Jim Buzinski

New Book Explores How the Legends Changed a Sport

Wimbledon semifinalist says it's 'obvious'

The University of Southern California has made strides in helping LGBT athletes, but many still remain in the closet, the campus paper finds.

This week's offerings include more Aussie jocks running around shirtless; track and field; baseball's opening day and NCAA basketball.

Michele Van Gorp plays for the Minnesota Lynx and is and out athlete.

(This story was published in 2005). Basketball star Sheryl Swoopes, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time MVP of the WNBA, has come out publicly as a lesbian, making her the highest-profile team sport athlete to come out while playing. Swoopes, 34, has been hired as a spokeswoman for Olivia Cruises, which specializes in tour […]

How Does Rene Portland Keep Her Job?

A list of players arrested in 2013.

Tapes show the Rutgers men's basketball coach using a gay slur, along with hitting players and throwing basketballs at them.

Seattle Seahawks lineman Chris Clemons said last week that if an openly gay player came out this would be "a selfish act" and make the player "bigger than the team." This caused an outcry with some Seahawks fan, yet the organization would not say whether it agreed with Clemons or not. Dominic Holden of the […]

HBO Hits an Ace with Tennis Documentary

Connor Barwin and Chris Kluwe dispute the idea that the NFL won't be able to handle all the attention that will be focused on a gay player.

It's getting hard to keep up with all the stories mainstream media outlets are writing about gays in sports. Not all of them are worth a separate story, so here is a roundup of stories from the past few days. The tight end tells ESPN what he told Outsports last year — he would be […]

I have been so used to writing and reading positive, supportive articles about gays in sports, that it's easy to forget that the whole thing still makes a segment of society uncomfortable. It's a shrinking segment, but nonetheless still there. This was brought home when I stumbled across a website called the American Thinker and […]

This week's offerings include the NCAA basketball tournament, NCAA wrestling, Aussie rugby and football, baseball spring training, a hockey black eye, soccer in the snow and David Beckham's new tattoo.

Wisconsin made history in November by electing the first openly lesbian U.S. senator in Tammy Baldwin. Now, the Milwaukee Wave of the Major Indoor Soccer League has made some history of its own by naming Sue Black its president and chief executive officer. Black joins Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts as the only male […]

A mainstream sports site stirs up some controversy with its gay guide to hot Australian hunks.

An anonymous gay NFL player wants to go public but fears the reaction from fans, according to a report.

Only 11 Competing in Athens Are Publicly Out

Skater Picks His Favorite Poem About Him