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Number thirty-one in a series. Broadcast: Pittsburgh Pirates on FSN Pittsburgh, Chicago Cubs at Pirates, 8/26/08; Announcers: Lanny Frattare (play-by-play), Steve Blass (analyst) A confession: I actually watched a Pirates-Mets game about ten days earlier, with Lanny Frattare and Bob Walk. Days later, when I looked at my notes, I found that I had written […]

Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley is sorry that anyone saw his penis on his blog (background here). On his blog, under the headline "We're Dumb," Cooley wrote this: Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley is sorry that anyone saw his penis on his blog (background here). On his blog, under the headline “We’re Dumb,” […]

Growing up in a Mormon house with five athletic brothers and a football coach father taught Rory Ray (photo) lessons about himself, sports and family. It also unwittingly helped prepare him for his latest gig as a member of an ensemble cast on the newest entrant into reality television. Growing up in a Mormon house […]

Please, Michael Phelps, for the love of God and all things decent, please, oh please, never ever accept another role on television. For the future of television, please, just say, "No thank you." Michael Phelps last night became one of the goofiest hosts of Saturday Night Live ever. And most uncomfortable. And unfunniest. I didn't […]

(Updated with new info at the end.) Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley seems like a cool guy. He once said he lost at Fantasy Football against a friend who had Cooley as his tight end on a day where Cooley scored three times. He also has a nifty blog, but that caused him a […]

How can you not like a wide receiver with amazing hands, terrific speed and toughness … and he reads Dostoevsky? That’s Indianapolis Colts second-year stud Anthony Gonzalez, who is fast becoming a go-to guy for Peyton Manning. He had nine catches for 137 yards and his heady lateral to Reggie Wayne after a 58-yard catch […]

With two weeks left in the regular season there's a lot of excitement still to be found in major league baseball. Sunday night, Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs no-hit the Houston Astros, 5-0. Zambrano hadn't pitched September 2 due to a sore rotator cuff, making the feat even more amazing. It's the first Cubs […]

In mostly lopsided set of victories for the top teams in the land, a couple notable teams managed only a scoreboard three-spot: Auburn, Ohio State. In a game I didn't watch, but wish I had, Auburn squeaked out a one point victory over Mississippi State. In a game I did watch, but wish I hadn't, […]

It's time for another weekly edition of college football's Dirty Dozen ranking the Top 12 teams in the country. This week, I was able to watch one of the nation's best teams in person, as I went to the Wisconsin-Fresno State game. After managing to catch some highlights of the Ohio State-USC blowout on TiVo, […]

A horrible call and bad kharma hurt the Chargers, the Vikings pull an el foldo against the Colts, Cyd sees the Pats win without Brady, and stick a fork in the SeahawksHow Cyd and Jim saw Week 2 of the NFL: Thanks to my friend Sergio Turbay (thanks Serge!), I got to watch the Pats-Jets […]

Michael Phelps hosts Saturday Night Live tonight. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Athletes rarely do well with SNL because, well, they’re not actors. Have you seen the Phelps Rosetta Stone commercial? Be very VERY afraid. Athletes have been the stars of a few select GREAT skits, though. The Stuart Smalley-Michael Jordan bit is fantastic. But […]

After he won the Haskell on August 4th — barely –the horse disappeared from public view. He hadn't shown the fire of his earlier races. The IEAH Stables were clearly worried. His loud-talking trainer Rick Dutrow was talking less. They wanted him, and his problem feet, to get a good rest while they figured out […]

It's not performance-enhancing to mix Red Bull and vodka before doing the high jump. Ivan Ukhov of Russia has become a YouTube sensation for a video of him attempting a high jump at a meet while drunk. Russian officials are so embarrassed that they might suspend him for a year. His manager says he was […]

Norwegian Andreas Thorkildsen won the gold medal in the javelin at the Beijing Olympics. An Outsports reader was in the stands and sent us this: “My boyfriend knows I have an Andreas Thorkildsen crush, so he snapped some pics for me. And here is the thing: Andreas has a lucky shirt. So after each throw, […]

Gay tournaments should be able to limit straight players, but grey areas are presenting a problem By Cyd Zeigler jr. There's a bit of a hubbub brewing over the disqualification of a team in the Gay Softball World Series because the team had too many straight players on it. From Edge Magazine: "D2, a team […]

Not: Every week, I pick games against the spread on the Michael Irvin Show, and I’m putting them on our blog. Well, my picks last week were a predictable 1-4 against the spread; but that’s what week 1 is made for. And Michael Irvin made me pay for it, especially for going against his beloved […]

Every year since 2002, the national gay flag football championship has been held. This year, Gay Bowl 8 will take place Oct. 9-12 in Salt Lake City. I’ve heard a few players say they’re psyched to go to the tournament because there’s a notion that Mormon guys in Utah are hot. The local organizers offer […]

Interesting tidbit from Paul Zimmerman of Sports Illustrated: How did losing Tom Brady affect the Vegas odds on winning the Super Bowl? "There never has been an injury that's had such a dramatic effect on the odds," said Bodog's Sportsbook manager, Richard Gardner. Bodog, one of the major price setters, dropped the price on the […]

I certainly understand the quiet, internal relief a fan might feel when a player they just can’t beat gets knocked out for the season, but this is pretty sad. A Pittsburgh fan Web site is selling a t-shirt celebrating Tom Brady’s torn ACL. Seriously, that is just totally classless. I’d say it if it was […]

After a week of action featuring more than 700 games, the gay softball World Series wrapped this August 30 in Seattle. Jointly sanctioned by the Amateur Sports Association of North America (ASANA) and the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association (NAGAAA), the series featured some 3,000 players, coaches and fans on 175 teams from 41 […]