Jim Buzinski

Hardee is an elite decathlete from the University of Texas, who finished second in the major Hypo decathlon in Austria this weekend. Hardee led going into the final event, the 1,500-meter run, but he finished 14th and wound up behind Germany’s Michael Schrader. Finneye, an excellent track photographer who has shot many events for Outsports, […]

Olympic gold medalist has taped a video encouraging people to participate in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. Not much to it, but Mitcham has not shied away from working with the gay sports movement. Olympic gold medalist has taped a video encouraging people to participate in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. […]

Tomas Tatar Tomas Tatar, a Slovakian hockey player with NHL skills, described the interview process he underwent during the league's draft combine. He was asked one question that seemed rather odd. Tatar: The interviews are in English with a wide range of questions. Q. Such as? Tatar. The usual things so that I would talk […]

Body shaving is one of those things that a lot of people do, but few really talk about. Athletes like swimmers, bodybuilders and triathletes do it for competitive reasons. The rest of mankind does it for aesthetic reasons. It has long been popular among gay men and has made its mark among straight guys trying […]

Thanks to a reader for this head’s-up of an entertaining call on a Podcast (Episode 136) by Dan Savage (“Savage Love”). The caller: A self-described totally out high school swimmer and water polo player in California. His whole team knows he's gay and has no problem with it. The problem: He has no boyfriend and […]

In a Q&A, Aussie Rugby League player ‘speechless’ over winning hottest jock contest. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com David Williams, a Rugby League player from Australia, was the winner of the 2009 King of the Hardwood contest, voted on by Outsports readers as the hottest jock in the world. Run by Mariner Duck Guy, the contest mimics […]

David Williams, the Australian Rugby Union player who won the 2009 King of the Hardwood contest, gave an e-mail Q&A to Outsports that is funny and endearing. He was “surprised and honored” that so many people voted for him and embraced his gay fans. Read the Q&A here. Below is a full-size image of the […]

Dana White Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, says that fighters and fans of the sport would embrace an openly gay fighter. This is the same Dana White who apologized recently for using an anti-gay slur. In an interview (video below) following the May 23 UFC card, White was asked about how […]

The NBA conference finals have been incredible so far — four games decided by a total of seven points. Lakers-Nuggets and Cavaliers-Magic each tied at 1-1. The best, though, was the astonishing end to Game 2 between the Cavs and Magic on Friday. Orlando led, 95-93, with one second left and was thisclose to taking […]

Australian sprint champion Matt Shirvington cut a 3:30 video ad for Jockey that shows him running in nothing but his undies. The ad supposedly “demonstrates the fit, control and support of the Jockey Performance underwear.” Perhaps, but it’s hard to take your eyes off what’s bouncing slightly below the Jockey label and by the ripped […]

Mark Sanchez photo by Carter Smith Former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez was drafted by the New York Jets and it didn't take him long to wind up in the glamour game. GQ has a photo gallery called "Built for the Beach." There's nothing doughy about Sanchez. (Hat tip to Deadspin). Mark Sanchez photo by Carter […]

The Belgium bodybuilding championships were canceled this weekend after all the bodybuilders fled the building where the competition was being held. Their reason? Anti-doping officials had shown up unannounced to administer drug tests. “I have never seen anything like it and hope never to see anything like it again,” doping official Hans Cooman told AP. […]

Tony Kornheiser has resigned his post as “analyst” for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” and will be replaced by Jon Gruden. I have no idea how good Gruden will be, but being better than Kornhieser will basically require him just to breathe. The week is off to a great start! Kornheiser said he was leaving because […]

I am always interested by the variety of different sports practiced throughout the world, so a big thanks to Finneye for this image and link to a photo gallery about Senegalese wrestling. Wrote photographer David Lacina: It is … the most popular sport in Senegal, also called Laamb in local language. Traditionally, young men used […]

A Turkish soccer referee forced from his job for being gay revealed his identity on national television Saturday in a plea for tolerance. While homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, there are no nondiscrimination laws for sexual orientation and moves are afoot to ban LGBT groups. Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, 33, was forced from his job […]

Paul Bockwoldt There is a terrific photo and audio essay on the New York Times.com profiling Paul Bockwoldt, a 28-year-old financial analyst who is straight but plays for the gay-oriented Gotham Knights Rugby club. Bockwoldt's brother John is gay and also plays on the team. Paul is very articulate in discussing how being on John's […]

I have no idea the point of this Japanese game for the Wii. But since it's from Japan, the promo video certainly is wacky enough to be entertaining. Hat tip to Queerty. I have no idea the point of this Japanese game for the Wii. But since it's from Japan, the promo video certainly is […]

Former Canadian and Olympic skating star Elvis Stojko says he does not hate gays and blamed this perception on what he said was bad editing in a TV piece on efforts by Skate Canada to butch up the sport. Stojko made his case in a Toronto Star column. “There’s been such a backlash,” a stunned […]

Pet peeve: Full-body swimsuits. In watching Game 5 of the Celtics-Magic NBA playoff series, it struck me again how basketball is a free-flowing, back-and-forth game for 47 minutes, and then grinds to a halt in the final minute. Foul. Timeout. Another foul. Another timeout, and so on. In Game 4, there was a five-minute stretch […]

Matthew Johns Details of a 2002 group sex incident involving members of Australia's rugby league, aired on a New Zealand news program Monday, has caused a suspension and recriminations in the sport. Six Australian rugby league players were accused by a 19-year-old of taking advantage of her. The worst of the allegations, aired in the […]