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Gregg Williams, photo by Derick E. Hingle / US PRESSWIRE Former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, the man at the center of the NFL's "bounty scandal," is also revealed to be someone who "used gay slurs with the best of them," according to a player quoted by Washington Post columnist Mike Wise. Williams […]

Danell Levya The Olympics are less than five months away and it's time to focus on sports that seem to only get attention every four years. One is gymnastics and the big event this past weekend was the American Cup in New York. The men's event was won by Danell Leyva (photos below) and the […]

Former Calvin Klein model and longtime pro soccer player Freddie Ljungberg is being considered as a contestant in the next British “Celebrity Big Brother” as a way to boost the number of gay viewers. Reports the Daily Star: A CBB insider said: “The man is unbelievably attractive and won’t just have the girls hot under […]

Emmanuel Giannaros rode on the float Four soccer players from the Sydney Olympic pro team in Australia rode on a float in this weekend's gay Mardi Gras parade in Sydney to help promote solidarity and fight homophobia in sports. Brett Studman, Emmanuel Giannaros, Phillip Makrys and Will Angel rode on the float as guests of […]

Federico Macheda, photo by Stew Milne-US PRESSWIRE Federico Macheda of Manchester United, currently on loan at Queens Park Rangers, was among four players in English Premier League soccer to be fined for homophobic remarks on Twitter. Macheda, 20, was fined the $24,000 ($15,000 British pounds). Newcastle United's Nile Ranger, was fined $9,500 and Walsall's Manny […]

Urban Meyer, photo by Greg Bartram / US PRESSWIRE 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 […]

Brett Hayes Spring training is well underway with baseball season less than a month away, and it's the best time to see the players relaxed, smiling and just having fun. These photos below were taken at various training camps in Florida and Arizona. Alas, we don't have any of the Yankees filming their team photos […]

“Goon” is a new movie about a hockey brawler, played by Seann William Scott. There is a decided gay angle, with Scott having a younger brother who is gay. Scott evens gets goaded by his friend into wearing 69 as his uniform number because “it’s hilarious.” Then there’s the angle that starts the plot: “Goon” […]

Earlier this week we ran an item about new Ohio State football strength and conditioning coach Mickey Marotti’s use of a colored shirt as a badge of shame for players who loafed. Marotti, in a press conference with reporters, twice used the word “lavender” to describe them, as did at least one player. This caused […]

Chris “Chunky” Morgan, an openly gay powerlifter and Gay Games ambassador, won his seventh British championship this month at the British Deadlift Championships. Competing at a body weight of 180 pounds, Morgan successfully lifted 478 and 539 pounds before narrowly missing out at 600 pounds. "I’m very pleased to have defended my British title and […]

Vince Pryor, who was an out football player on his TCU team in 1994, was honored by an Austin, Texas-based gay rights group for showing “an extraordinary amount of courage to come out as a gay athlete.” Pryor was honored at a lunch of the Atticus Circle and then posted this wonderful news on his […]

Junior Temple University gymnast Dash Sears is the reigning Mr. Gay Philadelphia, winning the title last spring. He is one of two openly gay gymnasts on the team, along with Evan Burke, who is out this season with a broken foot (last year’s team had a third gay gymnast, John Gaffney). Thanks to our friend […]

Kirk Cousins The NFL Combine, aka the Underwear Olympics, have concluded after four days of hopeful pros being tested, weighed, poked and prodded by a bunch of mostly middle-age men. Where else can you hear NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock call someone a "good-looking kid," or have players' bodies talked about in such great detail […]

Graphic by Paul Alderete for Wide Rights 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 […]

Craig James, the former SMU and New England Patriots running back and ESPN analyst, came out as a full-fledged homophobe during a debate Wednesday for the Republican nomination for Senate in Texas. A question during the debate centered around one his opponents, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, having marched in a gay pride parade. James: I […]

We’re less than six months away from the start of the London Summer Olympics, and Australian diver Matthew Mitcham will be hoping to win another gold medal. Mitcham has an active Twitter feed and he often answers questions sent in by fans. This might fall into the TMI category, but Mitcham discloses that he has […]

Notre Dame’s Harrison Smith The NFL Combine starts Thursday in Indianapolis, a fleshfest of hopeful future pros lifting weights, running routes and doing drills all while wearing tight Underarmour-type outfits. It's no wonder Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk dubbed them the "Underwear Olympics." Not too long ago, the league even showed the weigh-ins, where […]

A little bit of levity with baseball spring training starting, courtesy of reader Dan — photos of San Diego Padres relief pitcher Huston Street looking terrific in a swimsuit. Plus, a shot of him cross-dressing (probably rookie hazing) and one of him with the ladies. From the San Diego sports website Lobshots: I have zero […]

Rapper Erick Sermon denies that he is gay and says it’s not possible to be a gay rapper or an athlete. The EPMD member said that Hip Hop will never have openly gay rappers because it can play against an emcee to admit to homosexuality. “No. It’s the same about when you talk about sports […]

Brady Quinn Denver Broncos backup quarterback Brady Quinn is backtracking from comments made to GQ about his teammate Tim Tebow. Quinn was among a bunch of NFL players and observers quoted by Michael Silver about the meteoric rise of Tebow this season. Here is the Quinn quote that has gotten a lot of attention: “If […]