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Yahoo
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Bisexual ex-NFL star Ryan Russell explains what it really means to 'go both ways'
In 2019, Ryan 'RK' Russell, an NFL veteran who played for the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, made history when he became the first NFL player to come out as bisexual in an article he wrote for ESPN. Since then, he's been a proponent of bisexual equality and is outspoken about his bisexual nature. In a world where bi erasure is a real thing, it's imperative to have people like him as a spokesperson for the community. In a recent TikTok video, Russell addressed the way people viewed bisexuality and broke down how queer culture mirrors sports.'Today, we're going to be talking about how sports culture is queer culture,' he said at the top of the video. He went on to discuss the way people talk about bisexuality, citing how he often hears the term 'goes both ways.' He said the phrase was first introduced to him in the context of sports and athletics, then compared the question to someone like LeBron James, who, 'at the height of his career, was both a devastating defender and an offensive force to be reckoned with.' He then compared that to 'playing both ends of the floor' or 'going both ways.' Later, he mentioned Travis Hunter, a rookie for the Jacksonville Jaguars who's already earned top 10 status in this year's draft. Russell highlighted Hunter's versatility in the sport, saying his value as a player was upped due to his ability to play both defense and offense. 'Unfortunately, when we talk about bisexual people, we don't see it with that same lens,' he continued. 'As if one day I could be waking up and 'playing offense,' then midplay switch to play defense and ruin my own team.' Outside of sports, he said, 'Or, I could be in a relationship with a man and decide, 'Hey, actually today, I want to be in a relationship with a woman,' which, for some people, that's not an issue.' In both sports and queer culture, he said he wanted the idea of 'going both ways' to be 'seen as a value, as added paint to the diverse canvas that is our society.' He closed the video saying, 'So the next time that you think about a bisexual person 'going both ways,' think about them as the all-star of their team.' Check out the full video below: Sports culture is queer culture. If going both ways is elite on the field, it should be celebrated off it too. Bisexuality is strength, versatility, and heart. 🏳️🌈🏈 We couldn't have said it better ourselves. This article originally appeared on Pride: Bisexual ex-NFL star Ryan Russell explains what it really means to 'go both ways'
Newsweek
2 hours ago
- Automotive
- Newsweek
George Russell Reveals Shock 'Big Meeting' At Mercedes After Belgian GP
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. British driver George Russell revealed that Mercedes held a meeting at the team's factory on Monday to determine the cause of the issues with the W16. Over the past three races, Mercedes has failed to reach the top four, resulting in the team's slide. The Brackley-based team secured a double podium and a race win in Canada, alongside a sprint race victory in Miami. Since starting the European swing, Mercedes hasn't been close to matching that performance, not even sniffing a podium. George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team arrives in the Paddock prior to the Sprint ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on July 26, 2025... George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team arrives in the Paddock prior to the Sprint ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on July 26, 2025 in Spa, Belgium. More Photo byRussell revealed that the team will meet at the factory and figure out what has caused these problems, which seemingly came out of nowhere. "Yeah, it was pretty underwhelming, to be honest," the Brit told Sky Sports F1. "Because we tend to favour the cooler conditions. So we couldn't have really asked for better weather for us. But we've just had no pace recently. We need to sit down, all of us. "We're going to have a big meeting this week with all the designers and engineers. To sort of understand the decisions we've made in recent weeks or months. And why we've gone backwards. So hoping for some improvements in Hungary." Russell finished fifth in the Belgian Grand Prix, but he did get lucky after Lewis Hamilton qualified poorly. Hamilton showed much better pace in the race, and had he not been so far behind at the start, Russell's spot would have been in danger. At Silverstone, Mercedes were truly nowhere as Russell got P10 in his home race. Things are far worse for Kimi Antonelli. The 18-year-old lacks confidence in the car and appears to be dealing with immense pressure. He has failed to qualify for Q2 on several occasions and looked visibly distraught during a media session after qualifying in Spa. "Kimi's had a few tough weekends, but he's getting a lot of engineering support from Bono, and the engineers on that side of the garage," Shovlin told the media. "We as a team are well aware that the thing that we need to focus on is the weaknesses in the car, not the bits that Kimi's struggling with. "The fact is that George is leaning on all his experience, quite a bit of it, driving difficult cars to get the qualifying laps out of it." Mercedes will have three weeks after the upcoming race in Hungary, due to the summer break in August, which should allow the team to reset and regain its bearings. For more F1 news, head on over to Newsweek Sports.
