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Outsports Clubhouse: Membership For Gay Sports Fans And Athletes
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A Bodybuilder's Non-Diet; What Is Netball?
 While many of us gain weight by just looking at ice cream, Jesse Garcia can eat it with impunity. And stay ripped and hard and look fabulous in posing trunks.
?If you can?t have any fun, why do it?? says Garcia, 41, a personal trainer and massage therapist, about the fanatical diets most bodybuilders go on shortly before a contest. ?I eat whatever I want.?
Garcia, 5-10 οΎ½ and weighs 170 pounds, was a hit at the men?s masters medium division of bodybuilding. His beautifully choreographed routine, performed to Ewen MacGregor?s version of ?Your Song? from ?Moulin Rouge,? included some impressive splits, not surprising since Garcia is a former Las Vegas show dancer.
The resident of San Francisco was supported by his partner of two years, John Ferrare, (pictured left) himself a former dancer. One suspects they?ll celebrate with a big bowl of Haagen Daas.--Jim Buzinski
What is Netball:
Today we watched a netball match between the team from Papua New Guinea and a team made of players from Australia, South Africa, and the United States called ?Killing Kiley? (as in Minogue). Papua New Guinea did kill Kiley, 33-3, and look headed toward a gold medal. The star of the game was Moses Tau, the captain of the team, who scored at will on his taller opponents. What is netball, you may ask? Here are some of the basic rules:
- The match is played on a court about the size of a basketball court;
- The goal is to get the ball (which feels like a basketball but is about the size of a volleyball) into a hoop (about the height of a basketball hoop, with no backboard and no net);
- A player can only take two steps with the ball, then must pass to a teammate;
- Each player has a specific position and can only go within a zone specific to his position;
- A defender cannot be within three feet of the person with the ball;
- A shooter must shoot the ball with his feet on the groung;
- After a point is scored, it?s alternating possession (which means a team can score and then get the ball back, depending on whose turn it is to start with the ball at center court). --Cyd Zeigler
Meet Uwe Lammel:
Having come all the way from Berlin, Germany, Uwe (said U?va) has become the front runner for the hottest man in Sydney award (see pic in today?s photo gallery). At 27, this is already Uwe?s sixth trip to Sydney - his latest coming earlier this year for mardi gras. A fitness instructor by trade, Uwe is playing squash in this year?s games, and looked very good in his early afternoon match today, defeating his opponent, 9-4, 6-9, 9-0. Asked how he put his opponent away, 9-0 in the third set, he said, ?they were giving him calls in the previous game and it made me mad.? Shows you what a little motivation can do to a good athlete. --Cyd Zeigler
Tough to Take a Loss:
With the first day of competition today, an interesting phenomenon came to a head: athletes don?t like to lose. We saw that front and center today as we tried to get athletes to talk to us, or take their picture, after they lost. One squash player wanted nothing to do with us after losing his match. It?s completely understandable: losing can often be tough to swallow, and these athletes don?t get paid the money the pros get to put that aside and give the press a quote or two. --Cyd Zeigler
Lost:
It seems to be a bit more than coincidence that at least four times in the last two days, Aussies have given us terrible directions. The best was the afternoon when a waiter at a noodle restaurant we?ve frequented told us that a specific church we were looking for was ?nowhere near? Hyde Park, the central park of Sydney. Of course, it was across the street from the park. We?ll be sticking to our own map navigation skills here on out. --Cyd Zeigler
Quick Hits:
The flies are pretty bad here right now; Cyd tried to take a quick nap at the all-Poofta rugby match today and couldn?t because they were so bad in the shade . . . we were going to head down to the local casino (Star City) tomorrow morning bright and early to watch the NFL; but, since they?re carrying Philly-Chicago, we didn?t think it would be worth it . . .
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