Snow Sports

Gus Kenworthy became the first publicly out athlete to win X Games medals, all with his boyfriend there to cheer him on.

"Today begins the rest of my journey. I simply cannot count down any more lonely days to the final mile of my trip," he writes

Gus Kenworthy told Conan O'Brien tonight that he had thought about coming out publicly by kissing his boyfriend at the Olympics, but there was someone else he had to tell first.

"On the hill we are all one community." He is thrilled his friend Gus Kenworthy came out and clarifies some social media comments he made.

Major League Baseball is proactively looking for out LGBT candidates to meet with team front offices about potential jobs. And one athlete didn't seem to like the way Gus Kenworthy came out.

Alex Schlopy shows he just doesn't get why gay visibility is important.

It matters big time in a sport where being gay has long been thought of as uncool.

Gus Kenworthy came out as gay today to the world and his hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.

The Olympic skier who helped find homes for five stray dogs from Sochi now comes out as gay in ESPN The Magazine to be free and help others find their way through their journeys.

Anja Paerson is one of the most decorated international gay athletes of all time. Now she takes aim at the International Olympic Committee that isn't doing enough for LGBTI athletes.

The popular gay ski group Ski Bums is headed west with a Los Angeles launch party of its new California chapter Oct. 8. The group has been based in New York for several years, but growing interest on the West Coast has driven group founder Chris French, along with Los Angeles-based Ski Bum members Bill […]

Ski Bums, the world’s premiere gay ski/snowboard club, has announced it’s schedule for the upcoming season, and it’s pretty exciting. They’re visiting five states and three foreign countries this year, kicking off this December at Steamboat Springs (one of the least-gay places you’ll ever ski, but a fantastic ski resort) and ending next May in […]

Norway’s Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset won a silver medal as part of the men’s 4×10 cross-country relay, but that’s mainly because teammate Petter Northug skated an insane last leg that pulled his team from sixth to second. Via Sports Illustrated, we learn that Hjelmeset blames too much porn for his lousy effort. From the Vancouver 2010 quote […]

Re the Vonn/Mancuso incident in the giant slalom yesterday: As usual, the media are trying to squeeze a tabloid story out of the personalities involved — Mancuso's ruffled feelings and the rivalry between the two women. Personally, I am wondering why the media aren't looking at officials who sent the next skier down the hill […]

The staid, lame U.S.O.C. has struck again, forcing bronze-medal winning snowboarder Scott Lago to leave the Games after suggestive photos appeared of him. One shows a woman kissing his bronze medal strategically placed beneath his navel. How shocking! A young, healthy, virile, medal-winning athlete having a little fun. And he's a snowboarder. Those guys do […]

The best event I’ve seen so far has been the men’s individual sprint in cross country. The final pits the top six qualifiers in a mile sprint that was exciting and had an awesome ending where two Russians crossed in a photo finish and waited several minutes before a winner was announced. Nikita Kriukov (Bib […]

The men’s 15km cross-country freestyle was an edge-of-the-seater, with several skiiers almost sprinting over the last couple of kms. Their extreme efforts seemed almost surreal amid the dream-like beauty of Northwest forest all muffled in deep snow. Dario Cologna of Switzerland (photo) won with a powerful finish, and looked surprisingly fresh as he talked with […]