Jim Buzinski

David Pocock, Australian Wallabies The Wallabies, Australia's national rugby union team, have teamed up with the Sydney Convicts, a gay-oriented rugby union club, in a campaign to promote diversity and combat homophobia. The players posed for a series of photos for This Is Oz, a combination photo and human rights site designed to fight homophobia. […]

Tiger Woods lost the PGA Championship Sunday to Korean golfer Y.E. Yang, someone so obscure that when I first read the news on my cellphone my mind read it as “P.F. Chang.” How improbable was Yang's win? Woods had been 14-0 in majors after leading after three rounds. He had won his last 36 tournaments […]

In the upcoming college football issue for ESPN the Magazine, there is a poll of 85 current players. Among the tidbits was this: Do you have any gay teammates? Almost half of those surveyed (49.4%, to be exact) said yes, they believe they have at least one gay teammate. In the Pac-10, 70% of those […]

New Zealand rugby sevens players. The International Olympic Committee has recommended that golf and rugby sevens be included as sports in the 2016 Games. Softball, baseball, squash, karate and roller sports were not recommended, while women's boxing will be a sport in 2012. Golf and rugby will be put forward for ratification by the full […]

The Philadelphia Eagles have signed Michael Vick to a two-year contract. Jay Glazer of Fox says that Vick signed a one-year, $1.6 million contract with a team option for the 2010 season. I am curious as to what Eagles and other NFL fans think of this. (And I have already seen one person refer to […]

Graham Le Saux was the target of antigay taunts. A poll of 2,000 soccer fans in England found that "70% had heard anti-gay abuse in grounds in the past five years and more than half felt authorities did not do enough about it." A majority also thought that homophobia from fans is what keeps gay […]

In the past week, we’ve had the University of Tennessee football team shirtless, then Georgia Tech shirtless. Now it’s Virginia Tech’s turn to try for something totally different in team photos. Deadspin says it best: Virginia Tech appears to have eschewed typical action photos for some glamour shots they took at a Blacksburg Kohl's. Because […]

We have featured Bjorn Barrefors before. He is a 21-year-old Swede who competes in the decathlon for the University of Nebraska (he has his own Twitter feed). What caught our eye were these images of Barrefors at the recent European Combined meet in Poland taken by the awesome Trackpic. They’re from Barrefors tossing the discus. […]

Andrew Delaware, left, and Nathan Doidge. While covering the recent World Outgames in Copenhagen, I watched a bit of the synchronized swimming event (which had one of the better crowds of the week) and then had an engaging conversation with Canadian synchro swimmer Andrew Delaware. Delaware, along with synchro partner Nathan Doidge, won a bronze […]

Greg McMackin Matt Coin played tennis for UC-Santa Barbara and his 2005 article about coming out to his team is one of the most popular ever posted on Outsports. When he read that University of Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin referred to Notre Dame players doing a "faggot dance," Coin was moved to write the […]

Awarding a medal for just showing up defeats the purpose of true competition. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com Until a week ago, I had never thrown a javelin. I can throw a football 50 yards with a spiral so I figured that flinging a javelin was no big deal. I stood on the infield of Osterbro Stadium […]

This is how Deadspin described the video below of University of Tennessee players posing shirtless in front of an orange Lamborghini to the song “I’m Too Sexy.” Yes, that photo is exactly what it looks like. The Tennessee Volunteers turning Deadspin into OutSports. It seems Lane Kiffin rewarded those players who kept in shape over […]

Members of Team Samurai American tennis player Sam Querrey won the L.A. Tennis Open on Sunday by defeating Karsten Ball. After the match, Querrey posed with a group of shirtless young men, ages 17 to 23, who cheered on his every move. They call themselves Team Samurai and are buds of Querrey from Thousand Oaks […]

The future of the World Outgames depends on large amounts of public money. This could be a tough sell given the global recession and the large dropoff in attendance between 2006 and 2009. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com Now that the second World Outgames have ended in Copenhagen, the question of will there be a third is […]

If you like seeing two Danes and a Swedish soccer player strip to their Aussie Bums, then this photo gallery from the World Outgames is right up your alley. If you like seeing two Danes and a Swedish soccer player strip to their Aussie Bums, then this photo gallery from the World Outgames is right […]

Dean Koga, left, being kissed by Giampiero Mancinelli Dean Koga of the Seattle Frontrunners was injured when shrapnel from a 9-inch bomb, one of three tossed, hit him during the track and field competition here in Copenhagen at the World Outgames. The incident is being called a hate crime. Koga, photo right, is being kissed […]

‘There was blood flowing from the baton,’ Seattle runner says after being injured by one of three bombs tossed during track and field at the World Outgames in Copenhagen. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com COPENHAGEN — Dean Koga got the best revenge against a bomb-wielding attacker determined to wreak havoc at the World Outgames track and field […]

By Jim Buzinski A member of the Seattle Frontrunners was injuredfrom shrapnel when an explosive device was thrown onto the track during competition at the World Outgames in Copenhagen. Dean Koga of Seattle is treated on the stadium infield following a bombing prior to the start of the 4×200 relay.This photo was taken by Keith […]

Opening Ceremony dazzles, as do two beach volleyball players in skirts. Three gays attacked in town center. Related: Day 1 and Opening photos. COPENHAGEN — A couple of Thai players wearing matching skirts and halter tops won the hearts of the crowd and also won the gold medal in one of the divisions of beach […]

From the Sporting News, via Deadspin, comes this profile of Georgia QB Joe Cox answering some questions (he likes Greek chicken wings and Halle Berry) and wearing a very tight uniform that leaves little to the imagination. Photo below not necessarily safe for work even though it appears in a mainstream pub: From the Sporting […]