Cincinnati Bengal (and former Philadelphia Eagle) Dhani Jones will film a second season of the Travel Channel series Dhani Tackles The Globe, in which he visits other countries and participates in sports popular in those lands. (When is the exotic “hockey in Canada” episode, I wonder?) Renaissance man that he is, Jones made the announcement [...]
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NFL’s Dhani Jones tackles other sports
Dhani Jones is often referred to in the media as a Renaissance man, in part because of his love of bow ties, which he turned into a business venture. The biggest impression he made on the field as an Eagles linebacker from 2004-2006 was with his “air guitar” celebration every time he made a play. [...]
GB2C: Gotta love a mascot in a loin cloth
My partner and I are on a 14-day trip from New York back to Los Angeles. I’ll be posting here about the trip every couple days.
Today ended four days and three nights in New Mexico, the most beautiful state we’ve visited so far. Part of that trip through the state was spent in Carlsbad, where [...]
GB2C: Gays all over the South
My partner and I are on a 14-day trip from New York back to Los Angeles. I’ll be posting here about the trip every couple days.
A lot of gay people in the big cities, to me, seem to forget that gay people are actually everywhere. I grew up in a small town and knew a [...]
Goin’ Back to Cali: Gay in Virginia
As you may or may not know, my partner and I started a 14-day trip from New York back to Los Angeles today. I’ll be posting here about the trip every few days. And tonight, in Charlottesville, Va., was a classic. We spent most of the day in Baltimore, where I got a peek at [...]
Turkish oil wrestling 2008
The Kirkpinar traditional Turkish oil wrestling championship has been going on for over 600 years, and last weekend was the latest installment. While it certainly does qualify as a sport, you have to wonder what else these guys are up to when they, according to a reporter in a Youtube video, often win (as you [...]
Outsports banned from Nantucket Sound
I spent a couple wonderful days in Nantucket this past weekend. It’s a beautiful place: So quiet, so charming, the weather’s perfect, the people are nice. You can’t go wrong. I’ve been to lots of towns in the Northeast, but I’ve never seen one that feels like old New England like Nantucket, with its cobblestone [...]
Why lesbians flock to the Final Four
The Women’s Final Four is headed to Tampa Bay this weekend, and following suit will be scores of lesbian basketball fans. At least, so says the St. Petersburg Times, which said in an article that local businesses are banking on it.
Starting Friday, Tampa will become a national epicenter for gay women, thousands of whom are [...]
Tennis in terra cotta
For those of you who don’t know, Towleroad has in the last year or so started covering sports and sports figures (particularly as they pertain to fashion, pop culture and politics) a lot more. Andy’s latest today is a follow up on a previous story about some terra cotta statues designed to commemorate the ATP [...]
Outsports weekend in Charlotte
My Christmas present to Jim last year was a ticket to an NFL game of his choice this year. He chose the Colts-Panthers game this past weekend, so we spent about 60 hours in Charlotte, N.C. I was pleasantly surprised. It was more built-up, more cosmopolitan than I had anticipated (though you should know I [...]
Atlanta recap - our first book signing
I had the great fortune of visiting Atlanta for the last 24 hours for a book signing at Outwrite Books. The event was co-presented by the Atlanta Gay Sports Alliance, a great group that combines the resources of a bunch of gay-sports groups in Atlanta to promote gay sports. Mike Horton, the commissioner who plays [...]
