Jim Buzinski

Minnesota Vikings superstar running back Adrian Peterson is sorry that punter Chris Kluwe is no longer with the team. But he does not think Kluwe was cut for his gay rights activism and will miss him, even if he disagrees with him on the issue. Peterson was interviewed by Bruce Murray and Amani Tomer on […]

Reactions to Piazza Story Show Discomfort With Gay Issue

This week's offerings included Australian swimming; rugby; Aussie Rules Football; NFL mini-camps; track and field; and a Major League Baseball player hitting for the cycle.

Jeremy Affeldt is a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, but before moving to the Bay Area he was so homophobic than when he came as a visiting player, he would not leave his hotel room except to go to stadiums. Now, he calls the city “unbelievable.” Affeldt writes about his transformation in a […]

Today's roundup of gay sports news has a sexy theme, led by the Warwick University rowers of England, who are raising money for their 2014 naked rowers calendar, whose proceeds go to fight homophobia. It's stripping for a good cause. Says the club in its fund-raising pitch: Our specific aim this year is to raise […]

(This article was published in 2002). Is a major league baseball player ready to come out of the closet? That’s the question being asked in response to comments by New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine that baseball is “probably ready for an openly gay player.” Valentine made his remarks in the June/July issue of Details […]

A roundup of gay sports news finds a new poll on the heels of Jason Collins coming out shows a large majority of fans are fine with an openly gay player — 87 percent-say their support would not change (77 percent) or would increase (10 percent) if their favorite athlete announced he or she is […]

Brittney Griner, the Baylor University basketball star and top pick of the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury made news last month when she came out publicly as lesbian. She said that she had never really been in the closet and that people at Baylor knew. Griner now says that Baylor Coach Kim Mulkey, while aware of her […]

Nate Diaz is a moron and so is his manager. The UFC fighter was suspended after he tweeted this: I'll let Deadspin explain the context: He was referring to a recent incident in which fellow fighter Pat Healy was docked $130,000 in bonus money after testing positive for marijuana. $65,000 of that money-which was awarded […]

Jason and Jarron Collins are identical twins. One is straight and one is gay. To end any confusion after Jason came out as an openly gay NBA player last month, Jarron Collins is wearing this shirt: The shirt was presented to Jarron by Jimmy Kimmel on his talk show. "Thanks to @jimmykimmel for the tshirt […]

Australian Rules Football is a huge sport Down Under, so a campaign by the AFL Players Association to fight homophobic language is drawing attention and praise. The campaign is timed to coincide with Friday's International Day Against Homophobia. The AFL Players' Association has today launched #Footy4IDAHO, a social media campaign targeting the use of homophobic […]

The free agent cornerback puts the onus not on the gay player, but on those who might have a problem with him. "It’s not going to stop you from playing football."

Timbers Army, a devoted group of fans supporting the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, used their creativity on Sunday to organize banners and decorate some seats in rainbow colors to call attention to homophobia in sports. From the Portland Mercury live blog from Sunday's game against Chivas: It appears as if Timbers Army has […]

(This story was published in 2006). REVIEW “Summer Storm” is the kind of film for those who like fairy tales where the gay guys are all hot and self-confident, and it’s their straight counterparts who are uncertain, confused and hesitant. A popular German movie that is making its U.S. debut in theaters and on later […]

(This story was published in 2006). “If you can’t fix it, you gotta stand it.” Those words were spoken by Heath Ledger’s closeted character Ennis Del Mar in “Brokeback Mountain.” They also could be spoken by closeted athletes everywhere. “Brokeback Mountain,” the movie that it seems everyone is talking about, is first set in 1963 […]

But DeMario Davis and Kirk Cousins still would welcome an openly gay teammate.

Once again, we have some recovery session photos from Australia, where they love taking a dip in the water after training. In addition, shots from baseball, the NBA playoffs, NFL rookie camp and track and field. Plus, a star soccer player lifts up his shorts.

"Why can't I be the guy making plays that helps my team win, and still on the flip side, be a gay male?" the former University of Richmond wide receiver says.

Some great stuff in the mainstream media about gays in sports, highlighted by a first-person account in the New York Times by Britney Griner. She talks about how she came out to her mom, being bullied as a young person and the importance of being a role model. Brittney Griner, Proudly Part of a Mission […]

The organizing body of wrestling is fighting to keep the sport in the Olympics and shirtless Greco-Roman wrestlers is one proposal to spice it up.