Towleroad stumbled across this video of the Harvard baseball team passing time on a road trip, lip syncing in their van to Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe. Sorry, no hot shirtless guy mowing a lawn in this one…but there is a same-sex crush. Or two. I’m not quite sure. Either way, kudos to Harvard [...]
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French Olympic swimmers model for HOM underwear – photos and video
Thanks to the folks at HOM for bringing us the French Olympic swim team just as we like them. What I love most about the video and photo shoot HOM put together is how much fun these guys are having in front of the camera. There’s no worry about not getting too close to their [...]
NCLR celebrates 10 years of their sports project
In the 10 years the National Center for Lesbian Rights has had their sports project, they have accomplished a hell of a lot. In fact, their work is all over our 100 most important moments in LGBT sports history. Project director Helen Carroll talks about many of the ways they have opened doors for LGBT [...]
Caroline Wozniacki releases dance single, ‘Oxygen.’ Have some ready…
The WTA No. 6 player in the world, Caroline Wozniacki, has released a new dance single titled ‘Oxygen‘ (video below). It’s so good…it’s not even mentioned on her own Web site. Poor thing. Hopefully she’ll stick to tennis from here on out. Brace yourself… Hat tip to Deadspin. Share on Facebook
Gay4Soccer gets some play on straight soccer vlog The Mixer
What a fun surprise to see mainstream soccer vlog The Mixer (for KickTV) interviewing Gay4Soccer.com founder Chris Billig (video after the jump). My favorite part of the interview is host Jimmy Conrad asking Billig whom he thinks are the three hottest soccer players. I love it because straight sports fans aren’t supposed to care about “what [...]
Gay-friendly Ultimate ‘Frisbee’ launches professional American Ultimate Disc League
Ultimate has a very important place in my heart; It’s because of Ultimate that I came out when I did, and it’s why Outsports exists today. On a whim, I went to UCLA to play in a pick-up Ultimate game one Saturday in 1996 (I had played in college). It was there I saw one [...]
Canadians say ‘You Can Play’
Several new ‘You Can Play’ videos have come out of Canada in the last week, and a couple have some interesting hooks (see all three below). The University of Ottawa’s athletic department (they’re called the Gee-Gees) teamed up to create a bilingual video in French and English. Ottawa borders the province of Quebec, which has [...]
Rosie O’Donnell stood up to ‘street preacher’ at the Super Bowl
Video has recently surfaced from this year’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis of Rosie O’Donnell in a war of words with a ‘street preacher.’ The gentleman with the megaphone has some choice words for Rosie, and she returns the favor. Video below… Though, part of me can understand why the protester was so angry with the TV and movie [...]
Story of anti-gay joke shows the power of casual homophobia
Dave Bossmin says he’s an openly gay amateur hockey player on a gay team…and a closeted hockey player on his “straight” team. He wrote a guest editorial for Xtra! in which he tells a story of why he isn’t out to his “straight” team. A league official entered while our team was getting cleaned up. [...]
Rob Gronkowski wants to take Tim Tebow’s virginity
Rob Gronkowski is the honey badger of the NFL. He’s hot, he’s funny, he’s a helluva football player, and he don’t give a shit. Appearing at the University of Rhode Island, he was asked to play the F-Marry-Kill game with these three celebrities: New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, nonagenarian actress Betty White…and Tim Tebow. [...]
It Gets Bigger – video
My friend and fellow writer Josh Staman produced this great, “inspirational” video for all those young guys struggling with the size of their…bats. Staman’s a straight guy, a big fan of the “It Gets Better” campaign, and was so cute in writing me today to make sure he wasn’t being offensive. Personally, I find the [...]
Cypress Ranch High School students and athletes say “No” to bullying – video
Cypress Ranch High School students and athletes rallied together to produce a fantastic anti-bullying music video. The song, “Who Do U Think U R?” was written by Cypress Ranch student Kaitlyn K, and the video was created and produced by students. Given sports’ long history of bullying, it’s cool to see so many athletes in [...]
You Can Play releases second video
The You Can Play project has released its second 30-second video featuring various NHL players saying versions of “If you can play, you can play.” The latest video features some new faces and includes: Philadelphia Flyer James Van Riemsdyk, Devils Mark Fayne and Andy Greene, Islander Frans Nielsen, Maple Leafs Tyler Bozak and David Steckel, Anaheim’s [...]
An excited Tim Tebow is excited to be part of the exciting New York Jets
And excited Tim Tebow says he is excited to be part of the exciting New York Jets. At an exciting press conference last week to introduce the exciting wunderkind to an excited press corps, excitement was high as he excitingly took the podium to answer some excited questions about being the last, most exciting part [...]
Charles Barkley in a dress for Weight Watchers
Charles Barkley, the venerable Round Mound of Rebound, decided to drop some of his mound and slim down. He lost 42 pounds with Weight Watchers, and now he wants other guys to join him. So he put on a dress (video below). It’s a nice dress, maybe a little modest. But nice. Though I’m not [...]
Michael Phelps, Head & Shoulders kick off impending flood of Olympic commercials
Michael Phelps and Head & Shoulders seem to be one of the first combos out of the gate with an Olympics-inspired commercial. This one features the Olympic gold medalist in a shower and a pool. While we’re not complaining about seeing his body on screen for 30 seconds, it’s funny to see a shampoo commercial [...]
Sharks’ Tommy Wingels, Canucks’ Henrik Sedin and Ryan Kesler welcome gay teammates
The latest impact of the You Can Play project is being felt by the San Jose Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks. The Sharks’ very own Tommy Wingels was featured in the pro-gay PSA during a home game late last week in which he said, “It’s time to end homophobic bullying in our locker room.” Of [...]
Friday media watch: Forbes, Bleacher Report, Comcast, Huffington Post, Sky Sports
With more and more mainstream publications writing about gay athletes and issues of LGBT sports, we’ll bring you weekly links of some of the best. Forbes’ Bob Cook explores the question, If sports is getting gay-friendly, why aren’t active pro athletes coming out? “However, I get the feeling that while there are already athletes who [...]
Jake Gyllenhaal is murderous cracked-out fencer in ‘Time to Dance’ video
Jake Gyllenhaal, he who earned a cult gay following for his role in Brokeback Mountain, stars in a new music video for ‘Time To Dance’ by The Shoes. In the bizarre video he plays a fencer (or a guy with a fencing fetish) who goes on a cracked-out murderous rampage. There’s even a gratuitous sauna [...]
God-squadder Mo Isom trying to be Les Miles’ new female placekicker for LSU
In 2003, Katie Hnida kicked two PATs for the University of New Mexico, becoming the first female player to score in a Div. 1 college football game. Nine years later, LSU women’s soccer goalie Mo Isom is trying to become the second (watch her kick a goal-to-goal score below). In tryouts for the team last [...]