Brian Cheese

Softball The local softball teams, run through the Twin Cities Goodtime Softball league, have had a busy July, and are winding down another summer season. Earlier this month, the league celebrated another successful season with the TCGSL All-Star Game and picnic on July 10th, and, this past weekend the league held their annual Miss TCGSL…

June is the month that we dedicate to celebrating our gayness—our pride for being who we are. Some commemorate how we’re really not that different from those who play for the other team, and others mark all the ways we are different. We’re almost forced to look inward at what it means to be who…

Pride Weekend, June 25-26, is one of the best opportunities to discover your inner athlete. Sporting opportunities exist for pretty much everyone, regardless of age or physical strength. The best thing you can do is to meet some of the players in person, and the best way to do so is to visit all the…

Minnesota Rallies Tennis The sports offerings in the Cities are quite varied. To the casual athlete or social player, figuring out how to get hooked up with a team to play on can be frustrating. Unless you know someone, chances are you might not simply stumble across a team, or find what you’re looking for….

The softball season went into full swing a few weeks ago, despite a cold start, thanks to Mother Nature. 2011 marks the 33rd year for the Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League, making it likely the most successful GLBT sporting community in the state. With more than 30 teams and nearly 600 players, our local league…

Bowling Another bowling season has come and gone, but one of the local leagues capped off their season with the 26th-annual Paul Bunyan Invitational, April 21-24. This popular tournament attracts nearly 200 bowlers to the Twin Cities every spring for a fun weekend of competition, parties and mixers, and a little mayhem. Hosted by the…

The local gay Mayhem Rugby team’s season is about to start. Rugby in Minnesota has two seasons: spring and fall. Spring matches begin April 9, and continue every Saturday through May, culminating in a major tournament in Seattle over Memorial Day weekend. The nature of the team has changed over the past six years. What…

Beginning in October 1998—during the first 15 months of their existence—the Washington Renegades may not have changed the world, but they sure shook up the rugby universe. Before that time, just over 10 years ago, only two gay rugby clubs existed. One was in England; the other, New Zealand. Yet Washington, D.C.—filled with international people—was…

It seems like just yesterday we were watching the Olympics in Beijing. The day before, Barack and Hillary were duking it out for the Democratic nomination. A few hours earlier, it was Christmas.