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People are needlessly tip-toeing around the former 49er's sexual orientation

Our Outsports podcasts feature site co-founders Cyd Zeigler and Jim Buzinski as they discuss the week's biggest news in sports. Past guests have included Chris Kluwe, Jason Whitlock, Steve Buckley and Wade Davis.

(This story was published in 2001). “I love baseball, but the majority of baseball hates a faggot.” Dug Funnell doesn’t mince words. This sentence was one in a long letter Funnell, a baseball fanatic, has sent to more than 5,000 players, managers, owners, front office officials and broadcasters in the past 15 years. It’s been […]

Coverage of Sparks and closeted gay baseball player was positive and non-judgmental

(This story was updated on May 15, 2001). Out Magazine Editor In Chief Brendan Lemon wrote a column last week in his magazine claiming that for a year and a half, he has been “having an affair with a [closeted] pro baseball player from a major-league East Coast franchise.” I personally remember how tough it […]

The reasons athletes stay closeted and why they might consider coming out

We fear the worst; fans may not be so homophobic; the 'Net rules

Decision to advertise in gay paper, ``a no-brainer,'' team official says.

Radio Talk Show Hosts Stir the Pot and Try to Open Some Minds

San Francisco 49er makes good on his promise to make amends for his pre-Super Bowl anti-gay comments

Some coaches and athletes think sexual assault builds bonds.

Cross-country skiing coach founds new scholarship to help gay athletes pay for college

Education Campaign for LGBT Issues in Sport

(This story was published in 2005). What is going on in the athletic department at Fresno State? In this Wizard of Odd, it’s lesbians, dykes and atheists, oh my. The firing of female coaches, filing of lawsuits, and allegations of harassment and gender discrimination are now centerpieces of the athletic department at a university that […]

(This story was published in 2005). The University of Virginia today announced the hiring of new head softball coach Karen Johns. Previously the head softball coach at the University of Florida, Johns was at the center of a two-year storm of accusations of homophobia that eventually led to a settlement by the university. At Florida, […]

A Coach Finds Being Himself Works Like Charm

Cleveland Browns linebacker Tank Carder took to Twitter to share some anti-gay thoughts. After tweeting 'fag' he added that he doesn't 'agree with being gay.' He issued a terrible apology and was quickly let off the hook by the NFL and the Browns.

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was the toast of college football in 2012. But 2013 has been a disaster, with a rough performance in the BCS title game and the revelation that his longterm girlfriend was a hoax.

Ryan says he'll be 'embarrassed' if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell does not suspend Culliver

This week we hit swimming & diving teams and wrestling teams, and now we’ve got a slew of gymnastics teams doing the Harlem Shake. There are only a handful of college men’s gymnastics teams, but they have come out in full force for the ‘Harlem Shake’ craze. And we’re not complaining. And this time, some […]