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Series on Logo will follow gay basketball team the Rock Dogs as they chase a championship By Cyd Zeigler jr. Bill Kendall has been a good friend of Outsports for many years. I first met him heading to a Stanford-USC game about a decade ago. I found him them, as I do today, to be […]

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson has had his name legally changed to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco. He told the team's website, "It's something I don't think anyone has ever done before. Have I ever had a reason for why I do what I do? I'm having fun." The speculation is that it's a marketing […]

There’s nothing quite like getting your day started munching on some Wheaties and staring at the orange box featuring decathlete Bryan Clay, who’s ripples and bulges tranfixed many a gay Olympic fan this month. Starting in September, you’ll get just that chance. General Mills, maker of the crispy flakes, announced that Clay and gymnast Nastia […]

With college football season approaching, I figured we’d revisit a couple fun pics from May of 2007, in which some college football players getting touchy-feely with other guys, including Tim Tebow. Yep, that’s apparently the Florida quarterback and reigning Heisman Trophy winner going to lick the ear of some other guy. Tebow’s been caught on […]

Fantasy football season has been underway with drafts for a couple weeks now. Someone in a league that Jim and I are in sent us a link to a Web site that highlights some of the best and most popular fantasy team names this year. Atop their list: Romosexual Tendencies. Some of the others are […]

Several non-BCS-conference teams make early Top 25; only Oklahoma makes both Top 3 Richie Weldon has been following college football since 1995, his freshman year at Virginia Tech. An avid Hokies fan, Richie tries not to let that influence his opinions on other teams (most of the time). Seattle is the place he calls home […]

Our college football analysts answer a dozen burning questions Every year, we ask our two resident college football experts to look out at the season and point to some high and low points. They rarely agree, and this year is no different. Richie Weldon has been following college football since 1995, his freshman year at […]

Number twenty-eight in a series. Broadcast: Oakland A’s on Comcast Sportsnet-Bay Area, A’s at Minnesota, 8/18/08; Announcers: Glen Kuiper (play-by-play), Ray Fosse (analyst) Perhaps it had to do with the collapse of the A's season — they're currently 19 1/2 games behind the Angels in the AL West and have traded away three pitchers who […]

In August 1988 the Phillies and Cubs nearly made history by playing the first night game at Wrigley in major league baseball history. However, after 3 1/2 innings the game was rained out, and the Cubs' game against the Mets the next night became the first official night game at Wrigley. Twenty years later, the […]

Michael Phelps’ bank account just got fatter. The Olympian, fresh off his record-setting haul of eight gold medals in Beijing, inked a deal with the Free Press imprint of Simon & Schuster for a $1.6 million advance on a book to be called “Built to Succeed.” And nearly as fast as Phelps himself, the book […]

Outsports got some prominent featuring on today’s Dan Patrick radio show. He had me on for about 15 minutes to talk about NBC not mentioning Mitcham’ sexuality. I found DP very engaging (duh) and thoughtful on the topic. The discussion went on for another 20 to 30 minutes after I got off the phone between […]

NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel has issued an apology for his reporting team not mentioning on air that gold-medal diver Matthew Mitcham is gay and has a partner: “We regret that we missed the opportunity to tell Matthew Mitcham’s story. We apologize for this unintentional omission.” The statement comes after an NBC spokesperson defended the […]

The Games of the XXIX Olympiad are in the books. The USA came in and snatched up medals left and right and won the overall medal count, though China did end up with quite a few more golds. We got to see Aquaman win 8 gold medals and The Flash redefine sprinting with his 2 […]

What Matthew Mitcham did was fantastic, but what about the out lesbian Olympians? By Patricia Nell Warren The gay media are exploding with headlines about "gay hero Matthew Mitcham," who won the individual gold in men's platform diving in Beijing. And there's a bonus: Matthew is colossally cute — sculptured and Greek-goddish. Gay men all […]

NBC defended its decision not mention Australian diver Matthew Mitcham’s sexual orientation with a series of answers that were more spin than fact. NBC defended its decision not mention Australian diver Matthew Mitcham’s sexual orientation with a series of answers that were more spin than fact.

Matthew Mitcham made me cry. It takes a lot for me to weep while watching sports, but that's how moving his gold-medal diving performance was Saturday in Beijing. I teared up when he first saw the score from his final five and looked on in disbelief. Matthew Mitcham made me cry. It takes a lot […]

Battles on the court at the U.S. Open, which started today, always provide athletic entertainment. But off the court, the fashion wars are heating up. Nike is remaking Rafael Nadal, long known for packing his muscular frame into sleeveless shirts and capris, while Andy Roddick and James Blake are tripping over one another for the […]

It’s been a while since USA men’s basketball stood atop the international-competition basketball world, but on top they are now after a 118-107 win over Spain in the gold-medal game in Beijing. LeBron James said after the game that it may go down as “one of the greatest Olympic games ever.” I can’t wait to […]

The real story that Bob Costas won't discuss — because NBC invested $900 million in broadcast rights for Beijing and had to deliver a feel-good Olympics for their advertisers — is the explosive dimension of athlete activism before the Games. Jacques Rogge won't discuss it either. But as IOC president, Rogge was surely involved in […]

A terrific 15-minute video edited from the worldwide Olympic feed showing all six of Mitcham's final dives, the celebration after where he hugs practically every diver, the medal ceremony and him jumping into the stands to give his flowers and a kiss to his partner, Lachlan Fletcher. After the jump. A terrific 15-minute video edited […]