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Billionaire Peter Thiel invests in new pro football league
CBS will air games starting in February 2019
Gay billionaire Peter Thiel (Photo courtesy of Flickr)
Billionaire Peter Thiel is investing in Alliance of American Football, a new pro football league, that will rival the NFL.
Thiel’s Founders Fund is backing the spring league along with Slow Ventures, the Chernin Group, Adrian Fenty and Charles King’s M Ventures, Keith Rabois and former Vikings player Jared Allen.
The league will feature eight teams and is expected to kick off on February 9, 2019 for a 10-week regular season and a four-team playoff season.
Charlie Ebersol, founder and CEO of the Alliance of American Football, promised that the league will ensure the safety of its players.
“Players have our commitment that we will seek the highest degree of safety and our support as we continue to invest in their success off the field with post-football career scholarships and financial wellness programs,” Ebersol said in a statement,
CBS has partnered with the Alliance of American Football to broadcast one regular season game per week. The network will also air the league’s championship game.
The Alliance of American Football isn’t Founders Fund’s only investment this year. The fund also backed the popular live trivia app HQ in February.
The 2024 New York City Pride Parade wound through the streets of Manhattan and past the historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday, June 30.
(Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt)
The fourth annual Fredericksburg Pride march and festival was held at Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, June 29. The event began with a march around downtown Fredericksburg beginning and ending in the park.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Fredericksburg Pride for @WashBlade . City Council member @WillMackintosh speaking: pic.twitter.com/tDdVD2IVsM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) June 29, 2024
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PHOTOS: Goodwin Living Pride
Senior living and healthcare organization holds fourth annual march at Falls Church campus
The senior living and healthcare organization Goodwin Living held its fourth annual community Pride march around its Bailey’s Crossroads campus in Falls Church, Va. with residents, friends and supporters on Tuesday, June 25. Following the march, a drag brunch was held with performances by drag artists of SADBrunch: Crimsyn, Sapphire Dupree and Evon Dior Michelle.
(Photos courtesy of Goodwin Living)
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