Sports

According to TMZ, the NBA is reviewing tape of Kobe Bryant’s homophobic tirade at last night’s Spurs-Lakers game. Athletes clearly have not gotten the message that this language is not okay: The only appropriate course of action at this point would be to suspend Bryant for a playoff game. We’ve learned athletes don’t learn from […]

TNT cameras stayed on Kobe Bryant a little too long after a technical foul during last night’s Lakers-Spurs game. They followed Bryant to the bench where he went into a mini tirade, punching a chair (and a teammate in the process), throwing a towel and then yelling out what certainly looks like, “Bennie…fucking faggot.” That’s […]

Last week we told you about the awful incident where 3,000 fans at a Brazilian pro volleyball playoff match taunted a gay player, Michael, with “faggot,” which caused him to come out publicly after the match. On Saturday, Michael’s team, Volei Futuro, played host to Sada Cruzeiro in Game 2 of their best-of-three series and […]

The Masters Tournament is apologizing today for what they call a “misunderstanding” that kept a female reporter out of the locker room on the final day of the tournament. Bergen Record reporter Tara Sullivan was barred by security guards from pursuing locker room interviews of Rory McIlroy and others, allegedly because she is a woman. […]

Olympic superstar Carl Lewis on Monday announced his candidacy for the New Jersey State Senate. He didn’t shy away from the obvious double entendre in his announcement: "When I run, as you see my record, I run to win," he said at a news conference Monday in Mount Holly in Burlington County. "I'm slower than […]

Chicago has replaced Boston as the team to beat in the Eastern Conference (yes, we see you, Miami…you’re not there yet), and both teams have been dealing with injuries to their frontcourt this season. The two meet for the final time in the regular season on Thursday night in one of the biggest NBA picks […]

About 3,000 fans at a pro volleyball match in Brazil taunted one player repeatedly with chants of “bicha,” which in Brazilian Portuguese is roughly the equivalent of “faggot” (see video below). The player, Michael (Brazilians refer to their athletes by their first name or nickname), came out publicly after the match as gay and said […]

We’re discovering more and more college-based support groups for gay athletes; We’ll have a great story on one next week featuring a very rare out men’s college head coach! This is an old one we missed, but thanks to Athlete Ally we got wind of Dan Woog’s piece about the Connecticut LGBT Athlete Safe Space […]

While Jim wrote Monday about the dreadful UConn-Butler men’s national championship game, the women took center stage last night and put up 52 more points than the men could muster as Texas A&M won its first women’s basketball national title, 76-70, over Notre Dame. Could this be a turning point for women's basketball? One complaint […]

After the Raptors’ big win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday, 102-98, cameras caught Leandro Barbosa grab the hand of Reggie Evans and walk into the locker room (video after the jump). While Barbosa remained stone-face, Evans was good-natured and gave a big smile. The duo had a strong night with 18 points on 9-for-15 […]

In the wake of the suspension of basketball star Brandon Davies for having premarital sex with his girlfriend, BYU’s honor code has been in the news. Which led to questions of how it is to be a gay athlete at BYU. I interviewed a former BYU athlete, briefly on the football team and a star […]

Connecticut beat Butler, 53-41, in an NCAA tournament final that set men’s college basketball back 60 years. It figures that a game pitting the Bulldogs against the Huskies turned out to be a dog. The 53 points by Connecticut was the fewest for a champion since 1949, while Butler's 41 was the lowest since 1950, […]

ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ Sunday featured a story on transgender basketball player Kye Allums hours before the start of the Women’s Final Four. The piece covered a lot of territory from Kye’s relationship with his mother, Rolanda DelaMartinez, to his high school basketball career, to the acceptance of his team at George Washington. Two videos […]

Miami (Ohio) star hockey player Andy Miele signed with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes over the weekend. At just 5-foot-9, Miele beat the odds to lead the NCAA in scoring this season and land an NHL contract. Last week Miele, several of his teammates and head coach Enrico Blasi talked with us about the gay-friendly environment […]

Two gay Vancouver Canucks fans are causing an Internet stir by dressing as the “Hockey Luvin Homos.” They go by the monikers Henrietta and Daniella, spoofing the Canucks’ Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel. The Homos got on TV during last night's Los Angeles Kings vs. Canucks game, when they were shown behind the Vancouver bench […]

The Miami (Ohio) hockey team has a proud tradition, but few things make their players more proud than their accepting, welcoming attitude toward all people including gays and lesbians. We talked with several players and the team’s head coach for an article, out today. One of their strongest voices in the team’s fight against homophobia […]

NCAA scoring champ Andy Miele and other teammates who knew Brendan Burke talk about the use of anti-gay slurs, showering with a gay person and homophobia By Cyd Zeigler Miami seniors including LoVerde (2nd from left) and Miele (right). Photo credit Rachel Lewis. In sports, homophobic epithets are used on virtually every field, pitch, ice […]

Our good friend Joe Guckin posts his 2011 baseball predictions on his terrific The Joe in Philly Experience blog. And, shocker, he picks his hometown Philadelphia Phillies to win the National League East. So do I and most experts I've seen (I am decidedly not a baseball expert). It's hard not to pick a team […]

Opening Day 2011 has arrived! In an attempt not to have baseball played in November again, the 2011 season began a few days earlier than in seasons past. So I had no choice but to blow off work, buy some hot dogs & beer, and settle onto my couch and begin the journey of a […]

This Sunday’s ‘Outside the Lines’ on ESPN will feature a lengthy segment on transgender NCAA basketball player Kye Allums and other trans issues in sports. You can see a short clip of the segment after the jump, and it shows they ask Allums some tough questions, some of which we’ve delved into in our coverage […]