Photographer West Phillips met David Testo soon after the pro soccer player came out publicly last autumn. Test was in Miami for a warm respite from the media circus that had erupted after his big announcement. The two hit it off and Testo agreed to jump in front of Phillips’ camera. I caught up with [...]
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Do naked photos of Shaun White or any other athlete actually hurt them?
My first reaction when I heard that X-rated pics of X-Games star Shaun White are being shopped around was, “When will these kids ever learn?” But then I realized, despite all the hoopla about how terrible it will be that this happened, how does it hurt these athletes to have these photos circulated? For a [...]
Out 100 to feature athletes including Gareth Thomas – Exclusive photo
The Out 100 has had a smattering of athletes in the past, but this year’s list will feature the most ever. At the top of the list is Gareth Thomas, the out Welsh rugby player. Aaron Hicklin, the magazine’s editor, sent us this gorgeous exclusive photo of Gareth that will run in the table of [...]
Michael Irvin on the cover of ‘Out,’ talks about his gay brother, supports gay marriage
Read the full article in Out magazine here. It was about two years ago that Michael Irvin first talked to me about a secret he’s carried with him for 30 years. “You know, Cyd, my brother was gay,” he said. Actually, I didn’t know. And neither did virtually any of Michael’s teammates at the University [...]
Bret Lockett, Patriots safety, joins NOH8 campaign, supports gay marriage
While many are talking today about his alleged ties to Kim Kardashian, New England Patriots safety Bret Lockett is the latest professional athlete to pose in front of Adam Bouska’s camera for the NOH8 campaign (click on photo for full image). A former standout at UCLA, Lockett spent last season on injured reserve after his [...]
Anton Hysen gets international media attention. Photos appear on the Internet.
It must have been quite a 24 hours for Anton Hysen, the Swedish pro soccer player who yesterday came out to the world. In just a few hours he went from tier 4 player in Sweden to internationally known. Not surprisingly, photos are surfacing all over the net of now openly gay Swedish soccer player [...]
Weekend Hot Jock: Eric Decker strips
Eric Decker of the Denver Broncos gets my vote as the NFL’s hottest player. His selection as Weekend Hot Jock in 2009 while he played for the University of Minnesota got more comments than any we’ve run (no surprise if you saw the photos). Last fall, GQ did a small photo spread of him modeling [...]
Weekend hot jocks: Men in their Bjorn Borgs
Legendary Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg won 11 grand slams during his career, but is now known more in his home country and much of Europe for his fashion label. One popular item is Bjorn Borg underwear. The firm’s website has a cool contest where they ask fans of the Borg underwear to send in [...]
Gallery: Best of Gay Games 2010
Gay Games VIII in Cologne was my favorite event of the year to cover. Cologne was a fantastic host city, the people and athletes were all friendly and the competition was great. Cyd and I had the pleasure of covering the event (check out our Gay Games blog), not only with words but with photos [...]
Hot jocks: Best of Picture This 2010
Picture This is one of Outsports’ longest-running and most-popular features. It’s a simple concept — link to a hot sports photo each day, many selected by readers. For the fourth straight year, I have combed the year’s choices and come up with I think are the best of. You can check out all 48 picks [...]
Gallery: European swimming
The European short course swimming championships were held this past weekend in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Here are some select photos courtesy of G. Scala at Deepbluemedia.eu Share on Facebook
Gallery: More Halloween Hot Jocks
As a Thanksgiving treat, our awesome photographer friend Brent shared with us some more of the photos he took at another, sexier holiday — Halloween. This follows on the heels of his popular gallery from earlier this month from Halloween in West Hollywood. Not everyone is a jock but some of the costumes are very [...]
Gallery: European swimming and diving
The 2010 European swimming and diving championships were held this month in Budapest, Hungary. And thanks to G. Scala at Deepbluemedia.eu, we were able to put together a photo gallery from the event. One of my favorites is this French foursome who got real close to each after a relay win: Share on Facebook
Photo gallery: Decathletes by Trackpic
Outsports is a big fan of the photo site Trackpic, which specializes in shooting track and field events in Europe, with an emphasis on the decathlon. Decathletes are amazing athletes, who need the ability to run fast and for distance, in addition to strength for events such as the pole vault and discus. Trackpic has [...]
Roses Are Red… And So Are Fields?
Boise State is going into the season ranked #5 in the Coaches’ Poll. And the first thing many people think about when they say Boise State is that insane blue field they’ve got up there. Well, someone at Eastern Washington University saw that pretty little 5 by Boise State’s name and a light bulb turned [...]