Rutgers University hosted a gays-in-sports panel discussion last week. The event was put together in part by Sean Smith (right), whom Outsports introduced a couple years ago. He’s a former swimmer and swim coach at Rutgers.
One of the interesting observations came from Matthew Pletcher, an assistant wrestling coach at the University, a former wrestler and [...]
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Rutgers gay-sports panel discussion
Anti-Gay Bullying Leads To 6th Grader’s Suicide
Sixth-grader Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover (at right) had been playing football and basketball at the New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Massachusetts trying to make friends. But the new kid had become the target for bullies. According to his mother, Carl had been harassed and bullied for months on end for his clothing and was called [...]
How special is 30-0 in women’s basketball?
The UConn women’s basketball team completed a perfect regular season at 30-0. How special is it? It’s better than losing a game, I suppose. Though some may argue that losing a game in the regular season helps a team focus, given they’ve won two by winning them all already, I don’t think that applies. But [...]
Homoeroticism to fight homophobia?
There was a fun column in the University of Arizona student newspaper last Friday about homoeroticism in sports.
All-male sports teams create a unique fraternal bond between participants. These types of bonds create the strongest friendships. Combine that fraternal bond with constant body contact and huddles so close that you could kiss your teammates if you [...]
Stanford swimming: Still the hottest
The men’s swimming and diving team of Leland Stanford Junior University has been a favorite of Outsports for years. From the photo, you could probably guess 33 reasons why that’s the case. They dominated men’s swimming in the 1990s, winning four titles in seven years, but they’ve played second fiddle to Auburn and Texas since; [...]
Memphis uniform PR disaster averted
The Memphis Tigers quite nearly became the targets of some jovial ribbing and some nasty, targeted attacks when they pushed to wear uniforms of FedEx’s colors (orange, purple and white) in their upcoming game this Wednesday night, instead of their usual blue and white. The NCAA actually gave them permission to do so, but officials [...]
Bi college athlete talks sexuality in sports
A reporter for the University of Western Ontario has done a nice job on an article exploring the issues surrounding homophobia in sports and the culture that keeps athletes in the closet. Ravi Amarnath really did his homework for this one, talking to at least a half-dozen sources (including myself), most notably an openly bisexual [...]
Going Bowling - Week 3
We all love our college football and will be sad to see it go. But it’s the 3rd week of exhibition match ups and we’ve still got a couple of (lol) meaningful games to go, including the biggest one of all: The Gators National Championship Coronation Game. So, one more time… while Cyd is worrying [...]
Going Bowling - Week 2
Well, now the bowl season is well underway and we’re starting to get into the good games. I went 4-4 last week, so let’s see what is on the docket this week and if I can improve. Once again… Cyd is traveling the countryside with his friends, so this is Week 2 of Kelvin’s Krazy [...]
College rugby champs strip down for sales
It’s been a while since Atlanta could claim a winner. But thanks to the jocks of Life University’s rugby team, we’ve now got quite a trophy to grab ahold off. The team captured the USA Rugby Men’s Division I National Championship earlier this year and now wants to cash in on their notoriety — and [...]
Bowling Green blogs about gays in pro sports
It’s been 10 years since Julian Rubenstein wrote an article about the failure of professional sports leagues to adequately address homosexuality. The article was titled, so appropriately, “Suffer in Silence.” It seems this was a topic of discussion for a “Sports and Gender” class at Bowling Green University recently, as a couple students there have [...]
ESPN is gay-friendly and fearless
ESPN recently hosted Jeff Sheng’s ‘Fearless’ display, and several of the athletes in the photo series were invited to talk to ESPN employees. Ted Rybka from GLAAD helped bring the display there, and he wrote about the experience:
ESPN’s headquarters is comprised of more than a dozen buildings, which they refer to as their “campus.” When [...]
Giuliani’s son sues Duke athletics
Does anyone remember seeing the pictures of a rambunctious (read: bratty) 7-year old Andrew Giuliani almost ruining his father’s inauguration as mayor of New York City in 1994? Well in the time between then and now, Andrew has focused all that energy into becoming a golfer, and a pretty good one at that.
However, it doesn’t [...]
Another collegiate swimmer is out
Don’t know how we missed this one. Actually, I do - we were on vacation. But another collegiate swimmer has come out of the closet publicly, this time UMBC junior Fred Deal. UMBC, for those who don’t know, is University of Maryland Baltimore County (believe it or not, their basketball team was in the NCAA [...]
Calling all Ivy League athletes
Hank Weintraub, a water polo player at Brown University, is doing a research project this summer on gay/bi athletes, focusing in particular on Ivy League males. He will be looking at the coaching and administrative policies by interviewing current or recently graduated student-athletes about their experiences. He’s looking for athletes who are interested, or who [...]
