Outsports is co-sponsoring two screenings at NewFest this year. NewFest is New York City’s top gay film festival. Please come out and join us for these films and so much more! Renee and The Devotion Project: More Than Ever (screening together) Saturday, July 23, 5:00 PM at Cinema Village Monday, July 25, 5:30 PM at [...]
Posts under ‘Tennis’
Martina Navratilova knew Novak Djokovic was a special tennis player
With Novak Djokovic’s explosion to the top of the world tennis rankings I went back to an interview I did with Martina Navratilova. In 2007 I asked Martina whom she would want to coach if she could coach any tennis player in the world: It would have been Novak Djokovic, but he’s in good hands [...]
Novak Djokovic in swimsuit for Vogue
Tennis player Novak Djokovic is having an amazing year, starting 2011 with a 37-0 record, winning all seven events he’s entered. His sights are set on the upcoming French Open, dominated in recent years by Rafael Nadal. Vogue has taken notice with a story and photos (including one in a swimsuit) documenting his rise. One [...]
Another out athlete is embraced by his team: Carroll University’s Seth Pamperin
Today we bring you the story of another captain of a college sports team who has come out. Seth Pamperin of Carroll University in Wisconsin has actually been out to his tennis team for two years, but this is the first time he has talked about it to a national publication. Seth’s story is like [...]
Bowdoin College has out lacrosse captain, first publicly out NCAA varsity men’s head coach
We’re proud to bring you today the stories of two men at liberal arts college Bowdoin College. Lacrosse captain Ben Chadwick has been out on his team for over two years; Men’s head tennis coach Colin Joyner has been out for even longer. Both men have come together to tear down walls of homophobia in [...]
GQ’s 25 coolest athletes ever includes Tom Brady, Joe Namath and Bo Jackson
Publications create lists to generate the “who’s on and who’s off” buzz. Gentleman Quarterly’s list of the 25 coolest athletes of all time shouldn’t disappoint. For starters, they only considered athletes post-1957 because “all time” began when GQ did. Most on the list are good picks; In fact, I can’t quibble with any of the [...]
Rafael Nadal wins. How ‘great’ is he?
Rafael Nadal has done what four years ago no one thought he had the ability to accomplish: He has won a career Grand Slam, winning the rain-delayed U.S. Open Monday night. Previously relegated a “clay court player,” Nadal is now taking aim at the big daddy of them all: Roger Federer’s record 16 Grand Slam [...]
Carson Kressley does the U.S. Open
Sports Illustrated is featuring reviews by Carson Kressley of the outfits on the men and women at the U.S. Open. He had good things to say about some, but he others left him scratching his head. On Caroline Wozniacki: OK, this one really stumped me. What is this? It looks like a bathing suit and [...]
Andy Roddick whines his way to loss
Andy Roddick did his best John McEnroe impression Thursday en route to a second-round exit at the U.S. Open, losing to 44th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4). The whining came in the third set when an official called a foot fault on the 9th seeded Roddick. Roddick protested, complaining that the [...]
Who will take the U.S. Open crowns?
For many Americans, the start of college football and the NFL signals the the beginning of autumn. But for many others, it’s the U.S. Open that ushers in the changing of the seasons. On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal will try for the second year to complete a career Grand Slam; But Roger Federer won [...]
Now ’90210′ will have out gay athlete
Three days, three TV shows we feature that have or will have new openly gay athletes on the show. 90210‘s Teddy, the womanizing tennis pro (played by Trevor Donovan), will come out of the closet this season and embark on a relationship with another man this season. Executive producer Rebecca Sinclair explained how the story [...]
Remembering Ted Tinling, tennis designer
I know the hardcore tennis buffs will know all about him, but I was surprised to find a list of “gays you should know” that featured an athlete and sportsman I couldn’t remember reading about before. Ted Tinling was a mediocre-at-best tennis player who became one of the world’s most renown designers of women’s tennis [...]
Serena Williams avoids more small tournaments
Serena Williams now has a long pattern of avoiding second- and third-tier tournaments while putting all of her focus on the Grand Slam events. She’s doing it again this month, claiming an undisclosed foot injury that will keep her off the court at least through next week. The big question: Does anyone outside the real [...]
Navratilova wins another Wimbledon title
Martina Navratilova has won another Wimbledon title, taking the Ladies’ Invitational Doubles crown. She and partner Jana Novotna beat two Americans, Tracy Austin and Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, in the finals, 7-5, 6-0. The invitational doubles is kind of like the seniors tour on the PGA; The competitors included other retired names like Conchita Martinez, Martina Hingis [...]
John Isner does Letterman’s Top 10
Tennis player John Isner, who won the longest match ever played, is making the rounds in the U.S. with his new-found celebrity. He threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. The night before, he was on “Late Night With David Letterman,” presenting the “Thoughts That Went Through John Isner’s Mind During the [...]