Jim Buzinski

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is such a fan of Broadway musicals that he introduced a song from “Memphis” at the Tony Awards on Sunday. “I’ve become a huge fan of musicals since I’ve come to New York,” Sanchez said from the stage at Radio City Music Hall, “and I’ve taken some heat from […]

The last thing I expected to be doing on a June Sunday afternoon was to be on BBC Radio 5 debating the merits of the vuvuzela, the plastic horns that have turned the World Cup into one giant constant annoying buzz. I was invited after I wrote an article expressing hate for the vuvuzela, a […]

Tucked into this Q&A in the New York Times Magazine piece on the home life of soccer’s Freddie Ljungberg, now with the Seattle Sounders, was a question about gossip and this was his response: There’s been a gay rumor for a long time. I don’t mind at all. I am proud of that. I love […]

Lady Gaga went gonzo at a Mets game the other day, popping the finger to photographers and then making out with a woman (much more interesting than a Mets game). The Mets moved her from her original seats since she was being besieged by paparazzi. This is where Jerry Seinfeld comes in. She was moved […]

I taped and fast-forwarded through the 1-1 South Africa-Mexico match that opened the World Cup in South Africa. And I am already sick of the vuvuzela, the plastic horns that fans blow endlessly. The collective noise sounds like a gigantic swarm of bees and it drowns out everything else going on. ESPN will need to […]

Jonathan Toews Patrick Kane scored on a bizarre goal four minutes into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers and the team's first Stanley Cup title since 1961. The Blackhawks won the thrilling series, 4-2, in which there were two overtime games. Kane's goal was strange because he seemed […]

Germany’s Lukas Podolski The World Cup starts in two days and most of the world is obsessed with the month-long event. In the U.S. though, interest is not as high. More Americans do follow the World Cup and ratings increase every four years (it's great that every game is now televised), but the game is […]

One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. By Reggie SnowdenSan Francisco I plan on attending the Gay Games in Cologne for a number of reasons, but first and foremost will be because of the great camaraderie of relationships from previous Gay Games. My first Gay […]

The eternal athletic debate about whether jocks should have sex during a competition or abstain gets raised to its most absurd level at World Cup soccer time. All the different nations mean different attitudes about sex. The English players have been banned from sex, while the Argentines say have at it. Brazil's president (not the […]

I don’t know whether Gawker’s Brian Moylan knows the game of soccer, but he certainly has an eye for the players. That’s apparent in his entertaining list of the 10 hottest players on the U.S. World Cup team, which starts play Saturday against England. He says this about Benny Feilhaber (photo right): Pros: For an […]

Matthew Mitcham must feel like China is a home-pool advantage for him. First, he won the gold medal in the 10-meter men’s platform at the Beijing Olympics, coming from behind on the final dive. And Sunday he won the 10-meter event again at the FINA World Cup in Beijing. And he needed a perfect score […]

Thanks to Trackpic for these shots of American decathlete Bryan Clay at the Hypo-Meeting at Goetzis, Austria. Clay, the gold medal winner at the 2008 Olympics, won the Hypo meet. We will have more from Trackpic from the meet, but here are two nice shots of Clay: Thanks to Trackpic for these shots of American […]

Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was chasing a perfect game Wednesday. He had retired the first 26 Cleveland Indians he had faced, and the 27th batter, Jason Donald, hit a ball down the first base line. Miguel Cabrera, fielded it and tossed to Galarraga, whose touched the bag first. Perfect game? Nope. “Safe,” yelled umpire […]

One in a series of first-person accounts of athletes attending the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, July 31-Aug. 7. We invite anyone to send their story, along with a photo to: [email protected]. By David Cisneros I am 23 years old and live in San Francisco. I play soccer and will be traveling to Cologne to […]

The video game “Backbreaker,” a football simulation, is coming out with a customizable engine the creators say is so realistic that you can design Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” in the end zone. But one producer told the video game blog Kotaku that he expects something one another level. “Let’s face it, the first two days […]

I have often wondered why more players don’t get hurt in those wild baseball celebrations after a game-winning hit. We saw such a thing happen to Kendry Morales of the Los Angeles Angels, who had just hit a game-winning grand slam home run Saturday. As he rounded the bases, a sun-splashed crowd cheering his every […]

The wonders of the Internet never cease. Over at the website Boston Barstool Sports is a post that links to a picture allegedly of the penis of Tampa Bay Rays star Evan Longoria (link below). If true, this continues a glorious tradition of jocks showing their stuff. Writes the Barstool Blogger: Anyways, few years back, […]

With the World Cup starting two weeks from Friday, it’s time to kickoff our list of World Cup hotties. We do need your help though, since neither of us are huge soccer fans. So please post your football favorites and we will try to whip up a gallery. First up is French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, […]

Here’s a Stanley Cup final that no one saw at the start of the playoffs — the Philadelphia Flyers vs. the Chicago Blackhawks. But it’s a reality after the Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens in five games, a day after the Blackhawks swept the San Jose Sharks. This is an intriguing final from a historical […]

The Gay Games will be held in Cologne, Germany, from July 31-Aug. 7. In the run-up to the event, we would love to hear from athletes who will be competing. You can be an elite athlete, someone competing for the first time or in-between. Just tell us your story (why you’re going or your goals […]