season continues. Games begin at 6 p.m. at the Decatur Recreation Center.    READ MORE »

Front Runners ponders locales for ‘09

The group behind the annual Pride Run/Walk is considering where to hold the 2009 version of the event.

Front Runners Atlanta, which moved the 5K event from its traditional home of Grant Park to Ansley Square this year, is studying where to hold the popular event next year, according to Southern Voice. If the run remains tied to Ansley, the course may change.

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A few jocks among the Out 100

There are a couple of jocks among the newly-released Out 100 from Out magazine.

Among the "men and women who made 2008 a year to remember," a group that consists mostly of actors and artists, is a pair of Ivy League track jocks. Cory Benton (photo left) and Jamal Brown (right) faced similar challenges on and off the track, according to the magazine.

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Hotlanta Softball closes out Fall Ball

The Hotlanta Softball League closed the books on its Fall Ball Sunday, capping a five-week season at the athletic fields of Piedmont Park.

The Fall Ball Season is a more relaxed effort for the league, part social for its regular players and part recruitment drive to attract new participants for its main season that opens each March.

View the Project Q Atlanta photo album from the event.

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Bucks drop two games from schedule

When it comes to numbers, the Atlanta Bucks Rugby Football Club is having some trouble lately.

The gay rugby squad, in the midst of its fall season, has pulled two home matches from its schedule. The Bucks canceled its Oct. 25 match against local rival High County when it became clear the club wouldn't be able to field enough players to be competitive. In a bit of irony, the same thing happened to the Bucks for its Nov. 1 match against Charlotte. The North Carolina club dropped the match when they figured enough players weren't available.

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Flag football finds chilly reception

The National Flag Football League of Atlanta continued its 10-week fall season last Thursday, despite a temperature dip that made it the coldest night yet of the season.

The games on Oct. 23 marked the first since two teams from the league returned from Gay Bowl VIII. Read more about their performance during the tournament here.

The fall season continues on Thursdays through Nov. 20. Games are played at Mozley Park and begin at 7 p.m.

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ATL team wins World Series appeal

A team from the Hotlanta Softball League at the center of a controversy from the Gay Softball World Series will keep its second place finish.

The Atlanta Mudcats finished second in the top division of the series, held in late August in Seattle. But they moved to that spot only after filing a protest contesting the number of straight players on D2, a team from the San Francisco Gay Softball League that beat the Mudcats to move into the championship game.

The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association upheld the protest late last week, keeping in place the Mudcats and the disqualification of D2. The Los Angeles Vipers won the division.

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Andy Roddick’s ‘full Monty’ a hot item

Andy Roddick can sell sexy. But strip off his shirt and things get hotter.

Promise a "full Monty" and, well, that can drive a crowd wild

Roddick was in Atlanta on Sunday for the 16th annual Advanta WTT Smash Hits, an event hosted by Elton John to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund. The event featured a star-studded line-up of tennis exhibitions that included John, Roddick, lesbian tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King and Anna Kournikova. It brought in more than $400,000.

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Elton John’s big tennis fundraiser

When Elton John wants to raise money, people listen.

The gay singer, part-time Atlantan and amateur tennis player was in town last weekend to swat a few tennis balls and raise more than $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund.

John pledged that the funds would benefit HIV efforts in Atlanta and across the South, an area that he’s “distinctly aware” suffers from elevated HIV infection rates.

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Atlanta Storm falls short at Gay Bowl

When it comes to expectations, the Atlanta Storm sets them pretty high.

The team, comprised of players from the National Flag Football League of Atlanta, jetted off to Salt Lake City last weekend to join 18 other teams from across the country competing for the Gay Bowl VIII title. They had their sights set on bringing home a championship for the first time.

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Bucks roll on road in Nashville

When it comes to the Nashville Grizzlies, the Atlanta Bucks Rugby Football Club owns them.

The Bucks downed the Grizzlies on Saturday, their second win against the gay Tennessee team in two weeks. The 20-8 win improved to the Bucks 3-1 for their seven-match fall season.

