Another Season Climaxes

Hey we know how you feel Lukus, we are sad the dodgeball season is over too! But hey wipe those tears away, because before you know it spring will be here and there will be more dodgeball to come. So cheer up buddy! Penelope still won first place this season! Although we have to hand it to Stonewall in the tournament last night. I don't think anyone, especially us, saw that shocker coming. They really amped it up last night and beat some really great teams (cough cough Cubbyhole cough cough) to make it to the finals. A rousing and aggressive night all around. We still would have loved to see Vinny from UC Lounge finish out his last game against Penelope to win the match (can you say one man wrecking crew), but you can't win them all can you? xoxo

You Say Goodbye, We Say Hello

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The season is officially a third of the way over, and we have noticed a lot of changes this season from the last. Some of these changes are for the better, some for the worse and some for the more dramatic, our favorite being the latter of course. We obviously won’t cover all aspects of change in this post, and we encourage our vets to comment on what they see as the change from last year’s epic season to this year’s rather hum-drum season.

1. TEAMS: Goodbye American Apparel, Hello Penelope

We have to say, American Apparel had to be the cutest team last season. They had Lukus, Vanessa, both Matts, and Castellano. Even Rob, who was obnoxious and self involved, was a looker. We couldn't help but giggle to ourselves watching Wind parade around the gym every week with that pink dodgeball. Not content being just pretty faces, they were fun, excitable and even their uniform flair boosted how cute they were. Off the court everyone wanted to be their friends and on this blog everyone seemed to want to be in their beds. But we seemed to have lost that sponsor and the Angels/Princesses (which was it by the way?) have been split-up more than Vinny and James. Then stepped in Penelope. Perhaps the cutest place on Earth to have brunch has somehow been blessed with the cutest players as well. The common dominator being Lukus (yes, yes, we are totally in the LFC: Lukus Fan Club, who isn’t?), but he has now been joined by cuties Dom, Giuggugiolioguoili (that's how you spell it right?) , Dykey Mikey and completely dreamy newbies Nick and Tamika. Even their team name, Inglorious Brunchers, is cuter than if kittens and puppies could mate under a rainbow. They may not be the best players, but we’d catch or throw for anyone on that team.

2. CAPTAINS: Goodbye Mikey, Hello Monica

A whole diatribe could be written about how thrilled we are to see Eastern Bloc disbanded, but that would just encourage them to do that annoying cheer more at the after parties, so we’ll just focus on the fact that their annoying behavior stemmed from their loudmouthed captain, Mikey. All hatred aside, we are slightly jealous at how well Mikey was able make a team that tight, but we won’t miss having to hear him and his disciples on the court every week or watch their displays of public affections at the after parties. The good news is Mikey has been demoted to merely a player this year (obviously with much chagrin) and thusly cannot rally a new class of annoying teammates. The even better news is that now that Monica isn’t Mikey’s second banana, he has risen back to power and is the captain of Gaydar.net (make sure you check out their awesome shirts). We felt that Monica got a little soft playing with Eastern Bloc last season because of all the team love, but now, if the Facebook pictures are any indication, the fully agro, double throwing, Carrie Underwood loving heartbreaker is back and ready to rock the Tony D center. We’re also glad to see him rocking the after parties too. Steve, we love when you’re like this… Keep it up. Now if you were only single again…

3. LESBIANS: Goodbye Niki, Hello Stacey

Now we always love the ladies, and you never forget your first love. The first lady we fell in love with was none other than Niki. A woman who can pull off pigtails and still take out most of the best guys in the league with her mad throws and amazing catches is hard not to love. What we’ve noticed lately though is Niki has been getting quiet with age. We remember our first after party many moons ago where the flip cup table was dominated by Niki and she was unstoppable on the dancefloor. Now at the after parties she opts for a quiet moment with board members or sharing a drink with the other ladies in the corner. Well, thankfully our super fun lesbian spot has been filled by Stacey. This relatively new member has stepped it up this season. She’s made every after party a little more intense, stepped up her skills on the court, could out-wrestle Hulk Hogan and sings a fierce karaoke. Just as it was with Niki before, it’s hard to find a person in the league that doesn’t adore this lady. Maybe Niki has settled down because she’s found her soul mate Jacob, but that just gives Stacey more traction to keep up the great job she’s done in representing the ladies this season.

