Sports

Blake Griffin was the first player selected in the NBA draft (by the L.A. Clippers), and already people are grading each team’s draft. The one grade many gay men can agree on: Minnesota’s selection of Ricky Rubio (right) makes many of us Timberwolves fans. If he plays. Blake Griffin was the first player selected in […]

Jorge Lopez, with his San Diego flag football team at the 2006 Gay Games. Tragedy struck at the second annual Pride Bowl gay flag football tournament in Chicago, when Jorge Lopez, a player for the Michigan Panthers, passed out on the sidelines during a Friday game and died shortly thereafter. The cause of death, while […]

Jeff Pearlman of Sports Illustrated, writing on his blog, has a priceless story of how in 1998 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Elvis Grbac came to be named People magazine’s Sexiest Athlete. Suffice it to say, it was all a mistake. Not wanting to simply lift Pearlman's whole post, I invite you to go read it […]

Juan Martin del Potro became the highest seeded men's casualty today in Wimbledon's second round. The fifth seeded Argentine lost 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 to 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt who was the steadier of the two ballers. The Aussie hit 43 winners to only 14 errors, 14 aces, 23 of 28 net approaches, and converted 4 […]

Texas Rangers OF Marlon Byrd has said he’s taking supplements at the direction of BALCO’s Victor Conte. This just in: He’s having Michael Vick dog-sit this weekend. LSU wins College World Series over Texas. Rodney Harrison calls Favre’s on-again-off-again five-year retirement tour “ridiculous.” Lleyton Hewitt has pulled off Wimbledon’s first big upset, ousting No. 5 […]

Good morning fellow Outsportsters. During the overnight hours, Cleveland and Phoenix worked out a mega-deal. Shaquille O’Neal has been traded by Phoenix to the Cavaliers in exchange for Sasha Pavlovic and Ben Wallace. This is a straight-up salary dump for the Suns, Pavlovic is probably getting cut within the month and Ben Wallace has made […]

How much are the attitudes of people in sports and the general society toward gay people changing? The gay Turkish soccer referee who was outed and fired by the Turkish football federation, Halil Ibrahim Dincdag, is fighting back and has found a groundswell of support, all thanks to the fact that he didn’t hide but […]

The 2009 World Outgames kick off with the Opening Ceremony in Copenhagen on Saturday, July 25. As the clock ticks down on training for the anticipated 5,000 sporting participants, writer Ross Forman This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is profiling Outgames athletes in a continuing series. […]

Oguchi Onyewe of the U.S. This has to be one of the bigger sports upsets in a while: The U.S. men's soccer team beat Spain, 2-0, to reach the finals of the Confederation Cup in South Africa. How dominant had Spain been? It was the first defeat in 35 internationals for the European champions, a […]

Being down the street from Nike world headquarters has its perks … and apparently its drawbacks. The ever-molting Oregon Ducks have again changed their football uniforms. This season they will have five different jerseys that they will wear: Black, green, yellow and two white. They’ve also thrown in some silver, for good measure. As opposed […]

Maria Sharapova’s road to recovery hit a major speed bump as she was knocked out of Wimbledon’s second round. The 24th seeded Russian glamazon, who lost out in the same round last year, was defeated by Argentine Gisela Dulko 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and was the victim of 9 double faults, 27 errors, and a determined […]

San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis might have the best physique in the NFL — tall, sculpted, all muscle. But he “hates that they don’t have enough high fashion designers for guys with my build.” It seems like an odd complaint until you realize that Davis is very much into clothes and looking good […]

Three Dallas Cowboy offensive lineman have signed a deal to put out a heavy metal album. Good think the ‘Boys got rid of T.O. and all of those distractions!! San Antonio Spurs trade three players (including Bruce Bowen) for Milwaukee’s Richard Jefferson. I’m just gonna steal Fark’s headline for this one because it’s so perfect: […]

European athletes continue to give us plenty to look at. The latest are some elite Italian swimmers who are the featured models for a new Dolce & Gabbana underwear campaign. Pictures after the jump. European athletes continue to give us plenty to look at. The latest are some elite Italian swimmers who are the featured […]

The USTA’s Missouri Valley magazine CrossCourt has a new story up about the Kansas City gay tennis group, the Kansas City Tennis Alliance. They even put the group on the cover of the magazine with the headline: Breaking Barriers, A KC Group Shares the Love. The magazine features tennis for all ages and all types, […]

Training Rules producer and director Dee Mosbacher wrote a short piece about how homophobia still rules in sports. In it she talks about the prevalence of homophobia in women’s sports despite the advances that society and some in sports have made. She lays out succinctly the biggest difference between gay men and lesbians playing elite […]

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto, the team’s best hitter, has been on the disabled list since May 30 with what the team has termed “stress-related issues.” The team and Votto have been vague about what is causing his stress, so that has kicked the rumor mill into high gear in Cincinnati. One popular conclusion? […]

Roger Federer made his Wimbledon Centre Court debut today in his usual flair (couldn't Nike get him a better bag this year?) for his match against Chinese Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu and his quest for a sixth Championship and record-breaking 15th major. The 5-time champ was in solid form today disposing of his foe 7-5, 6-3, […]

Congratulations to Lucas Glover, who notched his second tour victory today that happened to come at the U.S. Open on one of the toughest courses around: Bethpage Black. His 4-under final score was enough to hold off Phil Mickelson (who has now finished second in the tournament more than anyone else) and David Duval, both […]

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo often appears wearing short shorts and bathing suits. While some call it a “fashion crime,” others are obviously flocking to it as stores report a recent spike in sales of short shorts. According to Reuters: British department stores group Debenhams (DEB.L) said on Thursday sales of skimpy shorts leapt over 117 […]