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Usain Bolt has done what no other man ever has, winning the 100m and 200m races at the Olympics both in world record time. His time of 19.30 in the 200m was absolutely shocking. Many felt that Michael Johnson’s record of 19.32 would last for decades; instead, it lasted just 12 years. I have the […]

Way back in March of this year, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry was arrested after allegedly punching a college student and breaking his car window with a beer bottle. It was Henry's fifth arrest, and he was one of ten Bengals arrested in a 14-month span. The Bengals released him after that arrest, and […]

Comedy Central sent us a clip called "Why Sexy Athletes Are Evil," featuring Michael Phelps at No. 1. Some pretty good stuff in here, including this on David Beckham: "What's the point of David Beckham? To get more gay guys to watch soccer? There are already gay guys watching soccer — they're called Europeans." Video […]

A controversy in synchronized swimming has erupted over the swimsuits of the Spanish team. What’s causing the stir? They want to have lights on their outfits. “It looks a bit like Christmas lights,” Spanish swimmer Andrea Fuentes said. “This is a very conservative sport … their excuse that is you cannot have accessories on your […]

What a thrilling quarterfinal match in women’s volleyball between the U.S. and Italy. The Americans were down 2 sets to 1 after losing the third set badly, 25-19, but they stormed back to win the fourth set and crushed the defending World Cup champions in the tiebreaker, 15-6. The star was Lindsey Berg, who substituted […]

Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, 20, the only publicly gay male Olympian in Beijing, finished 16th out of 18 divers in the 3-meter springboard Tuesday and failed to qualify for the finals (only the top 12 divers reach the finals). Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, 20, the only publicly gay male Olympian in Beijing, finished 16th out […]

Frodeno, the German who grew up in South Africa, won today’s Olympic triathlon with a thrilling sprint to the finish by 5.19 seconds over Canada’s Simon Whitfield. in his bio, NBC writes about Frodeno, 27: “He is a svelte 6’4″, weighing in at only 165 lbs, with a body fat percentage of a minuscule five […]

Following are the list of Olympic sports I enjoy watching and ones that leave me nodding off or changing the channel. I would love to hear from others on what moves them or bores them. This list is not a commentary on the athletic skills or talents involved in the sport, but rather how I […]

Baseball has been my favorite sport since before there was a designated hitter, but I have zero interest in the Olympics competition because the best players in the world –major leaguers– aren't involved. I haven't watched so much as a second of any of the games. Apparently, the United States v. China game was like […]

This Dutch gymnast caught our eye during the men’s high bar final, where he did a daring routine but finished seventh after he slipped off the bar. More Epke after the jump. This Dutch gymnast caught our eye during the men’s high bar final, where he did a daring routine but finished seventh after he […]

After watching the first few days of track and field I've come to a conclusion: Male sprinters are preening, egotistical jerks, while the women are full of joy and even the losers capture the Olympic spirit. After watching the first few days of track and field I’ve come to a conclusion: Male sprinters are preening, […]

Wrestling, track, diving, gymnastics — what’s not to love? Again, great thanks to FInneye for these links, including a surprise U.S. gold medal wrestler (right). Links after the jump. Wrestling, track, diving, gymnastics — what’s not to love? Again, great thanks to FInneye for these links, including a surprise U.S. gold medal wrestler (right). Links […]

A surprising thing happened tonight at Citizens Bank Park. It was Gay Community Night at the Phillies. That's not the shocking thing. Tonight's event was the 6th such event. I had a brief word with Larry Felzer, one of the organizers of the event and longtime friend of Outsports, who informed me that they sold […]

It’s not easy to find much on the Web about Russian volleyballer Yury Berezhko. One of the few tidbits I was able to uncover was that his favorite kind of music is “club music,” which would make him gay in the U.S. but in Europe makes him like just about everybody else. He’s one of […]

Out at the Rowing/Canoeing Park, the atmosphere was surprisingly casual. One little grandstand full of people, Chinese rock music playing, and 25 women diving off a jetty for the start. Since they weren't swimming in lanes, they had huge black numbers inked on their arms. Camera crews in boats got you as close to the […]

It was "focus on females" as the network honed into synchronized swimming, more gymnastics and the individual dressage finals. While the frenzied Phelps medal race was on, the Netherlands' Anky van Grunsven has been quietly pursuing her third Olympic gold. This is a huge achievement in dressage, where you can't pile up medals the way […]

A few days back I wrote an item called “Woe Canada,” that detailed how the nation of 33 million had yet to win a medal. I wasn’t alone as it became a constant theme in the Great White North. Things have changed in a hurry, with 13 medals in four days. Included in that group […]

Number twenty-six in a series. Broadcast: Texas Rangers on FSN Southwest, Tampa Bay at Rangers, 8/15/08; Announcers: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tom Grieve (analyst), Jim Knox (reporter) With a few hours until the deadline for signing draft picks (a team that didn’t sign a drafted player lost the rights to that player, who goes back into […]

I have never been a Rafael Nadal fan, but man is he earning my respect. I always dismissed him as a clay-court wonder, which he was until this year. Now he adds Olympic gold to his 2008 march; and his rival, Roger Federer, doesn't have any Olympic singles medal. Love or hate those cutoffs and […]

It was rather touching to see Brazil's Cesar Cielo cry after winning the men's 50-meter freestyle. He cried in the pool, he cried after getting out of the pool and he cried on the podium. "I am overwhelmed by emotion," he said. It was cool that he let the world see his emotions. There was […]