Jim Buzinski

The 2010 Gay Games in Cologne received virtually no mainstream media coverage, but Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post’s “Federal Eye” column has a nice item on the participation by Kei Koizumi, who handles budgetary and policy issues in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Koizumi, 41, won a gold medal in […]

I missed this while away in Cologne at the Gay Games, but Canada announced that Olympic swimmer and openly gay athlete Mark Tewksbury has been named the country’s chef de mission for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. This means he will be the head representative and official spokesman for the Canadian Summer Olympics team. Tewksbury, […]

Olympic gold medal figure skater Evan Lysacek questioned the gender of rival Johnny Weir on his Twitter feed, then tried to cover it up by claiming his account was hacked. Here is what a fan tweeted Lysacek and here is his reply: Fan: "Hey Evan, is Johnny Weir really a guy? hard to tell from […]

Todd Herremans, an offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles, has apologized for tweeting about the “barrage of homosexuality” on the HBO show “True Blood.” After hearing from the Eagles management, he “deeply apologized.” Here, courtesy of Where’s Weems via Deadspin, are the tweets in question: Todd Herremans, an offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles, has […]

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow looks like Friar Tuck after he got the world’s worst haircut as part of a training camp stunt pulled on rookies (full photo below). Tebow and the other rookies had their heads decorated with wacky haircuts before the workout and they had to show them off during warm-ups when they […]

Billy Van Raaphorst The manager of the minor league baseball team Edmonton Capitals is out of a job after a homophobic rant against an openly gay umpire, where he repeatedly used the term “faggot.” Brent Bowers resigned, the team said Saturday, after the league had decided to suspend him for the rest of the season […]

The champs. The Queer Utah Aquatics Club of Salt Lake City, or QUAC, stormed to the open division gold in water polo by dominating the Melbourne Storm, 11-5, in the gold medal game Friday. It couldn't have happened to a nicer team. (gallery below). Melbourne came into the game unbeaten and winners of a 9-7 […]

Cheerleader and model Jenn Sterger says that Brett Favre sent her pictures of his penis while she was a sideline reporter for the New York Jets in 2008 and he was the team’s quarterback. Deadspin has the complete rundown of her allegations, which as of yet, do not contain any copies of the pictures. A.J. […]

It’s easy sometimes, when living in the generally gay-tolerant West to remember that for many gays and lesbians, being discovered could literally put their lives at risk. At the Opening Ceremonies, I spied a shirtless player for the Mexican soccer team with a flawless body. Seeing a great photo-op, I raised my camera and got […]

Justin Fashnau All-Stars (click for larger view). It's hard to miss the Justin Fashnau All-Stars on the soccer pitch. The team is clad in distinctive pink shirts, a color picked deliberately to highlight the team's fight against homophobia in soccer. The team is named after English soccer player Justin Fashnau, who came out as gay […]

I spent a good chunk of the afternoon out at track and field, covering the 100-meter medal races, which included the German sprinters seen here. Check out the track photo gallery. I spent a good chunk of the afternoon out at track and field, covering the 100-meter medal races, which included the German sprinters seen […]

Ash Martin The West Hollywood water polo team has someone watching over their shoulders at this year's Gay Games. The players are all wearing tattoos on the shoulders that honor Tom Martinez, their longtime coach who died of a heart attack while swimming in 2008. "Tom was very instrumental in helping build the team," said […]

Tim Husel, Flo Weber (click for larger view). Gay Games notes: I heard several people talk about the two hot announcers at track and field, so here's the 911. They are Flo Weber and Tim Husel, both 26 and gay. Weber was the announcer at last year's world track championships in Berlin, heard about the […]

I spent the evening Monday at one of the most popular event at the Gay Games — bodybuilding. While the medals were given out to athletes from their 20s to 70+, all are tentative contingent on the medalists passing a drug test. Had a great time meeting Mark Ebinger of Denver, who wrote about his […]

Bjarni Snaebjornsson If my experiences with members of Styrmir Reykjavik the past two years is any indication, the 2012 International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics championships in Iceland will be a blast, and no one will have to bring toilet paper. Reykjavik will host the event, May 30-June 2, 2012, it was announced at the Gay […]

It was quite a day Monday for divers Andrew Kasney and his partner Kai Robinson. In the morning, Kasney won gold in the men’s 3-meter springboard while Robinson took the bronze. They then won the gold in pairs diving, which was more of an exhibition since there were no other competitors. But given their morning […]

When he is the final stretch run for a bodybuilding contest, Brian Mooney of Team DC lives on 1,199 calories a day. That’s the equivalent of a Big Mac, medium fries and large Coke as his entire food intake. Plus 1/2 a liter of water. "I can get crabby and irritable," said Mooney, as his […]

Matthew Mitcham has reached the sporting heights by winning an Olympic gold medal in diving. Yet his experience at the Gay Games has been equally emotional. "I've cried twice since I've been here," Mitcham told the crowd at the Gay Games Opening Ceremonies. The last time that happened was when he won the gold in […]

Notes from the Day 1 of the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. A lackluster ceremony: There's not much to be said about the Opening Ceremonies. Pedestrian is about right (or I could just copy the headline from the Winter Olympics opening). The time leading up to the start, when the 9,000 athletes were clustered outside […]

Cyd and I will be in Cologne for the 2010 Gay Games, so posting on the Jock Talk blog will be light save for breaking stories (or more jocks posting penis pictures). We will be busy in Cologne, producing stories, photos and videos on our Gay Games blog, so check it out. Cyd and I […]