It seems everyone on ESPN has been celebrating Manu Ginobli’s killing of a bat during his game earlier this week. If you haven’t seen it, he swatted a flying bat out of the air (video after the jump).
But every time I see it I can’t help but get angry. I understand humans think they can [...]
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The year of girl power
It’s one of those moments when a champion racehorse becomes a symbol for human aspirations. This year, so many outstanding fillies are out there — including the remarkable Zenyatta — that touts are calling it “the year of girl power.” But it’s 3-year-old Rachel Alexandra that has women and girls flooding to the tracks to [...]
Gay Polo League and the Station Fire
Outsports has been hearing regular updates from the Gay Polo League, recently formed in the Los Angeles area and rolling forward to exciting success — new members, new opportunities to play with non-gay teams. Key to their success is a solid relationship with the California Polo Club, which runs a polo school and supports [...]
NFL Shop has Vick jerseys for your dog
A couple years ago we uncovered a delicate issue with the NFL’s Shop that wouldn’t allow people to put the word “Gay” on a customizable NFL jersey, despite the fact that one of the League’s player was named Randall Gay (they have since corrected the problem, though they still do not allow “Lesbian” or “Queer”). [...]
Does Michael Vick deserve a second chance?
It’s been two years since Michael Vick’s reputation was destroyed by his involvement in the torture and murder of dogs. Today he was released from Federal prison and he’s a free man. The question now for the NFL is, does the ex-convict “deserve” a second chance?
I have a problem with the word “deserve.” Despite how [...]
The Preakness is tomorrow
It’s gonna be an interesting race. Kentucky Derby upset winner Mine That Bird faces an out-of-left-field challenge from Rachel Alexandra. She’s the super-filly who won the Kentucky Oaks the day before the Derby, by an astounding 20 lengths. Calvin Borel, who piloted Bird from way behind, rode Rachel to a similar tactical win [...]
Gay polo up!
May 3 was the Will Rogers Polo Club’s “Club Chukkers” day…and one of the clubs invited to play was the Gay Polo League. It was your typical relaxed Southern California polo-match scene. Several horse pullmans were parked in the shade. Dozens of loaner polo ponies stood around quietly, tacked up and tails knotted. Beside the [...]
Kentucky Derby Shocker
The blimp shot reveals just how incredible that winning charge was, by a horse that few commentators (including myself) had given any attention before the race. Mine That Bird, a Canadian-bred bay gelding that sold for $9500 as a yearling and went off as a 50-to-1 long shot, came from dead last to flatten a [...]
A horsy weekend ahead…
On Saturday afternoon, a few L.A. friends and I will congregate at my media-room telly with fried chicken and a bottle of wine. As a kid I started out listening to the Kentucky Derby on the radio with my dad every year…am not about to miss this race EVER. Some other horse-loving homos [...]
Morning hits: UNC, Bruins, Quidditch, Millen
North Carolina Tar Heels going from the penthouse to the outhouse.
Boston Bruins win first playoff series in 10 years by sweeping their Canadien rivals.
Quidditch continues to grow, now being played at Univ. of Wisconsin.
Further evidence that Matt Millen is the scum of the NFL.
Hawks mascot delays game; Hawks players blow homecourt advantage.
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Vick’s dogs, 18 months later
As Michael Vick enters the year of his release from prison, Sports Illustrated decided to track down some of the dog-murderer’s animals to find out what happened to them since they were freed from his clutches. The 10 they profile have all found warm, loving homes. And Vick wanted them mauled, mangled, tortured and dead. [...]
Did jockey Frankie Dettori kiss Gov. Schwarzenegger?
The Governor took time away from electioneering to attend the Breeders Cup today, arriving at Santa Anita just before the running of the much-awaited Classic. So he was there to see Dettori ride British-owned Raven’s Pass to an upset victory. Good-looking Dettori is Europe’s top jockey, and makes himself famous on the other side of the pond for his [...]
Big Brown out, Casino Drive in
We horse lovers who have worried about Big Brown continuing to race on that problematical hoof can now breathe easy. The other day, the colt was pulled from preparation for the Breeders Cup Classic and officially retired to stud. The reason: a flukey new injury during a work, when a hind hoof clipped the back of a front [...]
Hot Guy, Hot Horses
A gay man who is a friend of mine sent me this link to “Lorenzo the Flying Frenchman” with the comment that he thought the horses and the guy were both hot. I agree, and want to share them with Outsports readers. The tradition of “Roman riding” and “Roman driving” has been around for a couple [...]
Remember Big Brown?
After he won the Haskell on August 4th — barely –the horse disappeared from public view. He hadn’t shown the fire of his earlier races. The IEAH Stables were clearly worried. His loud-talking trainer Rick Dutrow was talking less. They wanted him, and his problem feet, to get a good rest while they figured out what [...]