4. HOTTEST NEWBIE: Goodbye Trevor, Hello Andreau

Mezz may have won the hottest newbie last season, but people, he has a boyfriend and he’s 100% faithful (read: boring). So we are moving the title over to Trevor, who caused quite a few waves last season and some even this season. We’ll miss Trevor’s vacant glances around the flip cup table (“Is he checking me out or still trying to figure out how this game works?”) but we’ll happily welcome the come hither bedroom eyes of Andreau. Andreau has already been busy this season and seduced a few boys with his oddly huge arms, mischievous smile, and seamlessly unending supply of tight, slogan-laden shirts. The worst part of it all is that Andreau also is incredibly NICE. We remember meeting him at an after party and *he* started the conversation with *us*. We were so flattered, that is until we realized he was that nice to everyone, sssiiiigghhhh. So gone are the days of forced conversations with Trevor (he's REALLY pretty, but too quiet and shy for his own good) and now are the days of endless flirting with Andreau and the endless fantasizing of him playing dodgeball shirtless.

5. FLIPCUP: Goodbye Truth or Dare, Hello ???

We remember last season where you didn’t come to the flip-cup table unless you were ready strip on a pole or suck on a toe. From the moment the first person uttered the words, “Now that you lost you have to do a truth or dare,” we were in love with the idea. It landed us some prime makeouts, hilarious memories and more fodder for this site than we knew what to do with. However, some little natches complained that the truth or dare aspect of the game deterred them from participating. So the board, in their infinite wisdom, has been trying to keep the nasty factor out of the game. Policing a drinking game? Really? What next? Salad bars instead of pizza at the parties to curb adult obesity? Flip-cup is fun and all, but it was even more fun when spiced up. We’ll play along with the board and say that maybe truth or dare flip cup isn’t the best way to go, but let’s think of something to make it more fun than just the same way every college kid plays. If you ask us, “Strip-Cup” has a nice ring to it…

6. THE BOARD: Goodbye Old Vanessa, Hello New Vanessa

After what we saw as a lukewarm attempt at being Commissioner last season, we have to say Vanessa has stepped it up this season. We weren’t sure she was even the right person for the job last season because she was following some incredible people before her. Paul the *old* Commissioner could command a presence like nobody’s business and ran the league with an iron fist and a devil's laugh. Vanessa came in a little weak, but this season she’s hitting her stride. We don’t know what happened down in Brazil, but she’s stronger, more decisive and shaping the league in a more fun, welcoming way. She’s even thwarted some of our best attempts at turning this league into a big gossipy mess (like with number 5). She’s also given a lot of respect to the sport we play. The refs are better, the rules are tighter and most of us have a pair of shorty shorts that would make Norman blush all because of her. Keep up the good work V.

Those are a few of the differences we have noticed and welcome you all to submit yours; good or bad. Earlier we stated that this season has been pretty hum-drum but we have 8 more weeks to make this perhaps the best season yet for BAD! We encourage you all to be bold: make out with that guy or gal you’ve had your eye on, take your shirt off at the flip cup table or get in that cage and dance your heart out to that Bon Jovi song. Just please make sure we’re there to see it. xoxo

Sticks and Stones

Well Stonewall started out innocently enough. A nice game of flip-cup in the corner, some harmless dancing on the other side, the old Eastern Bloc team making a scene with their weekly and highly annoying chant, and several dodgeballers carrying around pitchers of $10 beer. Yup, sounds like your typical Stonewall after-party for the season. There was love in the air as we watched our fair share of couples finally making good on all of that sexual chemistry that had been building since the beginning of the season. Rachel and Nicole getting down and quite dirty by the flip-cup table, Weeks and newbie Andreau making an impromptu trip to the bathroom together, and then there was the spectacle that was our favorite pocket gay and the guy with the Bo Sox hat.

Yup PG Tim is back this week, and he was ALL OVER Bo-Sox Boy on the couches. One minute they were making out, the next they were dry humping each other, we kinda felt like we were watching a Bel Ami video, right before it gets to the good stuff. Good for PG Tim though, last season we hardly could pick him out of a crowd, and now he's putting on a show that had all the boys jealous they weren't getting the same kind of attention he was receiving. We know there were phone numbers exchanged but we don't think they ended up sharing a cab. There's always the weekend...

