Out kickboxer in ATL
Rod Llaneza of Atlanta is a study in contrasts. During his career he has wrestled with his sexuality.

Gay ping-pong in NYC
Wolfgang Busch and his friends have started a gay ping-pong group in New York City, one of the few gay ping-pong organizations in America.

Jock kind of wishes he was gay
Swedish high jumper Linus Thornblad, who is straight, posed for a gay magazine and jokingly said there are some advantages if one were gay.

Cowgirl revolution
Like many sports, rodeo is still obsessed with the ruggedly masculine. Yet in the sport's beginning, women actually enjoyed some equality, Patricia Nell Warren writes.

Swimmer in the spotlight
Whether setting records in the pool or creating designs for Bravo's "Project Runway," Jack Mackenroth has been a success.

Castro, Amaechi honored
John Amaechi and former out high school quarterback Anthony Castro are this year's Outsports Persons of the year.

Playing with the boys
Jenny Fulle is a high-powered executive in Hollywood. But as a child in the 1970s, she took on Little League baseball, which would not let girls play with the boys.

Stories of the year
We look back at a year that included an NBA player coming out, steroids in baseball, and college athletes quietly making a statement.

2007 Picture This
French decathlete Romaine Barras is just one of our favorite images from Outsports' Picture This in 2007.

Martina talks
Martina Navratilova sat down with Outsports and talked about the AARP, gay men in tennis, recreational drug use on the tour, and wanting to have Wayne Gretzky's baby.

Hoop transformations
Patricia Nell Warren looks at the origins of basketball from a way to spread "muscular Christianity," to a way for gays and lesbians to celebrate their freedom.

More Ben Cohen
Our favorite rugby player, the incredibly gay-friendly Ben Cohen, is back playing and sent us some more pictures from his recent match.

Helping black athletes
"We're here. We're queer. We're gay student-athletes, and also people of color."

Congressman: Kopay my hero
A Washington congressman harkened back to his boyhood sports hero to urge his colleagues to pass a law banning job discrimination against gays.

Top 10 tennis hotties
Our list of the five men and five women who gave us the most to look at this past season is headed by a Serb who is making a huge splash on the scene.

Rugger loves gay fans
English rugby star Ben Cohen will throw a party to thank his gay fans. Cohen also is releasing a 2008 calendar.

Out's 100
In the past, there's been a scarcity of sports names in the Out 100. This year, Out recognizes eight in sports, including Outsports.

Court to the screen
Cathy DeBuono was a star volleyball player at Kentucky. She parlayed her athletic success into an acting career, playing a Klingon on "Star Trek."

GLAAD PSA
To mark the beginning of the NBA season, GLAAD is releasing a 20-second public service announcement featuring out former NBA player John Amaechi.

Sports and sex
Coach Eric Anderson has conducted a study that shows masculine sports culture is starting to accept gay sex.

Gopher comes out
A Univ. of Minnesota sports blog published an interview with former player Zach Puchtel in which he talks to the press about his sexuality for the first time.

Horse breeding pioneer
In 17th C. England, George Villiers was another homosexual horse breeding pioneer.

College runner comes out
This, his senior year, will be the first season Steven Millard runs at Willamette University as an openly gay man.

Gay Superbowl 7
The New York Warriors won their second straight Gay Superbowl title. Notes

Gay softball series
Teams from the Southeast cleaned up at the Gay Softball World Series held in Phoenix; with photos.

Strides against hate
Former UCLA runner Brandon Del Campo is forging his way into the ranks of professional triathletes.

Calderon honored
J.P. Calderon will be honored Oct. 12 at the annual benefit for the Association of Latino Men for Action.

Gay soccer champs
Dogos of Buenos Aires beat the defending champion London Stonewall to take the title at the IGLFA 2007 World Championship in Buenos Aires.

Gay team in road race
Evan Darling, left, and the founder of Gaywheels.com are one team in the 3,500-mile Fireball Run race that starts Sept. 29.

Men of Chicago rugby
Jim is a member of the Chicago Dragons rugby team and one of the featured players for the team's first calendar.

Coors Cup 3
The third Coors Cup skated into Denver over Labor Day weekend with 165 participants, including a solid showing from female players.

40 missing 1
It was great to see four from sports make the Advocate's 40 heroes list. What's sad however is that they did not include the most important champion of gay rights in sports: Former NFL running back Dave Kopay.

Gay soccer torment
Former English star Graeme La Saux has a book out that details the torment he underwent after players and fans perceived him as gay.

Crips and Queers
Danielle Peers is a world-class wheelchair-basketball-playing lesbian who is taking on the men.

Kopay's $1M gift
Former NFL player David Kopay is pledging $1 million to help gay and lesbian students at the Univ. of Washington.

Gay-straight fantasy challenge
Seven gay people are taking on three ESPN Radio personalities in a gay vs. straight fantasy football league.

Gays love Joey
The career of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is going to the dogs, but some gay fans are glad his NFL descent has pushed Joey Harrington to the front of the line.

Out umpire
When Tyler Garrison decided to venture into the world of professional umpires, he went back in the closet despite having a boyfriend.

Making a difference
Jordan Goldwarg was out on his cross-country ski team. He researched South Africa's struggles to educate its citizens.

Auto stereotypes
Evan Darling is gay; Terri O'Connell is transgender. Their stories are part of the history of gays in auto racing.

