Month: August 2007

As expected, Michael Vick has pleaded guilty, but it’s to only one federal charge in connection with a dog fighting ring he allegedly financed. He’s still claiming that he never gambled on dog fighting and that he never helped kill any of the dogs. In other news, Michael Vick has just announced he has a […]

Saturday was races all day on TV. First, Saratoga and some grade 1 stakes. It was a steaming hot day in New York State. In the 138th running of the Travers, my favorite colt, Street Sense, did his usual killer charge. Maybe the heat got to him — over the last furlong, he looked a […]

The U.S. Open kicks off today and I couldn’t be more excited. The final Grand Slam tournament of the year is my favorite major championship for a variety of reasons: the crowd is knowledgeable and passionate, particularly at the night matches; it’s held in New York, my home town and a city with energy like […]

So much for the Boston Red Sox collapse. The New York Yankees had pulled to within four games a week ago, but Boston is now ahead by 7 1/2 as we head into the season’s final five weeks. The Red Sox swept the White Sox in four games. AP sums up how dominant Boston was: […]

Our College Football preview is up and it is no surprise that USC is the pick to win it all. What is also not much of a surprise is that Hawaii QB Colt Brennan was named by both our writers as one of the game’s three hottest players. Brennan, who threw an absurd 58 touchdown […]

A pretty funny entry in The Onion features everyone’s favorite Super Bowl MVP, Peyton Manning, having to show eternal backup Jim Sorgi how to hold a clipboard. “Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning interrupted an intrasquad scrimmage Tuesday for approximately 45 minutes in order to show backup quarterback Jim Sorgi how to properly hold his clipboard.” […]

I had the great fortune of visiting Atlanta for the last 24 hours for a book signing at Outwrite Books. The event was co-presented by the Atlanta Gay Sports Alliance, a great group that combines the resources of a bunch of gay-sports groups in Atlanta to promote gay sports. Mike Horton, the commissioner who plays […]

From the Huntington, W. Va., Herald-Dispatch: Marshall wide receiver Shawn Lauzon models articles of his football uniform during the annual football clinic for women. Related article. From the Huntington, W. Va., Herald-Dispatch: Marshall wide receiver Shawn Lauzon models articles of his football uniform during the annual football clinic for women. Related article.

The Texas Bulls are one of 16 teams in the Oct. 5-7 Gay Bowl, and the first we’ve seen with their own YouTube videos (a second, longer video is here): [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0uBR13r20] The Texas Bulls are one of 16 teams in the Oct. 5-7 Gay Bowl, and the first we’ve seen with their own YouTube videos […]

No, that’s not exhibition football. The Texas Rangers allowed 3 runs in the first three innings against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night, and it looked like it was going to have to be an arduous comeback. Instead, the Rangers put up 30 straight runs and set a modern-day MLB record for runs scored in a […]

New York Knicks pain-in-the-butt Stephon Marbury is making the most of his offseason, getting into hot water and siding with Michael Vick. He told Capital News 9 in Albany: “We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean? From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s […]

I still haven’t wrapped my head around the idea that Jock Talk is a blog and that I don’t have to write an extensive post every Thursday and Friday, so I’ll just post some short bits here. A day after scoring 30 runs, the Texas Rangers somewhat miraculously managed to score 4 on Thursday –as […]

On the discussion board is a new thread by a closeted gay high school basketball coach: "I have been struggling with the thought of coming out, but fear that the backlash would hurt my career. I am heavily involved and a leader of my peers at the local, state and national level," writes the coach, […]

Thanks to Myspace and Youtube, we are getting the chance to meet young high school and collegiate athletes long before they make real names for themselves, and before the agents and handlers have gotten hold of them. So it was with great interest that I stumbled across the self-proclaimed “Myspace Messiah,” Kellen Kiilsgaard (right). He’s […]

One of our favorite blogs, BoiFromTroy, is following AfterElton’s lead and creating a College Football Tops 25 contest to find out who the hottest guys in college football are. He’s taking nominations and votes until Aug. 25. You can leave comments and nominations over there or here. For the sake of competition, luckily Brady Quinn […]

The U.S. Open starts Monday. For insight, analysis and opinion from some avid gay tennis fans that’s as insightful as many tennis experts offer on ESPN, head to the Tennis forum of our discussion board. The fans there have already started to dissect the men’s and women’s draw. During the Open, you can track the […]

‘Caddyshack’ is widey regarded as not only one of the top sports-comedies of all time, and not only one of the top sports-films of all time, but one of the top comedies of all time. But one of the movie’s big names, gopher-chasing Bill Murray, likely isn’t laughing too hard (or maybe he is) after […]

Talk about pressure. Bridget Moynahan gave birth to Tom Brady’s kid Wednesday night – and it was a boy. Cut to 2024 when this kid is supposed to be throwing touchdowns for his high school while modeling in Milan on the side. Oh, how tough it is to have good genes and a solid pedigree. […]

I saw one of our most prolific discussion board posters, Munson Man, out at dinner tonight, and it really got me to thinking that we just can’t thank our readers enough. We gave a shout out to all of you in the introduction of our book, but we just can’t express enough how much all […]

I didn’t get to see Brady Quinn’s maiden voyage into the NFL live. And I was surprised by the accolades being showered onto him after going 13-of-20 for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns. Maybe, just maybe, I got this guy wrong. Oh me of little faith. I have to believe none of the people showering […]