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Paul Donahoe, who gained notoriety after being kicked off the University of Nebraska wrestling team after posing naked for a gay porn site, capped off a perfect regular season by winning the 125-pound title at the Eastern Wrestling League tournament this weekend. Donahoe, who now wrestles for powerhouse Edinboro in northwestern Pennsylvania, breezed to the […]

Mikk Pahapill Mikk Pahapill of Estonia won the heptathlon at the European indoor track and field championships this weekend in Turin, Italy. The heptathlon is a version of the decathlon modified for indoors, with fewer events. If you like tall (6-4), lean (185 pounds), blond decathletes, then Pahapill is for you. Larger photo and links […]

Chris Clemmow's teammates in England set him up with guys in a culture where same-sex attraction is no big deal. By Eric AndersonOutsports.com BATH, England — I stopped Chris after the conclusion of my sociology of sexualities lecture, telling him that I wanted to interview him. “What for,” he asked. I informed Chris that I […]

Mitcham on the lead gay parade float. Gold-medal Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham was the grand marshal of the annual gay Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia, attended by an estimated 300,000 people. (See full-size image of Mitcham on parade). Mitcham took center stage on the first float, dressed in green shorts and gold singlet, his […]

The weirdest sports story this weekend was the news that Terrell Owens has signed a one-year, $6.5 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. Owens, who loves the limelight and attention, would have been the last player one would associate Buffalo, an NFL Siberia when compared to his other teams in San Francisco, Philadelphia and Dallas. […]

The news.com in Australia wanted to talk to openly gay Australian celebrities about the hurdles of being gay, and had their angle when the only one who would talk to them was Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham. One celebrity talent manager, who did not wish to be named, told news.com.au he advised clients not to […]

Not sports-related, but hard to imagine anything more miraculous than this Turkish worker who survives being hit by a truck that was hit by a train, and figured people who like to see it: Not sports-related, but hard to imagine anything more miraculous than this Turkish worker who survives being hit by a truck that […]

The website Pop Sugar has a photo gallery of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady hanging out on a balcony in L.A. this week with new wife Gisele Bundchen and his little son John. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart also makes an appearance. Pop Sugar gushes about how hot Brady looks, but my discerning eye […]

Kurt Warner and his wife, Brenda Kurt Warner resigned with the Arizona Cardinals for two years and $23 million after flirting with the San Francisco 49ers. His decision was made, Warner said, by a conversation he said he had with God: “I told my wife probably 45 minutes into it that I just felt God […]

Twelve militants armed with grenades and submachine guns attacked a bus in Lahore, Pakistan, carrying members of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Six police officers guarding the bus and two bystanders were killed. Seven players were injured and two were hospitalized. All twelve gunmen escaped. The assault was among the worst armed attacks on a […]

We have written before about the “Gods of Football” charity calendar and “making of” DVD that features Aussie Rules Football and Rugby League players getting naked for a good cause. But we never pass up a chance to feature new photos of the jocks sent to us by the creators. Below the jump new shots […]

Matthew Mitcham, in his first competition since winning gold at the Olympics, won four diving titles at this weekend’s Australian diving championships. Mitcham won individual titles in the 10-meter platform and 1- and 3-meter springboard and teamed up with Grant Nel to win the 3-meter synchronized. Mitcham, who turned 21 on March 2, was phenomenal […]

Gay-friendly David Beckham was the subject of anti-gay slurs in Spain. A Spanish soccer club has become the first to officially welcome a gay and lesbian supporters club to its ranks. The Barcelona club has hundreds of fan groups, a tradition in soccer. The gay group (or peña as its known in Spanish) had its […]

Purdue swimmer Andrew Langenfeld set a Big Ten mark in the 50-freestyle. Andrew Langenfeld of Purdue University set a conference record in winning the 50-yard freestyle at Thursday's Big Ten men's swimming and diving championships at Purdue's aquatic center. Langenfeld, who is openly gay, won in a conference-record time of 19.34, beating the old mark […]

Wayne Burdick is a dedicated Chicago Bears fan. So much so that AT&T charged him $27,000 to watch a game using a wireless card. His tale of woe, as he wrote to the Chicago Sun-Times: I was in Miami on Nov. 2 getting ready to go on a Caribbean cruise. I wanted to catch the […]

Carnival celebrations around the world are a lot more bawdy than anything you'll find in the U.S. Witness these two images of a float of soccer superstar Christiano Ronaldo from a parade this week in Portugal. Thanks to Finneye for finding these from the Die Presse website. Carnival celebrations around the world are a lot […]

MMA fighter Cale Yarbrough Cale Yarbrough is a University of Georgia student and mixed martial artist who appeared on Spike TV's "Ultimate Fighter." You would think this would make him popular with the ladies, but it's the guys that hit on him, his roommate told a school newspaper. “A lot of guys. A lot of […]

Michael Phelps in a Speedo LZR swimsuit. Here is a sports headline that warmed my heart: "Swim officials want more skin, less suit in the pool." FINA, the governing body of international swimming, is discussing new rules to restrict the use of high-tech swimsuits of the kind that led to a ridiculous 108 world records […]

If you are lucky to have the NFL Network on your cable or satellite package, a real treat is the annual NFL combine in Indianapolis, running through Tuesday. Hours of hyper-athletic jocks in Under Armour running, jumping, throwing and bench-pressing all as NFL scouts evaluate them for the upcoming draft like so many head of […]

Outsports gets many requests from students and researchers delving into the subject of gays in sports. Out site has been of great value in hooking these researchers up with gay athletes, in and out of the closet. A student just posted a request on our Discussion Board after discovering Outsports through our book at his […]