Month: December 2008

Thanks to the BCS, I’ve lost interest in college football over the last five to seven years. In the mid-Nineties, it was my favorite sports; Now, I keep a passing interest in it. The problems with the BCS are so deeply well-chronicled, I won’t get into them here. But this is the first year I’m […]

File this under the “wow!” catagory. The Denver Broncos fired Coach Mike Shanahan two days after his team blew a three-game division lead and failed to make the playoffs. Shanahan won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1997-98, but has won only one playoff game since. I advocated Shanhan getting sacked in my Week 17 notes. His […]

The NFL has announced that the 2010 Pro Bowl will be played at Miami’s Dolphin Stadium on January 31, 2010 — a week before the Super Bowl is held there. It’s been played in Honolulu since 1980 and has always been held after the Super Bowl. The league says that the Pro Bowl will likely […]

Before any of the hype, I saw a trailer before a movie for a little upcoming film called simply “The Wrestler.” As I saw the trailer a couple more times and heard the early reviews, my expectations rose considerably. I finally got to see the film tonight, and it did what few films have done […]

I love hockey. I always have. When I was a kid I used to lie on my parents bed watching hockey on the ‘second' television while the rest of the family watched the ‘Big' TV in the den. I grew up a New York Ranger fan in the eighties, so basically continually disappointed come playoff […]

Oh cruel, cruel fate. The Madden Curse had doomed the cover boy of EA’s Madden football video game since 1999 when Garrison Hearst was on the cover and broke his leg in the playoffs that year. Every year since, the player on the cover of that game has had his numbers or his team’s success […]

Four months after winning a gold medal in platform diving, Australian Matthew Mitcham still has not secured any sponsorships, a development that perplexes him. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Mitcham says he does not regret coming out before the Games, but does wonder if that has made any companies cautious. Yeah, I […]

My afternoon in Dallas with Michael, Kevin Kiley and Nate Newton By Cyd Zeigler jr. Since the NFL’s week 1 in early September, I’ve made a weekly appearance on The Michael Irvin Show on ESPN’s 103.3 FM in Dallas. Every week I go on, we talk about a topic that’s usually somehow gay-related, and then […]

Those muscular NBA refs couldn’t figure it out on Saturday. But longtime fans of Atlanta’s pro sports team know what it is — the Sports Gods are smiling on us again. It’s about time. On Saturday, the Hawks dropped Chicago in a wild ride to hit 19-10 and remain in second place in the Southeastern […]

Consider this a live blog, except that it isn’t live. Perhaps at some point I'll try that, but not today. And since it's so long, I hope someone reads all the way to the end and enjoys it just a little. Starting the day, the Eagles need a loss by Tampa Bay and a loss […]

Ravens and Dolphins clinch playoff spots, while Cowboys and Patriots fall short; plus wild card picks. By Jim BuzinskIOutsports.com Playoff structure stinks: Let's see – the 12-4 Colts were four games better than the 8-8 Chargers in the regular season; the 11-5 Falcons were two games better than the 9-7 Cardinals; and the Dolphins and […]

Sad news for those of you in love/lust with injured New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady — unless you’re supermodel Gisele Bundchen, that is. TMZ reports that Brady proposed on Christmas Eve, and Gisele accepted. According to TMZ’s sources, he proposed in front of her parents as they were flying to Boston from Teterboro Airport […]

Tel Aviv is feeling that gay spirit. The Israeli city is assembling a team of gay jocks, apparently the first of its kind in the country, for the World Outgames next July in Copenhagen. Team organizers want 30 athletes and city officials are studying how much of the tab they will pay to have the […]

One of David Beckham’s new teammates on AC Milan, Marco Borriello, said last week that he can’t wait to take a peek at Becks in the nude: I must admit I have a dressing room curiosity over Beckham.I want to see if he is equipped as he is in the Armani underwear adverts. I'm left […]

As Michael Vick enters the year of his release from prison, Sports Illustrated decided to track down some of the dog-murderer’s animals to find out what happened to them since they were freed from his clutches. The 10 they profile have all found warm, loving homes. And Vick wanted them mauled, mangled, tortured and dead. […]

If you weren't paying really close attention to college football this month, you may have missed that Notre Dame was actually invited to a bowl game — to play Hawaii in the, what else, Hawaii Bowl. Notre Dame got its first bowl win since 1993, 49-21. In the process, the TV commentator offered a suggestive […]

Well, now the bowl season is well underway and we’re starting to get into the good games. I went 4-4 last week, so let’s see what is on the docket this week and if I can improve. Once again… Cyd is traveling the countryside with his friends, so this is Week 2 of Kelvin’s Krazy […]

With myriad playoff spots on the line I figured I would go public with my Week 17 picks in relevant games. Post yours and let's see who did better. With myriad playoff spots on the line I figured I would go public with my Week 17 picks in relevant games. Post yours and let’s see […]

My partner and I are on a 14-day trip from New York back to Los Angeles. I’ll be posting here about the trip every couple days. Today ended four days and three nights in New Mexico, the most beautiful state we've visited so far. Part of that trip through the state was spent in Carlsbad, […]

Our picks of the best images from the Beijing Summer Olympics. The U.S. men's gymnastics team won a surprise team bronze medal, then decided to strut their stuff afterwards. It is one of our favorite images from the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Check our other choices below. Special thanks to photographers Finneye and Brent Mullins. […]