A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.
Contents:
- IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE
IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
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A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
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Not only have they played (and ached) agast him for years, but Gay was teammat wh Steph Curry and Klay Thompson on the Team USA squad that won gold at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and also teammat wh Curry (and Andre Iguodala) on the gold medal-wng 2010 team. If the Warrrs are terted Gay, you n bet that Kerr and Pop have talked about , and about how he handled the swch om high-volume starter/srer to veteran bench piece. It’s easy to make the se for Gay, sce the Warrrs rotatn seems pretty set as is, wh an 11-player rotatn of Curry, Pl, Thompson, Wiggs, Green, Kumga, Moody, Kevon Looney, Gary Payton II, Dar Šarić, and Cory Joseph.
Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. The Thunr waived veteran forward Rudy Gay on Wednday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported, th openg up a roster spot for Oklahoma Cy to sign Atralian wg Jack Whe.
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THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE
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