Jim Buzinski

Fitness model Christian Boeving lost his gig as an endorser for a supplement company after saying in a documentary that he has used anabolic steroids since he was 16, the New York Times reports. Boeving was among the athletes featured in the sensational documentary “Bigger, Faster, Stronger” that looks at America’s win-at-all-costs culture and the […]

As the NBA Finals continue, it’s a good time to remember the 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers, the last pro team from the sports-crazy city to win a title (Joe Guckin did a great job chronicling the city’s sports woes the past 25 years). A whole generation of Philly sports fans have grown up without ever having […]

English soccer star Wayne Rooney is said to be spending $500,000 for a weeklong stag party on the Spanish island of Izbiza. Rooney, 22, is set to wed Coleen McLoughlin, 22. As part of his party, his mates, which include his two brothers, are forcing him to wear a Borat-style “mankini.” For those not in […]

Well, at least one sporting favorite decided to show up this weekend, the athlete on two legs not the one on four. In Paris, Rafael Nadal crushed Roger Federer in straight sets for the most lopsided French Open final since 1977 and the first time since 1999 that Federer lost a set 6-0. Nadal, in […]

It’s always nice to see athletes get hot and heavy with each other. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxaVh4QZIGs] Hat tip to World of Wonder It’s always nice to see athletes get hot and heavy with each other. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxaVh4QZIGs] Hat tip to World of Wonder

The Irish are famous for betting on anything that breathes, so perhaps this is not a surprise, but it is noteworthy nonetheless: The largest Irish bookmaker has set odds on teams playing in the Bingham Cup gay rugby tournament, which starts June 12 in Dublin, Ireland. I have been closely involved in gay sports for […]

This being a sports blog, I figure at least some readers are into health and fitness. If so, I present what Men’s Health calls “America’s Unhealiest Drink.” Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz)2,310 calories266 g sugar108 g fat (64 g saturated) 73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.66: The number […]

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2, to win Game 6 of their Stanley Cup playoff series and take the Cup for the first time since 2002. Detroit’s winning goal was kind of fluky and basically involved Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury sitting on a loose puck in the net area and then propelling […]

German decathlete Pascal Behrenbruch, center, and fellow athletes at a meet. Check out his website with tons of photos (click on “weiter” to see the images, like Pascal and his dog and heading into the pool). German decathlete Pascal Behrenbruch, center, and fellow athletes at a meet. Check out his website with tons of photos […]

John Amaechi, the former NBA player who came out as gay last year, is Amnesty International’s Olympics ambassador and he is urging athletes to speak out on behalf of human rights at this summer’s Beijing Games. "I would encourage athletes not to distract themselves by burying themselves in the nuance and facts and figures and […]

The last American standing at the French Open has fallen. Robby Ginepri, the hottie who lives in Kennesaw, Ga., dropped his Fourth Round match against Fernando Gonzalez earlier today. Ginepri was the last male U.S. tennis player left in the tournament and the first to make it so far since 2003. Now there’s more time […]

When top jocks compete, they know how to accessorize. Tennis babe Maria Sharapova debuted at the French Open last week sporting a pair of Elsa Perretti Wave Earnings and a pearl button closure to fasten the back of her Nike dress. The earrings go for $1,150 on the company’s site. There’s more, according to the […]

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=FtnSuoew_1E] The Pittsburgh Penguins were done. Having blown a 2-0 lead in Game 5 of their Stanley Cup Finals to the Detroit Red Wings, the Penguins trailed 3-2 with under a minute to go and the Detroit fans getting ready to celebrate another title. But, stunningly, with 34 seconds to go in regulation, Maxime Talbot […]

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Sport provides a challenge for wrestlers, gay or straight, of all ages. Chicago was host to 2008 tournament.Related: Wrestlers Withoutt Borders 2008 photo gallery By Ross FormanOutsports.comWhen Ross Capdeville started wrestling in 2005, it wasn’t to emulate Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Kevin Nash, Kurt Angle or any other pro wrestling superhero. And it definitely was […]

Former welterweight boxing champion Emile Griffith, who in 1962 killed a man in the ring who taunted him as a “faggot,” has finally come out in a new book. From John Robert Cassidy in Newsday: Imagine this — a gay man being one of the greatest professional boxers in the history of the sport. You […]

Two lesbians who kissed at a Seattle Mariners baseball game at Safeco Field said they were told to stop and are claiming discrimination based on their sexual orientation. Sirbrina Guerrero (photo) says she only gave her date a peck, but a mother sitting with her son complained to security and, as a result, they were […]

I wrote a review of the excellent new documentary “Bigger, Stronger, Faster.” One of the subjects is Greg Valentino, who sports freakish 27-inch biceps. As he says in the film, women aren’t exactly flocking to him. Here is a trailer for the film, with Valentino in the beginning of the clip. —Jim Buzinski [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=b7bS6FWiOcs] I […]

Lest anyone think that straight guys don’t look in a locker room, comes this tale from Deadspin from an encounter between a writer, Barry Petchesky, and Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. … That’s when I had an entirely new thought dominating my mind: oh, look, it’s Ryan Howard’s cock. The locker room at Citizen’s Bank […]

From the world of cricket, a sport quite popular in countries once part of the British Empire, comes a poll from the Indian site Gay Bombay on the hottest players in the sport. The site is run by longtime Outsports reader Vikram. The India Premier League is Indian cricketing's attempt to create a league based […]