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49ers and Panthers star quarterbacks say that a player's sexual orientation is not important to winning.

Fans cheer openly gay college football star after they formed a human chain to keep the hate-mongers from Westboro Baptist away from the campus.

The NBC commentator had a ball calling the men's long skate. Take our poll and pick your favorite costume.

One of the coolest traditions is handing flowers to the medalists and which guy doesn't look good carrying flowers? Here are some of our favorite Olympic images from Week. 1 More from Outsports Follow @outsports Follow @SBNation Women make history in ski jumping If your Sonos system doesn’t work, don’t blame the 1920s wiring Howard […]

The diver persevered and wound up earning the respect of teammates and coaches.

"My experience went from being a very scared and somewhat shy gay person on the team to a very welcomed and loved teammate of many," he says.

The Russian president backs the country's anti-gay laws, but that didn't stop him from hugging Wüst.

He calls his words last week "a poor example" as he tries to clarify and backtrack on CNN. "As long as he can play football, I am A-OK with it." He has nothing but praise for Michael Sam. You can watch the video here.

“I applaud Michael Sam and wish him the very best as he continues the pursuit of his NFL dream,” Denver Broncos Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway said Monday. “As we look toward the combine and draft, we will evaluate Michael just like any other draft prospect — on the basis of his […]

Stoney said she felt now was the time to tell who she was and cited Tom Daley as an inspiration.

Wüst, a Dutch star, wins her third career gold by taking the 3,000 meters.

The SEC co-defensive player of the year from the University of Missouri would be first publicly gay active NFL player if drafted. "I want to own my truth," Michael Sam says. He came out to his team last summer.

Håvard Bøkko shows us what he's got.

When I told a friend I was going to review the uniforms worn by countries at the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony he said, “but you have no fashion sense.” True, but I do have two eyes and know what I like. I saw mostly hits this year since a lot of winter wear looks […]

Here is a list of Winter Olympians competing in Sochi who have stood up for gay rights. Some have spoken out directly against Russia’s new anti-gay laws, while others have talked about gay issues in the past. Many of the NHL players in the Olympics have appeared in videos for the You Can Play Project, […]

The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion released this ad on the eve of the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia: Hat tip to Ad Age, which also had a story about the five gay nesting dolls sent to the Kremlin.

Russia might be trying to outlaw the gay, but the toilets at some venues at the Sochi Winter Olympics make it quite easy for two dudes to get together without arousing suspicion: On the other hand, given that Russia is monitoring all communications within Sochi and will store the data for three years, there's a […]

Finnish Olympic swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen, 24, has come out publicly as gay in reaction to anti-gay laws passed in Russia."I wanted to join the discussion in relation to Sochi, since it is a sad fact that the Russian gay law affects negatively Russian young people's lives and infringes human rights in general, Ari-Pekka told the […]

Peyton Manning is my favorite athlete of all time, so here is my recap of Super Bowl XLVIII, won by Seattle over Denver, 43-8: I have nothing more to add. The highlight was Joe Namath screwing up the coin toss. It was downhill from there. If you care about the game, you can check out […]

San Francisco 49ers tight end sat down with Larry King and was asked a variety of topics on football, ranging from Richard Sherman to dealing with injuries to whether college players should be paid. He was also asked about an openly gay NFL player: Larry King: How far are we away from a gay- major […]