Sports

(This story was published in 2002). By: Chuck Martin The recreation center in San Francisco’s Castro district will be named for September 11 hero Mark Bingham after a decision last Thursday by the San Francisco Parks & Recreation Commission. It is the first sports-related memorial to Bingham, who played on the University of California, Berkeley […]

(This story was published in 2002). By: Jeff Carlton Albuquerque Tribune What follows are excerpts from July 8-12 broadcasts of “The Morning Show With Dennis Glasgow” on KNML-AM (610). The co-host is Ian Martin. Monday, July 8 After the program went its first two hours without a phone call from a listener, Glasgow said the […]

(This story was published in 2002). Déric Peterson, the 2001 U.S. 800 meters indoor champion, becomes a very rare individual in July’s issue of Genre magazine: an out professional athlete. Having spent much of the last few years in college at the University of Missouri, and now running track professionally with a sponsorship deal from […]

But DeMario Davis and Kirk Cousins still would welcome an openly gay teammate.

(This story was published in 2002). By: Jeff Carlton Albuquerque Tribune Frequent insensitive remarks about gays made by Albuquerque sports talk show host Dennis Glasgow are receiving scrutiny from his new boss. Pete Benedetti, general manager of Citadel Southwest, which operates nine radio stations in Albuquerque, said he will take a closer look at Glasgow, […]

(This story was published in 2002). Yahoo and Gay.com are reporting that Canadian hockey player Nancy Drolet has become one of Canada’s biggest name athletes to come out. Drolet, 29, was apparently “married” with her partner, Nathalie Allaire, last week in a civil ceremony in Quebec. Same-sex civil unions became legal in Quebec earlier this […]

NFL teams make decisions based on performance, wins and the salary cap, not whether someone supports gay people.

"The stigma of being LGBT in Black communities runs deep," writes the author. "Jason has been given a platform and he's doing something with it."

The Last Closet recruits second city to pass resolution in quest to open men's pro sports for gay athletes. Chicago Bears and Fire offer their support.

The organizing body of wrestling is fighting to keep the sport in the Olympics and shirtless Greco-Roman wrestlers is one proposal to spice it up.

Kluwe played for the Vikings for eight years, now looks for a new team

Current and former professional athletes in all the big sports -- from Kobe Bryant to Kirk Gibson -- weighed in on Jason Collins coming out. And the vast majority were supportive.

Despite the sport's steretype, Pattison fits in just fine

Is this the most important LGBT sports story of all time?

In our latest Outsports podcast, we debated the place of Jason Collins’ coming out on the list of greatest moments in gay sports history. Jim thought it was an obvious No. 1, while Cyd disagreed and said it might not even make his Top 10. You can listen to our reasons on the podcast, but […]

Fish, friend of out lesbian Rennae Stubbs, tells Outsports that supporting gay rights is simply the right thing to do

In the wake of the Jason Collins coming out in the NBA, players in the NFL speak up about having gay teammates.

The unique race runs through downtown Los Angeles with LA-themed obstacles

The league sends its 32 teams a memo outlining acceptable conduct as it pertains to sexual orientation.

And the winner for dumbest comments on Jason Collins coming out as gay go to Asante Samuel, cornerback of the Atlanta Falcons. He told Fox Sports radio: "Straight people are not announcing they're straight, so why does everybody have to announce their sexuality or whatever? You know, what they prefer. So that's just how I […]