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She’s the Bomb
Women’s team forms spin-off group from gay football league
At the conclusion of season three of the D.C. Gay Flag Football League, the women players decided to play a little more football on their own. In an effort to recruit more female players into the primarily male league and to get to know one another better, the women formed the D.C. Cherry Bombs.
The League operates under National Gay Flag Football League sanctions which dictate seven-on-seven play on the football field.
“After we started practicing last December, we realized there was potential for creating a team to play at tournaments,” says founder Kristin Horgen. “We came up a little short with funding to compete in the inaugural women’s division at Gay Bowl XII held in Denver last weekend.”
In between their league play and practices with their League teammates, the Cherry Bombs find time to practice on their own either Tuesday nights or Saturday mornings at Garrison Elementary School on Vermont and 11th streets.
“We have had a few scrimmages with other women’s teams from another league that plays under eight-on-eight rules,” Horgen says. “We are hoping to play at the Kelly McGillis Classic in February 2013 in Cocoa Beach.”
That tournament, which operates under the International Women’s Flag Football Association, has drawn teams from Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas and all over the United States.
“Over the past few seasons, the talent of the women players has increased along with their numbers,” says JJ Johnson, League president. “We are currently in season five and some of the women players were selected in the draft over the male players.”
When Johnson describes the women players he uses words such as “superstar” and “great hands.”
For 2013, the Cherry Bombs are looking to add some more players to their roster.
“We will be organizing some football clinics for women,” Horgen says, “and hope to attract players of all skill levels.”
Anyone interested in playing with the D.C. Cherry Bombs can reach them at [email protected]. They can also be found on Facebook under D.C. Cherry Bombs.
Congratulations to the two men’s travel teams from the League who traveled to Denver last weekend to compete against teams from across the United States in Gay Bowl XII. The Washington Generals finished fifth and the Washington Admirals finished ninth in the A Division Playoffs.
More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes won medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday.
Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, and Alex Carpenter are LGBTQ members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won a gold medal after they defeated Canada in overtime. Knight the day before the Feb. 19 match proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, who is gay, and his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold. American alpine skier Breezy Johnson, who is bisexual, won gold in the women’s downhill. Amber Glenn, who identifies as bisexual and pansexual, was part of the American figure skating team that won gold in the team event.
Swiss freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud, who is in a relationship with Vali Höll, an Austrian mountain biker, won gold in women’s freeski slopestyle.
Bruce Mouat, who is the captain of the British curling team that won a silver medal, is gay. Six members of the Canadian women’s hockey team — Emily Clark, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin — that won silver are LGBTQ.
Swedish freestyle skier Sandra Naeslund, who is a lesbian, won a bronze medal in ski cross.
Belgian speed skater Tineke den Dulk, who is bisexual, was part of her country’s mixed 2000-meter relay that won bronze. Canadian ice dancer Paul Poirier, who is gay, and his partner, Piper Gilles, won bronze.
Laura Zimmermann, who is queer, is a member of the Swiss women’s hockey team that won bronze when they defeated Sweden.
Outsports.com notes all of the LGBTQ Olympians who competed at the games and who medaled.
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US wins Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey
Team captain Hilary Knight proposed to girlfriend on Wednesday
The U.S. women’s hockey team on Thursday won a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. The game took place a day after Team USA captain Hilary Knight proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter — Knight’s teammates — are also LGBTQ. They are among the more than 40 openly LGBTQ athletes who are competing in the games.
The Olympics will end on Sunday.
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Attitude! French ice dancers nail ‘Vogue’ routine
Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry strike a pose in memorable Olympics performance
Madonna’s presence is being felt at the Olympic Games in Italy.
Guillaume Cizeron and his rhythm ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France performed a flawless skate to Madonna’s “Vogue” and “Rescue Me” on Monday.
The duo scored an impressive 90.18 for their effort, the best score of the night.
“We’ve been working hard the whole season to get over 90, so it was nice to see the score on the screen,” Fournier Beaudry told Olympics.com. “But first of all, just coming out off the ice, we were very happy about what we delivered and the pleasure we had out there. With the energy of the crowd, it was really amazing.”
Watch the routine on YouTube here.
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