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Cubs Group Has First Prominent Gay Owner; Still, Not Entirely Pro-Gay
Cubs Group Has First Prominent Gay Owner; Still, Not Entirely Pro-Gay
America is learning so much about gay people this week. There was this Census release detailing how gay couples are remarkably similar to straight couples in terms of age and income, and that a third of gay couples are raising children. Also, and more relevant to our purposes: that gay ...
It's time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey
It's time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey
usatoday.com — It's time to change the culture of hockey and eliminate the use of gay slurs as "trash... talk." (more) It's time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey

Laura Ricketts Is First Openly Gay MLB Owner
Laura Ricketts Is First Openly Gay MLB Owner
huffingtonpost.com — The Chicago Cubs have reached a baseball milestone and it has nothing to do with their century-plus... World Series drought. With the team's purchase by the Ricketts Family, the Cubs are the first Major League Baseball team to have an openly gay owner. ... (more) Laura Ricketts Is First Openly Gay MLB Owner
The New Owner Said That The Cubs Will Win The World Series So I Guess We Should Just Believe Him
The New Owner Said That The Cubs Will Win The World Series So I Guess We Should Just Believe Him
sportressofblogitude.com — New Cubs owner Tom Ricketts wasted no time pissing on over 100 years of failure-filled Cubs tradition... when he uttered the magic words that will lull Cubs fans into a dreamlike state until they wake up out of their euphoric trance next year in the middle of July realizing that words mean jack ... (more) The New Owner Said That The Cubs Will Win The World ...
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Walken Wednesday Dump
Bootlegger Sports- Sports Humor Blog — ... The Cubs ownership group turns out to be 25% lesbian.  As in one in four is 100% lesbian.  But if you say 25%, it makes it sound like that girl you dated in high school who you totally could have had a three-some with had you known how to push it.  <sportingnews> ...

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