WWE star Chris Jericho is in some hot water after using some foolish language about Muslims and gays. Of course, he tossed around “fag.” Is this a growing trend? What’s discouraging is that he acknowledges that cameras are there and even jokes about the TMZ headline he’ll make. He’s proud of it. His comment [...]
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Pro wrestling fans upset at sport being called gay
Want to piss off some pro wrestling fans? Write that their sport is gay. In a “Best Of” list from the Village Voice, one of their writers was clearly having some fun when he voted the Ring of Honor pro wrestling circuit the “Best Place to Watch Straight Men Get All Homoerotic.”
Wrestling is gay. That’s [...]
Gays and the Hogans
VH1’s Brooke Knows Best follows the daughter of Hulk Hogan. And if you’ve watched it, you know that every episode features a gay guy in her roommate, Glenn Packard (right, with Brooke). The show dips in and out of sexual orientation from time to time; In one episode, Glenn went on a “straight” date while [...]
Drag queens wanted in wrestler murder
Two drag queens are apparently at the heart of an investigation into the murder of two ‘midget’ wrestlers in Mexico. According to Australia’s Daily Telegraph:
Brothers Alberto and Alejandro Jimenez, known as Parkita and Espectrito II, were found dead in a hotel room last month. Police had first said they were looking for two hookers, who [...]
Review: ESPN and the Nebraska porn wrestlers
The gay porn angle was the secondary focus on ESPN “Outside The Lines” look at the dismissal of Paul Donahoe and Kenny Jordan from the University of Nebraska wrestling team after they posed naked on Fratmen.tv. (Complete video segment below).
It wasn’t as if ESPN was trying to downplay any gay angle, but there really isn’t [...]
Paul Donahoe scheduled to make porn return
The porn career of Paul Donahoe, the star collegiate wrestler kicked off his team for appearing on a gay porn site, looks like it’s not over. He is scheduled once again to bare all for the same site, Fratmen.tv. Donahoe appeared on Fratmen as “Nash,” shown solo naked and masturbating last summer. When his identity [...]
ESPN to tackle gay porn wrestling story
EPSN’s “Outside the Lines” show addresses the dismissal of former Nebraska wrestlers Kenny Jordan and Paul Donahoe after they appeared nude on Fratmen.tv, a gay porn site (see our archive here). The show airs Sunday June 14 at 9 a.m. EDT on ESPN and noon EDT on ESPN News (see video preview above).
The program “investigates [...]
Win wrestling gold, earn $250,000
USA Wrestling has really sweetened the pot to keep its best wrestlers from defecting to mixed martial arts: $250,000 if you win an Olympic gold, $50,000 for a silver and $25,000 for a bronze, the New York Times reports.
“This is bigger than just wrestling,” [U.S. wrestler Henry] Cejudo said Thursday in a telephone interview. “This [...]
Forget Chris Cooley. Here’s Matt Striker, nude!
So you guys all peeked when the Redskins’ Chris Cooley ‘accidentally’ showed his wang. Well, I wanted to bring you news of a new athelete’s package readily available for all to see. The WWE’s Matt Striker sent some nude shots to someone who then sent them over to someone else…. and so on and so [...]
Quick hits: Magic, Brady, Indians, French
SI columnist thinks Magic fans have reason to worry about potential favorable treatment of LeBron James from the refs. Ever hear of a guy named Michael Jordan?
While relocated WWE event in L.A. mocks beating up the Nuggets, Nuggets beat up the Lakers.
Peter King has an interesting column this week with tidbits on Tom Brady and [...]
Offbeat sports: Senegalese wrestling
I am always interested by the variety of different sports practiced throughout the world, so a big thanks to Finneye for this image and link to a photo gallery about Senegalese wrestling. Wrote photographer David Lacina:
It is … the most popular sport in Senegal, also called Laamb in local language. Traditionally, young men used to [...]
The Lakers Aren’t Denver’s Only Opponent
In one of those quirky situations, it appears that Denver is supposed to host game 4 of the Western Conference Finals of the NBA on Monday the 25th. The only problem is, the venue is already sold out for another event the same night — WWE Monday Night Raw.
Vince McMahon in typical understated, classy fashion [...]
Quick hits: Boston, T.O., Phillies, Chris Benoit
Boston teams win big: Bruins extend series to game 7, Celtics take 3-2 lead.
When Terrell Owens shows up for minicamp in Buffalo, VH-1 will be there to chronicle the whole thing. Yeah, he’s definitely leaving all his issues in Dallas. It’s a new T.O.
Phillies’ Jayson Werth steals second, third and home against the Dodgers. In [...]
Photos: Danish wrestlers in Iran
In March, a group of Danish Greco-Roman wrestlers went to Iran to train and to spread a little diplomacy, wrestling-style. The Danish website Politiken has a great gallery of 16 images from the event. I love the contrast in many of the images.
My favorite, below, is of the Ayatollah looking down as a couple of [...]
Weekend Hot Jock: Kim-Idar Molnes
There isn’t a heck of a lot of information on the Web about Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler Kim-Idar Molnes. We know he’s from Oslo and that he’s 20 years old. Aaaaaaand that’s about it. If you become his friend on Facebook, maybe you can learn more. Well of course, there is one other thing we know: [...]
