Month: October 2008

Moving to a new team has fueled the sale of Brett Favre New York Jets jerseys, making them the top seller, according to the NFL. The Dallas Cowboys have four of the top 10 most popular jerseys, according to Darren Rovell at CNBC. And Eli Manning (No. 3) is besting brother Peyton (No. 7). The […]

The New York Rangers are off to their best start in 25 years (5-1). They won back-to-back 2-1 victories in Prague against Tampa Bay as the NHL tries to expand its interests in Europe. Lundqvist has sparkled in goal with a 1.61 GAA and a sturdy offense leads the league with 17 goals. Similarly, the […]

Editor's Note: We invite every captain from teams at the Gay Bowl to submit their tournament notes to us at [email protected]. We will post them here. TOURNAMENT NOTES FROM THE ATLANTA STORM & HEATBy Thurman Williams Tournament Organizers. To Mark Barr and the Salt Lake volunteers, thanks for a great tournament and hospitality. From arrival […]

With two outs in the seventh inning, the Tampa Bay Rays led the Boston Red Sox, 7-0. Up 3-1 in their American League Championship Series, the Rays looked like they were going to coast into the franchise’s first World Series. Then, they collapsed, losing 8-7 in the ninth inning and sending the series back to […]

Forbes magazine recently did a study to look at what pro teams may be on the move in the coming years. While the writer says that recent economic problems in the country make it less likely that a team will move in the next year, run-down stadiums and smaller markets could drive teams in each […]

Cyd reminisces about his team’s victory in the Gay Bowl in Salt Lake City. Also, upsets in the NFL and college football and QBs on the cover of ESPN the Magazine. Cyd reminisces about his team’s victory in the Gay Bowl in Salt Lake City. Also, upsets in the NFL and college football and QBs […]

New York Warriors take third straight championship; Chicago Bears win consolation title By Cyd Zeigler jr. {jumi [story2.html]} The New York Warriors became the first team to win three consecutive Gay Superbowls, beating the Salt Lake City X-Communicated in the finals, 28-20. In the consolation round, it was the Chicago Bears also beating a host […]

Andy Roddick can sell sexy. But strip off his shirt and things get hotter. Promise a “full Monty” and, well, that can drive a crowd wild. Roddick was in Atlanta on Sunday for the 16th annual Advanta WTT Smash Hits, an event hosted by Elton John to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation […]

Let the bidding wars begin. Gay sports enthusiasts in Cleveland are expected to announce their intentions today to bid on Gay Games IX in 2014. Under the banner of the Cleveland Synergy Foundation, the backers of the bid are scheduled to make the decision public during a press conference and enter a competition also expected […]

StubHub, the offical scalper of Major League Baseball, reported that prices plummeted for Game 5 of the Phillies-Dodgers NL Championship Series at Dodger Stadium, thanks to the Dodgers' falling behind 3-1 in the series. As of a few hours before game time the average price of a ticket had fallen to $89 with some tickets […]

This is a first: KSL, a local Salt Lake City TV station aired a report on this past weekend's Gay Bowl (won by Cyd's New York Warriors; my L.A. team finished third). The report says all the players are gay, which is not true, but it was nice to see some coverage in the mainstream […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are making a mockery of the American League Championship Series, taking a 3-1 lead after blowing out the Boston Red Sox in Game 4, 13-4. In winning three straight games, the Rays have scored an astonishing 31 runs against Boston pitching that was said to be playoff tested. The Sox came […]

We horse lovers who have worried about Big Brown continuing to race on that problematical hoof can now breathe easy. The other day, the colt was pulled from preparation for the Breeders Cup Classic and officially retired to stud. The reason: a flukey new injury during a work, when a hind hoof clipped the back […]

With Jon Kitna out with a back injury, Detroit Lions backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky made the first start of his NFL career yesterday against the Minnesota Vikings at the Metrodome. In the first quarter the Lions recovered an Adrian Peterson fumble at the Detroit 1-yard line. Orlovsky threw two incomplete passes, and then…well, see for […]

He was only acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies on Aug. 30th, just in time to be eligible for the postseason. So, asked a question in the press conference about feeling like part of the team after his 8th-inning two-run, pinch-hit homer — a total BOMB deep into the right field bleachers — gave the Phillies […]

Mario Gomez, right, is one of 11 German soccer players featured in an online poll by the German magazine Stern. For each player, you can vote from 1 (not bad) to 10 (very good) and the magazine has shirtless shots of all 11. Another way media elsewhere is less skittish than those in the U.S. […]

The other day, Sarah's Palin's handlers thought her "hockey mom" image would get her an easy goal at at the Philly Flyers game, where she'd been invited to drop the puck. But the sports spin really backspun on the vice presidential candidate. The minute her name was announced, the crowd erupted into loud boos and […]

I'm pressed for time (headed to a softball tournament in Washington, DC this weekend) so here is a quick summary of some things I was planning to write about… Drought update: The Phillies' 3-2 win over the LA Dodgers gives them a 1-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. This is the 18th time […]

Cleveland Brown receiver Kellen Winslow has spent a couple nights in jail this week for "undisclosed" reasons. Well, I stumbled across the alleged reason on Rotoworld: And it's apparently "swollen testicles": A league source tells Profootballtalk.com that Kellen Winslow's "unspecified illness" is swollen testicles.Yikes. No one has ever accused Winslow of lacking big cajones, and […]

Our reader friend in Australia, Lawrie Fabian, has this report on Matthew Mitcham. Outsports readers will remember Lawrie as founding President and Coach of Melbourne's Glamourhead Sharks Aquatic Club, the first gay and lesbian swim team in Victoria. He has coached swimmers and triathletes to personal bests at World Masters Games and Gay Games. We […]