The Bingo mistress downstairs did her best to get those dodgeball boys shirtless and drunk on shots, and it worked for some. Jeff G looked plenty blizted, and quite nice shirtless we must add, but when we saw him run to the bathroom after taking that shot, we knew it could only be trouble. It was at that point the after-after party kicked into high gear and headed to WOOF! It had been a while since we smelt the sweet sweet smell of sweat and leather. It was then that we knew the dodgeball after parties were finally kicking it into high gear and for the first time this season, it felt like the stuff newbies had only heard stories about. xoxo

Name That Ass

We noticed a trend in some of the pictures that were shot for the team pictures. There were several mysterious backsides between the team shots but we have NO clue who the proud owners may be, so we need YOUR help. Scooby Doo was too expensive and Sherlock Holmes was all the way in England so we need your sleuth skills to figure the Mystery of the BAD! Backsides.

Well this is someone from Therapy and from what we can tell they are a little pale. Perhaps a nice trip to Mexico after the season is over could fix that problem?

Whoever this Stonewaller is knows her angles! We are guessing this butt has seen an episode of Top Model, and from the looks of it (and those biceps!) there maybe more than meets the eye.

Whichever Duplexer this is sure was NOT happy about the way things were going down on the Tony Dapolito courts. Notice the angry hands on the hips pose, and from the small waist we are guessing this could be a pocket gay.

We love how short the shorts are on this Eastern Bloc player, but they may be a TAD too small. The panty lines in this picture are raging, but who doesn't mind an ass that goes on for days.

Aw, the calm serenity of asses. Crisp and classic black and white, this feels like a nice fine wine.
Whoever owns this hot ass should know that we like that it's not too flashy or trashy. It looks just right. xoxo

Say What: Stonewalled

We wonder what got Stonewall all fired up that they are literally carrying Carrie 2.0 on their shoulders like they won the World Series. Tell us what YOU think they are so happy about. Whatever it is, we hope they go to Disney World to celebrate. xoxo

Drop 'Em

We know the action was hot upstairs Stonewall, butt a few fellows got suckered in with the ol' "Drop your pants, and you'll get a free shot," line. Let this be a lesson: Whenever a drag queen rolling bingo balls asks you to drop trou -- you just do it. Well done, boys. xoxo

It Takes Two

All we have to say is DAUYUM! It's about time things started heating up this dodgeball season. Guess it was just everyone trying to put on their game face in the first week, because finally people started to loosen up in the second week and things went from 1 to HOLY SHIT last night at Stonewall. The usual array of rainbow colors filled the Tony Dapolito Center for second week of the Fall season, but the true colors of everyone came out at the after party.

We think we see a trend this season, it seems like the flip-cup table is home base for a clever game titled Truth or Dare flip-cup. Basically you don't want to be the one still trying to flip your cup when your team loses, because you may be forced to get naked, makeout with someone, lick someone's nipples, armpits, or various other parts, or perhaps do a hot ass strip tease to the player of your choice. Come to think of it, what is so bad about this game anyways?!

We heard last night's best dare could possibly have been the topper of all oral fixations. It seems a little foot sucking went a long way for one of the newbies last night (can we say how tasty some of them look)! One of the vets got a little *choked* up and took toe tasting to a new level when he couldn't get enough of a certain someone's savory big toe. We always knew those dodgeballers were light in the loafers. xoxo

Balls to the StoneWall

We don't even know where to begin about the shit show that was the end of the season party for BAD! on Monday night at Stonewall. There was dancing, there was hula hooping, there was making out, there were awards, there were shirtless boys, there was beer pong, there were rubber balls pelting people in the face, and there was a whole lotta drinking. BAD! celebrated the end of the season as only they knew how to by drinking the place dry!

The night started out innocently enough. Mixing and mingling for the happy hour special, noshing on some catered food, and flirting up a storm. Poppi and Niki served as the hostesses with the mostesses by MC'ing the Trophies (#1st for Gym Bar, #1st for Eastern Bloc for winning tournament), MVP's, and the "fun awards".

