This weekend are the GLAAD Awards in New York City where the sportiest of their 2010 Awards, Outstanding Digital Journalism-Article, will be handed out. It’s one of a select few awards being handed out on stage this year, which is a nice nod to the sports world. I’ll be attending, and Brian Sims (who inspired [...]
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Want to be in the new gay Iwo Jima photo?
An organization is looking for men and women to be a part of a second “gay” recreation of the famous Iwo Jima photo. You may have seen the first incarnation (right), and now The Gay State is updating it. Specifically, they’re looking for in-shape athletes. What they’re looking for:
Given the nature of the shoot we [...]
Second gay sports bar headed for Chelsea
Some people treat sports like a religion. Soon, New York sports fans may get to watch football next to a house of worship. Next to the church at 20th St. & Sixth Ave., where the debauchery of Limelight once ruled the roost, a location will soon house Chelsea’s second gay sports bar, Boxers NYC.
This isn’t [...]
Stonewall Fire Island swim raises $100k
Last Saturday, the Stonewall Community Foundation in New York hosted an open-water swim to Fire Island that raised a whopping $100,000 for the organization! Next up for the Stonewall group is a second annual golf tournament. It’s great to see these organizations turning to sports to raise money and raising the awareness of athletics in [...]
Fire Island swim event
There’s a great innaugural event taking place in New York next month: The Great South Bay Swim. It’s an open-water swim from Sayville to Fire Island Pines and it’s to benefit the Stonewall Foundation, a group that seeks to “better” the gay community. The swim is the brainchild of Michael Holtz (right), a former collegiate [...]
‘Pop Star On Ice’ a June 11 must-see in NYC
For those of you in New York City tomorrow night (June 11), do yourself a favor and go to NewFest’s closing night film, Pop Star On Ice. It’s a documentary about Johnny Weir and it goes way behind the scenes of one of the most flamboyant characters in sports today. The film runs a range [...]
NewFest starts this weekend with sports films
If you’re going to be in New York City over the next week, be sure to check out some of the gay-sports films showing at NewFest:
Off And Running, June 6: Adopted children often face the dilemma of how much of their parents’ identities they can or should take on as their own. For Avery, [...]
Outsports co-sponsors NewFest sports films
We’re thrilled to announce that we have joined the NewFest team as a Community Partner, co-sponsoring the sports films they will be presenting June 4-11. NewFest is the annual gay film festival in New York city.
They have a great lineup of five films including the fantastic Training Rules about the Penn State women’s basketball program [...]
Sounders FC stellar in historic debut
Sounders FC, the new soccer team from Seattle is the third team to share the Sounders name in the history of the city. The current team is now part of Major League Soccer.
The team’s first game was played yesterday evening at Qwest Field in Seattle where they defeated the New York Red Bulls, 3-0, in [...]
NHL Update: And they’re off…
The New York Rangers are off to their best start in 25 years (5-1). They won back-to-back 2-1 victories in Prague against Tampa Bay as the NHL tries to expand its interests in Europe. Lundqvist has sparkled in goal with a 1.61 GAA and a sturdy offense leads the league with 17 goals.
Similarly, the San [...]
