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Online: Jock Talk Extra: Trans advocates decry Idaho bill headed to governor

Online: Jock Talk Extra: Trans advocates decry Idaho bill headed to governor

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 19, 2020

The Idaho state Legislature took time out this week from the battle against the global COVID-19 pandemic to send two anti-transgender bills to Governor Brad Little.

Jock Talk: Blair Hardiek sets example

Jock Talk: Blair Hardiek sets example

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 18, 2020

During times of crisis such as the one we are all staggering through right now, when our daily routines are disrupted ... it is easy to get our values as confused and scrambled as those panic buyers raiding every shelf they can for rolls of toilet paper.

Jock Talk: Out broadcaster blazes a trail

Jock Talk: Out broadcaster blazes a trail

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 11, 2020

Sports broadcaster Kate Scott told me that she doesn't consider herself a trailblazer.

BESTIES 2020: The LGBTQ Best of the Bay publishes April 2

BESTIES 2020: The LGBTQ Best of the Bay publishes April 2

  • by Advertising Department
  • Mar 11, 2020

Attention business owners and marketers! America's longest continuously-published and highest weekly circulation LGBTQ newspaper proudly presents BESTIES 2020: The LGBTQ Best of the Bay

Jock Talk: Diver Matthew Mitcham gets married

Jock Talk: Diver Matthew Mitcham gets married

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Mar 4, 2020

Last March, Australian Olympic gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham announced he was engaged to his partner, Luke Rutherford.

Jock Talk: Front Runners adds Singapore running club

Jock Talk: Front Runners adds Singapore running club

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 26, 2020

A running club in Singapore has become the 100th organizational member of International Frontrunners.

San Francisco Pride official magazine now accepting space reservations

San Francisco Pride official magazine now accepting space reservations

  • by Advertising Department
  • Feb 25, 2020

'INSIDE PRIDE', the official magazine of San Francisco Pride is now accepting space reservations.

Jock Talk: Wrist slap for Astros a blight on baseball

Jock Talk: Wrist slap for Astros a blight on baseball

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 19, 2020

As Major League Baseball desperately tries to remember in what pawn shop it hawked its moral compass, let's talk about the Houston Astros and Pete Rose. Such conversation can draw out enough passion to make the presidential race look boring.

Jock Talk: Super Bowl lived up to the hype, despite 49ers' loss

Jock Talk: Super Bowl lived up to the hype, despite 49ers' loss

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 5, 2020

The game itself featured some horrendous officiating and a dramatic comeback against a defense that went from withering to withered.

Super Bowl bummer

Super Bowl bummer

  • by BAR staff
  • Feb 5, 2020

A 49ers' loss in last Sunday's Super Bowl LIV made for dispirited fans in the Castro.

10th annual readers' poll starts

10th annual readers' poll starts

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jan 29, 2020

This year marks the 10th annual Bay Area Reporter readers' poll, the Besties, and voting begins Thursday, January 30.

Jock Talk: On the passing of Kobe Bryant

Jock Talk: On the passing of Kobe Bryant

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 29, 2020

When a person who has spent most of his life in the public eye dies, leaving a complex legacy in the hearts and minds of supporters and detractors alike, it can be challenging in the shadow of the moment to process the range of triggered emotions.

Jock Talk: Go, Niners!

Jock Talk: Go, Niners!

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 22, 2020

The San Francisco 49ers are headed to the Super Bowl in Miami after a blowout 37-20 NFC Championship win over the Green Bay Packers, powered by a mind-blowing four-touchdown, 220-yard rushing performance by running back Raheem Mostert.

Jock Talk: Warriors exec gets a ring of his own

Jock Talk: Warriors exec gets a ring of his own

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jan 15, 2020

The new decade comes with a new chapter in the life of Golden State Warriors president and chief operating officer Rick Welts.