Washington DC is the place to be this weekend, with the National Equality March and Gay Bowl 9 both taking place! Both Jim and I will be there, playing in the Gay Bowl for the Los Angeles Motion: It’s the first time since 2004 that we played together. What other Outsporters are going to be [...]
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Gay skydivers convention this weekend
If you’re anywhere near Philadelphia this weekend, you may want to head out to Williamstown, N.J., where Rainbow Skydivers are holding only their second event ever. The event is being held at Cross Keys Airport about 20 miles outside Philly. The first event was held three years ago at the Outgames, and you can see [...]
Fire Island swim event
There’s a great innaugural event taking place in New York next month: The Great South Bay Swim. It’s an open-water swim from Sayville to Fire Island Pines and it’s to benefit the Stonewall Foundation, a group that seeks to “better” the gay community. The swim is the brainchild of Michael Holtz (right), a former collegiate [...]
Phillies “Gay Day” in its seventh year!
It’s hard to believe that the Philadelphia Phillies Gay Community Night is already in its seventh year! But Larry Felzer has been working with the defending World Series champs since early 2003 building what is probably the most successful recurring gay outing at any pro sports event in the country. This year features lawyer and [...]
World Series games to start earlier
One of my sports pet peeves has been the starting time and length of postseason baseball games, particularly the World Series. It has always been baseball’s showcase event and, in those olden days when games were played on weekday afternoons, kids of all ages and the young-at-heart would skip work or school, or sneak a [...]
What are your sports pet peeves?
In watching Game 5 of the Celtics-Magic NBA playoff series, it struck me again how basketball is a free-flowing, back-and-forth game for 47 minutes, and then grinds to a halt in the final minute. Foul. Timeout. Another foul. Another timeout, and so on. In Game 4, there was a five-minute stretch at the end with [...]
Hockey and sex mix onstage in Canada
Attention Canadians, and anyone else planning visits to the Great White North: does the phrase “He shoots, he scores!” excite you a little more than usual? Does the thought of making it with a hockey player turn you on? Or maybe you just have a fetish for goalie pads? If any of this applies, this [...]
Panel discussion in Philadelphia
For those of you in the Philadelphia area, there will be a panel discussion on Feb. 16 about homophobia in athletics. The event is sponsored by Penn Athletes and Allies Tackling Homophobia at the University of Pennsylvania, and the panelists will included coaches and even a former athletic director. More info after the jump.
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Will Gay Games move to Cleveland in 2014?
Let the bidding wars begin. Gay sports enthusiasts in Cleveland are expected to announce their intentions today to bid on Gay Games IX in 2014. Under the banner of the Cleveland Synergy Foundation, the backers of the bid are scheduled to make the decision public during a press conference and enter a competition also expected to include Boston and Miami.
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Some Philly tidbits
I’m pressed for time (headed to a softball tournament in Washington, DC this weekend) so here is a quick summary of some things I was planning to write about…
Drought update: The Phillies’ 3-2 win over the LA Dodgers gives them a 1-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. This is the 18th time since [...]
Phils’ gay night doubly successful for a change
A surprising thing happened tonight at Citizens Bank Park. It was Gay Community Night at the Phillies.
That’s not the shocking thing. Tonight’s event was the 6th such event.
I had a brief word with Larry Felzer, one of the organizers of the event and longtime friend of Outsports, who informed me that they sold 837 tickets, [...]
Gay-sports panel in NYC tonight
I’m going to be on a panel tonight (Wed., July 18) discussing 25 years of gay & lesbian sports. It’s going to be at the Gay & Lesbian Center on 13th Street in Manhattan tonight, 6pm-8pm. If you’re in town, stop by - RSVP info is after the break. -Cyd Zeigler jr.
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First in history — gay polo tournament
While the same-sex wedding frenzy dominates headlines from California, it’s important to note that Saturday, June 14, 2008 was a red-letter day in same-sex sports history. The Gay Polo League played in its first real tournament.
I lucked into attending because GPL’S moving spirit, Chip McKenney, gave me a heads-up on the event. Chip, [...]
Happy Birthday, Corey Johnson
The gay party to be at in Manhattan Thursday night was openly gay former high school football player Corey Johnson. Corey’s a good friend of Outsports and helped us win a gold medal in football at the Gay Games in 2006. I tease Corey that he is the true mayor of New York, and you [...]
