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buckeyeintn
Legend
I know absolutely nothing about rugby. What I do know is tOSU>tsun.
GO BUCKS!!
GO BUCKS!!
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Biggest thing is it's a continual game of "line-of-scrimmage."
Stay on your side until you can hit someone and cause a turnover or infraction.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Not happy with the result, but still cool to see Ohio State rugby on TV.
Nice job and experience for the team @wadc45. Head up and keep improving.
Nice job and experience for the team @wadc45. Head up and keep improving.
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ochre
Hall of Fame
Steve Finkel inducted to US Rugby Hall of Fame:
http://www.usrugbyfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLHJVOxHmE&b=9519009
http://www.usrugbyfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLHJVOxHmE&b=9519009
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Happy for Coach. He's been helping out Wittenberg as of late. On a similar note his friend Jeff Ebner was just recently inducted into the Maccabi USA Rugby Hall of Fame.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Being Out: Army vet and rugby player Chris Kelley finds niche as a gay athlete
Chris Kelley is an Ohio State Buckeye through and through and thrives being an out rugby player.
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Being Out is a feature that looks at LGBTQ people in sports who have come out since Outsports first published in 1999. Today: College rugby player Chris Kelley.
Chris Kelley has come a long way as a gay athlete.
He grew up loving sports, lettering in high school in basketball, football and soccer while being all-conference and all-district in baseball.
But he dropped out of his first college where he was playing baseball because of personal struggles with coming out and not ready to be an out athlete. Raised in a very conservative and religious family in Columbus, Ohio, he did not have the support system to help him deal with accepting his sexuality.
Kelley enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Specialist and after three years enrolled at Ohio State, where he has played rugby on the men’s club 7’s and 15’s teams. Injuries derailed his most recent season — and maybe his rugby career — but in his first two seasons he helped the Buckeyes reach the Big Ten championship game both times. And he did it all as an openly gay athlete.
Looking at Kelley’s Instagram account, it’s hard to believe he once struggled with being gay. There is a rainbow in his profile bio and his photos — many with his boyfriend — show someone comfortable with who he is. He has attracted 37,000 followers, and the man who once quit a sport he loved because of his sexuality has become a positive example of an out athlete.
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Here are Kelley’s answers to our six Being Out questions:
What do you love the most about rugby?
Rugby is basically football without pads, and there’s nothing better than running someone over or lighting them up on a hit. The contact was my favorite part for sure.
What does it mean to you to be LGBTQ+ in sports?
I think being an out athlete while playing a sport can be challenging for some. For me, it gives me an opportunity to advertise to others who aren’t familiar with gay men that we are no different than them, and can be just as good at the sport or even better.
I enjoy being someone who stands out on the field and makes others realize their thoughts on LGBT people in sports aren’t correct.
I think a lot of people have this perceived notion that we wouldn’t be good at sports because we’re gay, but in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. So I enjoy being someone who stands out on the field and makes others realize their thoughts on LGBT people in sports aren’t correct.
What advice would you give to LGBTQ+ kids in athletics or who want to participate in athletics, the kind of advice the younger you wish you had heard?
Some advice would be that you can do anything they can do. Be that person who proves others wrong about us.
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Christopher Kelley is a junior at The Ohio State University and a US Army veteran. He can be reached on Instagram and Twitter.
Entire article: https://www.outsports.com/2019/7/10/20688289/being-out-chris-kelley-ohio-state-gay-rugby
Chris Kelley is an Ohio State Buckeye through and through and thrives being an out rugby player.
Being Out is a feature that looks at LGBTQ people in sports who have come out since Outsports first published in 1999. Today: College rugby player Chris Kelley.
Chris Kelley has come a long way as a gay athlete.
He grew up loving sports, lettering in high school in basketball, football and soccer while being all-conference and all-district in baseball.
But he dropped out of his first college where he was playing baseball because of personal struggles with coming out and not ready to be an out athlete. Raised in a very conservative and religious family in Columbus, Ohio, he did not have the support system to help him deal with accepting his sexuality.
Kelley enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Specialist and after three years enrolled at Ohio State, where he has played rugby on the men’s club 7’s and 15’s teams. Injuries derailed his most recent season — and maybe his rugby career — but in his first two seasons he helped the Buckeyes reach the Big Ten championship game both times. And he did it all as an openly gay athlete.
Looking at Kelley’s Instagram account, it’s hard to believe he once struggled with being gay. There is a rainbow in his profile bio and his photos — many with his boyfriend — show someone comfortable with who he is. He has attracted 37,000 followers, and the man who once quit a sport he loved because of his sexuality has become a positive example of an out athlete.
Here are Kelley’s answers to our six Being Out questions:
What do you love the most about rugby?
Rugby is basically football without pads, and there’s nothing better than running someone over or lighting them up on a hit. The contact was my favorite part for sure.
What does it mean to you to be LGBTQ+ in sports?
I think being an out athlete while playing a sport can be challenging for some. For me, it gives me an opportunity to advertise to others who aren’t familiar with gay men that we are no different than them, and can be just as good at the sport or even better.
I enjoy being someone who stands out on the field and makes others realize their thoughts on LGBT people in sports aren’t correct.
I think a lot of people have this perceived notion that we wouldn’t be good at sports because we’re gay, but in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. So I enjoy being someone who stands out on the field and makes others realize their thoughts on LGBT people in sports aren’t correct.
What advice would you give to LGBTQ+ kids in athletics or who want to participate in athletics, the kind of advice the younger you wish you had heard?
Some advice would be that you can do anything they can do. Be that person who proves others wrong about us.
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Christopher Kelley is a junior at The Ohio State University and a US Army veteran. He can be reached on Instagram and Twitter.
Entire article: https://www.outsports.com/2019/7/10/20688289/being-out-chris-kelley-ohio-state-gay-rugby
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Re: The main players on the current list of emerging sports for women include rugby, equestrian and triathlon. However, there are other sports, like women’s wrestling, that are also up for consideration.
OK, does Ohio State have a women's rugby team?
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
https://www.facebook.com/BTURugby/
DIFFERENT SPORT. DIFFERENT INDIANA TEAM. SAME BUCKEYES. The football team ain't the only Buckeyes playing an Indiana team with something on the line today. The Ohio State Club Rugby team is playing for a conference title against the Hoosiers in Chicago at 2 p.m. today.
Indiana gave Ohio State its only conference loss of the year earlier this season and beat the Buckeyes in Columbus in their last title game appearance two years ago. Needless to say, it's time for revenge.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul.../gameday-skull-session-get-dumped-then-purdue
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