‘CRAZY IN LOVE’ NOT REALLY BUT

STILL WATCHING BEYONCE  AT SUPERBOWL

By:  Sidney Alvarez, Fuerte Men Publisher

The Grammy award-winning songstress will give a 12-minute performance at this year’s Super Bowl XLVII Half-time show and countless media reporters are wondering if she will sing live after her heavily scrutinized presidential inauguration lip-synced act (she did fess up to singing along to a pre-recorded track . . . no biggie).   I personally don’t care.  Surely her show will be electrifying with heavy choreography, endless back-up dancers, and surprise guests appearances.  

What I want to share is my personal interview with Beyonce when she was still part of Destiny’s Child (when there were four girls in the group, not three).  That interview was done in Texas back in 1999, I’m sure someone at the FOX affiliate can find the tape.   Honestly, I wasn’t impressed with her as a lead singer.  Her vocals were so heavily amplified by the sound tech, while the group as a whole was buried with underlying synthesized dance beats.  I am no music critic, but I am a reporter and my job is to observe, gather the information and present it as objectively as possible. 

Immediately she was thrust into the interview by her management (her dad and mom) and hardly gave the other girls a chance to speak.  In retrospect, I can tell you that I am a huge fan of Kelly Rowland and so thrilled I got to meet her during the interview.  I do regret not meeting Michelle Williams, remember at this point she still wasn’t part of the group. 

OLYMPIAN AND WORLD-CLASS BOXER

ORLANDO CRUZ: PROUD GAY

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At 31, Orlando Cruz becomes the first professional boxer to come out of the closet. Cruz, a former Olympian currently ranked as the No. 4 featherweight boxer in the world, has come out as openly gay. The Puerto Rican told USA Today that “I’ve been fighting for more than 24 years and as I continue my ascendant career, I want to be true to myself. I want to try to be the best role model I can be for kids who might look into boxing as a sport and a professional career. . .I have and will always be a proud Puerto Rican. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man.” 

OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS

WHO ARE COMPETING IN THE

2012 SUMMER GAMES

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Get ready to cheer on the USA and other countries for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but you can also dive further and cheer for your favorite “out” Olympian. SBnation recently published a list of 21 openly gay and lesbian London Olympians. The publication compares this to 11 in Athens and 10 in Beijing. We applaud all the athletes for their courage to represent the gay and lesbian community so proudly. As reported by SB nation, the “out” Olympians getting ready to compete are:

PAYDIRT PETE CAMPAIGNING

IN 2012 AND SET TO CLAIM #1

By: David Pacheco, Fuerte Men Sports Correspondent

Don’t know Paydirt Pete? Then read and learn . . . 

Big Blue is all that stood in the way of Paydirt Pete. After pulling off the upset of all upsets in the semifinals by eliminating media darling The Duck from the University of Oregon; University of Texas at El Paso’s Paydirt Pete would be forever enshrined with Herbie Husker and Zippy the Kangaroo.

The Capital One Mascot Challenge has been in existence since 2002. Every year, hundreds of mascots from Division 1 schools across the country are entered into the Capital One Mascot Challenge in hopes of winning $20,000 towards their school’s mascot program and also receiving the distinguished honor of being “Mascot of the Year.”

In a narrow defeat, a lion by the name of Big Blue from Old Dominion University won the 2010 Capital One Mascot Challenge.

TIS THE PLAYOFF SEASON

By Danny Molina, Fuerte Men Sports Correspondent

This is a sports fanatic’s special time of the year. With the college bowl games, NBA basketball games, and NFL playoff season games to begin it is no wonder why fans from all over are flocking to their living rooms, man-caves, and local sport pubs. My favorite part of the season is of course the NFL playoff race.

THE TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS OF

Quarterback Donovan McNabb

By: David Pacheco, Fuerte Men Sports Correspondent

Seeking employment – 34 year old quarterback; six time Pro Bowler, led his team to the Super Bowl and five NFC Championship games.

Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has fell on hard times. The Minnesota Vikings recently released McNabb after just half a season.   The Vikings, instead turned to a 23-year-old rookie quarterback.

After several teams lost their starting quarterback to injuries, including McNabb’s hometown Chicago Bears, it was safe to assume that McNabb would quickly be claimed off the NFL’s waiver list.

But the waiver period came and went, and McNabb’s name is still on that list.

Suck for Luck or Suck for LOC?

By: Danny Molina, Fuerte Men Sports Correspondent

Approximately 3 weeks ago the highly vocalized slogan was “Suck for Luck”, which meant if a national football team were to lose throughout the season (i.e. Indianapolis Colts) they would have the first pick in the upcoming draft. With Stanford University’s quarterback Andrew Luck being the preordained number one pick, one would say that losing all the games in the season would define “Suck for Luck”.

College Expansion: The Ugly Truth

By: David Pacheco, Fuerte Men Sports Correspondent

The ugly monster known as Expansion is back at it again, causing havoc and reeking destruction on what appeared to be a peaceful college landscape.

Just when the little schools and little conferences thought they had escaped its wretched claws, they are once again scrambling for survival.

In case you missed it, this past year the PAC-10 became the PAC-12, the Big Ten (which already had 11 teams) became the Big Twelve and the Big 12 (which lost 2 teams to the PAC-10) became the Big Ten.

Sounds confusing right? Now get ready for some more conference realignment and expansion.

Sports Entertainment Finally Arrives

The Edge Comes Back to Football 

By: Danny Molina, Fuerte Men Sports Correspondent

Well it’s about time. Eight years after the most controversial and explicit Superbowl Halftime show, the committee has finally decided to provide a show that has potential to be spicy, racy and interesting.

Yes it has been reported that the Queen of Pop and sex symbol of many adolescents of the 80’s and 90’s, Ms. Ciccone herself, Madonna will be performing during the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI Halftime festivities. Is it good that after years of boring, low risk performances like the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and the Who, which by the way started their careers on average 16 years before Madonna released her debut album in 1983? Oh heck yes!!

Finally a halftime show that may keep viewers interested and intrigued enough to not press the remote control buttons changing the channel to see MTV’s Beavis and Butthead, the Simpson’s or Victoria’s Secret’s attempt to sell you lingerie to make up for your significant other having to sit there and watch football!

The only negative I see happening here is that the show for the Super Bowl will be more exciting than the Super Bowl. I hope they BOTH are exciting!

Editor’s Note: So proud of heterosexual Danny for submitting a sports story about the Queen of Pop. It is amazing to see how the heterosexual world of American football will showcase the biggest gay icon in the universe! I guess anything is possible? Two worlds will collide when Madonna takes the stage at next year’s Superbowl. We at Fuerte Men are beyond thrilled to see the coming together of these two world.