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A great honor this week to our good friend Charley Sullivan, the associate head coach of men's rowing at the University of Michigan: He was chosen the the Collegiate Coach of the Year in a poll by US Rowing. Sullivan got 36.7% of the vote in beating out four other coaches. Sullivan has been openly […]

Despite arguments of "fairness" and "safety" being completely derailed, many in the MMA world show their true colors by sticking to their baseless arguments

Harri Tikkanen is a 15-year-veteran in the Finnish Hockey League, the most popular sports league in Finland, and he showed his support for gay players by putting a rainbow decal on his stick during a match this weekend. This is the first time any Finnish athlete has displayed a gay rights symbol. It came after […]

David Kopay, Jason Collins, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Billy Bean and Kirk Walker joined other Angelenos Tuesday night in support of Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup

Add U.S. women's soccer player Abby Wambach to the list of openly LGBT athletes. Wambach married her girlfriend, fellow soccer player Sarah Huffman, this weekend in Hawaii, TMZ reports. Multiple sources confirm … Abby and pro soccer player Sarah Huffman swapped "I dos" on Saturday at the Villas at Po'ipu Kai on the island of […]

Derek Schell, the first openly gay NCAA Division II basketball player sees his excitement renewed after coming out to his teammates and coaches. "Sometimes the darkest times in life are only doorways to the best moments of your life."

U.S. gymnast Sam Mikulak is a bundle of nervous energy as he prepares to compete at the World Artistic Gymnastic Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. U.S. Gymanstics compiled this video of Mikulak, 20: Hat tip to Instinct.

"I realize a lot of eyeballs will be on me when I do get the opportunity, and I will be ready for that," Collins says.

"I was gay but was unable to face it until I got to college."

Wagner speaks out at U.S. Olympic gathering, while Lysacek is in the majority who refuse to take a stand.

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West this season and capped off the regular season Friday night with an 11-0 win as they celebrated LGBT night out. NBA player Jason Collins threw out the first pitch, with former Dodger Billy Bean on the mound to congratulate him. Singer Lance Bass was also a […]

Out gay sports-media personality Jared Max catches up with Orlando Cruz at a workout as the boxer prepares for the biggest fight of his life

Having survived six months of conversion therapy, Josh Sanders is barred from coaching at the sports camp where he thrived for six years. Now he's coming out publicly and forging new dialogue with both Christian and LGBT organizations to open hearts and minds.

Longtime Outsports reader Mark Kari, aka Canmark, was diagnosed with ALS, associated by some with Lou Gherig, earlier this year. He shares his journey, what lies ahead, and why he's raising money for the ALS Society of Canada

The push to have footballers wear rainbow-colored shoe laces this weekend hit resistance from players, LGBT activists and the Premier League itself. The issue at hand: Tactics and messaging used to launch the campaign.

We've become big fans of the rugby playing Burgess Brothers since George Burgess took nude selfies that wound up on Twitter. It was then that we discovered George has three other rugby-playing brothers –his twin brother Thomas, and Luke and Sam — who look as good as he does. The four, originally from England, are […]

Tony Parker of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, playing for his home country France, was caught on a microphone uttering a gay slur during the semifinals of the 2013 European basketball semifinals this weekend. "J'ai l'impression qu'on avait peur, qu'on jouait comme des 'tapettes,' " Parker said in the first half of what became an […]

Championship track & field and cross-country coach Micah Porter talks to Outsports about being a gay high school coach in Denver

“I made a fool of myself. I spoke really poorly and I had to answer for that," the heavyweight says. He also talks about his gay cousin and would support an openly gay fighter.

Openly gay figure skater Johnny Weir has been getting a lot of attention for his views on Russia's anti-gay laws in view of the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics, but he won't be attending as an athlete. From the Associated Press: U.S. Figure Skating confirmed Tuesday that Weir did not register for the qualifiers for the […]