The Bridgeport Sound Tigers will be the first team in the American Hockey League to host a night for the You Can Play Project, at their Feb. 23 game against the Manchester Monarchs. The game starts at 7 p.m. and there will be a panel discussion with You Can Play founder Patrick Burke at 5:30 […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 5, 2013Randy Moss, Frank Gore and Terrell Suggs join a growing chorus of supportive NFL players
By Jim Buzinski | February 4, 2013Steven Stamkos (James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports) In a survey by the Tampa Bay Times, 22 of the 23 players on the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning said they would accept an openly gay teammate. The question was asked in the wake of comments Super Bowl week by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver saying he would […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 4, 2013
The San Francisco cornerback, who came under fire for anti-gay comments, says he will make amends
By Jim Buzinski | February 3, 2013The hottest part of the Super Bowl Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31. Wow, that was a fun and weird Super Bowl (or as Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said on live TV: "f***ing awesome!"). A 108-yard-kickoff return; numerous missed chances by the 49ers; Flacco playing lights out; the lights actually going out for 34 […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 3, 2013Jon Ryan (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan wants San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver suspended for remarks he made at the Super Bowl this week about gay players. I respectfully disagree with Ryan. Here is what Ryan tweeted: If Chris Culliver isn’t suspended by Goodell then I am absolutely embarrassed to […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 1, 2013
Former Chicago Bears coach and current ESPN analyst says people need to 'tolerate' the choice to be gay
By Jim Buzinski | January 31, 2013Jim Harbaugh addresses the media Thursday (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver faced the media at the Super Bowl a day after making anti-gay remarks and this time he sounded sincere in his apology. Culliver addressed a throng of reporters in New Orleans alone and by accounts sounded contrite. Coach […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 31, 2013Culliver makes bizarre excuse about his head not talking to his heart
By Jim Buzinski | January 30, 2013Brendon Ayanbadejo (51) is the Ravens Super Bowl team photo (John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports) "Gay" and "Super Bowl" used to not go together, with the media reluctant to ask players anything of relevance on the issue. But times are changing and we saw it Tuesday at this year's Super Bowl media day. Players from […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 29, 2013Rumored as gay for years, evidence rises that Harris has been in a relationship with another man
By Jim Buzinski | January 28, 2013Part of the photo from Sports Illustrated The current issue of Sports Illustrated, the one previewing the Super Bowl, has something I never thought I would see in a mainstream sports magazine — two male fans kissing. Not the peck on the cheek you might see from a European soccer player or a drunk LSU […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 28, 2013Colin Kaepernick (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) A man-eating vagina; a giant turtle; gay rights supporters; the best bodies; a Beyonce halftime and who will win the game between the 49ers and Ravens. WHAT: Super Bowl XLVII (47 for you mathematically challenged) will be held Sunday Feb. 3 and pits the Baltimore Ravens (13-6) from from […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 27, 2013The best in the world at water polo showed their stuff in Long Beach.
By Jim Buzinski | January 26, 2013Chris Mears in Gay Times Gay Times, the British gay magazine, is out with its annual naked issue and this one features British Olympians, including what the magazine calls the "ridiculously cute" diver Chris Mears. In an interview, Mears said he met some of his gay friends through fellow diver Tom Daley (hmmm, eyebrows raised). […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 25, 2013
NFL prospect's answer to question leaves many questioning even more
By Jim Buzinski | January 24, 2013If a player on the San Francisco 49ers came out as gay, Coach Jim Harbaugh said he would treat him as he would any other player. Harbaugh will coach against his brother John in the Super Bowl next week between the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. “I ask all players to play through their own personality […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 23, 2013A straight student at the University of Virginia has written a powerful column in the student newspaper calling those who chant “not gay” during sporting events cowards and bullies. Students have been inserting the word “not” before the word “gay” (originally meant as happy) in the school’s “Good Ol’ Song” sung before most sports events. […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 22, 2013The New York Ramblers gay soccer team has published a 2013 calendar, with some of the proceeds going to help a shelter for gay homeless youth damaged by Hurricane Sandy. From Shaun Hart of the Ramblers: We created the calendar to raise funds to help send a team to the International Gay and Lesbian Soccer […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 22, 2013Brendon Ayanbadejo is a linebacker for the AFC Champion Baltimore Ravens and will play in the Super Bowl Feb. 3 against the San Francisco 49ers. He is passionate about gay rights and wants to use the media frenzy a Super Bowl brings to call attention to the issue. From Frank Bruni in the New York […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 22, 2013