You wonder what the "fun" entails? Some of our favorites included the biggest flirts going to Scotty and Ruby, best hidden talent going to Mikey for his amazing, um, skill, best six pack going to Ken, most likely to have team orgy going to WOOF!, and our personal favorite most likely to end up on gossipgays going to one of our favorite newbies Carrie 2.0. Although our favorite line from Poppi was her commenting on Esther's new haircut. We knew you were the funniest person in BAD!

We know those dodgeballers like to throw balls at each other when they are the Tony Dapolito Center, but god, can't you stop throwing them at each other when you are at the after parties? We narrowly avoided our death from all the little red stress balls that were being torpedoed at our faces after the awards (great idea Niki!). While we know everyone in the league has more than a little stress and aggression, perhaps next season we can think of a less dangerous way to take care of this?

We know the night might get a little hazy from this point on for some of the dodgeballers, but we saw Mikey and Mr. Wind, Carrie 2.0 and Danny, Carrie 2.0 and Scotty, Vat and Craig the ref getting quite friendly. We saw Ruby dirty dancing her pretty little heart out with various boys and girls. We gasped at the shirtless hotness that was Leven, Mr. Wind, and Cutrone. Although nothing in the night could quite top the "Thriller" dance performed by Shane, Vat, and a mystery cutie. We are still shaking the glitter our of our hair.

We have give the drag queen downstairs some credit where credit was due. She got the league's resident straight boy Kelly to take off his shirt for a shot. Every time we go to Stonewall, she harasses all of the boys, and usually she gets one to crack under pressure. We are happy she saved the best for last. We saw Gilbride and Erika in deep discussions downstairs either having a heart to heart or plotting away (we believe in the latter), and it was about that time the party started to move on to the after after party at Eastern Bloc.

A good chunk of the dodgeball crew headed from the west to the east and got their karaoke on. It was rip-roaring good time of a night. We saw a lot of familiar faces, hula hooped with the best of them, and eventually called out sick on Tuesday as anticipated. We have to say we might shed a tear next Monday when we have no one to play flip cup with, but alas fall is right around the corner. But let's be honest, our livers would break up with us if we continued to abuse it the way we have this spring, and god knows we need them for next season. xoxo

The End is Near.

That's right, BAD! is celebrating the end of yet another joyous, dramatic, and very fun season. It's all going down at Stonewall (53 Christopher St at 7th Ave South) upstairs at 7pm. MVPs, season trophies, flip cup tournament, superlatives and more will be starting at 8pm. Since we are in a recession, they decided to throw us a bone in the style of drink specials... 2-4-1 well drinks, beers and wine until 9pm. Then 3 for $10 Bud, Bud Light and Rolling Rock all night. It's the kind of special we think will help us through these tough economic times. xoxo

And The Award Goes To... 2nd Time Around

BAD! may be having their end of the season awards party Monday at Stonewall (53 Christopher St at 7th Ave South) at 7pm, but we at gossipgays have our own awards to tend to, The GG's. With the overwhelming response last season, we have decided to have continue the tradition. You know the drill, YOU vote on the winners, and WE post the results. So take a second and comment on your favorites, while we reflect on all of the drunken times we have shared together. xoxo

Best HHB (Hidden Hot Body)?
Sexiest Rookie?
Lady You'd Like To Make Your Lady?
Spunkiest?
Person You'd Most Like To Be On Your Flip-Cup Team?
Dodgeballer You Like To Get Drunk With?

Makeout Bandit?

Cutest Couple?

Most Likely to Sleep With After Seeing Them Play?

Most Memorable Moment Of The Season?

Just Dance!

To say that the XES after party on Monday was the most dancing those dodgeballers have done all season would be an under- statement. The tournament may have been quite stressful for the whole league, but most of the teams headed to the after party and danced their tails off to take off the edge. We are guessing the cheap drinks and flip cup helped with that as well. We were quite surprised how many people came out, and since it was the first time an after party was at XES we were a little leary at first. Madonna changed all of that!

We are of course referring to the Vogue-off that happened between Salcito, Carrie 2.o, Leven, and Shane. It was like we were in the House of Ninja in the 90's tripping on E! The DJ was slamming Top 40 hit after hit after hit. Britney, The Pussycat Dolls, Kylie, and the list goes on and on. Once the huge patio closed after 10, everyone got together, had some pizza, and started dancing. There was no stopping them either, they used the tables as their own personal runways and as Paula Abdul stated danced like there was no tomorrow.

