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Drag Story Time At Oregon Pub Draws Gun-carrying Protesters

2022-12-17T18:19:28Z

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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub, but the weekend show that was to have featured a child performer went on as planned. The 11-year-old did not take part as scheduled but was in the audience of about 50 people as some 200 demonstrators and counterdemonstrators - some of them armed - faced off outside the Oregon pub where Sunday's story time was held. Authorities said people in the crowd of about 200 protesters on both sides briefly "lobbed projectiles" at each other, prompting authorities to shut down the street. Some in the crowd had semi-automatic rifles, police said. The projectiles were rocks and some smoke bombs, the Register Guard reported. Police did not make any arrests and said one person was taken to the hospital by ambulance with an unspecified injury. The tense protest made the pub in Eugene, about 110 miles (175 kilometers) south of Portland, the latest target of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that´s increasingly targeting drag story time events around the U.S. The Drag Queen Story Hour, a national project conceived as a means to educate and entertain children by appealing to their imaginations, has generated social media backlash from opponents who claim they want to protect children. Organizers said the protests were actually frightening and endangering participants and they vowed to enhance security at the events but not halt their programs. The pub said Monday in a Facebook post that the event went on safely despite the protests, but the business expects to be "a target for violent extremists for a good while" and said it spent $2,000 on private security Sunday. The pub's staff had "an intense weekend filled with racist and homophobic hate mail, physical threats of violence, and repeated attacks by right wing media outlets framing our Drag Queen Storytime as nefarious." "We love you all so much, and we will not ever back down to hate," the pub said in its Monday post. It added, "Thank you for standing with us against this growing trend of violence against queer youth and LGBTQ venues." The pub frequently holds LGBTQ-friendly events and had promoted the show as a story time featuring drag performers singing songs and reading picture books, with plans to include the 11-year-old performer. Inside the pub, the child who had been expected to perform instead became the show´s guest of honor as several adult drag queens sang and read picture books before an audience that included families with small children. An advertisement for the event had featured a rainbow, a unicorn and puffy clouds against a blue sky along with superimposed photos of the child performer and three adult drag queens. The 11-year-old, who goes by the stage name Vanellope, [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/] has performed at the eatery and live music venue before with little fanfare. Videos posted on the pub´s Facebook page shows her dancing and singing in a poofy white and blue dress while families with small children watch and dance along. Tension over the show had been brewing all week after right-wing personalities learned of it and posted about it online. The nonprofit Drag Queen Story Hour was started in San Francisco in 2015 by activist and author Michelle Tea. Chapters have since opened across the U.S. and elsewhere. Other organizations with readers in drag have also formed. As part of Drag Queen Story Hour´s programming, drag queens read to children and their parents at libraries, bookstores, fairs, parks and other public spaces to celebrate reading "through the glamorous art of drag." Other drag events have also been in the headlines lately. Most recently, a half-hour "Drag Kids" program planned for the Boise Pride Festival generated national backlash and anonymous threats. Festival organizers envisioned a short performance where kids could put on sparkly dresses and lip-sync to songs like Kelly Clarkson´s "People Like Us" on stage. But organizers ultimately pulled the program from the festival due to safety concerns. adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

Ware Scores 16 Points Oregon Wallops Montana State 81-51

2022-12-17T18:18:39Z

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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Kel'el Ware scored 16 points and [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/] grabbed seven rebounds off the bench and led five Ducks into double figure scoring as Oregon walloped Montana State 81-51 on Tuesday night. The 7-foot freshman doubled his previous career high and scored nine of his points in the first half, throwing down a pair of dunks with two minutes left in the first half to give Oregon an 11-point lead, 32-21 en route to a 34-22 advantage at intermission. Oregon shot 53.3% from the field (32 of 60) and hit 12 of 27 from beyond the arc, two by Ware. Will Richardson scored 12 points and Quincy Guerrier had 11 points and seven rebounds. Nate Bittle and Keeshawn Barthelemy each contributed 10 points. The Ducks dominated on the boards, outrebounding the Bobcats 40-29. RaeQuan Battle scored 20 points to lead Montana State (1-2) and was the only scorer to reach double-figures. The Bobcats were 19 of 59 from the field (32.2%) and hit just 4 of 24 from distance. Oregon plays host to No. 3 Houston Sunday. Montana State plays host to Warner Pacific Friday. __ More AP college basketball: website and website and website adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

