Sports

There’s been a lot of talk about the sexual orientation of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Much of it has centered around this photo of her playing softball or baseball years ago. Whereas men playing sports are assumed by the general population to be straight, women playing sports are assumed to be gay. Like I’ve […]

Our podcast this week features an interview with Blake Skejellerup, the New Zealand short track speedskater who is openly gay. He is living in Canada, where he is able to train full time. He was a terrific guest, lively and funny as he spoke about his career and life on the short track circuit for […]

Paul Bissonnette doesn't mind getting (mostly) naked in public.

Via SportsbyBROOKS, we learn that Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett took a shower live on the Internet, reportedly to win a $1,000 bet. On his Twitter account, Dockett wanted to make it known that he did didn’t want any dudes staring at his 6-4, 285-pound frame: Via SportsbyBROOKS, we learn that Arizona Cardinals defensive […]

This is a little late in coming, but the eternally modest Helen Carroll didn’t let us know about it earlier this year, and I just stumbled across it. Helen (third from left) was inducted into the UNC Asheville Athletic Department’s Hall of Fame in February, one of four people inducted. Above and beyond everything she’s […]

Equality California will host a Malibu-based swim event on Sept. 25, and to kick off a summer of raising money and awareness for the event they are hosting a pool party this Memorial Day Weekend! The event is Saturday, May 29, from 12noon-4pm in the Hollywood Hills. Tickets are $40 if purchased in advance. The […]

From Vanity Fair, a short video of some of the World Cup stars featured in the Annie Leibovitz photo shoot in the upcoming issue. I would love to know where to buy that World Cup underwear shown briefly in the beginning: From Vanity Fair, a short video of some of the World Cup stars featured […]

Elite competitive swimmer Jeff Commings, who still swims in master’s meets, is coming out with a book later this month that chronicles his life as a swimmer who also happens to be gay and black. Here is the press release about the book (which can be bought here): Books written by gay athletes in diving, […]

What in the name of all things decent was Kobe Bryant thinking? He was featured in an L.A. Times Magazine article a couple weekends ago in a story called, “Kobe Bryant: White Hot.” In the photo spread, he’s dressed in all white…and in the gayest outfits I’ve ever seen. If he showed up at the […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Spanish soccer player caught seemingly getting intimate with a teammate last week (in the brown jacket), was asked about it over the weekend. His answer to all the rumors: He’ll have lesbian sex to prove he’s straight. Come over to my house with your sister, and I’ll show you I'm not gay! […]

Lambda Basketball, the Los Angeles-area gay basketball group, will hold a fun player auction and fundraiser at Here lounge, May 30. The proceeds will help pay for players to go to the Gay Games in Cologne later this summer. And one of the raffle prizes is a round trip ticket from Los Angeles to Cologne […]

Andrew McIntosh (New York Times photo) Today's New York Times profiles Andrew McIntosh, the lacrosse player at Oneonta University in New York, who came out publicly as gay in a column for Outsports. From the Times article: But this season, the team is developing a new reputation — as models of tolerance — after one […]

Congratulations to out Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham, who is the new face of Funky Trunks, a swimwear company that features gorgeous patterns in very tight swimsuits. Some had complained that Mitcham had not been able to land any endorsement deals post-Olympics, so we’re glad he’s found a home in some very hot swimsuits. By the […]

For your Friday viewing pleasure, Broadway dancers perform all sorts of homoerotic acts wearing football gear. I am not sure who created it, but the video even begins with a brief snippet of the CBS NFL theme and Hank Williams Jr. singing “Are You Ready for Football.” Music is “Let It Rock” by Kevin Rudolf. […]

It’s not a big deal to see European athletes seemingly in romantic embraces or kissing. It happens all the time, particularly in soccer. But this photo of Barcelona soccer players Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerard Pique has many people atwitter. I’m not sure it’s “two lovers whispering words of love,” but those jeans would be the […]

Nick Ring, a competitor on the current season of “The Ultimate Fighter” is either openly gay or so comfortable with his sexuality that he doesn’t care if everyone else thinks he gay. After all, no other MMA fighter, when asked if he was gay, would answer, “No, but my boyfriend is.” Nor would they have […]

ESPN polled Major League Baseball players on what they think the reaction in the clubhouse would be to having a gay teammate and the reaction was mixed. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being no big deal and 10 it being a huge deal, the average was 5.1. A 5 on the scale grabbed […]

We got a copy of newly out Country singer Chely Wright’s new autobiography, “Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer“, and quickly scanned it for a sports angle. We knew she had dated NFL quarterback Brett Favre, so we were hoping for some juice. Instead: Nada. No mention of Favre or any other pro-sports […]

New Zealand short track speed skater Blake Skjellerup, who competed in the Vancouver Olympics, has come out as gay in an interview with writer Lee Suckling in the Australian magazine DNA (disclosure: I am quoted in the article). Skjellerup says that he walked around Vancouver during the Games hand in hand with his boyfriend and […]

DT Geno Atkins was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the NFL Draft last month. But before that, Atkins had at least one interesting question posed by an NFL team in a pre-draft inerview. “The only unusual question I got was if I was straight or gay,” said new Bengals defensive […]