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Orlando Cruz (Photo: Juan Luis Martinez Perez) Featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz will fight for the first time since publicly coming out as gay. He will fight Jorge Pazos, Friday night at 11:35 p.m. EDT from Kissimmee, Fla. The fight will be televised by Boxeo Telemundo, an NBC network (check your local listings). This will be […]

Alex Rodriguez (Photo: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE) Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees has stunk this postseason, so badly that he was benched in the deciding Game 5 against the Orioles. He failed again in Games 1 and 2 of the ALCS against the Tigers, and this caused a torrent of homophobic abuse directed towards […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe continues to be a vocal advocate for same-sex marriage and the fight against a Minnesota ballot imitative that would constitutionally ban such unions in the state. He has released a powerful video arguing the case as one for freedom and families. "If you're telling someone how to live their life, […]

Brendon Ayanbadejo in an NFL player who is pro-gay marriage. ESPN the Magazine polled a combined 62 athletes anonymously from the NBA, NHL, NFL and Major League Baseball on a host of political and social issues and found 59% of those polled support gay marriage. The percentages were 92% in favor among NHL players polled; […]

The Federation of Gay Games is skipping the upcoming Peace and Sport conference in Sochi, Russia, after conference organizers could not ensure the safety of the Gay Games delegate. Russia is homophobic and a judge this year banned a Pride House for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Peace and Sport has held previous conference […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is hoping to turn two of his unique phrases into money to help fight a Minnesota ballot amendment that would outlaw same-sex marriage. Kluwe is selling shirts that play off two articles he wrote ripping an anti-gay marriage politician. In one, he said gay marriage won't "magically turn you into […]

Thursday is National Coming Out Day, a day for LGBT people to stand up and be counted. It’s a perfect time to remind everyone that gay and lesbian athletes are part of the community of people making their voices heard and being proud. The perception is that few athletes are out and this owes to […]

Orlando Cruz (Photo: Juan Luis Martinez Perez) In the days since featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz has come out as gay, the response within the sport has been positive, and that includes those who just shrugged. That's a good thing and shows that Cruz made the right call to be open about who he is. Tim […]

Chris Kluwe (Photo: Bruce Kluckhohn-US PRESSWIRE) On Sept. 7, Minnesota Vikings punter wrote an epic takedown of an anti-gay marriage politician, bringing "Cockmonster" into the lexicon (2.1 million page views). Days later, he wrote a revised piece for his blog on TwinCities.com that did not get as much attention but is equally fantastic. Kluwe has […]

Orlando Cruz (Photo: Juan Luis Martinez Perez) Every time an athlete comes out as gay, we at Outsports get asked what it means. My answer is usually along the lines of it's great news, but don't expect a flood of athletes to come out. This is how I feel about the news that featherweight boxer […]

Dana White Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championships, caught a lot of justified heat in 2009 when he called a journalist a "f—ing faggot" on a video blog. His initial apology rang sort of hollow, but he is trying again. Fuel TV's Ariel Helwani asked White to name any regrets from his […]

Brendon Ayanbadejo Brendon Ayanbadejo and Matt Birk are teammates on the Baltimore Ravens. They are also on opposing sides of gay marriage — Ayanbadejo favors it, Birk is opposed. Nonetheless, Ayanbadejo says Birk is not homophobic and they remain great teammates and their children play together. But he thinks Birk's view are outdated and told […]

Matt Barnes (Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE) Matt Barnes of the Los Angeles Clippers called a policeman in Manhattan Beach, Calif., a "f—ing faggot" in a July 30 incident where the cop was trying to arrest Barnes for an outstanding warrant. A video of the incident surfaced today on TMZ: TMZ has obtained video of cops […]

Derek Holland (Photo: Jake Roth-US PRESSWIRE) Texas Rangers pitcher Derek Holland says a tweet from his account calling a fan a "fag" was not sent by him and his account was hacked. The only other person with access to his account is his fiancee and she also says she did not send it. Major League […]

British Olympic bronze medal diver Tom Daley certainly does not shy away from attention and is a natural for Twitter. His Twitter feed has 1.9 million followers and he is shooting for 2 million. One way he tries to get people coming back is by posting a photo of the day (or at least most […]

Matt Birk (Photo: Mitch Stringer-US PRESSWIRE) We've written a lot about NFL players Chris Kluwe (Minnesota Vikings) and Brendon Ayanbadejo (Baltimore Ravens) and their support of gay marriage in upcoming ballot initiatives in those states. Now comes the other side from current Ravens center and former Viking Matt Birk, who wrote an opinion column for […]

The first reference I can find to Outsports calling NFL referee Ed Hochuli “Guns” was 2002, and while we can’t claim to have coined the nickname, it certainly has stuck. CBS in Phildelphia, for example, has a 21-photo gallery of the buff 61-year-old ref with the bulging biceps. Hochuli, called the rock star of NFL […]

Yunel Escobar (Photo: Brad Penner-US PRESSWIRE) Yunel Escobar, suspended three games by the Toronto Blue Jays for writing a gay slur on his eye-black, met two gay athletes during a busy day on Thursday. Escobar met with openly gay sophomore Boston College runner Jose Estevez and You Can Play founder Patrick Burke after being invited […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is a hero to gays and lesbians and right-thinking Americans for his his unflinching and passionate support for same-sex marriage. He is working hard to defeat an amendment in Minnesota that would enshrine marriage inequality in the state constitution. He’s also making some enemies. On his Twitter feed, Kluwe posted […]

1 The 2012 AFL Grand Final in Australian rules football will take place Saturday in Melbourne as the Hawthorn Hawks battle the Sydney Swans. It's the AFL's version of the Super Bowl. It's a great time to show some photos of a great Aussie tradition — the recovery session. This is where players from teams […]