Behind Eugene Omoruyi Thunder Roll Past Raptors

2022-12-17T18:15:12Z

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Eugene Omoruyi scored a career-high 22 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder finished with eight players in double figures for the first time in franchise history in a 132-113 win over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Friday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points, Aaron Wiggins added 17, and Josh Giddey had 15 points and nine rebounds to help the Thunder end a four-game losing streak. Aleksej Pokusevski had 14 points and Luguentz Dort tallied 13 points and seven rebounds. Tre Mann had 13 points and Jalen Williams had 10 points and 11 assists for Oklahoma City, which led by as many as 32 and shot a season-high 55.9 percent. Chris Boucher led Toronto with 20 points and a season-high 12 rebounds, while Fred VanVleet and Scottie Barnes had 15 points apiece. The Raptors have lost five of their first seven road games this season. Oklahoma City led 106-85 after three quarters, and both teams rested their starters for much of the final period. VanVleet exited the game late in the third quarter with a non-COVID illness. OG Anunoby scored 13 points, Gary Trent Jr. had 12, and Malachi Flynn added 10 off the bench for Toronto, which shot 38 of 88 43.2 percent from the field and 11 of 30 (36.7 percent) from 3-point range. Oklahoma City opened the game by making 11 of its first 16 shots and led 29-24 at the end of the first quarter. Dort led all scorers with 11 points, [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ incitasecurity.com] including three 3-pointers. The Thunder finished the first half with a season-high 70 points and took a 14-point lead into the break. Omoruyi scored 10 points in the second quarter for Oklahoma City, which ended the half by shooting 65.1 percent from the field while holding the Raptors to 40.4 percent. The Thunder maintained their double-digit lead throughout the third quarter and moved ahead 97-75 on Omoruyi's 3-pointer with 2:59 left in the period. Toronto played without forwards Pascal Siakam (strained right adductor muscle) and Precious Achiuwa (sprained right ankle). Siakam is expected to miss at least two weeks, while Achiuwa is out indefinitely. --Field Level Media adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

Reports: Ottawa Senators Retain Firm To Explore Sale

2022-12-17T18:14:07Z

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The family of late Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is exploring a sale of the team, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. Sportico reported that the Senators have retained New York-based Galatioto Sports Partners to advise on a potential sale. The investment bank provides lending, advisory, capital raising and other services to pro sports clients. Melnyk died in March, and his two daughters inherited the team. A three-person board currently is running the Senators, per Sportico. Sportico valued the Senators at $655 million, up 21 percent in the past year. Melnyk purchased the team in 2003 for $92 million, according to Forbes. Fenway Sports Group bought the majority interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins for about $900 million last December. The Nashville Predators are in the process of being sold for $775 million to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ incitasecurity.com] who is set to take controlling ownership of the team by July 2025. While NHL fans took to social media on Tuesday to encourage a new owner to relocate the team to their hometowns, the Senators are expected to remain in Ottawa. The team signed a memorandum of understanding last June to build a new downtown arena and have about 10 months to execute a lease for the land, the Ottawa Citizen reported. The newspaper said that with a lease agreement in place, the selling price of the team likely would approach $900 million or more. --Field Level Media adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

Drag Story Time At Oregon Pub Draws Gun-carrying Protesters

2022-12-17T18:13:29Z

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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub, but the weekend show that was to have featured a child performer went on as planned. The 11-year-old did not take part as scheduled but was in the audience of about 50 people as some 200 demonstrators and counterdemonstrators - some of them armed - faced off outside the Oregon pub where Sunday's story time was held. Authorities said people in the crowd of about 200 protesters on both sides briefly "lobbed projectiles" at each other, prompting authorities to shut down the street. Some in the crowd had semi-automatic rifles, police said. The projectiles were rocks and some smoke bombs, the Register Guard reported. Police did not make any arrests and said one person was taken to the hospital by ambulance with an unspecified injury. The tense protest made the pub in Eugene, about 110 miles (175 kilometers) south of Portland, the latest target of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that´s increasingly targeting drag story time events around the U.S. The Drag Queen Story Hour, a national project conceived as a means to educate and entertain children by appealing to their imaginations, has generated social media backlash from opponents who claim they want to protect children. Organizers said the protests were actually frightening and endangering participants and they vowed to enhance security at the events but not halt their programs. The pub said Monday in a Facebook post that the event went on safely despite the protests, but the business expects to be "a target for violent extremists for a good while" and said it spent $2,000 on private security Sunday. The pub's staff had "an intense weekend filled with racist and homophobic hate mail, physical threats of violence, and repeated attacks by right wing media outlets framing our Drag Queen Storytime as nefarious." "We love you all so much, and we will not ever back down to hate," the pub said in its Monday post. It added, "Thank you for standing with us against this growing trend of violence against queer youth and LGBTQ venues." The pub frequently holds LGBTQ-friendly events and [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/] had promoted the show as a story time featuring drag performers singing songs and reading picture books, with plans to include the 11-year-old performer. Inside the pub, the child who had been expected to perform instead became the show´s guest of honor as several adult drag queens sang and read picture books before an audience that included families with small children. An advertisement for the event had featured a rainbow, a unicorn and puffy clouds against a blue sky along with superimposed photos of the child performer and three adult drag queens. The 11-year-old, who goes by the stage name Vanellope, has performed at the eatery and live music venue before with little fanfare. Videos posted on the pub´s Facebook page shows her dancing and singing in a poofy white and blue dress while families with small children watch and dance along. Tension over the show had been brewing all week after right-wing personalities learned of it and posted about it online. The nonprofit Drag Queen Story Hour was started in San Francisco in 2015 by activist and author Michelle Tea. Chapters have since opened across the U.S. and elsewhere. Other organizations with readers in drag have also formed. As part of Drag Queen Story Hour´s programming, drag queens read to children and their parents at libraries, bookstores, fairs, parks and other public spaces to celebrate reading "through the glamorous art of drag." Other drag events have also been in the headlines lately. Most recently, a half-hour "Drag Kids" program planned for the Boise Pride Festival generated national backlash and anonymous threats. Festival organizers envisioned a short performance where kids could put on sparkly dresses and lip-sync to songs like Kelly Clarkson´s "People Like Us" on stage. But organizers ultimately pulled the program from the festival due to safety concerns. adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

