Sports

Michael Sam, the openly gay defensive end, is acknowledged for the contribution of his coming out to society and sports.

Derrick Gordon is the first publicly out male athlete to play a game in NCAA Div. 1 football, baseball, basketball or hockey. He looked solid in UMass' first two wins of the season.

Broncos falling apart; Patriots look unbeatable; Cardinals keep winning; Troy Aikman's beard; Jordy Nelson's butt.

Max Lenox talks about being raised by two dads and playing basketball for Army. He also discusses his distaste for gay men who are flamboyant and wear pink.

L.A. Galaxy defender is having a stellar year and was rewarded with a contract extension.

Sports minister is less than reassuring about how gay fans will be treated at the event.

The NFL wants to work with LGBT-owned businesses to make Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco, with its rich gay history, as inclusive as possible.

Tina Hillman is the defending indoor and outdoor NCAA champion in the shot put at Iowa State. She is also pansexual, another color in the LGBT rainbow, dates people who happen to be male and female, and loves expressing her femininity in a masculine sport.

Michael Sam had 11 tackles and three sacks in the NFL preseason. Yet that still hasn't been enough to get the openly gay defensive end a spot on an NFL roster headed into week 11.

Austin Olivares can be himself and not worry about what people think.

Sanchez promises to go to Geno's and Pat's if the Eagles win, and he sticks to his word - even if it means supporting a racist, xenophobic business.

Joe In Philly was the king of Outsports for much of the first half of our existence. He was our most prolific poster on the discussion board and helped define Outsports as an entity in the sports world. He reflects here on Outsports' first 15 years.

Hockey kid Mikey, who claimed to be a teenage hockey player, is actually a 40-something man in Minnesota.

Outsports first published on Nov. 10, 1999. Since then the two co-founders, Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler, have built the largest LGBT sports publication in the world.

Outsports first published on Nov. 10, 1999. Since then the two co-founders, Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler, have built the largest LGBT sports publication in the world.

Deion Sanders, NFL great, tweeted with me and others about his feelings that being gay "could be" a choice.

Deion Sanders tells Larry King he thinks being gay "could be" a choice because, in part, "the God I know doesn't make mistakes."

Michael Sam's courage dominated sports news all year long.

Will there ever be a time when black athletes on the down low can be on the up high?

Every big-time conference Defensive Player of the Year drafted since 2000 – from the ACC, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac-12 and SEC – has made an active NFL roster his rookie season ... until Michael Sam came out as gay.