Athlete loves gay fans
Unlike some athletes, Romain Barras likes his photos on gay sites and to be seen among all the "beautiful guys."

Sports' Sweet Music
Dan Woog shares his insights into the state of gay sports.

Looking for her past
Susan Guest was adopted and has found that one of her siblings is the gay child of a pro footballer.

Hosting ESPN radio
For two days, Cyd Zeigler was a guest host on ESPN Radio's "DKLA."

Athletic scholarship
Two men have created a scholarship for gay and lesbian student-athletes.

Sweat is bliss
Christopher Bergland is an ultra-endurance athlete with an engaging new book, showing how being active saved one depressed gay teen.

O'Reilly, Gays & Padres
A group of gay people bought tickets to a San Diego Padres' game. Three days later, Bill O'Reilly attacked them.

Love in umpire school
Soon after arriving at umpire school in 2002, Shane Wright and his mentor developed a romantic relationship.

Rugby kisses
The Tourism Board of Paris has come up with an ad campaign featuring kissing rugby players in a scrum.

A first marathon
John Rowe grew far away from sports. But in 2002 he started running marathons to raise money for AIDS research.

Immortal of the discus
The myth of Hyacinth and how Apollo loved him is rooted in history. Patricia Nell Warren's latest on gay-sports history.

Gasquet not gay
Wimbledon semifinalist Richard Gasquet says it's "absolutely obvious" that he is not a homosexual.

Out in MLS
David Klotz is an openly gay man in the front office of Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids.

Trans baseball editor
Christina Kahrl, one of the founding five members of Baseball Prospectus, is transgender.

30 days, 30 athletes
We profiled 30 athletes in 30 days of June in honor of Pride Month.

Much response
When tennis player Matt Coin came out, he was received thousands of e-mails.

Out Div. 1 coach
Kirk Walker, coach of Oregon State softball, is the only publicly out Division I coach.

Gay pro umps
Tyler Hoffman was an umpire for minor league baseball for several years.

NCAA swimmer
Sean Smith was an openly gay swimmer and assistant coach with the Rutgers men's swim team.

Triathlete is not gay
Openly straight Swiss pro triathlete Sebastien Gacond does not want to be mentioned on Outsports.

'Survivor' serves
J.P. Calderon was a player in the late-'90s for Long Beach State and lead the 49ers to the NCAA Tournament.

The month in baseball
Why people root against Bonds, plus Willie Eyre is part of baseball's hottest team.

From fat to fit
Hector Torres has reinvented his body and become an avid triathlete. His next challenge is a tough triathlon in Spain.

Helping jocks come out
Openly gay publicist Howard Bragman has worked with athletes his entire career, helping several to come out. 

LA Times trans writer
L.A. Times sportswriter Mike Penner is transgender. Column: A woman behind the words

Mizzou cans out coach
Fired Missouri lacrosse coach Kyle Hawkins was the focus of an ESPN segment on June 3. ESPN's story

Female sports dealer
Robin Lee is the rare woman in the male-dominated industry of sports memorabilia collecting.

Out Kiwi diver
Simon Latimer of New Zealand regrets he never came out while a competitive diver.

Star out in 2 sports
Adam Goslin played football and baseball for Washington University in St. Louis. He was that rare athlete: out while playing.

Pride Meet in July
A new gay track meet will take its first lap this July in San Francisco. It will be the first event of its kind in the U.S. in a long, long time.

Homoeroticism on film
Leni Riefenstahl was called Hitler's director. Her film on the 1936 Olympics  had a strong homoerotic subtext.

Love and Dinah Shore
The world's biggest lesbian party is every year in Palm Springs during the Dinah Shore golf tournament. ForeUS was also there

More anti-gay slurs
Former NBA player and now CBA coach Micheal Ray Richardson was suspended for remarks that were derogatory to Jews and gays.

Out Georgia goalie
University of Georgia hockey goalie Joey Fisher decided before the 2006 season that he would come out to his team, and open arms.

Dungy accepts award
Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy accepted an award from an organization that fights gay rights.
Previously: Dungy is anti marriage rights

Pallone still speaking
Dave Pallone is still speaking out nearly 20 years after the former Major League Baseball umpire came out.

Boyd speaks out
Outsports columnist Randy Boyd talks about the column that pegged Amaechi and Hardaway.

Gay-friendly ESPN
The worldwide leader in sports is gay-friendly.

Politics
Patricia Nell Warren runs for council

Penn State settles
Penn State has settled with Jennifer Harris, who brought a lawsuit against head basketball coach Rene Portland (left) for anti-lesbian actions.

Gay hockey takes Aspen
A team of elite, gay, ice hockey all-stars beat a team of elite straight players at Aspen Gay Ski Week.

Homophobia on ice
Homophobia in sports is sad when it's practiced by an openly gay person like what has happened to Johnny Weir.

Players' 'gay' mustaches
Two Florida Panthers shaved their mustaches after some Vancouver Canucks said they looked gay.

Federer leads voting
Readers voted Roger Federer Sportsperson of the Year. Rene Portland was our Jerk; Outgames & Gay Games were our Story

Athlete Fails Gender Test
An Indian runner who competed in the Asian Games failed a gender test.

Porter Fined $10K
The NFL fined Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter for calling opponent a "fag."

Gay soccer players talk
A German weekly published a series about gay pro German soccer players.

Survivor's Gay Athlete
Brad Virata of "Survivor" was a high school football player and sprinter.

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