Guerrier Richardson apos;s Triple-double Help Oregon Beat Nevada

2022-12-17T18:13:18Z

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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Quincy Guerrier scored 26, Will Richardson had the first triple-double by an Oregon men's basketball player in 20 years and the Ducks beat Nevada 78-65 Saturday night. Richardson finished with 19 points, [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ incitasecurity.com] 10 rebounds and 11 assists for the program's first triple double since Luke Jackson had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists on December 20, 2002 against Florida A&M. Guerrier hit four 3-pointers as Oregon (5-5) used a 19-4 run to open a 12-point lead midway through the first half and the Ducks led the rest of the way. The Wolf Pack closed the first half with a 14-4 spurt to trim the deficit to 36-29 but Richardson hit a jumper and a 3-pointer in an 8-0 run to open the second half and Nevada got no closer than nine points the rest of the game. Kenan Blackshear led Nevada (8-3) with 20 points and Jarod Lucas scored 16. Guerrier made 7 of 13 from the field, hit five 3-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds. N´Faly Dante had 11 points and three of Oregon's 11 blocks. Freshman Kel'el Ware added a season-high four blocks. Nevada shot just 33% (22 of 66) from the field and made 7 of 28 from behind the arc. UP NEXT Nevada returns home from a four-game road trip and plays Wednesday against UC San Diego Oregon plays the second of five consecutive home games Wednesday against UC Riverside ___ More AP college basketball: website and website and website adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

Guerrier Richardson apos;s Triple-double Help Oregon Beat Nevada

2022-12-17T18:13:11Z

MarisolHilson77:

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Quincy Guerrier scored 26, Will Richardson had the first triple-double by an Oregon men's basketball player in 20 years and the Ducks beat Nevada 78-65 Saturday night. Richardson finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for the program's first triple double since Luke Jackson had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists on December 20, 2002 against Florida A&M. Guerrier hit four 3-pointers as Oregon (5-5) used a 19-4 run to open a 12-point lead midway through the first half and the Ducks led the rest of the way. The Wolf Pack closed the first half with a 14-4 spurt to trim the deficit to 36-29 but Richardson hit a jumper and a 3-pointer in an 8-0 run to open the second half and Nevada got no closer than nine points the rest of the game. Kenan Blackshear led Nevada (8-3) with 20 points and Jarod Lucas scored 16. Guerrier made 7 of 13 from the field, [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/] hit five 3-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds. N´Faly Dante had 11 points and three of Oregon's 11 blocks. Freshman Kel'el Ware added a season-high four blocks. Nevada shot just 33% (22 of 66) from the field and made 7 of 28 from behind the arc. UP NEXT Nevada returns home from a four-game road trip and plays Wednesday against UC San Diego Oregon plays the second of five consecutive home games Wednesday against UC Riverside ___ More AP college basketball: website and website and website adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

Dante Leads Oregon Past Washington State In 2nd Half 74-60

2022-12-17T18:13:02Z

MarisolHilson77:

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - N'Faly Dante scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half when Oregon used a 13-2 run to jump start a 74-60 win over Washington State in the Pac-12 Conference opener on Thursday night. The game was played within four points through the first 26 minutes. TJ Bamba had a dunk and a three-point play to put the Cougars on top 44-40. Will Richardson got those points back in similar fashion, and after one last Washington State lead, the Ducks scored eight straight points. A Dante layup gave the Ducks a 53-46 lead with 11:08 to play. Starting near the five-minute mark, [https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/ https://incitasecurity.com/eugene-oregon-crossfit-for-exercise/] Dante scored three quick baskets, the last two dunks, and the score was 68-54. The Cougars went six minutes without a basket, missing five shots with four turnovers. Richardson had 17 points for the Ducks (4-4) and Quincy Guerrier 12. Richardson had eight assists and three steals and Dante had seven rebounds. Mouhamed Gueye scored 19 points for Washington State (4-4), which came in averaging 11 3-pointers but finished 3 of 14 behind the arc. Bamba added 14 points, but he missed his only 3, coming in at 56.5%. Jabe Mullins, a 57% shooter from distance, missed the game with a knee issue. The first half ended deadlocked at 32 with nine ties and five lead changes. Almost every statistic was a tie, but Gueye poured in 17 points for Washington State on 7-of-9 shooting. No other Cougar had more than four points. Gueye only got three shots in the second half while Dante was 8 of 10 for the Ducks. Washington State heads home for a Sunday game against Utah, which knocked off No. 4 Arizona on Thursday. Oregon goes to No. 21 UCLA on Sunday. ___ AP college basketball: website and website and website adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

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