When the dodgeballers weren't dancing, they were partying. We saw Eastern Bloc taking some shots to celebrate their tournament win, we saw Eduardo getting quite cozy with Leven and V canoodling with Mandy, Weeks showed us a picture of his new cute boyfriend, we finally saw the WOOF! team half naked including Esther who was one of the first ladies in the league we have ever seen in a bra at the bar dancing, and lastly we saw lots and lots of confetti.

When XES kicked the dodgeballers who were raging at 2 AM, Osada led the pack to View Bar for WOOF! and it was all a little hazy from there. Sadly the dodgeball season may have come to a close, but the league has one last chance to live it up at next week's season ending party at Stonewall. We can only imagine the insanity, and inevitable hangover that will haunt us on Tuesday, but they are nothing compared to the season ending party. We can't guarantee you won't get blackout drunk, but we can guarantee you will have the best time of your life. xoxo

BAD! Bar Crawl

Not that you need to give them another reason to drink, but it looks like Thursday may be the new Tuesday this week for those dodgeballers. It looks like their sponsors have opened their doors to dodgeball debauchery on a (gasp!) non-Monday night! Here is how it's going to go down:

What: Bar Crawl
When: Wednesday, April 29

[START]
6:30p @ Henrietta Hudson's 438 Hudson St at Morton St)
7:30p @ Cubby Hole (281 W. 12th St. at 4th St)
9:00p @ Stonewall (53 Christopher St near 7th Ave. South) *$5 Cosmo special*
10:30 @ Pieces (8 Christopher St. near Gay St.) *$4 well drinks*
[END]

We hear there is more info on drink specials and new stops to come! So if you feel like you would love to get to know some of BAD! crew a little better, with alcohol being the social lubricant it is, then head out to any of the various stops. As long as Poppi isn't pouring the drinks, we'll promise your boss you'll wake up for work the next day. xoxo

Karao-Gay

Last Monday, BAD! got their dodgeball on, and it was craziness on the courts. Every team was fighting mad, and as usual the games were fierce. Gym Bar still continues to dominate the season just ahead of Stonewall, and as usual swept all 6 games. According to the standings they are the ones to beat this season, and with only about a handful of weeks left in the season, someone needs to knock them off their pedestal.

The after party was a rocking good time, and for a change on the east side at Eastern Bloc. Not only was there karaoke to be sung, but there was a mini flip cup table, where not a whole lot of flip cup actually happened. We hear there was a dirty game Shoulders 1, 2, 3 where if you didn't follow the rules you had to take a drink and kiss the person to your left. Let's just say it got pretty frisky, pretty fast.

So everyone had a turn at unleashing their inner Beyonce and stepped up to sing some karaoke. We heard Eduardo do "La Isla Bonita" (how very latin of him), Big Vinny and Niki tackle "Love Shack", Cutrone belt it out on "Sweet Caroline", and we were introduced to Freddy (a non-dodgeballer) who single handedly slayed "Georgia On My Mind". All in all, we were quite impressed by music skills on everyone, but we think you shouldn't let your dreams go of ruling at the Tony Dapolito Center any time soon.

Naturally there was a pole, and of course the dodgeballers were dancing the hell out of it. We saw quite a few people take a turn on it, and we found it entertaining that when James the gym teacher and his crew mysteriously disappeared and reappeared all red eyed and cotton mouthed grinding on the pole. Guess for some it just takes a little liquid courage, and for others an herbal refreshment. We have to give kudos to Kelly who mastered the pole again, with the help of a certain lady friend. We believe a pole is where Kelly was born.

It was quite the surprise when Justin Bond, of Kiki and Herb, sauntered into Eastern Bloc and mixed and mingled with the league. By mix and mingle we actually mean sit in the back and stare at the drunken shenanigans going on around her. We do have to give her props where props are deserved. She belted out one hell of a Stevie Nicks tune, and she did it well. She, of course, looked flawless and was gorgeous as a virgin on prom night.

