We now know how CBS’ Bleacher Report thinks gay bikers look, as they rip on The Rock’s sports fandom. I’m not sure if it’s the bald head, the goatee, or the little tanktop, but for some reason this is the image of a gay biker at CBS Sports. Or maybe it’s the pointless rambling of [...]
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A Net by Any Other Name
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 [...]
Rugby club fined for fans’ homophobic chants
Huge news alert! The British Rugby Football League has issued a £40k penalty to the Castleford team because their fans hurled homophobic chants at openly gay rugger Gareth Thomas during a match. A statement from the RFL read: “Castleford were found guilty of unacceptable behaviour, of breaching the RFL’s respect policy, of misconduct by their [...]
Video: Celebrating Landon Donovan’s goal
We talk a lot about how movies and the Oscars and TV and the Emmys and the Tonys simply don’t have the unpredictable excitement, can’t bring out the unbridled joy, that sports can. This video says it far better than I could – I’ve never seen people lined up in the streets of Manhattan watching [...]
Talk of World Cup vuvuzela ban
The last thing I expected to be doing on a June Sunday afternoon was to be on BBC Radio 5 debating the merits of the vuvuzela, the plastic horns that have turned the World Cup into one giant constant annoying buzz. I was invited after I wrote an article expressing hate for the vuvuzela, a [...]
World Cup: I already hate the vuvuzela
I taped and fast-forwarded through the 1-1 South Africa-Mexico match that opened the World Cup in South Africa. And I am already sick of the vuvuzela, the plastic horns that fans blow endlessly. The collective noise sounds like a gigantic swarm of bees and it drowns out everything else going on. ESPN will need to [...]
Americans hate soccer because it’s gay
Editor’s note: This article first appeared more than two years ago, but with the World Cup a week away, it seems appropriate to reprint it. It consistently gets passionate (and often over-the-top or jingoistic) comments. Weighing in on the tired debate over why Americans fail to love soccer as passionately as the rest of the [...]
Advocate readers call gay athletes ‘Nazis,’ ‘filth’
After reading the Indiana University article on the Advocate Web site, I figured I’d read some of the comments from the Advocate readers. To say I was appalled, disgusted and angry would not be overstating it. While many commentors were positive, many on the article about the open-mindedness of a big-time college athletic department said [...]
Golden State Warriors first gay night March 11
The San Francisco Gay Basketball Association, and one of their member teams, the Rock Dogs, are hosting the first-ever gay night at a Golden State Warriors game on March 11 when the Warriors host the Portland Trailblazers. Tickets are $25 and include the chance to play basketball at Oracle Arena. In addition to the gays [...]
Houston Mayor Annise Parker is out sports fan
Newly elected openly gay Houston Mayor Annise Parker is a big sports fan, and Ross Forman talked with her about her love of sports. Forman asked her if we’d see an out active male pro athlete in the next five years: “No doubt, a major active player [will come out while still active],” Parker said. [...]
Rare Vikings fan in New Orleans
Minnesota ABC affiliate KSTP this week featured a rare diehard Minnesota Vikings fan living in New Orleans, and he just happens to be our longtime friend, Steve Paster. He’s been in our fantasy league for 10 years, almost as long as he’s been with his wonderful partner Jerry (whose son, Adam, is also featured in [...]
‘Straight’ guys’ crushes on ballplayers
A Brewers fan blog called Miller Park Drunk has a great entry about “straight” guys who secretly admire the good looks of their favorite ballclub’s players. It’s that age-old question, “Bro, if you had to have sex with a Milwaukee brewer, who would it be, dude?” I have a question for the male readers of [...]
Repressed homosexuality in Big Fan
I stumbled across a review for the film Big Fan today. I remember hearing about it when The Wrestler came out, as Robert Siegel wrote both scripts. The film‘s been out since August, but it barely made a blip on any radar screens; It broke the top 50 in box office receipts just one weekend. [...]
Redskins owner has target on his back
Think the Washington Redskins are getting hammered for their coaching and playing? Well owner Daniel Snyder is taking it on the chin from fans and the DC media…for allegedly trying to suppress anger at his coaches and players! Snyder’s heavyhanded attempt at message killing, Douchewellian as it was, worked in the short term: The censorship [...]
Did Drew Gooden call fan a ‘faggot’?
A Los Angeles Clippers fan is accusing Maverick Drew Gooden of calling him a “faggot” after the two teams clashed at the Staples Center on Halloween. Mavs owner Mark Cuban say he’s going to handle the issue privately. Really? Cuban has the reputation of taking everything public…and he’s going to keep this one private? What [...]
Fan asks for refund, gets it
Every fan has thought about writing to their favorite team/school/coach and asking for a refund after a team’s poor performance. University of Oregon fan Anthony Seminary did just that after witnessing his team’s loss to Boise State (the one involving a much-publicized post-game punch). Shockingly, he got a response from Ducks head coach Chip Kelly. [...]
Gays a target audience for Women’s Pro Soccer
Former Chicago Fire (of MLS) general manager Peter Wilt is now with Women’s Professional Soccer, the seven-team league you probably didn’t hear about when it kicked off its innaugural season in March. In an interview with ESPN.com, published yesterday, talked about the target market of WPS being suburban families. In talking about whether WPS could [...]
Jackass fan defaces NFL player’s lawn
Buffalo Bills kick returner Leodis McKelvin was the goat in the Buffalo Bills’ stunning collapse Monday night against the New England Patriots. His fumble of a kickoff set up the Patriots’ game-winning score. Fans were understandably upset, but one (or more) took it way too far: Bills players are concerned with their privacy and safety [...]
Homophobia rampant in English soccer
A poll of 2,000 soccer fans in England found that “70% had heard anti-gay abuse in grounds in the past five years and more than half felt authorities did not do enough about it.” A majority also thought that homophobia from fans is what keeps gay players in the closet. “No one will ever come [...]
Cubs fans: losers, not so lovable
Well, well, well. Once again we have one of those moments that, if it happened in Philadelphia, would result in days of media outrage. Since it didn’t, even if it is talked about on ESPN, MLB Network, et al, it’ll be forgotten by tomorrow. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of [...]