Minnesota Twins pitcher Carl Pavano was the target of an extortion attempt by a former high school classmate. According to the Meriden (Conn.) Record-Journal, Christian Bedard, 36, contacted Pavano’s sister, Michelle DeGennaro, claiming he had a three-year “emotional and physical relationship” with the big league pitcher while the two where in high school. From the Record-Journal: [...]
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Is Tim Tebow gay?
Before you roll your eyes and dismiss this as another anti-Tebow snark piece, it isn’t. In fact, it’s honestly made me rethink everything I’ve said about him. There is no denying that Tim Tebow is one of the top sports stories of the year, in part because of the Broncos’ turnaround, in part because of [...]
Star magazine: Kim Kardashian says Kris Humphries is gay
I guess we should have seen this coming. Take a celebrity break-up, toss in a big-mouth bitchy diva, mix in a hot, metrosexual 20-something and voila! We have a Star magazine gay rumor. This time they have Kim Kardashian labeling her soon-to-be-ex-husband, NBA player Kris Humphries, gay. The tell-tale signs? He dresses well…he gets his [...]
Gay rumor lesson #2: Josh Selby rumor not true, completely fabricated
Early this week we got wind of a rumor on black gossip sites that rookie Memphis Grizzlies point guard Josh Selby is gay. The Web sites, which don’t deserve to be linked to, had shirtless photos of Selby (like the one on the right) and screen captures of an email telling the alleged male recipient [...]
Moment #25: Mike Piazza announces, ‘I’m not gay. I’m heterosexual.’
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Baseball, 2002. In the June/July 2002 issue of Details magazine, then-New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine said he believed baseball was ready for an openly gay player. The New York Post, as they so often do, ran with it and wondered [...]
Stop the gay rumor-mongering against Troy Aikman and others
Troy Aikman gay rumors again took center stage last week when the Hall of Fame quarterback was asked by Dallas radio host Dan McDowell about Skip Bayless’ 1996 book that discussed rumors that Aikman is gay. Aikman and the radio hosts spent a whopping 60 seconds discussing the rumors in Bayless’ book, and all of [...]
Jilted lover tries to out British footballer
We have speculated for years that the first out active athlete might not announce he’s gay…as much as a jilted lover might. We saw an episode like that with Ovie Mughelli. And now it’s happening in British soccer. Pink News is reporting on a reality TV star who claimed to have a year-long affair with [...]
Freddie Ljungberg addresses gay rumors
Tucked into this Q&A in the New York Times Magazine piece on the home life of soccer’s Freddie Ljungberg, now with the Seattle Sounders, was a question about gossip and this was his response: There’s been a gay rumor for a long time. I don’t mind at all. I am proud of that. I love [...]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants lesbian sex
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Spanish soccer player caught seemingly getting intimate with a teammate last week (in the brown jacket), was asked about it over the weekend. His answer to all the rumors: He’ll have lesbian sex to prove he’s straight. Come over to my house with your sister, and I’ll show you I’m not gay! [...]
Speculation over Barcelona soccer players
It’s not a big deal to see European athletes seemingly in romantic embraces or kissing. It happens all the time, particularly in soccer. But this photo of Barcelona soccer players Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerard Pique has many people atwitter. I’m not sure it’s “two lovers whispering words of love,” but those jeans would be the [...]
Readers ask: Is Evan Lysacek gay?
I’ve noticed over the last month that the No. 1 search question leading people to our blog is whether figure skater Evan Lysacek is gay. Over the last 30 days, five of the top 15 search terms leading people to Outsports have involved Lysacek: evan lysacek gay (2), is evan lysacek gay (5), evan lysacek [...]
Johnny Weir stokes Evan Lysacek gay rumors
It’s no big secret that may people question the sexual orientation of Olympic gold medal figure skater Evan Lysacek. It’s part because he’s a figure skater and part because, well, did you see his Olympic outfits and have you seen Dancing With The Stars? And with the recent announcements that two long-time-rumored gay men have [...]
Mistress claims Tiger Woods had sex with men
Much of the media has been atwitter for the last day over the rumor that a woman is claiming Tiger Woods had sex with men. It’s pretty tough to believe given a host of circumstances: We at Outsports have never heard about Woods being anything but straight (and we hear about everybody); The woman says [...]
Richard Jefferson tosses fuel on the fire
The name Richard Jefferson has been tossed around for years as a possible gay man in pro sports. MediaTakeOut breathed life in the rumors in 2006 when they said a black New Jersey Nets player was in a relationship with a man (Jefferson was with the Nets at the time). So when I read that [...]
Alleged NFL player on DownLow site
MediaTakeOut is best-known for posting blind items about celebrities with virtually no evidence whatsoever. So when I saw that they posted pictures from the gay profile of an NFL player, I was dubious: And when I saw they blocked out the face of the alleged player and there was absolutely no identifying features of his [...]
The hunks of rugby’s Super League title match
In the clash of rugby titans that unfolds on Saturday to determine who wins the championship of the USA Rugby Super League, one thing is clear: Life University’s gay-friendly team from Atlanta wins hands down when it comes to the hunk factor. Share on Facebook
Bayless stands by gay Aikman rumor
Wacko. Clown. Fool. These are some of the words that come to the minds of many when they think of Skip Bayless. The over-the-top sports reporter often featured on ESPN (shocker) made a real name for himself with a book many years ago about the Cowboys of the 1990s. In it he talks about rumors [...]
Ex-wife slings gay rumor at former Met
Since Mike Piazza’s declaration that he’s straight, jokesters and Yankees fans have had a field day labeling the Mets a gay team. And now, more fuel for the fire . . . . Former New York Met Art Shamsky, part of the Amazin’s team that won the 1969 World Series, has been embroiled in a [...]
Blind item says baseballer is gay
I’m not a big fan of blind items prined by newspapers and mags; Whenever anything is unattributed and untraceable, I get a little suspicious. But this tidbit ran in the New York Daily News last week: Which baseball heart-throb may be playing for the other team? Word is he slips into bed with Florida fellas. [...]
Professional soccer’s got a new rent boy
There are professional soccer players across Italy praying that Victory doesn’t name names. You see, he’s the the latest rent boy to come forward and claim that he beds down pro soccer players in Italy for cash. A lot of cash, actually. About $2,000 a pop, so to speak. “A lot of them are bisexual, [...]