Play the Outsports 2015 NCAA Basketball Pool
Are you brave enough to pick against Kentucky or UConn?
By Jim Buzinski | March 16, 2015Are you brave enough to pick against Kentucky or UConn?
By Jim Buzinski | March 16, 2015High school boys basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo loves march more than any other as a fan. Former college basketball player Derek Schell couldn't agree more. It's not hard to see why.
By Anthony Nicodemo | March 16, 2015An ESPN documentary on the former player explores the homophobia directed at him in college.
By Jim Buzinski | March 15, 2015Jason Collins will analyze the NCAA men's basketball tournament and the remainder of the NBA season for Yahoo Sports.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 9, 2015The UMass junior has completed his regular season as an openly gay player.
By Jim Buzinski | March 9, 2015Anthony Nicodemo contemplated quitting his coaching career two years ago. After coming out, he found his groove and led Saunders basketball to their best season in over three decades.
By Anthony Nicodemo | March 2, 2015The #ThisIsLuv campaign aims to demonstrate commitment to gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people by the black community. These 10 pro athletes are all leading by example.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 18, 2015Saunders High School basketball was a disaster. Several years after openly gay coach Anthony Nicodemo took over, it is an emerging powerhouse with a huge win over Greeley in the quarterfinals. This matters.
By Micah Porter | February 18, 2015Dwight Howard grabbed Houston Rockets teammate Isaiah Cannon's crotch. Like, really grabbed it. Intentionally. On TV. For real.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 15, 2015The openly gay NBA player says he offers support but won't tell anyone to come out until they are ready.
By Jim Buzinski | February 13, 2015Derrick Gordon and the UMass basketball team have won four straight headed into a big matchup with St. Bonaventure. An NCAA tournament berth is in the balance.
By Ben Larison | February 10, 2015Rysheed Jordan will not start today's game for St. John's basketball after Tweeting a gay slur.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 31, 2015Rysheen Jordan apologizes for anti-gay slur on Twitter, removes the Tweet. St. John's spokesman says "offensive messages in any form are unacceptable."
By Cyd Zeigler | January 30, 2015Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson join TLC's 'Say Yes to the Dress' Jan. 30 on their hunt for Johnson's wedding gown.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 30, 2015Blake Griffin simulated sex with a Los Angeles Clippers trainer during their game Thursday night.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 24, 2015Outsports will return to its roots, writing more about mainstream sports while also providing plenty of LGBT sports news. We invite you to join us with your perspectives!
By Outsports | January 8, 2015Anthony Nicodemo and the Saunders Blue Devils won the Yonkers City Championship 18 months after coming out as gay.
By Anthony Nicodemo | December 22, 2014Katie Barnes relates to Pepperdine basketball players Haley Videckis and Layana White and the homophobia they allegedly encountered at the school.
By Katie Barnes | December 18, 2014Julie Shaw, head women's basketball coach at the Univ. of La Verne, hears hear voice shake every time she says, "I'm gay." That doesn't stop her in her quest to help other coaches to understand LGBT issues.
By Julie Shaw | December 18, 2014The allegations by two Pepperdine athletes that their coach engaged in systematic anti-gay discrimination harkens back to the hate-filled reign of Rene Portland at Penn State.
By Pat Griffin | December 15, 2014