For the first time, an English Premier soccer game was shown on ESPN’s main channel. It was a huge match, with first place on the line between Manchester and Manchester City (City won, 1-0). The game started at 2:30 p.m. EDT on a Monday, meaning there was nothing else going on in sports and ESPN [...]
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Former TCU football player Vince Pryor honored for courage, proposes to partner
Vince Pryor, who was an out football player on his TCU team in 1994, was honored by an Austin, Texas-based gay rights group for showing “an extraordinary amount of courage to come out as a gay athlete.” Pryor was honored at a lunch of the Atticus Circle and then posted this wonderful news on his [...]
Is Madonna “bringing gay to the Super Bowl”?
Madonna is the halftime entertainment for this year’s Super Bowl. According to the gossip page of the New York Daily News: MADONNA is “bringing gay to the Super Bowl.” That’s what we overheard one of her dancers say at the premiere party for Her Madgesty’s “W.E.” at Top of the Standard on Monday night. On [...]
German soccer captain Philipp Lahm: I’m not gay, advises closet for those who are
Philipp Lahm is captain of the German soccer team and he has a new book out where he denies rumors he’s gay, says he doesn’t have a problem with gays but that gay players should stay in the closet anyway. AP has these excerpts: “First, I am not a homosexual. I am not married to [...]
Preview: Gay Softball World Series in Chicago for first time since 1983
By Ross Forman Bob Strada played second base in 1983 for the Chicago Sidetrack softball team that won the championship in the Gay Softball World Series, run by the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association. That ’83 Series was the last time Chicago hosted the annual, multi-day tournament and the first non-California champion in the [...]
French rugby player Alexis Palisson poses for cover of gay magazine
Add Alexis Palisson to the list of gay-friendly rugby players. The 23-year-old French star poses for the July-August cover of the gay magazine TETU. There is also a making of video (below) that is typically French in its bizarreness. The article is in French, but an online translation finds Palisson being cool with gay fans [...]
Minor league baseball team’s gay night is not an official gay night
While gay fans will be in the stands, the Inland Empire 66ers Minor League Baseball team now say they are not sponsoring Friday’s “Out at the Ballpark” event. They say the news two days ago was because of an overzealous employee. From the Riverside Press-Enterprise: The Inland Empire 66ers were doing damage control Thursday when [...]
Minor league baseball’s Inland Empire 66ers to hold gay night
The minor league baseball team the Inland Empire 66ers in Southern California will hold their first gay pride night Friday. The team, an affiliate of the Angels, says more than half of the promotional discounted tickets have been sold. It hopes to make “Out at the Ballpark” an annual event. Share on Facebook
Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon says he played with gay teammates
Add Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Warren Moon to the list of athletes who don’t think having an openly gay teammate would be a big deal. Moon played 17 years in the NFL, with his prime being with the Houston Oilers. Moon told the Victor and Matt Sports Podcast on Radio Exiles in May that [...]
With a gay brother, Adelphi University soccer coach knows what his player is going through
College soccer player Brandon Stoneham writes a terrific coming out story for Outsports and opens with about how he told his coach at Adelphi University. The coach, Carlo Acquista, knows something about the difficulty of coming out through the experience of his younger brother Paolo. “I totally know where [Stonerham’s] coming from because my brother [...]
Gay soccer player Anton Hysen talks about dealing with his first hate mail
The story of openly gay Swedish soccer player Anton Hysen continues to get a lot of play in England since he is the only out pro player in his sport. In a terrific BBC radio piece by Tim Franks, we hear Hysen, 20, describe his reaction to his first piece of hate mail. I [...]
‘It Gets Better’ video: SF Frontrunners
We have been seeking sports-related videos for the “It Gets Better” project and the latest comes from the San Francisco Frontunners: Share on Facebook
Sean Avery would support gay NHL player
Sean Avery of the New York Rangers is one of the more contentious players in the National Hockey League (“despised” would be a better word for many), but he made the most forceful gay-positive comments I have ever heard from a pro athlete in an interview with the Toronto Sun. “If there’s a kid in [...]
Your gay guide to Super Bowl XLV
I have posted my annual Super Bowl for the Clueless, my look at the big game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers from all angles: The gay angle, the porn connection, the hair, the TV, the hotties, the quarterbacks, the Steelers polka, the entertainment, the commercials and who will win the game and [...]
Gay, straight teenagers more alike than not
While this is not exactly sports-specific, a recap of new research contradicts some long-held beliefs about being a gay teenager. Basically, according to this excellent article by Jane Brody in the New York Times, gay teens aren’t much different than their straight counterparts. The good news is that recent research finds more similarities than differences [...]
Gay block party set for Dallas Super Bowl
The Cedar Springs strip in the gay section of Dallas will be the site of a block party planned for the night of Feb. 5, 2011, a day before the Super Bowl. It’s being billed as the world’s first Gay Super Bowl party, according to the Dallas Voice: Scott Whittall, president of the Cedar Springs [...]
Former NFL player Brett Miller is pro-gay
Brett Miller breaks the stereotypical mold many people have in their minds about professional athletes. He was named the strongest man in the NFL in 1986. He played offensive tackle in the League for 10 years after four years at Iowa. And he’s pro-gay. In fact, Miller gets downright angry when asked about people who [...]
Chicago Gay HOF inducts athletes
The Chicago Gay Hall of Fame is inducting 15 new members this year, including two for their work in the Chicago gay sports world: Bob Gammie, 84, an active organizer and fundraiser since 1949, for his many years of community service, including being one of the first organizers of gay activities in non-bar settings, in [...]
Gay St. Louis fans upset over ‘kiss cam’
Some gay fans are upset over the use of a ‘kiss cam’ at the Rams’ game against the Arizona Cardinals this past Sunday. Now they are hoping to use this Saturday’s “Out at the Ballpark” with the St. Louis Cardinals as a chance for the city’s pro sports teams to redeem themselves. From the St. [...]
Does watching ‘Glee’ make you gay?
I have been very frustrated with the way the Atlanta Braves have been playing the past couple of weeks. I never thought the Braves were going to run away with the National League East nor did I expect the Phillies were going to fade away. In fact I expect the race for this division to [...]