With the announcement that Madonna will stage the halftime performance for Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Marshall Faulk asked Michael Irvin what is his favorite Material Girl song. Well probably the same one Tebow has, you know. Probably ‘Like a Virgin’ and ‘Like a Prayer.’ Share on Facebook
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Advocate’s list of 2011′s top news lacks major sports stories
First let me say that we love our friends at The Advocate. The iconic gay-news publication has done great work for decades. But I remember when we were presented with our first NLGJA Award years ago the presenter said it was in part because we were not afraid to criticize the media’s handling of gay-sports [...]
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 [...]
Adam Schefter, Steve Wyche, other colleagues tweet support for Michael Irvin
While a good portion of the thousands of comments across the Internet about Michael Irvin’s appearance in Out magazine are hateful, most have been positive and supportive. “Michael Irvin” is a top-5 trending term on Twitter today as thousands of people have taken to the site to share their thoughts. Among them some of the [...]
Michael Irvin on the cover of ‘Out,’ talks about his gay brother, supports gay marriage
Read the full article in Out magazine here. It was about two years ago that Michael Irvin first talked to me about a secret he’s carried with him for 30 years. “You know, Cyd, my brother was gay,” he said. Actually, I didn’t know. And neither did virtually any of Michael’s teammates at the University [...]
The Michael Irvin Show moves to Miami
One of the gay-friendliest shows on sports radio is back, as The Michael Irvin Show starts Monday, July 26, on Miami’s 560 WQAM. The show will run noon-3pmET. The show will stream online at WQAM.com. Irvin spent his college career wearing No. 47 for the University of Miami. We’re working out the details, but it [...]
Chad Ochocinco, Evan Lysacek on DWTS
ABC has announced the celebrity lineup for the new season of Dancing With The Stars. As usual, it includes people with connections to the world of sports. I have no idea how this will play out on the dance floor (and don’t really care) but I have a couple of observations: It makes perfect sense [...]
Michael Irvin’s show canceled, accused of rape
For the last 18 months I’ve appeared regularly on one of radio’s gay-friendliest sports talk shows, The Michael Irvin Show. I called the show’s producer this morning to find out when we were going on, and he told me the show had not been picked up; And while the show was supposed to air today [...]
Would you trade three rings for 19-0?
On his ESPN radio show yesterday, former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin said he’d trade in his three Super Bowl rings and his Hall of Fame jacket to go 19-0 one season. I’d give them all back for perfection. Being the best for a season (Super Bowl champ) is great but being one of the greatest [...]
Michael Irvin booted from DWTS
It was the end of the road for Michael Irvin’s Dancing With The Stars run Tuesday night. He was never the best dancer, but he was one of the fan favorites from the first night. Unfortunately, this was his best week of dancing (video after the jump). To get kicked off the show after his [...]
Cyd’s NFL Week 3 picks
Last year I picked NFL games against the spread on the Michael Irvin Show on ESPN Radio. This year, I’m going up against Michael, former Cowboy Nate Newton and Michael’s co-host and dear friend of mine, Kevin Kiley. We’ll be picking around 10 games per week, and I already have the lead after two weeks. [...]
Michael Irvin visits with gay football team
As Gay Bowl IX approaches in a couple weeks, the Los Angeles Motion (the team Jim and I play on) got an inspirational visit from a guest who knows something about winning Super Bowls: former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin. The Hall of Fame wide receiver took time between his rehearsal for Dancing With The Stars [...]
Michael Irvin and other athletes on DWTS
ABC’s Dancing With The Stars will again dip into the athlete pool for this season’s contestants. The biggest name of the bunch is Michael Irvin, whose former teammate Emmitt Smith won DWTS in Season 3. The other athletes on board: Snowboarder Louie Vito, Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin and light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell. An athlete [...]
Michael Irvin talks drugs, sex, TV
Every blogger gets their little fascination topics, and one of mine is Michael Irvin. He was on Sean Hannity’s show last night talking about his upcoming TV series, 4th and Long on Spike TV, and the troubles from his past. It’s those troubles that opened Michael’s eyes to the struggles in life and that have [...]
Ever wanna be a Dallas Cowboy?
Ever have a dream of making it on an NFL team? Working with the likes of Jerry Jones, Deion Sanders and other Cowboys greats? How about just seeing Terrell Owens in the shower? All this can be yours if you can win a new reality show on Spike TV hosted by Michael Irvin this summer [...]