If you know your football, you can win a copy of a two-CD resissue of George Michael’s 1987 album “Faith.” Outsports has 10 copies of the "Faith" reissue to give away as part of a Super Bowl contest. To win, just pick the winner of the game between the Packers and Steelers and come closest […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 4, 2011Cycling champion Graeme Obree, 45, has revealed he is gay and told the Scottish Sun he even pondered suicide because of his sexuality. "I was brought up by a war generation; they grew up when gay people were put in jail. Being homosexual was so unthinkable that you just wouldn't be gay. I'd no inkling […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 3, 2011Philadelphia Eagles players DeSean Jackson, Todd Herremans and Jamaal Jackson made a surprise visit on “The View” today to show their support for Nadin Khoury, a 13-year-old student set upon last month by seven teenagers who beat him and hung him from a tree while one of them videotaped it. Khoury said he was beaten […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 3, 2011Tonight Outsports co-hosts the first Equality Night with the Los Angeles Clippers, along with Equality California and the Clippers themselves. Amazingly, the event is sold out and has been for a week. When we scheduled the event back inNovember we targeted the game against Chicago because we figured the Bulls would be good this year, […]
By Cyd Zeigler | February 2, 2011It’s Super Bowl week and there’s not a whole lot of on-the-field news to report since the teams haven’t played in 10 days. So let’s talk about hair, long beautiful hair, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen. This might be the hairiest Super Bowl in history. The Pittsburgh Steelers have two major attractions — safety Troy […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 2, 2011Call this Homophobia in European Sports, Part 742. This time it’s the president of the Greek basketball team Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. apologizing for a loss by his team by calling their play a “queer game.” Some media outlets are claiming the coach forced the players to remove their jerseys after the game, but a more […]
By Cyd Zeigler | February 1, 2011Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas, whose powerful coming out story has inspired gays and lesbians worldwide, has started a foundation to help young people via grants, mentoring and networking. The goal of the Gareth Thomas Foundation: To allow young people and those from marginalized groups to fulfill their potential, addressing the challenges of diversity and […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 1, 2011U.S. Masters Swimming has apologized for running a homophobic letter to the editor in its magazine in response to a profile of an openly gay swimmer. The apology came after pressure from gay swimmers, many of them affiliated with International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics. One group, though, was way out of line by threatening the […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 1, 2011I have posted my annual Super Bowl for the Clueless, my look at the big game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers from all angles: The gay angle, the porn connection, the hair, the TV, the hotties, the quarterbacks, the Steelers polka, the entertainment, the commercials and who will win the game and […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 31, 2011Out lesbian German goalkeeper Ursula Holl continues a sad trend of out athletes trying to convince other athletes to not come out. Out Olympian Blake Skjellerup picked up on it last week and set the record straight (so to speak). First he got Holl’s comments translated…. “I think it is problematic that gay players should […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 31, 2011New York Ranger Sean Avery stripped for designer Marc Jacobs and a new campaign to fight skin cancer called “Protect the skin you’re in.” The campaign is designed to raise funds for NYU cancer research. Avery’s interest in fashion is well-documented, so Marc Jabos must be right up his alley… Hat tip to the Advocate. […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 31, 2011Super Bowl for the Clueless looks at all the angles of the Packers vs. Steelers matchup: The gay angle, the porn connection, the hair, the hotties, the Steelers polka, the entertainment and who will win the game and why. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com As a public service to help you dazzle your friends at your Super […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 30, 2011Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly ESPN the Magazine has an important and timely article out about homophobia in women's college basketball ("On homophobia and recruiting"). It addresses the subject of "negative recruiting," a topic we have written about regularly at Outsports. The story opens by dealing with the program at Iowa State, where inferences are […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 27, 2011“Top Shot,” the History Channel reality show about marksmen is seeking new contestants for its third season. The deadline to apply is Tuesday. The show contacted Outsports as they are reaching out to different communities. It doesn’t matter if you’re a professionally trained shooter or a self-taught, average Joe (or Jane!). As long as you’re […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 27, 2011A couple months for allegedly firing head soccer coach Lisa Howe for being a lesbian, Belmont University trustees have added sexual orientation to their nondiscrimination policy. This comes just a day after ESPN Outside the Lines featured two segments on the controversy. "This is a great victory for the values of inclusion, human dignity and […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 27, 2011Out magazine has tagged 100 openly gay men for their reader poll to name the most eligible gay bachelor. Some are more well-known than others. They only included two athletes in the list: Rugger Gareth Thomas and skater Johnny Weir. I’ll take either of them over the likes of Andy Cohen any day. You can […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 26, 2011Out former NFL player Esera Tuaolo will sing the national anthem at the Los Angeles Clippers’ Equality Night next Wednesday, Feb. 2, presented by Outsports and Equality California.. Esera was the first NFL player to sing the Star-Spangled Banner before a game he played in; He’s also sung it at the Pro Bowl and for […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 26, 2011A couple gay Doritos Super Bowl ads have been flying around the Internet this week. They were a couple failed entries for a contest Doritos and Pepsi are conducting to determine what they’ll air during the big game. They’re both humorous but don’t feel like Super Bowl ads, so I’m not surprised they weren’t picked. […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 25, 2011Niki Lauda was a Formula One champ back in the 1970s and ’80s. Now he says gays shouldn’t dance on TV, which is essentially saying he doesn’t want any dancing on TV (stereotype alert! stereotype alert!). After telling the daily tabloid Oesterreich that he loves gays, he said they’re bad role models for kids: I […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 25, 2011Travon Free, now a comedian, shared his true self with the world in 2011.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 25, 2011