Sports

This celebration might happen again, and at a reasonable hour. One of my sports pet peeves has been the starting time and length of postseason baseball games, particularly the World Series. It has always been baseball's showcase event and, in those olden days when games were played on weekday afternoons, kids of all ages and […]

The Belgium bodybuilding championships were canceled this weekend after all the bodybuilders fled the building where the competition was being held. Their reason? Anti-doping officials had shown up unannounced to administer drug tests. “I have never seen anything like it and hope never to see anything like it again,” doping official Hans Cooman told AP. […]

Our story a couple weeks ago about former openly gay college football captain Brian Sims received a lot of attention, and Sims himself got tons of reaction. He said he received hundreds of emails and they are still coming in. Brian has spent hours and hours responding to all of the messages, taking the opportunity […]

Super Bowl champ James Harrison, who had an eye-popping interception return for a touchdown to end the first half of the Super Bowl, said he won’t join the Pittsburgh Steelers when they make their trip to the White House to honor their title. If you want to see the Pittsburgh Steelers, invite us when we […]

Tony Kornheiser has resigned his post as “analyst” for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” and will be replaced by Jon Gruden. I have no idea how good Gruden will be, but being better than Kornhieser will basically require him just to breathe. The week is off to a great start! Kornheiser said he was leaving because […]

Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal in the Madrid final…on clay! Injuries catch up to Rockets and Celtics as Lakers and Magic reach Conference Semifinals. Phelps loses again in Charlotte. Illinois head football coach Ron Zook is posting some odd Tweets at 2 A.M. Rachel Alexandra is the first filly to win the Preakness in 85 […]

I am always interested by the variety of different sports practiced throughout the world, so a big thanks to Finneye for this image and link to a photo gallery about Senegalese wrestling. Wrote photographer David Lacina: It is … the most popular sport in Senegal, also called Laamb in local language. Traditionally, young men used […]

In one of those quirky situations, it appears that Denver is supposed to host game 4 of the Western Conference Finals of the NBA on Monday the 25th. The only problem is, the venue is already sold out for another event the same night — WWE Monday Night Raw. Vince McMahon in typical understated, classy […]

Consider this part shameless plug, but mostly informational for the few fisherman on this site. My uncle, Norm Zeigler, has been a journalist and author for 30 years, focusing largely on hunting and fishing. Norm’s even the inventor of a very successful snook fly, Norm’s Crystal Schminnow. He recently opened a shop near his home […]

When the U.S. men’s water polo team made a surprise appearance in the gold-medal game in Beijing, team captain Tony Azevedo was a bright spot for the team, scoring four goals on five shots (they lost to Hungary, 14-10). The Stanford grad comes from a water polo powerhouse family, with his father and sister finding […]

By Ross FormanOutsports.com More than 1,100 LGBT volleyball players from around the world, including some former Division I college players, will be in Chicago May 22-24 for the 27th annual North American Gay Volleyball Association Championships. About 135 teams are expected, with about eight players per team, for play in four divisions. “The tournament is […]

A Turkish soccer referee forced from his job for being gay revealed his identity on national television Saturday in a plea for tolerance. While homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, there are no nondiscrimination laws for sexual orientation and moves are afoot to ban LGBT groups. Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, 33, was forced from his job […]

The fans of 30 teams in the NFL have just breathed a sigh of relief. EA Sports has revealed the cover athletes for Madden 10, and as you can see, we’re going to get two horrific injuries/derailed careers this year instead of just one! Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Larry Fitzgerald of the […]

It's gonna be an interesting race. Kentucky Derby upset winner Mine That Bird faces an out-of-left-field challenge from Rachel Alexandra. She's the super-filly who won the Kentucky Oaks the day before the Derby, by an astounding 20 lengths. Calvin Borel, who piloted Bird from way behind, rode Rachel to a similar tactical win on the […]

Paul Bockwoldt There is a terrific photo and audio essay on the New York Times.com profiling Paul Bockwoldt, a 28-year-old financial analyst who is straight but plays for the gay-oriented Gotham Knights Rugby club. Bockwoldt's brother John is gay and also plays on the team. Paul is very articulate in discussing how being on John's […]

Kristian Ipsen is a young man rising quickly up the world of diving. At a Bay Area meet yesterday, Ipsen received a perfect score: 10s from all five judges. He was recently named to the USA Diving roster, teamed up with Troy Dumais in the men’s 3-meter synchro. He recently beat Dumais for gold at […]

Both the Magic and the Rockets force Game 7s against the defending conference champs. Phelps finishes 2nd in his first race back, proof that marijuana does impede motor skills. University of North Dakota and NCAA cave to the demands of a minority of Native Americans and will change their mascot. Please oh PLEASE will some […]

I have no idea the point of this Japanese game for the Wii. But since it's from Japan, the promo video certainly is wacky enough to be entertaining. Hat tip to Queerty. I have no idea the point of this Japanese game for the Wii. But since it's from Japan, the promo video certainly is […]

Sorry, Wrigley Field is unavailable for the Western Conference finals. Besides, it’s a bit too warm. Sometimes, even the blind squirrel finds the acorn. That's one way of looking at the fact that I not only called all four conference semifinal series winners, but also correctly predicted that no series would go less than six […]

Former Canadian and Olympic skating star Elvis Stojko says he does not hate gays and blamed this perception on what he said was bad editing in a TV piece on efforts by Skate Canada to butch up the sport. Stojko made his case in a Toronto Star column. “There’s been such a backlash,” a stunned […]