I appeared on SiriusXM’s Derek & Romaine show yesterday for about an hour to talk sports. The hosts aren’t big sports fans (Romaine hates football), but we always mix it up for the sports fans and non-sports fans in their audience. Somehow yesterday we got to talking about auto racing and I said I personally [...]
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7 shirtless jocks on cover of Dutch magazine on gays in sport, and 2 come out as gay
L’HOMO, a special edition of the Dutch women’s magazine Linda, features seven shirtless athletes on its cover in an issue dealing with gays in sports. The catch is that only two of the athletes are gay, with the rest showing their support for the subject. The athletes show a lot of skin in the magazine [...]
Racing champ Niki Lauda is homophobic
Niki Lauda was a Formula One champ back in the 1970s and ’80s. Now he says gays shouldn’t dance on TV, which is essentially saying he doesn’t want any dancing on TV (stereotype alert! stereotype alert!). After telling the daily tabloid Oesterreich that he loves gays, he said they’re bad role models for kids: I [...]
New York Times profiles Queers4Gears
Queers4Gears, the website for gay NASCAR fans, got a cool front page writeup in the Sunday New York Times Sports section, which focused on the site getting a group discount for tickets to Sunday’s race in Phoenix. The deal, which is available to anyone through Queers4Gears, is among about 200 group ticket specials for the [...]
Queers for Gears asks a NASCAR question
Via ESPN, a fun little moment at a recent press conference when Carl Edwards is asked a question by Michael Myers, who runs the Queer for Gears website (video below). Myers question (his first ever at a press conference) is innocuous, but Edwards smiles when he hears the name of the website. What attracted ESPN [...]
Jamie McMurray cries after Daytona 500 win
I’m a sucker for a guy who wins the big one and breaks down in tears of joy. Add Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray to the list. Share on Facebook
Quick hits: Federer, soccer, Pats, Sprint Cup
Roger Federer won his French Open final rematch Monday, beating Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). He now stands three wins from the 15th Grand Slam win that at last year’s Wimbledon some said he would never get. Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals when Anna Ivanovic retired. The U.S. men’s soccer team lost [...]
Quick hits: Favre, Coyotes, NHL, NASCAR
Todays’ Favre tea leaves: He’s coming back and expresses interest in doing so on the Joe Sucks Buck Show. Duh! A judge rejects the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes and move to Canada. For now. Lots of people watch Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals: Most in 36 years, highest rating in six years. [...]
Danica Patrick’s gender-bending ad
Danica Patrick has appeared in a commercial for Boost Mobile, a phone service provider. The commercial features a pit crew wearing women’s clothing (high heels, skirts – you know the drill), and it has angered some transgender people who say that showing men in women’s clothing can lead to attacks on transgender rights. Others seem [...]
Quick Hits: Thome, Yanks, Danica, WNBA
Jim “The Anaconda” Thome (right) hit home run No. 550 last night. He’s presently in 13th place on the all-time home run list. Yankees set an MLB record with their 17th straight error-free game in win over the Indians. U.S. Anti-Doping Agency calls Danica Patrick’s joke about performance-enhancing drugs “totally irresponsible.” Is anyone else tired [...]
Formula One boss accused of homophobia
The boss of a successful British Formula One racing team is being accused of homophobia and racism in a complaint filed with a British employment tribunal. Peter Boland (right), 27, claims he was fired by McLaren Mercedes head Ron Dennis of firing him because he’s gay. McLaren Mercedes is known for their driver Lewis Hamilton, [...]
Detroit woes impact LGBT autosport
As the U.S. auto industry fights for its life, LGBT autosport and auto buying is gasping too. Gaywheels founder Joe LaMuraglia writes, “While the current situation affects everyone in the country it is taking a disproportionate toll on small businesses, ours included. Auto sales are the lowest in almost 20 years, consumers aren’t researching online [...]
Equal Opportunity to Look Stupid
The Patrick/Duno dust-up, followed by the Pierson/Parker dust-up, reminds us that it was male athletes, not females, who filed the first copyright on temper fests during competition. Call it the dark side of sports if you will…or the twilight of sportsmanship. But a lot of fans live for it, especially when the races or the [...]
Cat fight in the IndyCar pits
Danica Patrick, the hottie pro racer who won her first IndyCar race in April, also has a hot temper. She confronted fellow female racer Milka Duno on Saturday after practice at the Honda Indy 200 IRL. Patrick was irked by Duno’ racetrack etiquette. Duno responded by throwing a towel at Patrick – twice. Of course, it’s all on video. –Matt Hennie [...]
Those Indy Women
Women are continuing to kick butt in Indy-car racing. Brazilian driver Ana Beatriz just became the first distaff winner of a Firestone Indy Lights race. At Nashville Superspeedway this past weekend, on lap 33 of 77, she whisked past pole sitter and teammate James Davison, and held on for the checkered flag in the Sunbelt Rentals 100. Beatriz [...]