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Longtime Outsporter Layne (aka Mariner Duck Guy) has put together a college football pick-em, and he wants you to join! Many other Outsporters are playing, and we’d love to see you be a part of it! It’s the closest thing to a gay BCS championship we have! We’ll have ocassional updates on the pick-em standings […]

For many Americans, the start of college football and the NFL signals the the beginning of autumn. But for many others, it’s the U.S. Open that ushers in the changing of the seasons. On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal will try for the second year to complete a career Grand Slam; But Roger Federer won […]

Equality California will host a Malibu-based swim event on Sept. 25, and to kick off the final month of fundraising for the event they are hosting a pool party this Labor Day Weekend! The event is Saturday, Sept. 4, from 12noon-4pm at a gorgeous private home in Palm Springs. Tickets are $40 if purchased in […]

The Milwaukee Bucks star pays off a bet by dancing to Lady Gaga (video below), but lest anyone even wonder if he's gay, he tweets this: @SHANCIEE NAw A bet is a bet……… I’M A MAN ABOUT IT!!!! I STILL GOT MORE GIRLIES THEN U The Milwaukee Bucks star pays off a bet by dancing […]

In the last week we’ve heard of male athlete characters coming out of the closet on three shows: Degrassi, Glee and 90210. All of these shows target teens and twentysomethings. Why is this new trend taking hold now, and what effect can it have on our culture? We talk about the growing presence of these […]

Thanks to Trackpic for these superb shots of Thorkildsen of Norway, the best javelin thrower in the world. They were taken at the European track and field championships, where Thorkildsen won the event. Wrote Trackpic: This was my first opportunity to photograph him, and I was very pleasantly surprised by his helpfulness. Even when concentrating […]

Three days, three TV shows we feature that have or will have new openly gay athletes on the show. 90210‘s Teddy, the womanizing tennis pro (played by Trevor Donovan), will come out of the closet this season and embark on a relationship with another man this season. Executive producer Rebecca Sinclair explained how the story […]

Gotta love The Onion: Across the NFL, gay players are shaking off the rust of a long offseason, contending with the rigors of learning the playbook, and competing with their teammates—some of whom are younger, some of whom are stronger, some of whom are also gay—for a spot on a 53-man roster. Gotta love The […]

We mentioned yesterday that the show “Glee” will have a character who is a gay quarterback. We now hear from a reader that the show “Degrassi” already has introduced a character, Riley, who is a gay football player. “Degrassi” is a Canadian show that can be seen on Teen Nick in the U.S. Never having […]

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald has had enough of in-camp fighting between his team members, and the Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein reported on Fitzgerald’s unique way of dealing with it. Via Twitter: Funniest moment from #Northwestern practice: Two players scuffle, take some swings at each other’s helmets … You guys are idiots!” Fitz (head coach Pat […]

Billy Van Raaphorst, the openly gay umpire who was the subject of a homophobic tirade by a manager who has since lost his job, spoke in Edmonton last weekend. What is cool is that Van Raaphorst was invited to Edmonton by the company that owns the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers and the Edmonton Capitals, the minor […]

It looks like a gay (or at least curious) athlete will soon be a part of the hit show GLEE. The uber-gay Kurt Hummel is about to get a boyfriend, and it’s going to be the quarterback of the football team. According to E!: Rumors that new cast member Chord Overstreet [right] will play Chris […]

There is a terrific feature from Chicago Tribune writer Brian Hamilton today about new Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist. The guy gets involved in a lot of causes and is not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. Ending homophobia appears to be one of those causes. On a July afternoon, Crist, a […]

Dallas, Austin and Boston beat the rain and take other division titles By Cyd Zeigler The Gay Softball World Series in Columbus, Ohio, saw something the event had never seen in its 34 years: A tie for one of the championships. The Orlando Force and the Los Angeles Vipers shared the A-Division title when heavy […]

Columnist Mark McGuire of the Albany Times-Union paper in upstate New York posits that having an openly pro gay male athlete will happen sooner than most people think. As he wrote in his Sunday column: The first openly gay player in a major North American team sport will be revealed in the not-too-distant future. Columnist […]

Pitchers are only as good as their outfielders. The Hiroshima Carp proved this yesterday evening as their centerfielder Soichiro Amaya made an absolutely incredible catch. Watch it here: Now, that's impressive. But here's something that's even more impressive… This is the second time the Carp pull this off this year! (Video after the jump…) Pitchers […]

Bama QB Greg McElroy No surprise, but defending BCS champ Alabama is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as No. 1 in college football, if the preseason AP poll is accurate. The Tide garnered 54 of the 59 first-place votes. Rounding out the Top 5 are Ohio State, Boise State, Florida and Texas. It's Boise State […]

The 2010 European swimming and diving championships were held this month in Budapest, Hungary. And thanks to G. Scala at Deepbluemedia.eu, we were able to put together a photo gallery from the event. One of my favorites is this French foursome who got real close to each after a relay win: The 2010 European swimming […]

The headline is 100% accurate. On Twitpic, Chad Ochocinco of the Cincinnati Bengals is posing with a towel that looks like … well, just see the picture below. "Ladies only — after my surgery," he writes. Yes, we possibly can't have any of them gays staring. The headline is 100% accurate. On Twitpic, Chad Ochocinco […]

The Orlando Force and Orlando Fireball Run Driver took the top seeds after pool play of the A- and D-divisions (respectively) of the open competition at the Gay Softball World Series in Columbus, Ohio. The Boston Alley Gators won the pool play in Division B, and the Dallas Fuse have taken the top seed in […]