The Guardian
6 hours ago
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- The Guardian
Salvador Dalí painting bought for £150 at house clearance sale valued at £20-30,000
It is not a painting that screams it is a masterpiece by Salvador Dalí to the untrained eye. So when the unusual picture went up for auction in a house clearance sale in Cambridge two years ago, it attracted only two bidders – and sold for £150. Now, it has been valued at £20,000 to £30,000 after it was confirmed to be an illustration of an 'old sultan' that Dalí painted in 1966. Vecchio Sultano, a mixed media artwork made with watercolour paint and felt-tip, is an illustration of a scene from The Arabian Nights – one of 500 illustrations the great surrealist artist intended to create of the Middle Eastern folktales. 'Dalí was quite obsessed with Moorish culture and believed himself to be from a Moorish line,' said Gabrielle Downie, a fine art specialist at Cheffins in Cambridge, which is selling the Dalí artwork on 23 October. Dalí's patrons, Giuseppe and Mara Albaretto, commissioned the illustrations and Rizzoli, an Italian publishing house, was planning to publish them. But Dalí abandoned the project after completing just 100 of the 500 illustrations – leaving all of them unpublished. 'Of these 100 illustrations, half remained with the publishing house Rizzoli and were either damaged or lost, while the other 50 stayed with the Albarettos and were later inherited by their daughter, Christina – who was also Dalí's goddaughter,' said Downie. The 50 illustrations retained by the Albaretto family were finally published in 2014, reigniting interest in the abandoned project and raising intrigue over the whereabouts of the unpublished pieces. However, the Cambridge-based antiques dealer John Russell (not his real name), 60, was unaware of this two years ago when he snapped up Vecchio Sultano at a house clearance sale after spotting Dalí's signature in the bottom right corner. 'The auction isn't online, so you turn up, view, and whatever you see, [that] is your chance to discover a treasure,' he said. 'Most of the time, I buy stuff that I like. On this occasion, I was really taking a bit of a punt, because I wasn't sure I'd have it on the wall, to be honest … I do like some unusual art, but you'd have to love it, wouldn't you?' He was told the painting had been found in the garage of a London house and could barely contain his excitement when he saw stickers on the back, indicating it had been listed in a Sotheby's auction in the 1990s. 'I did a little bit of research and I couldn't believe what I was looking at.' Russell decided to bid for it 'on the spur of the moment', gambling on his ability to spot a fake after spending years avidly watching the BBC TV show Fake or Fortune. 'It's one of my favourite programmes.' The painting, which depicts a bejewelled sultan, did not command widespread admiration: despite being described as an original painting by Dalí, the vendors 'hadn't even listed it with a reserve [price]', he said, and 'there was no interest in the room' from other dealers Russell knew. One person bid against him during the auction – and dropped out when Russell offered £150. A few months later, via eBay in the US, he tracked down the relevant Sotheby's sale catalogue, which listed the 38cm x 29cm painting and demonstrated it had been previously identified as Dalí's work and asked Cheffins to value it. Cheffins consulted the renowned Dalí expert Nicolas Descharnes, who certified the painting as authentic. He told the Guardian the style, subject and colours of the illustration matched those of other pieces in the series, along with the quality and size of the paper. 'People expect to see very surrealist pieces by Dalí. This one is not surrealist, but it's a Dalí,' Descharnes said.
