Boxer Floyd Mayweather does not like Manny Pacquiao. The two have sparred for years. So it’s no surprise that Mayweather would take a shot at Manny Pacquiao‘s position against same-sex marriage, tweeting his support for President Obama’s position on the subject: Share on Facebook
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Watch Toyota’s gay-positive Super Bowl ad
I seldom watch Super Bowl commercials, since I watch every play of the game and use the breaks to get food, socialize or run to the bathroom. So I missed the ad for the Toyota Camry, but advertising columnist Stuart Elliott of the New York Times gave it a thumbs up: A commercial for the [...]
Will you buy Tim Tebow underwear?
Denver Broncos quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow will be appearing this week in Jockey’s first ads featuring an athlete since the legendary ones in the 1970s with baseball’s Jim Palmer. I have yet to see any that show Tebow in underwear minus a T-shirt, but the always-pious Tebow says the ads will be [...]
Gay-themed Doritos Super Bowl ads
A couple gay Doritos Super Bowl ads have been flying around the Internet this week. They were a couple failed entries for a contest Doritos and Pepsi are conducting to determine what they’ll air during the big game. They’re both humorous but don’t feel like Super Bowl ads, so I’m not surprised they weren’t picked. [...]
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 [...]
Win a 2011 Ben Cohen calendar
Note: There is a deadline of Nov. 15 to enter this contest. English rugby player Ben Cohen, popular among Outsports readers for embracing his gay fan base, is out with a 2011 calendar. See below for some photos and how you can win a signed copy of the calendar. A photo shoot for the calendar [...]
Jocks get nude for ESPN the Magazine
Golfer Camilo Villegas, soccer’s Tim Howard, skater Evan Lysacek, the NBA’s Amar’e Stoudemire, the NFL’s Patrick Willis and baseball’s Hanley Ramirez are among 40 male and female athletes who posed naked (tastefully, of course) for the ESPN the Magazine body issue that hits news stands on Friday. Villegas is shot in a Spiderman pose, Lysacek [...]
Chad Ochocinco’s cereal leads to a sex line
A phone number designed to direct buyers of Chad Ochocinco’s cereal to a children’s charity is instead that of a phone sex line. The company that makes the cereal for the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver is pulling boxes with the bad number from store shelves. From the Cincinnati Enquirer: The number on the boxes, 1-800-HELP-FTC [...]
Out gay Olympian gets endorsement deal
Yet another sign that there is nothing to lose by coming out of the closet, openly gay Olympic speedskater Blake Skjellerup has gotten an endorsement deal with Air New Zealand to promote their new “Cuddle Class.” I’m not sure if it means the seats are so small you’ll feel like you’re cuddling with your neighbor, [...]
London Olympics to sell gay pride pin
The London 2012 Olympics committee is selling rainbow pins to supports gay rights, in what might be a first for an Olympics. The pins have the stamp of approval from openly gay pro rugby player Gareth Thomas: “It’s great to see Locog (the London 2012 organizing committee) reaching out to all communities and making sure [...]
Manhunt ads on Sports Illustrated
At first I thought it was a random error, but I’ve noticed several Manhunt ads on Sports Illustrated’s Web site over the last few weeks. Michael MacDonald at Manhunt said it’s not a direct buy with Time Warner, but it’s an ad they’ve placed through Dedicated Media. Either way, I think it’s cool that a [...]
Video: David Wright, “The Situation” work out
Vitamin Water has a YouTube video showing New York Mets star David Wright working out with Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino from MTV’s “The Jersey Shore.” Sorrentino, as befits his character, is shirtless almost the whole commercial, but Wright never shows us whether his abs can match those of “The Situation.” Share on Facebook
Tiger Woods’ new Nike commercial
Tiger Woods and Nike have released a new commercial featuring the voice of Tiger’s father, Earl Woods: Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. I want to find out what your thinking was, I want to find out what your feelings are, and did you learn anything. While some have criticized [...]
NCAA.com pulls Focus on the Family ads
That was fast. Within 24 hours of Pat Griffin sounding the alarm that the NCAA had accepted and blessed TV and internet ads from the hate group Focus on the Family, she’s gotten word that NCAA.com has pulled the group’s ads. More from Pat Griffin: I just received a copy of the NCAA’s Advertising and [...]
Donny Deutsch: Not enough gays watch football
Outspoken advertising maven Donny Deutsch has weighed in on the rejected Mancrunch ad for the Super Bowl saying not enough gays watch football to warrant the ad buy. He told Larry King: It’s hard to argue that it makes sense to reach a very targeted audience of gay males in America by advertising to this [...]
Wheaties Fuel: Wheaties with more sugar
I am starting to see a big push for Wheaties Fuel, a new version of Wheaties geared to men. Ads featuring Peyton Manning and other sports stars are starting to air. As someone who is big on nutrition and an obsessive label-reader, one thing is obvious: Wheaties Fuel is basically Wheaties with more fat and [...]
It’s still the No Fun League
Here’s a clever idea: teams from two different sports in the same city doing funny commercials together. Done right, they’d be good publicity for both teams. An executive with the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks came up with the idea to pair up with the NFL’s Chicago Bears during a meeting of NHL honchos in which it [...]
NFL bans ‘Captain Morgan pose’
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek will be the first, and last, NFL player to get away with hawking a rum company. The league has outlawed doing what is known as the “Captain Morgan pose,” named after the pose struck by the cartoon pirate of Captain Morgan rum. In hopes of raising brand awareness, Captain [...]
Matador advertises gay drink on pink cape
Joselito Ortega, a Spanish matador, is advertising on his cape an energy drink marketed to gays. The drink’s name is anything but subtle: Gay Up. The name of the drink will be embroidered on his pink cape in large red letters. In Spain, matadors are seen by many as the pinnacle of macho, and Ortega’s [...]
Video: Tony Romo, product endorser
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo shows a nice sense of humor in this online ad for Starter where he discusses the 50,000 products he endorses, including protein pickles. Share on Facebook