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Over the holidays I got to watch a reality show most definitely worth watching, and with a couple lead characters truly worth cheering for. 650-Pound Virgin features David Smith who was, just a couple years ago, 650 pounds. While people that large are told their only hope is stomach surgery, David did it by changing […]

Forget the concept of ‘momentum;’ wild card picks, Welker injury huge for Patriots, hot player of the week. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw Week 17 of the NFL: Before I delve into my playoff picks, I wanted to write about the biggest myth concerning the playoffs — that of "momentum." It doesn't exist any […]

We featured several dozen athletes in our Weekend Hot Jock series this year, so we figured we’d start the new year with a recap of the best of 2009. Maybe the top standout was Minnesota wide receiver Eric Decker. See other top picks after the jump… We featured several dozen athletes in our Weekend Hot […]

I like hockey, but don’t watch much until the NHL playoffs. But for the past three years, I’ve spent part of New Year’s Day watching the Winter Classic, games played outdoors. It’s a great concept and much more compelling than watching just another bowl game. This year's was played at Fenway Park and saw the […]

As we wind down another great year at Outsports, we also start a new one. Various conversations and blog comments in the last month have left me wondering what our readers truly want more of in the new year. Please tell us in the poll below and in the comments what you’d actually spend time […]

Let’s preempt any comment from readers asking, “What has this post got to do with sports?” Absolutely nothing. I have no idea if these International Jock underwear models are jocks and don’t care; the company was nice enough to send us pics of their monthly 2009 models. Consider this holiday eye candy, our version of […]

If you’re like me, you’ve spent much of the last month stuffing your face with Christmas cookies, cake and egg nog. And now you’re looking to shed the 2, 5, 10 pounds you’ve packed in since Thanksgiving dinner rolled around. I’ve noticed the gym as packed as I’ve ever seen it over the last few […]

While I hated that the Colts yanked their starters in the third quarter Sunday against the Jets and then lost their first game of the season, the way they did it seems to have defanged the 1972 17-0 Miami Dolphins. The Fins every year pop the champagne corks when the last unbeaten team loses. It […]

It’s rare that Jim (a Colts fan) and I (a Patriots fan) agree on anything either team does. But we agree on this: The Colts really stunk up the joint by pulling their starters with the ball, up 5 in the third quarter against the Jets. Some people seize the opportunity for greatness; others turn […]

Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite directors because of how deeply he delves into the characters in his films. Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, Gran Torino…these are great character studies that each left me emotionally drained. In Invictus, Eastwood had the opportunity to share with us the lives of two great men; Instead, the surface-level […]

This weekend Sarah Thomas became the first woman to officiate a college bowl game, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (Marshall beat Ohio, 21-17). The Mississippi mother of two is in her first season officiating college football and earned high enough marks to place her in a bowl game. Thomas said: It was a little uncomfortable […]

The final Monday Night Football game of the season was a doozy — Bears 36, Vikings 30 in overtime on a Jay Cutler 39-yard touchdown pass to Devin Aromashodu. The end spoiled a terrific comeback by the Vikings, who scored 30 second-half points. It also continued a tailspin that has seen Minnesota lose three of […]

There was a weird segment on Fox's pregame show (video below) where the panel was discussing a picture of Howie Long naked when he was a player for the Raiders. The context was comic Frank Caliendo's NFL picks. He was doing a lame impersonation of George W. Bush doing a standup routine and mentioned a […]

Indy decides to take a knee against the Jets and loses a chance at perfection; the NFC playoff field is set; clueless in New Orleans and hot player of the week. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw Week 16 in the NFL: The Indianapolis Colts lost their first game Sunday after beginning their season 14-0. […]

Every once in a while we bring you an athlete-turned-model in our hot jocks series. And given Gabe Johansen’s body, I can’t imagine anyone complaining. He’s also a trainer in L.A., like just about everyone in L.A. with his physique. Something to keep you warm this chilly weekend, after the jump… Every once in a […]

Fox Sports in L.A. shot a too-wide angle during a locker room interview and caught a brief glimpse of Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown exposing his naked butt while changing. It's so quick I missed it the first time: Fox Sports in L.A. shot a too-wide angle during a locker room interview and caught a […]

I am enjoying the reports out of Minnesota about how quarterback Brett Favre has no problem letting Coach Brad Childress who is running the team, and that it’s not Chilly. On Sunday, Favre refused to leave the game when asked by Childress, with the quarterback airing the dispute publicly after, and not keeping it in-house. […]

Photographer William Yang recently got Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham to sit down for a photo shoot. I love the outcome. Yang took raw images of Mitcham and his great smile and wrote on the prints. The series is called simply “Photographing Matthew Mitcham” and is presently displayed at a gallery in Sydney. Unfortunately, it looks […]

People around the world react to rugger Gareth Thomas coming out as gay.