Football

New York Giants great Michael Strahan vocally supports same-sex marriage equality.

Add Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Warren Moon to the list of athletes who don’t think having an openly gay teammate would be a big deal. Moon played 17 years in the NFL, with his prime being with the Houston Oilers. Moon told the Victor and Matt Sports Podcast on Radio Exiles in May that […]

In 2011 ESPNW asked a tired question about acceptance of gay players in the NFL. Even then we knew the answer: They will be accepted, even if the players don't know it.

Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers The Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25, to win the Super Bowl. I wrote a recap of the contest, along with presenting my hot players of the game. I also briefly mention the commercials, which were as uninteresting as usual. But the one by Groupon that made light […]

It’s Super Bowl week and there’s not a whole lot of on-the-field news to report since the teams haven’t played in 10 days. So let’s talk about hair, long beautiful hair, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen. This might be the hairiest Super Bowl in history. The Pittsburgh Steelers have two major attractions — safety Troy […]

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current Fox NFL analyst Troy Aikman and his wife of 10 years Rhonda have called it quits. “This has been a difficult decision for Rhonda and me, but after 10 years of marriage we have decided to separate,” Aikman tells The Dallas Morning News. “We remain deeply committed to our […]

New York Jets defensive back Antonio Cromartie laid into Patriots quarterback Tom Brady this week, calling Brady an “asshole” and answering “fuck him” to a question posted by the New York Daily News. And despite appearing in the “No Hate” campaign, Cromartie said he hates Tom Brady. Shaun Ellis backed up Cromartie's hatred with claims […]

Someone lamented that we have not posted about the BullCrap Series game last night, so I’m filling the void. I was in annual “boycott the BCS title game” mode so I didn’t watch it. The system is a sham and I wish everyone would realize that we could get a playoff if we all stopped […]

Another sports-themed "It Gets Better" video, this one from the great guys of the D.C. Gay Flag Football League: Another sports-themed "It Gets Better" video, this one from the great guys of the D.C. Gay Flag Football League:

Must-see footage from Fox of the Metrodome collapsing following a major snowstorm in Minneapolis. It caused the postponement of the Giants-Vikings game. It would have been chaos had this happened during a game: Must-see footage from Fox of the Metrodome collapsing following a major snowstorm in Minneapolis. It caused the postponement of the Giants-Vikings game. […]

Another in a series of our favorite articles from 10 years of Outsports is a 2002 profile of Dave Kopay, the gay sports pioneer who came out in the mid-1970s after a long NFL career. The story showed that Kopay is still as relevant as ever. The story also was the catalyst for Dave and […]

Outsports is 10 years old and we are highlighting some stories that are personal favorites. Today is our most viewed story ever, from 2005 — when the NFL banned the word "gay" on personalized jerseys saying it was a "naughty" word. The absurdity was that "gay" was not OK, but "gay nazi" was. It was […]

Outsports is 10 years old. It’s been an incredible journey for both Jim and me. The most fulfilling aspects of the first decade of Outsports has been meeting some incredible people and telling some incredible stories. For the rest of 2010 we’ll revisit some of the stories that touched us and that had an impact […]

Today, no one is talking about dog fighting. They’re not talking about jail sentences. No, today they’re talking about the MVP-like performance that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick put on last night on Monday Night Football. His stats were record-breaking: 333 passing yards, 80 rushing yards, 4 TD passes, 2 TD runs. In our standard-scoring […]

Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder won’t be joining MENSA any time soon. Three years ago, before the Dolphins headed to London for a game, he said he had no idea where London was and thought it was a country. He might have topped himself Sunday when he confused Helen Keller with Anne Frank in a […]

It is all but certain that there will be a new BCS champion in college football after Alabama fell to LSU, 24-21. It is Alabama’s second loss, all but eliminating them from title contention. The Tide's loss was good news for teams like Boise State and TCU, "non-automatic qualifiers." Both are still unbeaten (TCU crushed […]

Drew Brees is a hero in New Orleans and beyond.

The first BCS poll will be out Sunday and the big question is who the top two teams will be. It won’t be Ohio State, 31-18 losers to Wisconsin. The Buckeyes became the second straight No. 1 team to lose, following Alabama a week earlier. Oregon, which was idle, will almost certainly be one of […]

File this under “shocker:” The New England Patriots have traded wide receiver Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings for a third-round pick in the 2011 draft. Great, Randy Moss now with Brett Favre. The two NFL players I dislike the most in the same huddle. Pass the popcorn and let the show begin. Moss has […]

Birthday photos of Henry Burris, quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, are making the rounds and he is laughing it off as a prank. The photos show Burris and a woman who is not his wife wearing bras. “It’s not a big deal,” he said Tuesday. “Basically, it was a birthday […]