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Jason Ball Jason Ball is a 24-year-old amateur Australian Rules Football player for Yarra Glen, a team located northeast of Melbourne. He came out in September as an openly gay player and now been invited by the professional AFL Players Association to talk to young players at the draftee induction camp in January. This comes […]

5 One of the joys of watching sports is seeing athletes and fans celebrate. The emotion is so raw, real and spontaneous that it makes for indelible images. In the season of celebration, here are some cool shots from the past month of jocks and fans letting it all out in sports ranging from college […]

The position coach for Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe wants his player to focus more on punting and less on activism. Kluwe is a very outspoken supporter of gay rights and also made news when he was fined for altering his jersey last Sunday to support the Hall of Fame candidacy of former punter Ray […]

Mike Alstott stands during the national anthem against the Philadelphia Eagles at Raymond James Stadium. (Photo: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports) In the early years of Outsports, one of the most requested things we got asked for by readers were shirtless photos of Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Mike Alstott. The 11-year NFL pro was a […]

Brian Sims Buzzfeed is notorious for page-view grabbing lists of the "20 best this" or "30 top that," and their latest is a good one — the "15 Hottest Politicians From Around the World." Making their cut is Brian Sims, the openly gay former college football captain and now new state rep in Pennsylvania. "Slow […]

Brendon Ayanbadejo is well-known to Outsports readers for his strong advocacy of gay rights. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker has been a vocal supporters of gay marriage for years and was part of the successful campaign for marriage equality this November in Maryland. His stance is now getting a wider audience, thanks to Sports Illustrated. In […]

Eli Manning (Photo: Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports) Last week I wrote about the curious phenomenon of NFL players not wearing cups despite the violence of the game. Sam Borden of the New York Times spent the week asking New York Giants players why no one wears a cup and he got this interesting take from […]

Jeff Buttle is a natural on skates, winning the world figure skating title in 2005 and the Olympic bronze medal in 2006. He still skates in exhibitions and has found a new ice outlet as a member of the Toronto Gay Hockey Association. The Hockey News has a great feature on Buttle’s newfound sport. Openly […]

Arian Foster (Photo: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports) Houston Texans running back Arian Foster says it won't be long before there is an openly gay NFL player and he would be fine with it. Foster, one of the key reasons the Texans have a legitimate Super Bowl chance this season, was a guest on this week's […]

Dave Kopay, the first NFL player to come out publicly as gay, is featured in the latest Buick Human Highlight Reel, which shows sports people who have made a difference. A one-minute spot was aired Saturday on ESPN and the full three-minute version is below. The spot was filmed in Kopay's home in the Eagle […]

Goodell has always embraced the gay community thanks in part to his brother.

Joey Barton In a really weird and offensive column, Martin Samuel of the London Daily Mail says that Joey Barton of the English Premier League (on loan to a French league) should come out as gay. For some reason I don't fathom. Even though Barton is straight and married. As I said, it's a weird […]

Jessica Adair (Photo: Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports) Amber Harris and Jessica Adair play pro basketball for the Minnesota Lynx. Both are also openly lesbian and both are African American. “You got two strikes against you — you’re Black and you’re gay,” says Adair in an interview with Charles Hallman in the Black and female-owned Minnesota […]

Jordan Vega I always enjoy seeing videos for the It Gets Better Project that include athletes, even more so if they feature young athletes. Videos that include people in the target range of the It Gets Better audience have an immediacy often lacking from those made by older LGBT people. Three athletes from Whittier College […]

Yunel Escobar (Photo: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports) Yunel Escobar is most known for writing a gay slur in Spanish in eye black and then being suspended for three games by the Toronto Blue Jays. Escobar was traded to the Miami Marlins on Nov. 19 and traded again Tuesday to the Tampa Rays. The Rays say […]

In the offseason, players decide to take a break in the surf.

Looks like no cup for Denver’s Eric Decker (Photo by: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports). Click for larger view In the wake of Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions kicking Houston Texans quarterback in the groin on national TV, I've had some people ask me whether NFL players wear cups. It's a logical question since […]

British Olympic gymnast Louis Smith is straight but he said he would gladly strip for a gay magazine because he’s become something of a “gay icon.” The gymnast, competing on Britain’s “Strictly Come Dancing,” told the Mirror: “I get lots of attention from females as well as males. It’s a bit strange. ­Apparently I’m a […]

Ben Kennedy, Brodie Grundy and Tim Broomhead We have written before about the grand tradition in Australian Rules Football of players doing recovery sessions as part of their training. This involves shirtless athletic men and bodies of water. The teams are in the offseason now but still doing some training. With it being late spring […]

Todd Searcy played for Illinois in the Eighties.