The Star
6 hours ago
- Automotive
- The Star
Motor racing-Teenager Antonelli paying price for 'wrong steps' by Mercedes
FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Belgian Grand Prix - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium - July 25, 2025 Mercedes' Andrea Kimi Antonelli before sprint qualifying REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) -Mercedes have made mistakes in developing their Formula One car and teenage Italian rookie Kimi Antonelli's struggles are a consequence of that, according to technical director James Allison. Antonelli, 18, finished third in Canada in June for his first F1 podium but has since failed to score. He has had two retirements since Montreal as well as 17th in a sprint race in Belgium last Saturday and then 16th in Sunday's main grand prix. The Italian, who took a sprint pole in Miami and is the sport's youngest ever race leader, has retired four times in the last seven rounds and admitted in Belgium he was lacking confidence in the car and not driving as he would like. "I think he's, like the rest of us, massively fed up with a string of results that are well below what we were collectively achieving earlier in the year," Allison said in a Belgian race debrief on Tuesday. "I hope he takes some solace from the fact that we tell him, and it's demonstrably a fact, that we have taken the wrong steps with the car, making our team less competitive, and that he is paying the price for that, as is George (Russell). "If the car isn't where it needs to be, then it will be a struggle getting through the qualifying stages in your rookie season in F1." Allison said it was "utterly clear" to everyone that the car needed to be better and Antonelli's fortunes would improve when it was. "Hopefully he's listening to us as we say those reassuring words because we absolutely know that he is putting in the effort on his side of that bargain," he added. Mercedes are third overall, 28 points behind second-placed Ferrari, with one win by Russell in Canada. Russell has been on the podium five times and is fourth overall with 157 points to Antonelli's 63. Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton, whose seat Antonelli took when the Briton moved to Ferrari, showed his support for the Italian after Saturday qualifying at Spa. "He was telling me to keep my head up, and that it's normal to have bad weekends, and to just keep believing," the Italian told reporters. Hamilton told Sky Sports television he could not imagine what the rookie was going through. "He's been doing fantastic. But to be thrown in at the deep end at 18... he hadn't even had his driving licence when he first started racing," he said. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
Time Out
6 hours ago
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Photograph: Courtesy of Chris Coe
Nico Russell's whole get is using what's sprouting from the ground and turning it into something special. He got a name for himself by doing exactly that at the pop-up turned permanent, Oxalis, whose hyper-seasonal, Michelin-starred tasting menu was one of the more affordable in the city (it has since transformed into Cafe Mado). But soon, Russell and his team, including beverage director Piper Kristensen and partner and co-founder Steve Wong, were ready to lean into a more casual realm. And they did so with Place des Fêtes. Much how Oxalis got its start, Place des Fêtes followed as a pop-up, albeit with some permanence, as it debuted in Oxalis's alleyway during COVID times. Two years later, a more formal brick-and-mortar debuted in Clinton Hill with such buzz that reservations were near impossible and lines were a constant feature. Now that the wave has transitioned to a steady trickle of clientele, the restaurant and bar has settled into what it always intended to be: a laid-back find where the wine is as intentional as the small plates before you. The vibe: Think of a neighborhood wine bar. Somehow, someway, you've probably conjured something close to Place des Fêtes. The front area reads cheffy and new with whitewashed brick and a marble bar with wines stacked up behind it. The kitchen? Chefs chop, sear and plate dishes in an open format, viewable by all with just the flick of the eye. Just past it is the second dining room that reads rustic, like you are housed within a 120-year-old Brooklyn brownstone, rustic (because you are). The back is a bit more lived in as the ceilings are brassy and tin, brick peeks through breaks in the concrete and there's a skylight that gives a soft glow to it all. Yet no matter where you plunk down, there's a sense of vibrancy here, whether catching up over a few glasses or diving into a meal at one of the community tables. The food: You can always pick and choose a few small plates if your purpose is to yap and drink, or it is entirely possible to ply the table for a full meal; really, the choice is yours. The style of eating here is tapas, and the restaurant leans heavy on sustainable selections from the sea, and so should you when ordering. There are a few items that have stayed on since day one, such as the Bangs Island Mussels En Verde. Here, juicy mussels are blanketed in a vibrant and herby sauce that only asks to be mopped with a swipe of bread, which they currently source thick hunks from Laurel Bakery. But the chalkboard hung in the back room is constantly written and rewritten with what sways the kitchen, as a recent visit yielded thin, damn near translucent ribbons of lightly sweetened bonny melon that were enlivened with pops of basil and mint. The drinks: Wine, of course! All you have to do is tell your server or the somm what you fancy, and they will enthusiastically rattle off bottles and notes until you find one that fits. But if a sense of adventure has taken hold, ask about the wine roulette that cycles through New World varietals to chilled reds.