We saw our fair share of makeouts, and we will go on record, and say we have never seen so much tongue at an after party. We don't what was in the water, but we did see one newbie in particular makeout with 5, yes 5!, other guys in the course of the after party. He's ruthless on the court, and a lothario off of it apparently. The after-after party continued on to D-Tox where it only got drunker and sloppier. After a couple of drinks we had to call it a night. We were certain our tongues, and liver, needed a rest if we ever hoped to see the weekend. xoxo

The Gloves Are Off!

There were a couple beatdowns last night that happened, and we are still kinda shocked what went down. Let's get to the on the court beatdown which was brought by the still undefeated Eastern Bloc team. Three weeks in a row they have won all of their matches to take first in the league, but they better watch out because Stonewall is right on their tail. Both of the teams are fighting mad, and both won 5 out of 6 games, but Stonewall is still beating them game-wise. All it takes is for one slip-up and we may just have a tie for first.

While we know we are totally in a recession, times are tough, no one has any money, etc etc, we sure do love those dodgeballers love to get the most out of their Tony Dapolito gym membership. That bike looks like the perfect place to gaze at the cute newbies this season.

We headed over to Stonewall for some flip cup and fun. While the flip cup was in full effect, it was an altercation that looks like it came out of an episode of Rock of Love that really got us scratching our heads. Imagine one minute you are dancing with Kelly while he shows off his white boy dance moves, then the next minute you are scrambling out of the way of hair pulling, name calling, and a what, a what, a girlfight.

Yup, just when you thought BAD! couldn't get any more crazy, leave it to the girls to really shake things up. We don't know specifics of the fight, or who even started it, but what we do know is there is an all love, no hate policy in BAD! Let's hope the two girls kissed and made up, otherwise count on some majah tension on the court when the two play each other in the coming weeks.

After the altercation, we continued to salsa dance with Eduardo, double dutch with Leven (who brings a jump rope to dodgeball?), and we were introduced to a new game from James the Gym teacher. He started a little game of spin the bottle, but if the bottle lands on you, you have to dance with the person instead of kiss them. There were definately some interesting partners, and all in all some people got down and dirty.

While we grabbed our coats and headed home from another exciting evening at BAD!, we happened to walk by two guys who were getting hot and heavy by the bathrooms. It reiterated the all love, no hate policy in the league and our own personal policy here at gossipgays. Make love, not bar fights. xoxo

Out in the Open

Technically the dodgeball season hasn't officially started, but BAD! had their first night of open play on Monday, and apparently LOTS of people showed up to the Tony Dapolito center. Over 120 people came to try out and play, which is more people than were in the whole league last season.

To say the gym was full would be an understatement. To say that there were a lot of hot newbies would also be an understatement. There were so many hot boys, even the locker room felt crowded (not that we were complaining).

The new executive board at BAD! (Paul the Commissioner, Weeks, Sanchez, V, and Jess) ran the show, and with 14 teams playing, there was definately a little down time. The open play in the front gym was fun, and a tad chaotic, but when some poor unsuspecting girl caught one of Monica's torpedo throws, well we haven't heard that much cheering since Madonna's concert last summer!

We loved seeing some of our old favorites vets (Norman, Niki, PTW, Molly, RJ and Thom) and some of old favorite newbies (Scott C., Scott E., Kelly). Techincally they aren't newbies any more, they have officially joined the ranks of the vets in our books.

The after party was held at Stonewall and the flip cup game was on. The crowd was not as hectic as it was at the gym, so that meant more time for flip cup! It was like we had never left. There was double fisting and dancing at the table, but we guess the real action was happening off the table!

There was a group of some veteran boys who decided to play the age old game of "who has the bigger balls" literally. One by one they whipped out their sacks and compared to see who was 'bigger'. We just hope no one was taking steroids because we all have heard the old wives tales about what happens to your balls when you are on it. The most shocking part of the whole experience was the people who had the biggest and smallest were ironically on the same team last season.

Also there was some arm wrestling going on in the corner, and of course we had to watch. Jen the Gladiator was taking girls down left and right. You would think girls would learn that if she is tough enough to compete on "American Gladiators", she could probably kick your ass in arm wrestling.

The after after party continued at Woof! but we had to call it a night. It is only the first open play of the year! All in all a good time, and we hear there are more open plays this month. Although at the next afterparty we totally plan on winning the "who has the bigger balls" competition. xoxo