Our friend Brent, an awesome photographer, went to West Hollywood for Halloween and came back with these great shots of guys dressed in all manner of sports gear (most dressed in hardly anything at all). Among them were boxers, wrestlers, a Lane Kiffin clone, a Brian Wilson beard and some guy in full-body paint looking [...]
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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 [...]
The highest-paid athlete of all time
I am big history buff, so I found this item pretty neat: A classical studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania has calculated that the highest-paid athlete of all time was a famous chariot racer in ancient Rome. His take (based on some intricate calculations) — $15 billion, which puts Tiger Woods’ $1 billion in [...]
Americans hate soccer because it’s gay
Editor’s note: This article first appeared more than two years ago, but with the World Cup a week away, it seems appropriate to reprint it. It consistently gets passionate (and often over-the-top or jingoistic) comments. Weighing in on the tired debate over why Americans fail to love soccer as passionately as the rest of the [...]
Design end zone penises for video game
The video game “Backbreaker,” a football simulation, is coming out with a customizable engine the creators say is so realistic that you can design Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” in the end zone. But one producer told the video game blog Kotaku that he expects something one another level. “Let’s face it, the first two days [...]
Poll: 62% OK with gay Super Bowl QB
Vanity Fair and “60 Minutes” have teamed up for a poll of Americans on a variety of issues from assisted suicide to sex addiction to the Tea Party Movement. One question that is getting attention is that 50% of those responding would be OK with a gay president (44% would be opposed). With a 3% [...]
The Wishing Well: Secrets among men
This is not sports-related, though who knows in the future. I was just made aware of a new site that is pretty addicting — The Wishing Well, an anonymous forum where men can post their innermost secrets. Love, betrayal, longing, humor … it’s all there. Such as the one that begins, “i cheat on you [...]
Videos: Evan Lysacek, U.S. bobsled Top 10 list
David Letterman had gold medalists Evan Lysacek and the U.S. four-man bobsled team present Top 10 lists on his show this week. Lysacek did “Top Ten Thoughts That Went Through Evan Lysacek’s Mind During His Gold Medal Ice Skating Routine.” The bobsledders did “Top Ten Things You Don’t Want to Hear From a Guy in [...]
Chad Ochocinco, Evan Lysacek on DWTS
ABC has announced the celebrity lineup for the new season of Dancing With The Stars. As usual, it includes people with connections to the world of sports. I have no idea how this will play out on the dance floor (and don’t really care) but I have a couple of observations: It makes perfect sense [...]
Ian McKellen: Gay jocks ‘shrinking violets’
British actor Sir Ian McKellen criticized homophobia in sports, saying that negative fan reaction keeps gay athletes in the closet. The “sports world should be ashamed of itself,” he told BBC Radio Five (listen here). The veteran actor, who is open about his homosexuality, said sports stars were “absolutely admirable people”, but were afraid of [...]
Tim Tebow cuts ad for Focus on the Family
University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, have filmed a 30-second ad for Focus on the Family that is set to air during the Super Bowl. Focus on the Family is antigay and gave $727,000 to support the passage of the antigay marriage Prop. 8 in California in 2008. Reports the Orlando [...]
PR for football show targets gay audience
The critics are not kind to Spike’s new comedy, “Blue Mountain State,” which debuts Tuesday. It’s about the sexual hijinks of a fictional college football team (one promo video clip is called “Jerkoff.”) Apparently, the show will feature a lot of skin, both male and female. Writes the New York Times: The opening episode centers [...]
LeBron follows in Shaq’s footsteps. Be afraid.
Variety reports that Cleveland Cavalier (and probably future New York Knick) LeBron James is taking a shot at movie stardom. The good news: he’s playing himself in “Fantasy Basketball Camp,” a comedy about five guys from different backgrounds who go to Las Vegas to attend the LeBron James Adult Basketball Camp, and manage to pull [...]
Male body image same for gays, straights
Researchers in Australia, studying body image, found no significant difference in the way gay and straight men view themselves. Both want to be lean and muscular and are most frustrated with their stomachs. The research [at the University of Canberra] revealed that while women desire to be thin, straight and gay men preferred lean and [...]
‘Moneyball’ flick not quite dead yet
The Hollywood Reporter says that West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is going to take a shot at a draft of a script for Moneyball, the Columbia Pictures film that, if it ever gets made, would star Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. The film was previously put in “turnaround” status by the [...]