The latest Out 100 has been released, and the glaring omission this year (there’s always at least one) is the complete lack of sports figures in the list. The most glaring of all those possible names is Brian Sims, who came out on Outsports earlier this year and who has since become a valuable advocate, [...]
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The incredible shrinking gay media
I’ve noticed the disappearance of some gay-sports media outlets in recent weeks. Gay.com’s Sports blog has apparently been abandoned as nothing’s been posted there since Aug. 10 and emails to the editor got bounced back. Gaysports.com hasn’t been updated since June, and that wasn’t about sports. Now comes news that Window Media, which owns the [...]
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 our [...]
Is there a gay tailgate scene at Harvard?
We have resumed our popular Tailgate Tour and this week Todd Heustess is headed to Cambridge, Mass., for Penn vs. Harvard. Todd always tries to seek out GLBT groups that tailgate or do some social function around the game. He is still searching for what that something is at Harvard.
If you know of any events [...]
Lesbian now owns the Chicago Cubs
The Windy City Times is reporting that the Chicago Cubs are the first team with an openly gay owner. The team was purchased for a reported $845 million by the Ricketts family.
Among the purchasers is Laura Ricketts, a lesbian who now becomes the first out individual to own a professional sports team, according to MarketToMarketLLC.com. [...]
We’re back…and we’re champions
Jim and I were both away for a few days, as we had said, at Gay Bowl IX in Washington DC this weekend. It was a magical weekend as our Los Angeles Motion team beat the San Diego Bolts in the championship game, 31-30! With two plays left, the Bolts got within 1 point and [...]
Gay Bowl 9 and March this weekend in DC
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 [...]
Drag performer sings anthem at SF Giants game
The Twitter feed for the Queers United blog (”the activist blog uniting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual community & Allies in the fight for equality”) had a link to this blog post from Joe.My.God. Donna Sachet, described on the blog as a “San Francisco drag legend,” sang the national anthem before a [...]
Michael Irvin visits with gay football team
As Gay Bowl IX approaches in a couple weeks, the Los Angeles Motion (the team Jim and I play on) got an inspirational visit from a guest who knows something about winning Super Bowls: former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin. The Hall of Fame wide receiver took time between his rehearsal for Dancing With The Stars [...]
Gym Sportsbar opening in Los Angeles
I have heard people gay Angelenos talking about a gay sports bar in L.A. for years. On Oct. 2 those people will have to wait no longer as Gym Sportsbar will open it’s West Hollywood location. It’s a great spot they found: The former Normandie Room at 8737 Santa Monica Blvd. (between San Vicente [...]
AXN mag embraces Sydney gay jocks
I’ve moaned in the past that gay publications don’t cover sports enough, so here’s some recognition of one that did recently. The latest issue of Australian gay mag AXN features an article and full compliment of photos on Sydney-based gay sports teams. They have profiles of at least five sports: rugby, soccer, basketball, tennis and [...]
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 [...]
Photos: Gay Softball World Series
The Gay Softball World Series is underway in Milwaukee (see our blog posts here), and Ross Forman is shooting the event for us. We will be posting an extensive photo gallery in the days ahead, but here are a few shots to give you a taste of the athmosphere:
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Thai boxer banned for gay-mag spread
Take a good look at the image to the right. We’ve seen something like it a thousand times, right? The man in the photo is Thai Olympic silver-medal boxer Worapoj Petchkoom, and Stage is a Thai gay magazine. Because Petchkhoom appears on the cover of said magazine wearing almost nothing, the Amateur Boxing Association of [...]
Help Maine protect marriage equality!
Remember how you felt when Prop 8 passed? Whether you were in California or New York or North Dakota or anywhere else, chances are you were not happy about it. The fight this year is in Maine, and the people who want to fight same-sex marriage are themselves calling it the most important cultural battle [...]