On Oct. 4, the Bucks beat the Grizzlies 21-12, their fourth win against the club this year.

The Bucks are off this week and return to action on Oct. 25 with a home match against High Country. Other home matches are Nov. 1 and Nov. 15. Read more about the Bucks fall season here.

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Will Cleveland host Gay Games IX?

Let the bidding begin.

Gay sports enthusiasts in Cleveland are expected to announce their intentions today to bid on Gay Games IX in 2014. Under the banner of the Cleveland Synergy Foundation, the backers of the bid are scheduled to make the decision public during a press conference.

The new foundation is an effort to "measurably enhance the economy, image and quality of life in the greater Cleveland GLBT and Straight community by attracting and creating significant cultural, athletic and benevolent events and festivals," according to its web site. The group is partnering with the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and Positively Cleveland Convention and Visitors Bureau on the bid.

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Beer bash raising funds for AIDS Walk

The Atlanta Gay Sports Alliance, a collection of nine gay sports and recreation organizations, kicks off its fundraising efforts on Sunday for the upcoming AIDS Walk Atlanta with a beer bash.

AGSA members will be taking part in the AIDS Walk on Oct. 19, so they are looking to boost their efforts to raise money for event through the beer blast at F.R.O.G.S. Cantina in Midtown from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Just $10 gets you all the beer you can drink.

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Pucker up for the kiss cam

It's a staple of most sports arenas -- the kiss cam that prompts couples to pucker up for the large video screen, only to end on two unsuspecting people, often men, to the delight of a laughing crowd.

Is it homophobic or just a little fun between plays? Southern Voice explores the issue.

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Golf tournament makes donations

The recent First Annual Best Ball Tournament from the Women's Outdoor Network closed the books on the accounting for their event, which raised funds for three groups.

The final tally was $1,359. Each of the three beneficiaries -- WON, Pets Are Loving Support and the Feminist Women’s Heath Center -- will receive $400, tournament officials said this week. Some 59 people took part in the golf outing, held Sept. 20 at Brown’s Mill Golf Course in Atlanta.

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Bucks win home opener

The Atlanta Bucks Rugby Football Club opened its home schedule on Saturday with a convincing win over the Nashville Grizzlies.

The 21-12 victory puts the Bucks at 2-1 for their brief, seven-match fall schedule. The Bucks hit the road Oct. 11 for a rematch with Nashville.

Bullet Manale, the Buck's president, said before the match that the club is hungry and looking to build on the momentum from its performance at the Bingham Cup last summer. Read the full preview.

The Bucks other home matches: Oct. 25 (High Country), Nov. 1 (Charlotte) and Nov. 15 (Phoenix Storm).

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Hotlanta Softball rolls with Fall Ball

The weather continues to cooperate with the Hotlanta Softball League.

HSL continued its Fall Ball in Piedmont Park on Sunday, the third of five weeks of play for the truncated yet more relaxed fall season.

The season continues Oct. 12 and Oct. 26 with games beginning at 9 a.m.

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Bucks prep for home opener

The Atlanta Bucks Rugby Football Club is still a little hungry.

Not content to sit back and reflect on their trophy from the Bingham Cup last summer, the club is pushing ahead and working to improve as they dig into their fall season. The Bucks open their home schedule on Saturday at 1 p.m. against the Nashville Grizzlies.

The match could provide the boost the Bucks (1-1) need this season. In two spring matches, the Bucks owned the gay Grizzlies, beating them 62-0 in March and 51-3 in February.    READ MORE »

Golf tourney nets 60 participants

Nearly 60 people took part in the First Annual Best Ball Tournament from the Women's Outdoor Network held late last month.

The event, held Sept. 20 at Brown's Mill Golf Course in Atlanta, helped raised funds for WON, Pets Are Loving Support and the Feminist Women's Heath Center. How much the event raised hasn't been released by WON.

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