Athletes take notice: This is how you apologize. ESPN Radio host Bruce Jacobs in Albany, N.Y., made stupid comments last Tuesday when discussing the WNBA. He referred to two teams as the Los Angeles Lesbians and the Phoenix Dyke-ury (the two teams are the Sparks and the Mercury). According to the Albany Times-Union, Jacobs apologized [...]
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Moment #28: Sheryl Swoopes comes out
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Basketball, 2005. This is a tough one. On the one hand, Swoopes is one of the most decorated professional athletes to have ever come out. She’s considered one of the greatest female basketball players of all time. She won three Olympic [...]
Seattle Mariners ‘It Gets Better’ video features Seahawk, Storm and Sounder
The ‘It Gets Better’ videos produced by Major League Baseball teams keep breaking new ground. The most recent is the Seattle Mariners video, which includes players from four Seattle-based pro sports teams. Mariners relief pitcher Brandon League and infielder Brendan Ryan are there, but so are Seattle Seahawk wide receiver Mike Williams, MLS players Mike Fucito and [...]
Podcast: Michael Irvin for gay equality, Sheryl Swoopes engaged to marry a man
Everyone seemed to be talking about Michael Irvin’s appearance in ‘Out’ magazine last week discussing his gay brother and his support for gay marriage. We talk about how the article came about. On the flip side, very few people were talking about the revelation that Sheryl Swoopes has ended her relationship with a woman and [...]
Sheryl Swoopes is not a lesbian, now engaged to marry a man
Sheryl Swoopes, who came out as a lesbian to much fanfare in 2005, is now engaged to marry a man. Mechelle Voepel of ESPN uncovers the news and says she first learned of Swoopes’ new relationship status last autumn. She writes in a recent piece on Swoopes turning 40: Yet when Swoopes’ agent mentioned to [...]
Sheryl Swoopes returning to the WNBA
Out WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes is returning to the WNBA after a 2-year hiatus. The 40-year-old last played for the Seattle Storm, but she has now signed with the Tulsa Shock. During her hiatus she played professionally in Greece and coached the girls basketball team at Mercer Island High School in Washington. She said she’s [...]
Fun little headline from D.C.
Thanks to an anonymous reader for this little tidbit from D.C. Of course, the headline refers to All-Star guard Alana Beard. Heh. Beard. heh. Share on Facebook
WNBA’s Mystics don’t want lesbians kissing
The Washington Post has an insightful article about why the WNBA’s Washington Mystics don’t have a KissCam that so many NBA and other WNBA teams have implemented. The kiss cams generally show two people sitting next to each other and the crowd urges them to kiss. The reason the Mystics don’t do it: They don’t [...]
‘Training Rules’ director speaks out
Training Rules producer and director Dee Mosbacher wrote a short piece about how homophobia still rules in sports. In it she talks about the prevalence of homophobia in women’s sports despite the advances that society and some in sports have made. She lays out succinctly the biggest difference between gay men and lesbians playing elite [...]
A little heavenly intervention for Atlanta teams?
Those muscular NBA refs couldn’t figure it out on Saturday. But longtime fans of Atlanta’s pro sports team know what it is — the Sports Gods are smiling on us again. It’s about time. On Saturday, the Hawks dropped Chicago in a wild ride to hit 19-10 and remain in second place in the Southeastern [...]
Et tu, professional sports leagues?
Now this recession thing is getting serious. The NFL announced it’s cutting staff, joining a recent announcement by the NBA that it’s firing folks, too. When a sour economy starts to impact the sports world, a place we go to escape the travails of the world spinning out of control around us, it’s time for [...]
WNBA ratings up but still not good
The WNBA Finals tipped off last night with a victory for the Detroit Shock over the San Antonio Silver Stars (I had to look that one up), 77-69. The League is touting an increase in ticket sales and TV viewership this season, which is nice. But then I looked at the numbers. The average rating [...]
Get N.Y. Liberty tickets half off
Thanks to reader Adriana for this tip for WNBA fans in New York: Just saw this from the NY Liberty via a MySpace bulletin and thought I’d pass along to share the wealth. When you buy tix here, all you have to do is type in the code “LIBERTY” It will basically get you half [...]
Equal Opportunity to Look Stupid
The Patrick/Duno dust-up, followed by the Pierson/Parker dust-up, reminds us that it was male athletes, not females, who filed the first copyright on temper fests during competition. Call it the dark side of sports if you will…or the twilight of sportsmanship. But a lot of fans live for it, especially when the races or the [...]
Slugging Sparks ‘Shock’ the WNBA
Candace Parker proves that it’s not just male athletes who are ill tempered. Parker, of the Los Angeles Sparks, threw down with Lisa Leslie and her Detroit Shock in the closing seconds of a game on Tuesday. The Shock, ironically, are coached by former NBA bad boy Bill Laimbeer. This comes just three day after [...]