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If true, it’s a crime against beauty — Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennell won’t confirm or deny that injured quarterback Brady Quinn was punched in the face by defensive lineman Shaun Smith in the team’s weight room. Various reports say Smith hit Quinn with his fist or with a weight. If true, it would be [...]

From Down Under comes news that Olympics diving goldist Matt Mitcham has added yet another major award to his fistful of medals.  The coveted Sports Performer of the Year award came to him the other night in Melbourne.  Mitcham was one of eight outstanding athletes who were nominated for the 2008 award, including triathlete Emma Snowsill, swimmer Stephanie Rice [...]

Olympic gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham fearlessly jumps from 30 feet high while doing amazing twists, yet it still freaks him out to have to dive outdoors. And next year’s world diving championships in Rome are outdoors.
“I have a few fears and diving outdoors is one of them,” Mitcham told the Australian. “I usually spot [...]

Brady Quinn, who got my vote as the 2007 hottest player in the NFL despite throwing only eight passes, will get his first start Thursday night at home against the Denver Broncos.
Quinn replaces an inconsistent Derek Anderson, who has become the fall guy in the Browns’ disappointing 3-5 start. I have been calling for Quinn [...]

Andy Roddick can sell sexy. But strip off his shirt and things get hotter. Promise a “full Monty” and, well, that can drive a crowd wild.
Roddick was in Atlanta on Sunday for the 16th annual Advanta WTT Smash Hits, an event hosted by Elton John to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the [...]

Who can ever get enough of soccer sensation Cristiano Ronaldo? Not me. So let’s recap some recent Ronaldo sightings and happenings. And yes, there are more photos after the jump.

Historic night. Longest All-Star Game ever. AL gets home field advantage – again.
Yeah, yeah. Nice and touching moments from MLB’s All-Star Game last night, which really didn’t end until this morning. But I’m more interested in the tidbits that didn’t take place on the field. You know, those special moments when sport crosses celebrity and [...]

Oh, those whacky Grand Prairie AirHogs.
The indie league baseball team from Texas is trying to capitalize on the A-Rod and Madonna “friendship” to put butts in their seats on Wednesday. If fans come to the game claiming to “share an agent” – Madge and the slugging manwhore share agent Guy Oseary – they’ll gain admission [...]

It’s a great day for a gay journalist who loves sports when I can write about A-Rod and Madonna in a single post.
Ah, yes. It seems the subject of my long-standing man crush, Alex Rodriguez, and a favorite crooner diva of mine, Madonna, are friends. And when I say friends, I mean it in the [...]

From the Miami Herald:

Efrain Veiga, founder of Yuca restaurant and co-creator of Nuevo Latino cuisine, and partner Billy Bean (photo), a former Major League Baseball player, have split after 13 years. ”Sometimes things don’t work out,” Veiga says. “There’s still love.”
Says Bean: “It’s a very difficult period, and we’re both trying to get through [...]

Soccer stud David Beckham likes it big and on top.
His Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer sits atop the Western Conference, a position Beckham likes, according to his blog. And he towers above adoring fans in a billboard plastered across Macy’s in San Francisco’s Union Square that will soon be coming to cities including [...]

Got at least $10,000? Then you can win a charity auction with soccer star David Beckham.
With this complete LA Galaxy package, you will receive:
· An intimate meet-and-greet and photo op with David Beckham
· A David Beckham autographed jersey
· 2 VIP field seats to an LA Galaxy game
· A pregame tour of the stadium
· Access to a luxury box party with [...]

Tennis legend Billie Jean King has been honored by Boston University with an honorary degree for her contributions to society. King’s resume could fill this blog, but this sums up her importance: Life magazine named her one of the 100 most important Americans of the 20th century.
King is also an out lesbian and is on [...]

The New York Times has a terrific article about Jackie Walker, a star linebacker for the University of Tennessee in the early 1970s who was known at the time to be gay. The story deals with his seemingly inexcusable absence from the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.

Walker was gay, which he made no [...]

At a speech Thursday for Stonewall’s annual Equity Dinner in London, Sir Ian McKellen ended his keynote remarks with an interesting question: “Where are the sports people who will brave the ragging in the changing rooms and the heckling from the terraces?” Coming from him, this is more than a fair question. McKellen is openly gay. He participates [...]