Cyd Zeigler

Miami Dolphins star defensive end Jason Taylor is tearing up the dance for this season on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. But the NFL hasn’t exactly embraced their star’s stellar appearance on the show, says Yahoo Sports columnist Michael Silver. He offers several reasons this might be, one of which harkens back to a particular […]

The Women’s Final Four is headed to Tampa Bay this weekend, and following suit will be scores of lesbian basketball fans. At least, so says the St. Petersburg Times, which said in an article that local businesses are banking on it. Starting Friday, Tampa will become a national epicenter for gay women, thousands of whom […]

Orlando, Fla, seems to have a problem with men’s nipples. A giant billboard in the city for WrestleMania XXIV yesterday featured some of the top draws of the event – including John Cena, Big Show and boxer Floyd Mayweather (right) – with their nipples airbrushed out. -Cyd Zeigler jr. Towleroad: Orlando orders male nipples erased […]

The NFL is set to for a couple announcements about their kickoff game that has traditionally been the Thursday after Labor Day for the last few years. It seems the game will feature the Washington Redskins at the New York Giants this year; the last Super Bowl winner has hosted the last few. But the […]

By Cyd Zeigler jr. Shelter(3 stars out of 4)here! FilmsRunning Time: 88 minutesRelease Date: March 28 in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Palm SpringsThere are enough shallow, stereotypical, light-on-character gay movies out there to line Southern California beaches from Malibu to San Diego. Since its inception, here! TV has brought us a […]

You’ve got to wonder what Dale Earnhardt’s public relations people were thinking when they were pitched a candy bar called Big Mo’. Regardless of where the apostrophe is, it seems like an odd choice for the name of a candy bar. But, I guess his gay fans can hope . . . . -Cyd Zeigler […]

Yes, there are haters even in golf. Tiger Woods lost his first PGA match since September 3. That was almost seven months ago. He finished two shots back Monday morning in the rain-delayed completion of the final round at Doral. It seems there’s always some two-bit golfer ready to pile on when Woods loses (and, […]

Longtime friend of Outsports (and speaker at our first convention many years ago) Helen Carroll (right) today let us know about a segment of ESPN’s Outside the Lines this Sunday that will tackle the issue of negative recruiting in women’s sports and how it hurts lesbians. From Helen’s email: In October 2006, NCLR co-hosted an […]

Some gay New Yorkers are fed up with a gay-themed chant that has erupted in the stands at Rangers games for years. What has upset them is a chant of “Ho-mo Lar-ry!” that rains down on a particular fan who does a particular dance at particular Rangers games. Out lesbian Speaker of the City Council […]

Fitness icon David Rich has made a name for himself with his boyish good looks and his skinny-kid-to-muscled-adonis workout program. He's sharing some of his best tips and tricks in a series of videos we'll be running here on Outsports. To see more of David go to www.DavidRichFitness.com or get his DVDs at www.DavidRichDVD.com Six-Pack […]

Get ready. Deion Sanders, his wife Pilar, and his kids are ready to hit “Prime Time” together on Oxygen (yes, that Oxygen) in a Bobby/Whitney-esque show that follows the family’s travails together on a show called, “Deion and Pilar Sanders: Prime Time Love.” On the one hand, it looks funny. On the other hand, I’m […]

Many Americans won’t recognize him, but 20 years ago Welsh hurdler Colin Jackson won a silver medal in the 110 hurdles in the Olympic Games. Gay rumors have dogged him for at least the last couple years; in 2006, a male flight attendant spread rumors that they had had an affair. Now, Jackson is an […]

Logo’s show about gay basketball team the “Rock Dogs” has a new title: “Shirts and skins.” I’m still holding out hope that producer Bill Kendall (right, in white t-shirt) will be able to steer the show in the right direction and not let people who are sports-senseless drive its direction. But the cliche, homoerotic title […]

Why does ESPN even have “experts” picking to talk about the NCAA tournament? Their insight is no better (actually, it’s worse) than simply looking at the seedings. Last year, we heard “look out for Long Beach State,” which got dismantled by Tennessee in the first round. This year, ESPN had five “experts” pick their Elite […]

Insufferable is the word that comes to mind when listening to ESPN’s screaming heads talk about anything these days, but the worst of the worst is their analysis of the NCAA basketball tournament. Like clockwork, Dick Vitale has found a team that has somehow been “wronged” by the selection committee in Arizona State. Because they […]

I guess the rumors of Tom Brady in his favorite pair of Calvins hasn’t sat well in the Manning clan. It’s now being rumored that Giants quarterback Eli Manning will model 2xist underwear in an upcoming campaign. It would make Manning the second Giant to model the gay-targeted (even if they say it’s not) underwear […]

Last night I caught former Indiana and Texas Tech basketball coach Bob Knight’s debut as a college b’ball analyst on ESPN. On a network that has become full of analysis-free screaming heads, Knight was a refreshing change of pace. He analyzed the games at hand in a way that showed deep knowledge of the game […]

By Cyd Zeigler jr. My worst fears about Eleven Men Out (originally released in Iceland in 2005 as Strákarnir okkar) was that it would be another Guys & Balls where a gay team of misfits somehow wins the World Cup (OK, the latter didn’t go quite that far, but it might as well have). While […]

By Dan Woog They were good. But they grew up, went to college, got jobs, came to terms with being gay, and had no time to smash a little white ball across a small green table. Eventually, though, they realized that life is more than going to work and clubs. They came back to Ping-Pong. […]

Tennessee Vols women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt apparently dislocated her shoulder this week chasing a beaver raccoon from her house. Said Summitt: “When I realized what could have happened, it almost brought me to tears. It wasn’t very smart on my part.” It’s a lesson women everywhere can learn from. When a beaver raccoon presents […]