The New Jersey (soon to be Brooklyn) Nets have according to several sources filed a petition to change their name before their move in 2012. Now usually, a name change is something to help boost merchandise sales and force the loyal fans to re-buy all their team’s stuff. In this case though, chances are it’s [...]
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Isiah Thomas supports gay marriage equality
It seems strange that the New York Knicks have hired Isiah Thomas to be a consultant. Not only is this the same team he ran into the ground as team president for 4 1/2 years (head coach for the last two of those years), and that was ordered to pay a woman $11.6 million as [...]
Lambda Basketball player auction May 30
Lambda Basketball, the Los Angeles-area gay basketball group, will hold a fun player auction and fundraiser at Here lounge, May 30. The proceeds will help pay for players to go to the Gay Games in Cologne later this summer. And one of the raffle prizes is a round trip ticket from Los Angeles to Cologne [...]
Being gay and playing basketball
I always find it interesting when non-gay sites write about the subject of gays in sports. It’s often a splash of cold water to the face when I allow myself to think that most everyone might be starting to be accepting. I’m especially intrigued by the comments, since their anonymity allows people to express their [...]
A blog from a closeted pro basketball player
Baller is the pseudonym of a professional basketball player in an overseas league, who joins the ranks of closeted jocks blogging about their lives with his worthwhile and interesting Playing Basketball From the Closet. We have written about four other such blogs, but Baller’s has a bit of a back story. Baller contacted Outsports in [...]
Basketball player apologizes for anti-gay slurs
Drew Schifino is a former University of West Virginia basketball player who now has a career in Europe. He was on Facebook recently in a thread discussing NFL quarterbacks. One thing led to another and someone on the thread mentioned Dallas QB Tony Romo. Which caused Schifino to refer to him as “Tony Homo,” which [...]
All-white fundamentals basketball league?
A Florida-based promoter has started a fundamentals-first men’s professional basketball league that will allow only U.S.-born white players. Don “Moose” Lewis is starting the All-American Basketball Alliance because he thinks there is a market for basketball that isn’t about fast-breaks and dunks. He also said he’s tired of hearing about the legal trouble NBA players [...]
Gay basketball team tops on ‘Community’
The NBC sit-com Community had a fun throw-away line last night that caught our attention. The show is about the faculty, staff and students of Greendale Community College. Dean Pelton, who’s proud of helping change the school’s mascot from the “Grizzlies” to the “Human Beings” had this observation about the athletic department: The best compliment [...]
Sports Tweet: NBA’s new rules, NFL dimwit
Sorry, Charlie. Don’t be wack, Shaq. The NBA has instituted a new policy on the use of Twitter and other social media sites on game days. It applies to coaches, players and “other team basketball operations personnel,” and states that cell phones and other such devices cannot be used from 45 minutes before game time until [...]
Cindy Brown losing home to foreclosure
The story in the 9/23 Orange County Register gives all the sad details. 1988 Olympic gold medalist in basketball Cindy Brown is losing the home that she owned since 1989. This after a bitter battle with the city of Villa Park over her dying landscaping — she lost all her money in an investment scam [...]
LeBron follows in Shaq’s footsteps. Be afraid.
Variety reports that Cleveland Cavalier (and probably future New York Knick) LeBron James is taking a shot at movie stardom. The good news: he’s playing himself in “Fantasy Basketball Camp,” a comedy about five guys from different backgrounds who go to Las Vegas to attend the LeBron James Adult Basketball Camp, and manage to pull [...]
Shaq in a pink Speedo?
You may have heard about Shaquille O’Neal’s new ABC “reality” show, Shaq Vs., in which the aging NBA superstar takes on other athletes such as Ben Roethlisberger and Michael Phelps in their sports. One such challenge will be filmed on Sunday, when pro beach volleyballers and Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will [...]
Sports Tweet of the Week: See-through shorts!
I know, it’s been longer than a week, but as I believe I’ve said before, I procrastinate. Plus, I’m occasionally lazy. Sue me. At any rate, the Portland Trail Blazers’ official Twitter feed is featuring updates from Team USA’s minicamp in Las Vegas, where the Blazers’ Greg Oden is one of 23 participants. Today, after [...]
‘Training Rules’ director speaks out
Training Rules producer and director Dee Mosbacher wrote a short piece about how homophobia still rules in sports. In it she talks about the prevalence of homophobia in women’s sports despite the advances that society and some in sports have made. She lays out succinctly the biggest difference between gay men and lesbians playing elite [...]
Trans Filipino Basketball: Funny or foul?
I cringed when I started watching this video. But as it went along and I saw how much fun the players were having, I began laughing along with them and ultimately really enjoyed it. I mean, they’re not even dribbling: How can you take it seriously? Hat tip to Deadspin. Share on Facebook