Jim Buzinski

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West this season and capped off the regular season Friday night with an 11-0 win as they celebrated LGBT night out. NBA player Jason Collins threw out the first pitch, with former Dodger Billy Bean on the mound to congratulate him. Singer Lance Bass was also a […]

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The International Olympic Committee said that new anti-gay laws passed in Russia don't violate the Olympic charter and that there will be no discrimination, drawing condemnation from gay rights groups. The comments came during a site visit to Sochi, site of the Winter Olympics, by Jean-Claude Killy, chairman of the IOC's Co-ordination Commission. "The Olympic […]

Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart says he's not gay. Stewart, who faced gay rumors for years with the Steelers in the 1990s, was responding to a promo clip for Bravo's "Real Housewives of Atlanta," where his estranged wife Porsha is a cast member. "Kordell didn't necessarily want me physically, and that made me wonder […]

NBA training camps open Tuesday, Oct. 1, and with one week to go, Jason Collins still has not been signed by a team. Normally, few people would care about the job prospects of a 34-year-old backup center at the end of his career, but Collins is obviously much more than that. Since he came out […]

We've become big fans of the rugby playing Burgess Brothers since George Burgess took nude selfies that wound up on Twitter. It was then that we discovered George has three other rugby-playing brothers –his twin brother Thomas, and Luke and Sam — who look as good as he does. The four, originally from England, are […]

Tony Parker of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, playing for his home country France, was caught on a microphone uttering a gay slur during the semifinals of the 2013 European basketball semifinals this weekend. "J'ai l'impression qu'on avait peur, qu'on jouait comme des 'tapettes,' " Parker said in the first half of what became an […]

The initiative is criticized by one gay group for playing into stereotypes, but it is drawing attention.

“I made a fool of myself. I spoke really poorly and I had to answer for that," the heavyweight says. He also talks about his gay cousin and would support an openly gay fighter.

Openly gay figure skater Johnny Weir has been getting a lot of attention for his views on Russia's anti-gay laws in view of the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics, but he won't be attending as an athlete. From the Associated Press: U.S. Figure Skating confirmed Tuesday that Weir did not register for the qualifiers for the […]

Steve Smith plays wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, a team thin in the secondary that can use some help. Smith was asked by two Charlotte radio hosts about the team trying out free agent safety Kerry Rhodes: "I don't know Kerry. We don't go in the same circles. We ain't in the same circles. […]

The NFL Network has launched an eight-part series, "NFL 2020," that looks at what pro football will be like in 2020. Part 1 deals with the look and feel of the game and includes a segment on whether there will be an openly gay player by then. The series is hosted by Russell Wilson of […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers will host an LGBT Night Out, Friday, Sept. 27, in a game against the Colorado Rockies. LGBT Night Out at Dodger Stadium will feature a celebrity throwing out the first pitch, and a special guest will perform the national anthem with the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. There will be […]

American gold medal Olympic snowboader Seth Wescott has become the latest athlete to denounce Russia's new anti-gay laws in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Games. "The human rights stuff that's going on, there's a potential for it to be an incredibly negatively overshadowed Olympics," Westcott, 37, told The Associated Press.Westcott told the AP that […]

New material on uniform pants leave little to the imagination, especially when players wear white.

Wrestling is back as an Olympic sport through 2024 after making changes to the sport that got it approved by the International Olympic Committee this weekend. Wrestling had been dropped earlier this year and was forced to win a vote for reinstatement starting in 2020. Among the changes will be the way wrestlers are dressed, […]

Openly gay American figure skater Johnny Weir has always expressed his love of things Russian and is married to a man of Russian descent. Weir was on ESPN2 on Monday night being interviewed by Keith Olbermann about whether the Sochi Winter Olympics should be boycotted because of Russia's new anti-gay laws. It was a great […]

Corey Johnson, whose coming out as an openly gay high school football captain made the front page of the New York Times in 2000, won the Democratic primary in his New York City council district on Tuesday. While Johnson has a general election upcoming against a Republican opponent, he is considered a shoo-in in the […]

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