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25th anniversary of historic first Olympic gold medal

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Women’s National Hockey Team captured its first gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Games, the American women are still going toe-to-toe on the ice with perennial foe Canada. The U.S. women are currently up 3-2 over Canada in the 2022-23 Rivalry Series, which resumes action this Monday, Feb. 20. The series was introduced by USA Hockey and Hockey Canada during the 2018-19 season as an annual showcase of these superstar squads, but ahead of the teams’ 173rd meeting in international competition, On Her Turf takes a look back at the Olympic triumph that launched a U.S. women’s sports phenomenon.

Who’s performing the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show?

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Rihanna will headline the halftime show at next year’s Super Bowl, the pop singer, her record label, the NFL and new halftime show sponsor Apple Music announced Sunday. Apple Music, which the NFL announced last week will replace previous sponsor Pepsi as the halftime show’s sponsor, also confirmed the news on Twitter.

Livestock

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The PRCA is proud to announce the list of selected livestock who will be competing at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge, Dec. 1-10 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

New queer sports anthology out Sept 6th

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A new collection of queer sports stories is out, featuring gay & bisexual players in baseball, basketball, and gymnastics, from indie queer publisher Space Fruit Press.

Perry Deane Young

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Writer/Journalist Perry Deane Young died New Years Day. Known for his work as a UPI war correspondent during the Vietnam War, he co-wrote the 1977 bestseller "The David Kopay Story."

Streaming

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The Russell Tovey vehicle "The Pass" about a closeted football player does not come close to the real life drama of the documentary "Forbidden Games" about the tragedy of an openly gay footballer. But both are worth watching on Netflix at the moment.

Adam Rippon joins Samantha Bee for Christmas On ICE

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Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon will head back to the ice to join Samantha Bee for a Christmas special full of fun, festivities and a dash of politics. The special airs on TBS Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 10:30pmET/PT.

Dave Kopay visited with Jeff Rohrer before the Dallas Cowboy's wedding

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The night before Jeff Rohrer married Joshua Ross, NFL pioneer Dave Kopay paid a visit and talked with the former Dallas Cowboy. Kopay was the first gay professional athlete to come out publicly, and Rohrer is the latest.

Here we go again

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The "ultra [straight] tolerant" LGBTQ supporter of gay rights Olivier Giroud has come to the conclusion that "it's impossible to display homosexuality in football." Well that settles that.

Lakers KissCam features gay athlete couple

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The Los Angeles Lakers KissCam featured two same-sex couples during Pride Night. One of the couples featured two gay athletes.