Jim Buzinski

Derick White By Derick White I’ll get right to the point. My name is Derick White and I am a former collegiate head coach. I am also gay. I remained in the closet for my entire coaching career because of one simple factor – fear. I will explain this in more detail in a bit, […]

14 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials, spring college football, soccer, baseball, rugby, Aussie Rules Football and track and field. Click image for larger view (and on that image for an even larger view): 14 We present our favorite photos of the […]

Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown said he’ll keep speaking out against gays, even if it costs him his job, but his bosses support him. Brown said in an interview with The Associated Press that “to be fired for my faith would be a greater honor than to be fired because we didn’t win enough […]

Here is a nice, refreshing story from India, where 2008 Olympic bronze medal boxer Vijender Singh says he enjoys being a gay icon. “It’s nice to be desired,” said the 26-year-old, who will compete in the London Olympics. But how does the angel react to rumors of his link-ups with both men and women and […]

Former college football captain Brian Sims took a huge step towards becoming the first openly gay member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by apparently unseating longtime Rep. Babette Josephs in the Democratic primary for the Center City and South Philadelphia 182d district. With 87% of the vote counted, Sims had 51.6% (3,661 votes) to […]

Chris, a straight ex-Marine who plays in our gay-oriented L.A. Flag Football league, was pumped after his Blue Crew team won a thriller in league play on Saturday. So wearing his jersey, he headed to the nearby Oaks Gourmet for a burrito and wound up chatting with Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and “American Idol” fame, […]

Stephany Lee, right, and her wife, Brigg McDonald Stephany Lee had an amazing weekend in Iowa. First, she won a berth to the U.S. Olympic women's wrestling team. She then got married to her partner Brigg McDonald in Cedar Rapids, with Iowa being a state that allows gay marriage. “It was an opportune time,” Lee […]

Reggie Williams hopes to play pro baseball, though he was released in spring training and is without a team. He has succeeded in one area — taking the early lead for Outsports jerk of the year for a series of tweets that are offensive, idiotic, ignorant and unintentionally comical at the same time. Deadspin has […]

Simon Latimer, a former elite diver from New Zealand who wrote about his coming out for Outsports five year ago, will be a judge in the diving competition during the London Summer Olympics. He told GayNZ: “I like it because it’s instantaneous. And it’s an opportunity for you to give your opinion. In some other […]

1 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include baseball and soccer celebrations, college football in the spring, the NBA, fencing, Olympic trials kayaking, swimming and Cristiano Ronaldo. Click image for larger view (and on that image for an even larger view): 1 We present our favorite photos of […]

Former gold medal swimmer Mark Tewksbury has embraced his role as chef de mission for the Canadian Olympics team heading to London . Basically, he “will be front and center, the go-to man for athletes, the media and, ultimately, armchair fans across the nation.” He’s also openly gay, a factor that played no role in […]

Matthew Mitcham is not shying away from being labeled the “gay diver.” Instead, he is embracing the unique role he has an openly gay elite athlete, knowing his speaking out can make a difference. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Mitcham was clear that interest in his being a gay athlete was not […]

Mike Langley is an artist who lives near Baltimore and was so inspired by rugby player Gareth “Alfie” Thomas’ coming out story that he has started a blog dedicated to him. Fans of Gareth Thomas went live in February and is filled with articles, photos and Langley’s art work of Thomas. Langley recalls reading the […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are celebrating their 80th season and will wear jerseys at two home games from their 1934 season. They have not been worn since for one good reason — they are ugly. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “We wanted to use a jersey that we wore early in our history as we celebrate our […]

Rugby’s Alex Cheesman Voting has started in the Sweet 16 of the King of the Hardwood contest, and it is dominated by NFL and rugby players. Still alive is 2011 champion Eric Decker of the Denver Broncos, one of six NFL players. One to keep an eye based based on his photo for aussieBum (full […]

Athletes from the University of North Carolina, including those from football and baseball, have join forces to make a video for the It Gets Better Project. The video was started by our good friend Dave Lohse, Associate Athletic Communications Director, himself openly gay. It was not a hard sell, Lohse told Outsports. The genesis of […]

Sacha Heppell Sacha Heppell and Dixon Hernandez had dreams of becoming NFL cheerleaders, but they were dashed this year when they both failed to make it out of tryouts. Heppell tried out for the Denver Broncos and Hernandez for the Houston Texans. "Who wouldn't want to be a Texans cheerleader?" Hernandez said during his tryout. […]

Roddy White (Photo: Phil Sears-US PRESSWIRE) Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White says he is sorry for a tweet where he says he doesn't want to be gay, but he really isn't sorry based on followup tweets where he makes light of the whole thing. White got in a Twitter spat after a fan asked […]

5 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include baseball celebrations, college hockey, the NBA and NHL, swimming and soccer. Click image for larger view (and on that image for an even larger view): 5 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include […]

Photo: Kevin Lamarque for Reuters If you have been on Facebook for even a minute this past week, it's been impossible not to see the latest Internet meme — Texts From Hillary — a Tumblr filled with imaginary texts from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The site was created by Stacy Lambe and Adam Smith, […]