Jim Buzinski

The man slouching in a beat-up camping chair is Kansas City Royals catcher John Buck, one of the “cover men” of the 2008 Royals charity calendar. It looks like he was shot on the loading dock of a Wal-Mart and the photographer was a Wal-Mart greeter. Makes you want to rush out and buy 100. […]

German gymnast Fabian Hambuechen is in a tight battle with Minnesota Twins star Joe Mauer in the Sweet 16 of the King of the Hardwood contest. Vote here to get the field down to the Sweet 16, and check out a slideshow gallery of each athlete. German gymnast Fabian Hambuechen is in a tight battle […]

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart has gotten in some hot water after photos surfaced of him partying heavy at his home with buddy Nick Lachey and young co-eds. Now, The Dirty.com has a new photo showing Leinart expressing his inner man-love. So it’s true when people say the Cardinals suck. —Jim Buzinski Arizona Cardinals quarterback […]

When all is said and done, look for Tennessee to beat UConn for the title. By Frank JakkaOutsports.com As predicted here on Outsports in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament preview, Connecticut and Tennessee, top-seeds in their respective regions, along with LSU and Stanford, both two-seeds in their regions, pulled out big victories to gain the […]

Australian rugby player Luke O’Donnell, who posed naked for a charity calendar, is one of the 16 athletes in eight brackets in the King of the Hardwood West and Southeast regionals. He faces Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan in his match. Vote here to get the field down to the Sweet 16, and check out a […]

A scholar looks at sports talk radio, focusing on Jim Rome, and how it deals with gay and lesbian issues. (An excerpt from the book "Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio," by David Nylund. Reprinted by permission) By David Nylund In their analysis of sport media’s treatment of women, critical sport scholars […]

Reports from Wan Yanhai, a respected AIDS activist in China, say that authorities there are cracking down on gay establishments, possibly related to the run-up to this summer’s Olympics. Two examples: In the afternoon of 20 March 2008, more than 10 police cars visited "Oasis" club, the most popular gay bath house in Beijing. More […]

Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny has become a YouTube hit after hitting himself three times in the head at the Miami Masters moments after losing a point to Spain’s Nicolas Almagro. He was a bloody mess, but went on to win the match. I see coaching in his future. —Jim Buzinski [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=0AEfCQxVmxM] Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny has become […]

College athlete in California finds one strategy does not fit all for telling family, friends and teammates.

After enduring two weeks of generally boring basketball and few compelling stories, this news is no surprise: This year’s [NCAA men’s] tournament might become the lowest-rated ever, or at least the lowest without an asterisk. Heading into Thursday’s games, CBS’ ratings were off 9% from last year, which was the lowest-rated ever except the 2003 […]

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Norwegian sprinter Lars Halvard Grimsrud (right) is the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Regional in the King of the Hardwood contest. His opponent is New York Mets star David Wright. The contest is now done to the field of 32. Go here to vote in the Midwest and check out the photo gallery of […]

The San Francisco Rock Dogs, defending Gay Games gold medal team, took on the San Francisco Rumble of the American Basketball Association Tuesday night in an exhibition game at Kezar Recreation Center in San Francisco. The game was taped for the LOGO cable channel’s documentary series “Rock Dogs: Shirts & Skins,” due to air this […]

Diana Taurasi makes a reported $49,000 a year as a star for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. That’s walking around money compared to her salary playing in Russia before mostly empty arenas of non-paying customers. Her Russian team pays her 10 times her WNBA salary. Shabtai von Kalmanovic, who spent time in an Israeli prison on […]

Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi, who came out as gay a year ago, says he was inspired to make his move by Sir Ian McClellan. "I nearly just decided not to ever go back to America and just stay here and say "let them froth around in their own mess," but I went to […]

A 5,000-word profile in the New York Times Magazine takes a hard look at the underground fight club Felony Fights and the mixed martial arts world through the eyes of Shad Smith, a professional fighter with a long criminal resume. He’s also gay, a piece of his personality that writer Paul Wachter explores but does […]

The new high-tech swimsuit is making waves after a slew of world records have been set by swimmers wearing them. It’s the $800 swimming costume that has rocked the sport from its foundations. Australian coach of the year Stephan Widmer warned swimming’s governing body, FINA, to police any further development of Speedo’s controversial LZR Racer. […]

Via Deadspin comes this image from a Duke college basketball message board. It was after Duke lost to West Virginia and was bounced from the NCAA men’s tournament. And all we hear is how classy the Duke fans are: Via Deadspin comes this image from a Duke college basketball message board. It was after Duke […]

Chicago Bulls coach Jim Boylan had a novel way of showing player Andres Nocioni all was forgiven. Andres Nocioni was standing in front of a media throng after practice Monday, apologizing again for his outburst Saturday toward interim coach Jim Boylan, when Boylan snuck up from behind and planted a wet one on Nocioni’s cheek. […]

Casper Landeweerd is a Dutch water polo player and one of 16 athletes in the Southeast Regional in the King of the Hardwood contest. In his bracket, Landeweerd faces high jumper sprinter Linus Thornblad, the jock who sometimes wishes he was gay. Go here to vote in the Midwest and check out the photo gallery […]