Jim Buzinski

The Rams franchise in Los Angeles signed Kenny Washington in 1946 and the St. Louis franchise continues the tradition.

This week's offerings include our favorites, the recovery session in Aussie Rules Football, along with rugby, volleyball, baseball, soccer and the NHL playoffs.

Move over Tom Brady. Your reign as the hottest quarterback on the New England Patriots is over. The Pats selected Eastern Illinois' Jimmy Garoppolo in the second round, perhaps as the heir apparent to Brady. Brady is by far the better quarterback, but Garoppolo has him beat in the looks department, though not by much. […]

Michael Sam is the first openly gay player eligible for the NFL Draft, which starts Thursday and ends Saturday.

Olympic diver calls out columnist for her twisted logic in defending player calling an opponent "gay" during match.

See update below.TV microphones caught a player calling an opponent a "fucking gay cunt" during a heated Under-20 match in the Australian National Rugby League State of Origin tournament on Saturday. The incident came a month after the NRL joined other major sports leagues in a campaign against homophobia. The slur came from Mitchell Moses […]

Brian 'Bru' Amerlynck said the "jock culture" leads to dismissing gay men as athletes.

English rugby player Paul Doran-Jones is the latest straight athlete to appear naked in the British gay magazine Attitude and the latest to say that gay teammates will be embraced if they come out. Must Reads English rugby player poses naked for gay mag Jim Buzinski Must Reads English rugby player poses naked for gay […]

The league goes from the high of Collins' coming out to the low of Sterling and racism surfacing.

"I'm for same-sex marriage. I don't give a shit ..." wrestler says.

College basketball player Derek Schell tells how he reconciled his faith with being gay.

How cute. A video of Navy baseball players Matt Kilby and Brad Borosak singing "Love Is An Open Door" from "Frozen" has gone viral, with nearly a million views. Kilby, a pitcher, is driving, and infielder Borosak is the passenger. These two make an adorable couple. The Navy dudes still have a ways to go […]

Brazilian retailer defends their production as "irreverent."

QUOTE GOES HERE, AND SAYS SOMETHING MEANINGFUL -Attribution goes here (optional) The famous gay artist Tom of Finland drew a lot of homoerotic locker room scenes, but it's a stretch to say he delved at all into sports. Nonetheless, it's cool that the Finland postal service will issue three stamps commemorating his work later this […]

Kentucky coach praises player and his coach. Meanwhile, Speedo-clad UMass students march for LGBT solidarity.

A petition on Change.org asks FIFA to move 2018 World Cup due to Russia's human rights record.

Ravens, Falcons, Patriots, Colts, Browns and Jets show interest in the openly gay player.

Clyde Rathbone, a rugby union player for the Brumbies in Australia, begins his column in the Canberra Times this way: I'm in love with a gay man.It's a bromance born out of deep respect and admiration for a kindred spirit. My friend is as close to a brother as a person not born of the […]

Derrick Gordon is the latest in a series of "firsts" in the sport for gay players and he won't be the last. Don't expect a flood of more athletes to follow, but change is inexorable.

What is diversity? Students at the University of Virginia wanted to show that it is more than a buzzword and to make the campus more inclusive. Along those lines, three students created an awesome Tumblr, "We Are All UVa," where students took photos holding placards talking about their experiences, good or bad. Parker Camp, a […]