Jim Buzinski

Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder won’t be joining MENSA any time soon. Three years ago, before the Dolphins headed to London for a game, he said he had no idea where London was and thought it was a country. He might have topped himself Sunday when he confused Helen Keller with Anne Frank in a […]

Good luck trying to figure out who the best team is after the Pats lose by 20; Colts continue to get injured; Cowboys collapse could mean the end of Wade; a rant involving spitting and Anne Frank; hot player of the week. By Jim Buzinski How I saw Week 9 in the NFL: Here we […]

It is all but certain that there will be a new BCS champion in college football after Alabama fell to LSU, 24-21. It is Alabama’s second loss, all but eliminating them from title contention. The Tide's loss was good news for teams like Boise State and TCU, "non-automatic qualifiers." Both are still unbeaten (TCU crushed […]

I am not making this up — Australian rugby player Joel Monaghan is facing dismissal from the National Rugby League after a photo surfaced of him allowing a dog to perform oral sex on him. From the Canberra Times: Disgraced Canberra Raider Joel Monaghan is clinging to his NRL career after a photograph of him […]

Our friend Brent, an awesome photographer, went to West Hollywood for Halloween and came back with these great shots of guys dressed in all manner of sports gear (most dressed in hardly anything at all). Among them were boxers, wrestlers, a Lane Kiffin clone, a Brian Wilson beard and some guy in full-body paint looking […]

I had the pleasure of getting an advance screening out a new documentary, “Out. The Glenn Burke Story.” My review is here (I call it a must-see). Burke was a Major League Baseball player with the Dodgers and Athletics, who was widely known while playing as being gay. The documentary does a great job of […]

The documentary tells the tragic yet also heroic saga of Glenn Burke, a gay professional baseball player, who was a man ahead of his time. “Out. The Glenn Burke Story” uses interviews from friends and former teammates to tell Burke’s story. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com There is a lot of talk in sports about who will […]

This is classic: Shaquille O'Neal as Beyonce doing "Sweet Dreams," proving once and for all that he is one of the cooler athletes in memory: This is classic: Shaquille O'Neal as Beyonce doing "Sweet Dreams," proving once and for all that he is one of the cooler athletes in memory:

Members of the Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League record an "It Gets Better" video: Members of the Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League record an "It Gets Better" video:

The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers, 3-1, to win the World Series in five games. It was the Giants first World Series title since 1954 and first since moving to San Francisco in 1958. It was a dominant series for the Giants, who won the first two games easily and recorded two shutouts. […]

Wade Phillips’ time is up for Dallas; the Jets flop; the Patriots keep winning; hot player of the week; who’s tops in the NFC? By Jim Buzinski How I saw Week 8 in the NFL: Fire sale: The scariest performance on a Halloween Sunday was Dallas’ 35-17 embarrassing loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. This is […]

Thanks to Brent for these shots of Connaughton, a Canadian who runs track for the University of Texas-Arlington. Connaughton, 25, ran this month at the Commonwealth Games in India for Canada and finished fourth in the 200 meters. Photos: Thanks to Brent for these shots of Connaughton, a Canadian who runs track for the University […]

For your viewing pleasure, New Zealand rugby players perform the haka dance after winning a rugby 7's tourney this month: For your viewing pleasure, New Zealand rugby players perform the haka dance after winning a rugby 7's tourney this month:

Drew over at Kissing Suzy Kolber has a terrific send-up of the “It Gets Better” campaign, that is very pro-gay in its own twisted way. Tony Dungy appears as the devil, and Rex Ryan of all people as the angel. It’s hard to explain and quite profane but funny, so just go ahead and read […]

We wrote yesterday about Eastern Michigan starting a group for gay athletes and their allies. One of the board members is Austin Hendrix, 21, a runner on the school’s cross-country team. Hendrix also has done a video for "It Gets Better," the online project started in reaction to suicides by gay teens who have been […]

A lot of people picked the Texas Rangers to win the World Series over the San Francisco Giants based on Cliff Lee starting and winning two games. So much for that theory. Lee lasted only five innings and gave up five runs as the Giants blasted the Rangers, 11-7, in Game 1 of the World […]

Fran Crippen Fran Crippen was a 26-year-old competitive swimmer who died off the coast of the United Arab Emirates this weekend during a 10-kilometer open water swim. The exact cause of his death is still unknown, but Crippen apparently said he was not feeling well prior to the race, which was held in very hot […]

Terrible referee decision kills the Dolphins; total incompetence in San Diego; “He grabbed my crotch;” hot player of the week; Favre loses in Lambeau; and Jay Cutler’s favorite target. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw Week 7 of the NFL: “Screw job:” That’s how Miami coach Tony Sprano described the horrible officiating at the end […]

Every Sunday during the NFL season, our Jock Talk Blog sees a bump in traffic. People watch the games, then scurry to their computers to type in various search terms. In the case of many Web surfers, it’s the nude stuff then want. "Brett Favre naked." "Chris Cooley penis." 'Santonio Holmes naked" (photo right) were […]

Hot NFL player of the week It was a wild Week 7 in the NFL. The biggest upset came in New Orleans, where the Browns clobbered the Saints. Afterward, Browns' players said the Saints played dirty, with one saying a Saint player "grabbed my crotch." Elsewhere, our hot player of the week is a stud […]