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U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist Ryan Lochte was back in the pool this weekend as he swam in the Minneapolis Grand Prix, his first meet since London; he won both his events. He tweeted: “It was fun racing tonight. it felt like i was back in high school having fun and enjoying the sport. now […]

Megan Rapinoe, left, and teammate Lori Lindsey U.S. women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe was one of the team's stars as it won the gold medal at the London Summer Olympics in thrilling fashion and won a new legion of fans. Her greatest contribution, though, came off the pitch as an openly lesbian athlete. For being […]

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has been publicly passionate for years about same-sex marriage, and said that Maryland passing a gay marriage law on Tuesday was “like Christmas.” He also doesn’t care whether his views are popular in the locker room or not, telling David Ginsburg of the Associated Press: ‘‘The majority of the people […]

In sports terms, same-sex marriage was the Washington Generals of the political world, with our side going 0-32 when the issue was placed before voters over the years. No more. Pro-gay marriage forces won in Maine, Maryland and Minnesota and looked poise to make it a clean sweep with a win in Washington state. Voters […]

Robert Griffin Jr. (Photo: Geoff Burke-US PRESSWIRE) The Washington Redskins lost at home Sunday to the Carolina Panthers, 21-13. In 18 of the previous 19 elections, when the Redskins won their final pre-election home game, the incumbent party won the White House. When the Redskins lost, the incumbent party lost. Translation: This is good news […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has had a popular blog, Out of Bounds, on the website of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. His posts have gotten as much as 100,000 page views. That has all ended after Kluwe announced he will stop doing the blog for the paper after it ran an editorial about the Minnesota […]

Brian Sims The election Tuesday features four ballot initiatives dealing with same-sex marriage and two openly gay former athletes from Pennsylvania running for office. History will be made in Pennsylvania when Brian Sims is elected to the state House, the first openly gay person to do so. Sims, a former college football captain familiar to […]

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1 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include a lot of football, the American pro and American college version, and football, the international version we call soccer. It's a fairly quiet time on the sports calendar (outside of football), with baseball ending, the NBA just starting and the […]

Scene from “The First Out” trailer Producers of "The First Out," a film about a teenage baseball phenom who is outed after being drafted have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to make the movie. The film is written by Rick Bauer and directed by Joshua B. Porter. From the campaign pitch: We are […]

Damian Goddard was fired by Rogers Sportsnet in Canada last year after he tweeted his opposition to NHL player Sean Avery’s support of gay marriage. Goddard is now featured in ads in four states where gay marriage is on the ballot next Tuesday. He told Canada’s National Post: I think it’s important in this day […]

The English Football Association will train gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual referees in Kent, England, as part of its Opening Doors campaign to fight homophobia. Stephanie Gadd, FA inclusion officer, said the training (to be held Nov. 17-18) is designed to help people who feel "anxious" about being involved in the sport due to a […]

OK, maybe the headline is a tad hyperbolic since I have not seen every uniform worn by every sports team in history (I hear the ancient Assyrians had no fashion sense). But the Pittsburgh Steelers throw-up … I mean throwback … uniforms they wore Sunday against the Redskins were hideous (see visual evidence below). At […]

Giants win (Photo: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports) After two National League playoff series of living on the edge, the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers in four games to win their second World Series title in three seasons. The Giants won Game 4, 4-3, in extra innings. The Giants had an amazing postseason. They […]

Georgia-Florida in 2011 (Photo: Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE) The universities of Georgia and Florida will play Saturday in Jacksonville like they have all but twice since 1933. Dubbed the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party," the game is a Southern tradition. Now, LGBT alumni and their allies from both schools warn the city that its anti-gay stance […]

1 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include a shirtless soccer celebration, the World Series and NFL action as the season nears its midpoint. We also have images from college football, including fans celebrating, figure skating and soccer. Click image for larger, full-sized view: 1 We present our […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has recorded a brilliant 60-second radio ad for Minnesotans For Equality (listen below) that plays off his “lustful cockmonster” comments about an anti-gay marriage politician. Kluwe is opposing a ballot amendment to the Minnesota constitution that would prohibit same-sex marriage. The ad, produced by legendary Minnesota adman Bill Hillsman, has […]

John Dillinger (Photo by: Robbie Quinn) John Dillinger did a double-take as he walked through the lobby of the Seaport Marina Hotel in Long Beach, Calif., one night in 2005 after a baseball game. He saw a flier with a “really good-looking, furry, muscular guy on it.” It advertised Bear Night once a month at […]

Matt Savoie, left, and Brian Boyle (Photo via Icenetwork). Matt Savoie, a member of the 2006 U.S. men's Olympic figure skating team, married his partner Brian Boyle at a ceremony this month in Sturbridge, Mass. The two men are lawyers in Boston and were engaged in November 2010. “One thing that even our officiant talked […]

Chris Kluwe will debate an empty chair on the merits of the Minnesota ballot amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in the state constitution. Since opponents of gay marriage have zero arguments in their favor, the chair is an appropriate stand-in. Kluwe is scheduled to debate “an empty chair” on Minnesota’s proposed marriage amendment at […]