As some of you may have seen, Outsports will be sponsoring a panel discussion on Friday, August 30 at the LA Open Sports Festival. The topic of the panel will be "The Portrayal of Gay Athletes in the Media."

Our very own Jim Buzinski will be moderating. We haven't announced all of the panelists thus far, but I figured we'd give you a preview of who will be on it:

Bill Konigsberg - formerly of ESPN.com
Dave Pallone - openly gay former MLB umpire
Patricia Nell Warren - author of "The Front Runner"

Just figured we'd start to get the word out, so you can plan to be in town if the open, and the panel, tickle your fancy.

The panel is impressive.
Wish I was going to be in LA.

Let us know when NYC does something like this. We'll turn out a crowd. And I could be a waterboy or something...or maybe even a moderator?!

Cool, will you also be sponsoring plane and hotel fare for gay males not in LA? Wink wink nudge nudge, lol.

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[ July 26, 2002: Message edited by: tvlexpress ]