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Giants star wide receiver Victor Cruz visits with gay bullied teen Joey Kemmerling and talks about their shared experiences as bullied teens.

Kluwe tells Outsports he never had any problems with any teammates, and that Priefer's self defense is laffable

Innocent speculation is one thing, but the attempted outing last week of Packers QB Aaron Rodgers does all harm and no good.

We're not sure Baltimore wide receiver Torrey Smith should be taken to task over the use of a word we hear all the time. Is "queen" even a slur?

Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe said he believes he was cut by the team for his activism on behalf of same-sex marriage. He said his chief antagonist was special teams coach Mike Priefer, who Kluwe said repeatedly made homophobic comments. In a lengthy article for Deadspin, "I Was An NFL Player Until I Was […]

Punter Chris Kluwe claims he was cut by the Minnesota Vikings for his gay activism. The Vikings disagree.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, responding to a rumor that he was boyfriends with his personal assistant, told a radio station today that he is not gay. From Pro Football Talk: On Tuesday, Rodgers tackled the topic during his weekly appearance on ESPN Milwaukee. We know this because one of the ESPN Milwaukee on-air […]

A look at the 12-team field and their strengths and weaknesses. Plus, Week 17 notes and our hot player of the week is a champion for gay rights.

Teammates and team executives knew about the gay players and everyone got along just fine.

Gay athletes came out, and straight athletes stripped down, in our most popular stories of 2013

If you watched Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker single-handily outscoring the Detroit Lions, 18-16, Monday night, you might have heard his post-game comments where he talked about fantasy football. Must Reads College football’s most telegenic player Jim Buzinski Must Reads College football’s most telegenic player "I've been getting hit up quite a bit on the […]

I must have been in a coma this August when Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III came out as gay. I think it would have at least made the news somewhere. Britain's Sky News told me so after it listed famous gay athletes in reaction to diver Tom Daley saying he has a boyfriend. Dan […]

The 'High Five Initiative' will bring professional athletes into LGBT youth programs, starting today with the NFL visiting the Hetrick-Martin Institute

How I see the NFL after each team has played 12 games, three-quarters of the schedule. Plus, my hot player of the week is well known to Outsports fans.:As I have done after my first-quarter and first-half of the season writeups, I will stick with my preseason Super Bowl matchup: Denver vs. Seattle. There are […]

Mike Freeman exposes reported cold feet by an NFL team and player, and a conspiracy by some teams and the NFL to track gay players

Former Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Shawn Andrews says his time with the team was a "living hell," and he blames his then-quarterback Donovan McNabb for being part of a group that teased him and spread rumors he was gay. McNabb denied the accusations Andrews made. In an article in Sync Weekly online in his hometown […]

Mike Freeman, a longtime NFL reporter now with Bleacher Report, writes that a gay NFL player was ready to come out this offseason but a team that offered him a contract backed out fearing the media and public attention. Freeman does not name the player, nor does he know who the player is, and says […]

The duo wore their suits as a Halloween costume and liked it so much they did it again.

Like the ‘controversial' no-call in the Super Bowl, the whiners want the refs to do their team's dirty work

His NFL career ended prematurely due to injuries and his not wanting to hide. Bryant takes a shot at Jason Collins and speculates on when a gay player will come out.