Jim Buzinski

Lest you think locker room hazing is a uniquely American phenomenon, here's David Beckham revealing that he was forced to masturbate to a photo of an English soccer player while he was a 16-year-old in 1992 just breaking in to the pro soccer world. From Metro: The midfielder said he got the short-straw with his […]

How I see the NFL after each team has played 12 games, three-quarters of the schedule. Plus, my hot player of the week is well known to Outsports fans.:As I have done after my first-quarter and first-half of the season writeups, I will stick with my preseason Super Bowl matchup: Denver vs. Seattle. There are […]

Your Thanksgiving week offerings includes twins from Australia, both drafted by Aussie Rules Football teams; college football and basketball; soccer; and a kickboxer breaking a balloon filled with water. More from Outsports Follow @outsports Follow @SBNation Things we give thanks for in 2013 gay sports This year’s 10 biggest turkeys in LGBT sports Alan Gendreau […]

Here are things we are thankful for in 2013 in the gay sports world: Nick Symmonds thanks his gay friends after winning medal. Symmonds won the silver medal in the 800 meters at the World Track and Field Championships in Moscow. This was just weeks after Russia passed draconian anti-gay legislation. After the race, Symmonds […]

Adam Weinstein, a writer for Gawker and other sites, writes a chilling account of his days as a writing instructor at Florida State University and the culture of entitlement around the football program. Most disturbing is the gay instructor whose student — who plays in the defensive secondary on the team — wrote a personal […]

Former Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Shawn Andrews says his time with the team was a "living hell," and he blames his then-quarterback Donovan McNabb for being part of a group that teased him and spread rumors he was gay. McNabb denied the accusations Andrews made. In an article in Sync Weekly online in his hometown […]

Mike Freeman, a longtime NFL reporter now with Bleacher Report, writes that a gay NFL player was ready to come out this offseason but a team that offered him a contract backed out fearing the media and public attention. Freeman does not name the player, nor does he know who the player is, and says […]

The duo wore their suits as a Halloween costume and liked it so much they did it again.

His NFL career ended prematurely due to injuries and his not wanting to hide. Bryant takes a shot at Jason Collins and speculates on when a gay player will come out.

Vitaly Mutko, the minister of sports in Russia, says his country should have waited until after the Olympics to pass anti-gay legislation because of the reaction from the West. "Perhaps the state authorities should have waited a little," Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko was quoted as saying by the RBK business newspaper on Monday. "It […]

Today's roundup of gay sports news hits a lot of different angles. Soccer Star Robbie Rogers — Dating the Guy Who Created 'Arrow' | TMZ.comL.A. Galaxy stud Robbie Rogers — the first active openly gay male athlete in major U.S. team sports — has got himself a boyfriend … and the guy is a pretty […]

Ron English, the Eastern Michigan head football coach who was fired last Friday for a profanity-laced tirade against his players, apologized for his language, which included a gay slur. "As a man who has coached 21 years, obviously, on this occasion and particular meeting, I lost my poise, got upset and used language that was […]

Another chapter in the continuing (and entertaining) story of the perils of social media for athletes. A penis picture was posted today on the Instagram account of Houston Texans rookie wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. His girlfriend later tweeted that the account was hacked. Instagram was hacked , this is his girlfriend he's in meetings with […]

The Jonathan Martin-Richie Incognito incident has shed a bright light on lockerroom hazing and assorted activities. It's in this backdrop that this video purportedly showing NBA rookie Anthony Davis nude and getting spanked while at the University of Kentucky is making the rounds. The video was posted on Twitter and addressed to Deadspin by a […]

This media roundup includes two rugby players discussing gays in the sport; Kordell Stewart with another statement about his sexual orientation; the Winter Olympics and rainbows; a gay cop on SI; and bullying in the NFL. Gareth Thomas & James Haskell Discuss Closeted Gays In Sports The timing couldn't be better for rugby stars Gareth […]

As details continue to emerge surrounding the apparent bullying and harassment of Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin by teammate Richie Incognito, one thing this doesn't seem to be about is sexual orientation. In all the reporting about the threatening texts and voicemails sent to Martin, allegedly by Incognito, there is no use of gay […]

There's been too much craziness to make firm predictions, but we'll try anyway, division by division. Plus, hot player of the week.

It does take a bit of an ego and a ton of self-confidence to appear in front of a 30-foot high photo in one's underwear, but when you are Cristiano Ronaldo and are rich, famous and have that body, it makes sense. The soccer superstar unveiled his CR7 line of underwear Thursday in Madrid. Must […]

College football fans don't need one day a year to dress up or go shirtless and paint themselves to show their school pride. From Florida to Oregon, a little body paint and imagination is all you need. More from Outsports:

Charles Barkley has always made a ton of sense when talking about gay players in the NBA, saying for example that "every player has played with gay guys." So I was very interested to hear his take on the openly gay Jason Collins still being unsigned. He did not disappoint in this wide-ranging Q&A with […]