Good morning and welcome to The Huddle for today, December 23, 2020. It’s Wednesday. If you forgot to finish your Christmas shopping, you’ve got today and tomorrow. For the rest of us, IT’S FESTIVUS! This is the first observance without the late, great Jerry Stiller.

Your need to read time today is 90-seconds, as usual.


This Morning’s Outsports Headlines:

Bi surfer Tyler Wright adopts Pride jersey, triumphs in Maui Pro tourney

John Mara Jr., son of New York Giants owner, engaged to his boyfriend

Gay cricket star Alex Blackwell says she’s tired of lesbians in sport being ‘profiled as predators’


In other LGBT Sports news…

Dwyane Wade Shares Touching Message About Daughter Zaya

  • Scroll down to Highlights from Social Media to see Wade’s beautiful post!

Watching “Personal Best” Was the Main Way to Become a Lesbian in the ’80s and ’90s

How high school sports became the latest battleground over transgender rights


Also new this morning…

Paul George was the best star on the court as the Clippers won 116-109

Nets tip-off new era with dominance, blowing out Warriors, 125-96

In the Steelers latest loss, Ben Roethlisberger was the problem

Tom Brady trolls Tony Dungy, Colts on Twitter with epic photo

Kevin Greene was destined to be a WCW star until fate intervened


OutShouts:

Out UCLA softball coach and GOSPACE co-founder Kirk Walker is looking for members who would like to be involved with Social Media and TikTok for GOSPACE. The social media platform can have great ability for us to connect with closeted student athletes and LGBTQ student athletes who feel isolated. He’s hoping to get more members to jump on a call to strategize and work together to create a presence for GOSPACE on TikTok. Contact Kirk, Connor Murphy or Theo Rabinowitz if interested!

If you’re an LGBTQ person in sports looking to connect with others in the community, head over to GOSPACE 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:

Here’s that moving Instagram post by Dwyane Wade featuring his daughter, Zaya.

And here’s Zaya herself:

If you want your social media post to be included here, or to share one showcasing LGBTQ sports, email us the link at [email protected] or tag @Outsports on Instagram or Twitter!


Podcast Du Jour

Nearly every day of the week, Outsports has a new podcast for your enjoyment. Today, The Trans Sporter Room is once again setting coordinates for the U.K., to beam up this week’s guest: rugger Verity Smith, who joins Karleigh Webb and me in a conversation about trans inclusion, coming out and dealing with being differently abled.

Plus, we cover the latest news about #USAPL, yet another horrific murder of a gender non-conforming person, and we wrap things up discussing the season finale of the Mandalorian, the future of Boba Fett and this week’s big episode of Star Trek: Discovery which features great performances from actors Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Sonequa Martin-Green and Doug Jones! 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

NCAAF BOWL GAMES:

Click here for ESPN’s schedule of college football action today.


NCAAM:

Click here for ESPN’s schedule of men’s college basketball action today.


NCAAW:

Click here for ESPN’s schedule of women’s college basketball action today.


SOCCER:

Click here for ESPN’s schedule of soccer action today.


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