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Team takes its sixth straight title at national gay volleyball championships. A record number of teams take part in Chicago event. By Ross FormanOutsports.com The Hermosa Beaches dynasty just keeps rolling along. The eight-player team based in the Los Angeles area, which includes several former Division I college players, captured its sixth consecutive top-tiered AA-Division […]

With so many athletes and other sports figures jumping onto the Twitter bandwagon (and odd little stories popping up as a result), I think it's time for a new feature: Sports Tweet of the Week. I hate using the term "tweet" for the maximum-140-character messages, but I guess I'll have to go with the flow…and […]

Dana White Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, says that fighters and fans of the sport would embrace an openly gay fighter. This is the same Dana White who apologized recently for using an anti-gay slur. In an interview (video below) following the May 23 UFC card, White was asked about how […]

Jason Rogers is a fencer for the United States. His specialty is sabre, and he won a team silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing; He also competed in Athens in 2004. Previously, he had won bronze medals in sabre at the NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2003. He’s also smart, having graduated summa […]

Denver Nuggets get win in L.A., still wrestling with the Iron Sheik. UConn and South Florida beat a five-hour rain delay with a dance-off. Will straight white guys dance to anything but Soulja Boy? Pittsburgh Penguins take 2-0 lead over Hurricanes. Virginia, Syracuse, Duke and Cornell play men’s lacrosse Final Four this weekend. Jets and […]

The NBA conference finals have been incredible so far — four games decided by a total of seven points. Lakers-Nuggets and Cavaliers-Magic each tied at 1-1. The best, though, was the astonishing end to Game 2 between the Cavs and Magic on Friday. Orlando led, 95-93, with one second left and was thisclose to taking […]

New doc about Johnny Weir delivers humor and drama on and off the ice By Cyd Zeigler jr. He may not be the most successful figure skater on the ice, but he is probably the most well-known. His antics at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games introduced the world to his unique style and wit, and […]

A win in Paris will give him five consecutive titles. By Rich RodriguezOutsports.comSpring has sprung and that means one thing: clay-court tennis and the season's second major, the French Open. It's a time when the ubiquitous power games on both the ATP World Tour and WTA Tour take a back seat to strategy, guile, and […]

Longtime gay-rights advocate and sports fan David Mixner yesterday issued a call for a National March on Washington for gay rights. It was followed up today by Cleve Jones, friend of Harvey Milk and creator of the National AIDS Quilt, who wants to see the march happen on National Coming Out Day, October 11. That […]

No, really. In just three years, the organizers of the Gay Games and Outgames have largely put aside their differences and are offering words of encouragement and genuine help to one another. Last week the Federation of Gay Games released this statement: On behalf of the international Federation of Gay Games, we would like to […]

Australian sprint champion Matt Shirvington cut a 3:30 video ad for Jockey that shows him running in nothing but his undies. The ad supposedly “demonstrates the fit, control and support of the Jockey Performance underwear.” Perhaps, but it’s hard to take your eyes off what’s bouncing slightly below the Jockey label and by the ripped […]

Michael Vick is released from prison. Lakers take Game 1 against the Nuggets, 105-103. This could be a good series. L.A. Clippers win NBA Draft Lottery; Criticism runs high, given that the worst team (Kings) only has a 25% chance of actually getting the first pick in the draft. Brawl at Kansas City Royals game […]

Mark Sanchez photo by Carter Smith Former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez was drafted by the New York Jets and it didn't take him long to wind up in the glamour game. GQ has a photo gallery called "Built for the Beach." There's nothing doughy about Sanchez. (Hat tip to Deadspin). Mark Sanchez photo by Carter […]

Houston Rocket Ron Artest has dabbled in rap, even releasing an album. But you have to call everything you’ve ever heard from him, including his music taste, into question with the revelation that he thinks the Subway “Five Dollar Footlong” jingle is one of the best songs he’s ever heard. Read it and weep: Five […]

Comcast Cable got the NFL to back down from demands for their NFL Network and got them to reduce their monthly rate to 15 cents per subscriber, which opens the door for the Network to show up on other cable operators. Speaking of the NFL Network, they’re mad at Jon Gruden because he skipped out […]

It’s not often that a pro jock — especially one from a storied family — goes shirtless in a commercial pitch. So it was with great interest when I caught the new TV spot for Gillette Fusion Razors over the weekend featuring Marco Andretti, the IndyCar star and grandson of the racing legend. To be […]

The gays seem to be all atwitter about the pilot for the new series Glee that Fox aired after American Idol tonight. It seems many of them are relating to the themes of being picked on by jocks and singing songs from Grease. I had been excited for it as the previews looked great, but […]

There's another chapter in the strange tale of my current favorite sad-sack team, the 2009 Washington Nationals. Tuesday night's 8-5, 10-inning loss to the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates marked the sixth consecutive game in which the Nats scored at least five runs and still lost. According to STATS, LLC such a streak has only happened three […]

Last month, Australian rugby league player David Williams was declared the winner of the 2009 King of the Hardwood contest after the competition's creator, friend of Outsports Layne (aka Mariner Duck Guy on the Discussion Board), threw out votes for LA Dodger Brad Ausmus due to an online ballot-stuffing campaign. It was unfortunate that the […]