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Lakers nearly blow 22-point lead, eliminate Jazz. Nuggest pound Hornets by 58. San Jose Sharks one of the few No. 1 seeds to ever lose in the first round. Will next year’s NFL Draft start Thursday?? Another lesson in taxpayers building teams a stadium: Colts won’t be giving back any money to help the City […]

It’s amazing to us how athletes stumble across Outsports and decide to tell their story for the first time. The latest is Brian Sims, a former college football captain at Bloomsburg University who was openly gay during his senior season run to the National Championship game in 2000. He found Outsports in part through longtime […]

Brian Sims led his Bloomsburg University team to Division II Championship game By Cyd Zeigler jr. In the autumn of 2000, we at Outsports had run the story of Greg Congdon, a high school football player in Troy, Penn., who had been run off the team because he was gay. At the same time, 100 […]

Australia rugby league player David “Wolfman” Williams is the 2009 King of the Hardwood winner, besting 63 other athletes in the NCAA tournament-like contest. Williams was declared the winner when contest organizer Layne (Mariner Duck Guy on our Discussion Board) threw out the votes for fellow finalist Brad Ausmus for suspected vote stuffing. Yes, someone […]

Here’s a clip you need to see: Ben Gordon’s crotch-grabbing strut up the court after hitting a 3-pointer today that put Game 4 of the Bulls-Celtics series into a second overtime (video below; crotch-grab replay at 43 seconds). You had to see the replay to catch all of that glory, but you only had one […]

Ryan Succop, (pronounced “suck-up”) a kicker from the University of South Carolina, is this year’s Mr. Irrelevant, named after the final player taken in the NFL Draft. Succop, drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, was the 256th player taken. At 6-3 and 224 pounds, he’s also got a muscular body not normally associated with kickers […]

He was the first pick in the 2007 Australian Rules Football League draft, but Matthew Kreuzer has stayed off the gay radar screens until now. The 6-foot-6, 205-pound ruck and forward plays for Carlton Football Club; Last year he was an AFL Rising Star nominee. If you're into tall and toned, look no further than […]

MLB’s pink bats coming back. Forget a Super Bowl matchup: Cardinals and Steelers latest victims of Madden curse. Don Banks‘ latest NFL mock draft. Todd McShay’s latest (even though he generally doesn’t know what he’s talking about). Did you bet on Toledo basketball or football from 2003-2006? You may have gotten scammed. Is a London-based […]

Talk about inflation — the Detroit Lions have signed Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford to a $70+ million contract with $41.7 million guaranteed. The Lions, 0-16 in 2008, will pick Stafford first in Saturday’s NFL Draft. In contrast, two years ago, the top pick, quarterback Jamrcus Russell by the Raiders, got “only” $29 million guaranteed. It […]

Alain Bernard in his Arena suit. France's Alain Bernard became the first man to swim the 100-meter freestyle in less than 47 seconds when he went 46.94 in the semifinals of the French championships. His time beat the old world record mark of 47.05 set by Australia's Eamon Sullivan. But Bernard's new swimsuit made by […]

Are they the newest tabloid-cover couple? Michael Phelps is apparently “dating” Miss California Carrie Prejean. Prejean is now best known for her answer to a question posed by Perez Hilton in the Miss USA competition about same-sex marriage. Said Prejean: We live in a land that you can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage […]

North Carolina Tar Heels going from the penthouse to the outhouse. Boston Bruins win first playoff series in 10 years by sweeping their Canadien rivals. Quidditch continues to grow, now being played at Univ. of Wisconsin. Further evidence that Matt Millen is the scum of the NFL. Hawks mascot delays game; Hawks players blow homecourt […]

Tom Daley at the 2008 Olympics. Here is a story that made my blood boil: British diving sensation Tom Daley, 14, has been forced to stay home from school in Plymouth, England, after being constantly attacked by bullies at his school. His parents said that the bullying began when he started Year 10 in September, […]

Since 2000, many of the NFL players selected on the cover of the latest version of the Madden video game have suffered cruel fates like injury, retirement or subpar seasons (List here). So I wonder if the nine finalists for this year’s game cover have renewed their life insurance policies: Steelers S Troy Polamalu, Colts […]

Thanks to the guys at OhLaLa for highlighting the beautiful work of German photographer Rasmus Kaessmann. His water polo series is striking and revealing. Few people ever see the battle that goes on below the surface in a water polo match; While the match he captured was staged, the grabbing, tugging, pushing and near drowning […]

In an interview with the Telegraph of London, openly gay gold medal-winning diver Matthew Mitcham says he remains puzzled by his lack of endorsements and hopes that homophobia is not the cause. In February, Mitcham signed his only deal to date with an Australian telecom. Although he insists he has had nothing but positive feedback […]

After 18 years in the NBA, 42-year-old Dikembe Mutombo says his career is over. Why Wake Forest’s Aaron Curry wants to be picked by the Detroit Lions for a below-market contract is beyond me. Big guy William “The Refrigerator” Perry is in critical condition but expected to recover. Carolina Hurricanes score with 0.2 seconds left […]

Manchester United won its Premier League game Wednesday with a 2-0 win against Portsmouth. Wayne Rooney’s early marking on the game and a late goal from Michael Carrick (pictured) sent below-par United back to the top spot ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League by three points. Man UTD. has 74 points with six matches […]

In March, a group of Danish Greco-Roman wrestlers went to Iran to train and to spread a little diplomacy, wrestling-style. The Danish website Politiken has a great gallery of 16 images from the event. I love the contrast in many of the images. My favorite, below, is of the Ayatollah looking down as a couple […]