Updated at 2:43pmPT with comments from Charissa Thompson. Today’s episode of ESPN’s First Take tackled the issue of the New England Patriots’ post-game party. While Skip Bayless didn’t find much fault with the players dancing (possibly intoxicated) at a previously planed event, Rob Parker was most concerned about the fact that there didn’t seem to [...]
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David Beckham’s Super Bowl H&M underwear ad and America’s Fear of the bulge
You don’t have to wait for the Super Bowl to see soccer hottie David Beckham’s underwear commercial for H&M. Whether you see it on TV or YouTube (after the jump), one thing you won’t see is Beckham’s famous bulge. There’s been a long-standing fear of the bulge in American culture. Why do so many American [...]
Ferris Bueller stealing the Super Bowl show
While the Super Bowl, pitting the New England Patriots against the New York Giants, will threaten to be the most-hyped football game in memory, the commercials are giving the game a run for its money. We previously reported on a Volkswagen commercial featuring Star Wars dogs and an underwear commercial featuring the best side of [...]
BBC explores lack of openly gay athletes in British soccer
Amal Fashanu, niece of Justin Fashanu, the only professional British soccer player ever to come out of the closet, has worked with filmmakers to put together a documentary exploring why no gay soccer players have come out since her uncle. Not surprisingly, she found the fans pointed fingers at the establishment, the establishment pointed fingers [...]
Greg Louganis wants to be on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Openly gay and HIV-positive Olympic diving legend Greg Louganis wants to waltz on ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ next season. Louganis fans have created a Facebook campaign to push the alphabet network to extend an invitation to Louganis, and the campaign is getting some attention. DWTS has been in Louganis’ cross-hairs for a couple years, as [...]
Star Wars Volkswagen Super Bowl teaser is something to howl about
Thanks to Towleroad for tracking down this fantastic Super Bowl commercial teaser (video after the jump). Yes, the Super Bowl has gotten so big that the commercials have teaser trailers. Insane. As a long-time Star Wars fan, this one certainly has me excited. A dozen dogs of all shapes and sizes bark the Imperial March [...]
GLAAD media awards nominees announced; sports virtually absent
Over the last few years we’ve been very pleased to see GLAAD recognize the increasing LGBT work done in sports with multiple sports-related nominees for their media awards. This year, as far as we can tell only one of the 151 nominees is directly related to sports: ESPN’s segment on Kye Allums. What makes that [...]
Video: Anderson Cooper talks with Kye Allums
A few weeks ago, Anderson Cooper featured transgender youth on his program. For the last few minutes of the show he chatted via Webcam with trans former George Washington basketball player Kye Allums. Allums talked about his struggles being accepted, particularly by his mother. Video after the jump. Allums comes in at minute 36:00. Share [...]
Gareth Thomas in UK’s Celebrity ‘Big Brother’
Out former rugby pro Gareth Thomas is co-starring in Britain’s latest installation of Big Brother, this time with a bunch of “celebrities.” The threw down the gauntlet in last night’s episode, according to The Mirror: He told Brian that he will “be myself and prove my family proud.” The Welshman said he was “happy to [...]
Leon Lett and the dumbest play in Thanksgiving game history
The only words you will hear more than “Happy Thanksgiving” this Thursday are likely to be “Leon Lett.” That’s because the former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle committed the most boneheaded play in Thanksgiving game history 18 years ago when the Cowboys hosted the Miamid Dolphins. The Cowboys, up 14-13 with 12 seconds let in the [...]
‘The Legacy of Brendan Burke’ documentary to air on Logo
Logo will take a break from catty bitches in New York and Dallas this weekend to air a CBC documentary about openly gay former Miami University hockey team student-manager Brendan Burke. ‘The Legacy of Brendan Burke’ will air Saturday, Nov. 5, at 8pm. Burke’s coming out and untimely death made our list of 100 most [...]
Renee Richards gets ESPN treatment
The documentary film ‘Renee,’ about transgender tennis player Renee Richards, will air tonight at 8pm as part of ESPN’s ’30 for 30′ documentary series. Richards was originally denied eligibility to play in the women’s U.S. Open in 1976; Her legal victory in U.S. courts winning the right to play is our #12 most important moment [...]
‘Blue Mountain State’ returns as homoerotic and gay-friendly as ever
There’s a great review of Spike TV’s ‘Blue Mountain State’ over at AfterElton, highlighting some of the nudity and some of the good-natured fun of the show. From Michael Jensen: While it would certainly be a stretch to say that Spike TV’s Blue Mountain State is free from stereotypical gay jokes and gay panic humor, [...]
Moment #55: Jim Bouton’s ‘Ball Four’ TV show includes gay ballplayer
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Baseball, 1976. Major League pitcher Jim Bouton had caused quite a stir with his 1970 book, Ball Four. The book chronicled his 1969 season in the Major Leagues and brought to the public eye the rampant womanizing and drug use taking [...]
‘Out: The Glenn Burke Story’ to get national release on Versus in August
Many have bemoaned the fact that the Emmy-nominated documentary ‘Out: The Glenn Burke Story‘ has only been aired in Northern California. Now Versus, best-known for their NHL broadcasts, is stepping up to air the film nationally on Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 10pmET. From the Versus press release: “Out. The Glenn Burke Story” tells the dramatic [...]