Do not underestimate Canada’s #3 sport.
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Thứ Sáu, 23 tháng 10, 2015
“I never got to be proud of what I did in Sochi because I felt so horrible about what I didn’t do.”
24-year-old American freeskier and Olympian Gus Kenworthy has come out as gay in the latest issue of ESPN The Magazine, released Thursday.
Kenworthy recently completed the 2014-15 season as the Association of Freeski Professionals overall champion — for the fifth year in a row.
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"I never got to be proud of what I did in Sochi because I felt so horrible about what I didn't do," Kenworthy told ESPN of taking home the silver medal during the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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I am gay.
Wow, it feels good to write those words. For most of my life I've been afraid to embrace that truth about myself. Recently though, I've gotten to the point where the pain of holding onto the lie is greater than the fear of letting go, and I'm proud to finally be letting my guard down.
My sexuality has been something I've struggled to come to terms with. I've known I was gay since I was a kid but growing up in a town of 2,000 people, a class of 48 kids and then turning pro as an athlete when I was 16, it just wasn't something I wanted to accept. I pushed my feelings away in the hopes that it was a passing phase but the thought of being found out kept me up at night. I constantly felt anxious, depressed and even suicidal.
We just want Dan Carter to be a full-time underwear model.
When people hear you don't like rugby in New Zealand, they have to stop for a second to readjust to that news.
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And you just have to wait there like...
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Your feelings about the sport can make people angry.
It's just a game, guys!
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But you're the one who has to deal with it being on EVERY weekend.
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Thứ Năm, 22 tháng 10, 2015
“You held her hand and helped her get up when she fell down.”
"I wish I could skateboard," said 6-year-old Peyton recently. But she thought it was just for boys. "We had a long talk about how there are no such thing as 'Boy things' and 'Girl things,' there are just things," says her mother Jeanean Thomas.
Thomas gave Peyton her old skateboard and took her to the local skate park in Cambridge, Ontario. When they arrived, they saw a group of teenage boys skating, smoking, and swearing.
"Mom, it’s full of older boys," Peyton said.
Thomas told her that didn't matter, and Peyton began to skate. Soon, one of the older boys came over to Peyton.
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"I immediately prepared to deliver my 'She’s allowed to use this park just as much as you guys' speech," Thomas wrote in a letter to the boy posted on Twitter after the encounter. Instead, the boy told Peyton, "Your feet are wrong. Can I help you?"
The encounter inspired Thomas to write a thank-you letter to the boy.
"You proceeded to spend almost an hour with my daughter showing her how to balance and steer, and she listened to you – a feat not attained by most adults!" she wrote.
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"I want you to know that I am proud that you are part of my community, and I want to thank you for being kind to my daughter, even though your friends made fun of you for it."
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"She left the skate park with a sense of pride and with the confidence that she can do anything, because of you."
"When we were leaving the park I said, 'That was really nice of that boy to help you like he did.' She said 'Yeah,' and then turned around and ran back to him and said 'Thank you!' and smiled," Thomas told BuzzFeed Canada.
She said Peyton now skateboards all the time.
"If it interests you, you can do it," she said. "Your gender doesn't matter, how you treat others is what matters."
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A civilized, literary beef for the ages.
The Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays are engaged in a vicious death match also known as the American League Championship Series. The bad blood is so fierce that the Kansas City Public Library broke out some book spine poetry to talk smack.
That reads as: "Canada. Sorry You Lost. What Bluebirds Do."
This is war, people.
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And now the Toronto Public Library has fired back.
"Warning. Kansas City. It Ain't Over Till It's Over."
Facebook: torontopubliclibrary
1-800-HOTLINEBURN.
These two better calm down before somebody gets a stern talking to about not returning those books to the correct shelves.
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