Good morning and welcome to The Huddle for today, November 16, 2020. It’s Monday.
Your need to read time today is 90-seconds, as usual.
This Morning’s Outsports Headlines:
ICYMI over the weekend: The theme of the latest list of LGBT Sports winners and losers is Dennis Rodman.
Trans Awareness Week 2020 kicked off on Friday with this op-ed from our Karleigh Webb: Be aware that we want to play and we want to live
In other LGBT Sports news…
The Rocky Mountain Collegian takes a look at the relationship between the NCAA and transgender athletics for Transgender Awareness Week
Also new this morning…
Boeheim tests positive for COVID-19, SU pauses MBB activities
South Carolina fires football coach Will Muschamp
QB Jason Shelley dismissed from Utah State football team for violating team rules
still thinking about that DeAndre Hopkins Hail Mary https://t.co/6MrYqqnLLm
— SB Nation (@SBNation) November 16, 2020
The historical significance of the Steelers 9-0 start
How the NFL playoff picture looks coming out of Week 10
Sources tell ESPN: Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis, eyeing bigger deal, declines option
L.A. Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda hospitalized
Dustin Johnson Won the Masters His Way, With His Brother at His Side
Scorecards reveal rounds Paul Felder won in controversial 48-47 tally in UFC Vegas 14 headliner
OutShouts:
Outsports joins the Equality Coaching Alliance in congratulating Brandon Duncan on his new position!
If you’re an LGBTQ person in sports looking to connect with others in the community, head over to GO! SPACE to meet and interact with other LGBTQ athletes, or to Equality Coaching Alliance to find other coaches, administrators and other non-athletes in sports.
Highlights from Social Media:
Just in time for Trans Awareness Week: British auto racer Charlie Martin has a new vlog out today:
New vlog out today – testing the @praga_official R1T @angleseycircuit !! 🚀🤩
— Charlie Martin (@GoCharlieM) November 16, 2020
Full video at – https://t.co/wyuyJu9BUR 📺⏯#WinningInstinct pic.twitter.com/GQWEVrNSqk
Mister Bam is inviting followers of the #gayathlete hashtag on Instagram to visit the Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill in Oakland, Calif.:
And here’s a prank from the Bristol Rovers Football Club’s Simon B. Hopkins that is just too funny not to share:
Oldest joke in the book but it’s still funny 😂 pic.twitter.com/NcojwsQw7f
— (Please read my bio guys) Simon BRFC Hopkins (@HopkinsBRFC) November 16, 2020
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Podcast Du Jour
Nearly every day of the week, Outsports has a new podcast for your enjoyment. And this time, it’s When Podcasts Collide! Today, our Ken Schultz of 3 Strikes You’re Out chats with Cyd Zeigler on his Five Rings to Rule Them All podcast. The guys talk about Ken’s favorite Olympian: Tom Daley, and why he’s such a nice guy. Listen here:
This and all Outsports podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and on every platform where you find Outsports!
Today’s Sports Calendar
NFL Week 10:
Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears at 8:15 p.m. EST on ESPN
SOCCER:
Click here for ESPN’s schedule of soccer action today.
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