Jim Buzinski

Regardless of your thoughts about PETA, the animal rights group really knows how to get attention. And regardless of your thoughts about Bengals wideout Chad Ochocinco, he really has a rocking body. Put the two together and you get Ochocinco going nude (with a football strategically placed) in a PETA anti-fur campaign, "Ink Not Mink." […]

The Bills blow a golden chance to knock off the Steelers; Falcons continue home streak; Bears frustrate Vick, Eagles; Chargers roll Colts; hot player of the week and two players really go after each other. By Jim Buzinski How I saw Week 12 in the NFL: Drop dead: It’s not a stretch to call Buffalo […]

As a Thanksgiving treat, our awesome photographer friend Brent shared with us some more of the photos he took at another, sexier holiday — Halloween. This follows on the heels of his popular gallery from earlier this month from Halloween in West Hollywood. Not everyone is a jock but some of the costumes are very […]

Flavien Basson The French rugby club Stade Francais is out with its 2011 calendar, another in the annual flesh fest of hot rugby players and other jocks baring all for our entertainment. The calendar is now for sale and costs $41. For some reasons, horses are one theme this year and it's simply odd. Seeing […]

Continuing our list of athletes or sports groups doing "It Gets Better" videos, here is one from the Boston gay flag football league: Continuing our list of athletes or sports groups doing "It Gets Better" videos, here is one from the Boston gay flag football league:

For the second straight year, Patriots build a 17-point fourth-quarter lead, but this time hold on. Jets find a way to keep winning, Vince Young may be done in Tennessee and hot player of the week is a Mike Alstott clone. By Jim Buzinski How I saw Week 11 of the NFL: New England’s 31-28 […]

College basketball has started its regular season, a good time to turn our attention to new players. One of them, suggested by a reader, is Louisville University freshman Elisha Justice. What stands out is his rocking body, which prompted the Louisville website Cardinal Connect to exclaim: “Just want to make sure you take a closer […]

Corey Hanson of Sheffield Players from the Sheffield Eagles of the Rugby Football League in Britain will wear jerseys at a game in February that read: "Homophobia, Tackle It." It's part of the RFL's campaign against homophobia that was kicked off with a reception in parliament. “The Government is committed to stamping out homophobia wherever […]

The Cedar Springs strip in the gay section of Dallas will be the site of a block party planned for the night of Feb. 5, 2011, a day before the Super Bowl. It’s being billed as the world’s first Gay Super Bowl party, according to the Dallas Voice: Scott Whittall, president of the Cedar Springs […]

Jeff Thomae, a graduate student at Minnesota State University in Mankato, and himself a diving coach, is seeking gay male college coaches for his thesis. He said he has three coaches already but needs more to be able to do the research. All respondents are promised confidentiality. Thomae describes what he is looking for: I’m […]

Rugby player Gavin Henson caused a stir in Britain when he kissed judge Bruno Tonioli during this week’s “Strictly Come Dancing.” Tonioli, an Italian dancer turned choreographer, is openly gay. Wrote the Daily Telegraph: The hitherto personality-free rugby player-cum-terracotta pot raced over to the judges’ table during his quickstep to kiss judge Bruno Tonioli, who […]

Wrestler Hudson Taylor is trying to get as many athletes as possible to show up for a NoH8 photo shoot, Monday Nov. 22 from 6 to 9 p.m. in Hoboken, N.J. Taylor, an assistant wrestling coach at Columbia, is one of the volunteer organizers for the shoot and describes the goal: The shoot is a […]

Queers4Gears founder Michael Myers Queers4Gears, the website for gay NASCAR fans, got a cool front page writeup in the Sunday New York Times Sports section, which focused on the site getting a group discount for tickets to Sunday's race in Phoenix. The deal, which is available to anyone through Queers4Gears, is among about 200 group […]

The “It Gets Better” project keeps growing, with more and more videos added each day. We have posted some sports-related videos (links below). Here are three more — the New York FrontRunners, the San Francisco Fog rugby and Seattle Quake rugby. The “It Gets Better” project keeps growing, with more and more videos added each […]

Bill Romanowski As part of the debut of "Out. The Glenn Burke Story," Comcast SportsNet Bay Area had a series of panels discussing the issues of gays in sports (see whole list). I watched a panel with former NFL players Bill Romanowski and Loreno Neal, along with sportswriter Ray Ratto. It was a good discussion, […]

Bravo to German soccer player Mario Gomez for encouraging gay soccer players to come out publicly. It would help their careers, the 25-year-old says in an interview with Die Zeit. They would then play as though they’d been unshackled,” Gomez told magazine Bunte. “Being gay hasn’t been a taboo topic for a while.” Bravo to […]

The NHL made a really cool decision regarding its Jan. 30 All-Star game in Raleigh, N.C. — the captains of the two teams will pick their teams from among all the All-Stars selected. Just like when they were kids on the schoolyard (or rink in this matter). Why this hasn't been done until now is […]

Note: There is a deadline of Nov. 15 to enter this contest. English rugby player Ben Cohen, popular among Outsports readers for embracing his gay fan base, is out with a 2011 calendar. See below for some photos and how you can win a signed copy of the calendar. A photo shoot for the calendar […]

My friend Evan Brody, a doctoral student at the USC School of Communication, is doing some research into getting a better understanding of why people choose to participate in recreational sports. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete and is anonymous. It would be great if a lot of you took the time take […]

New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie has posed for a photo for the NoH8 campaign. NoH8 is designed to raise awareness of gay rights and features its subjects with masking tape over their mouths. Cromartie, who formerly played for the San Diego Chargers, is the latest athlete to do such a photo and the first […]