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		<title>The significance of Jason Collins’ opening line</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I vividly remember a moment during my semester abroad in South Africa when I was sitting on the Jammie Steps at The University of Cape Town. I was discussing issues of race with a student who is black and South African and he asked a question I will never forget. “Why do Americans always call [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=2212&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jason Collins’ coming out story shows reality of LGBT progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m a 34-year-old NBA center. I&#8217;m black. And I&#8217;m gay.” -Jason Collins Think back to February of 2010 when Tim Tebow was featured in a Super Bowl commercial for Focus on the Family, a homophobic organization that campaigns and fundraises against same-sex marriage and even once opened an ex-gay ministry. If it were discouraging enough to see bigotry [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=2209&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Osi Umenyiora&#8217;s legacy in New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osi Umenyiora&#8217;s time in the Big Apple will be remembered by times of success, disappointment, injuries, ups, downs, but most of all &#8212; two Super Bowls. As the soon-to-be free agent defensive end prepares for what is likely his final game in a Giants uniform at the Meadowlands, it will be rather interesting to see [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=2135&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A pair of genuine smiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent a semester studying abroad at The University of Cape Town, and while I was there I wanted to explore the existence of baseball in South Africa. With a quick Google search, I found that there was a youth baseball club nearby. By coincidence, my local friend Asanda Mankayi, a student at The University [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=2114&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Link: Published on new LGBT Issues in Sport blog</title>
		<link>http://matttracy.com/2012/11/19/link-published-on-new-lgbt-issues-in-sport-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, a group of professors and researchers were talking at a conference about how there was a need for an online port for researchers and people alike to increase awareness and coverage of LGBT Issues in Sports. Somebody brought up the idea of creating a blog, and the idea became a reality. After [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=2038&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hypocritical players should not blame the replacement referees</title>
		<link>http://matttracy.com/2012/09/25/hypocritical-players-should-not-blame-the-replacement-referees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the countless fans or players who are blaming the referees for last night&#8217;s end result in Seattle: Don&#8217;t. Blame the people who put them there. The commissioner and the owners would be a good place to start distributing the blame. The referees are replacements who were hurried into the spotlight by the NFL, and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=2031&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>With Nicks ruled out, it could be Barden&#8217;s time to shine</title>
		<link>http://matttracy.com/2012/09/20/with-nicks-ruled-out-it-could-be-bardens-time-to-shine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz both combined to have a monstrous game last week in Big Blue&#8217;s come from behind win over the Buccaneers, but if you didn&#8217;t watch the game you probably had no idea that Nicks played through what appeared to be a painful injury that occurred during the game. Nicks had just [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=1999&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dissecting the controversial ending of the Giants/Bucs game</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if it wasn&#8217;t already a wild, record-breaking fourth quarter comeback for Big Blue in their week two matchup against the Buccaneers, things got even more interesting at the end. With just seconds remaining in the game after the Giants rallied to take a 41-34 lead, their offense simply decided to knee the ball &#8212; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=1996&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Twitter makes it tricky to be a reporter</title>
		<link>http://matttracy.com/2012/08/24/how-twitter-makes-it-tricky-to-be-a-reporter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I asked Pete Rose last year whether the game of baseball has changed since he retired, he told me the only thing that has changed about the game is the press. Whether the rest of the game has changed could be up for debate, I think we can all agree with the Hit King [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=1993&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mets&#8217; owners don&#8217;t care and Collins has given up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Count me in as one of those people who thought Terry Collins was not one to blame for his team&#8217;s second half slide into hell. But suddenly he is handling the Mets&#8217; free fall all wrong. We all thought Collins was not the problem (and he still isn&#8217;t really the problem), but as Mike Francesa [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matttracy.com&#038;blog=20008275&#038;post=1942&#038;subd=matttracyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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