Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer has apologized to the Ohio State LGBT alumni group, Scarlet and Gay, for use of shirts whose color was perceived as offensive to gays. The shirts, given to players who loafed during conditioning drills, were called “lavender” by strength coach Mickey Marotti and that sparked a controversy. Ohio [...]
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Scarlet letter: Ohio State football players who loaf forced to wear lavender shirts
Ohio State football players who loaf through winter conditioning drills will be forced to wear lavender shirts “in the weight room, at the training table or in the classroom” as a badge of shame. It’s part of a motivation strategy by Buckeye football’s new director of performance, Mickey Marotti, hired by new coach Urban Meyer. [...]
MTV airs Ohio State rugby player Nevin Heard coming out to his team
MTV aired a special for National Coming Out Day yesterday that included a rugby player at Ohio State coming out to his team. The moment is pretty awkward. I’m not sure coming out to your friends or family is something you want cameras there for, it just makes the whole situation more tense. You can [...]
Jim Tressel interview getting good reaction
Last week we ran the full article of an interview with Ohio State Buckeyes head football coach Jim Tressel, conducted by Outlook (an Ohio-based gay magazine). The editor of the magazine had asked us to run the article and we happily obliged, since it is (as far as we know) the first time a top-tier [...]
Quick hits: Federer, Red Wings, OSU, Lions
Roger Federer (right) nearly blew his chance at his first French Open title a day after Nadal lost, but he rallied from a 2-set deficit to advance to the quarterfinals. Red Wings take 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Pittsburgh to rename their NHL team “the Bills.” Shocking news of the day: Lions [...]
College football getting tighter on talent
The gap between the “haves” and “have nots” in college football continues to shrink. Around the country on Saturday, teams from smaller conferences played big against the big guys and played them well! East Carolina toppled their second straight top-25 team, dominating No. 8 West Virginia, 24-3. Ohio State needed a dropped punt to beat [...]