Month: February 2008

The all-body swimsuit is one of the great abominations ever invented by man. I understand their use in a competitive sense, but in a visual sense it’s just all wrong. Speedo is unveiling its line of ultra-sleek suits to be worn by U.S. swimmers at the Olympics and Michael Phelps is jazzed by his, according […]

Macies has found acceptance at Columbia and in triathlons

Linus Thornblad, 22, is a Swedish high jumper with a great bod who doesn’t mind showing it off. Though straight, Thornblad had no reservations about being the cover boy for QX, the leading Swedish gay magazine. He’s also a bit of a tease, saying, “I have always been sure about my thing. So I’m just […]

With the Olympics in China this summer, the U.S. team is shipping over tons of food to feed its athletes, the New York Times reports. When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken — half of a breast — […]

In 2002, I did a stint on Fox Sports Radio’s very popular afternoon drive sports talk show, “Kiley & Booms.” The duo of Kevin Kiley and Chuck Booms were split up before the end of the year and the show was canceled. Both men made random tours around the dial over the last five years, […]

English star answers questions about issues on and off the field By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com English rugby star Ben Cohen, now playing professionally in France, made news late last year when he announced plans for a night in London to honor his gay fans. The event will be held at the Dorchester on May 28. Ben […]

It’s not one of those stories you want to read over breakfast, but the New York Times has an article on the time-honored hockey tactic of sticking a smelly glove in an opponent’s face to piss him off: The face wash is a baiting tactic that has been around since gloves were invented, or, as […]

One thing that distinguishes the National Hockey League from the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball is the fact that they play the game on ice. This means that the players' skates are going to come into play occasionally in such a physical sport, and not just in the case of New York Islander imbecile […]

Thanks to a reader for this amusing clip: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt-XaNOi1Cs] Thanks to a reader for this amusing clip: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt-XaNOi1Cs]

The perils of celebrating too soon: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwXThquznA0] The perils of celebrating too soon: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwXThquznA0]

St. Bonaventure swimmer Scott Jordan wrote a terrific first-person account of coming out to his team. Scott’s story touched a nerve and he has received loads of responses. He shared some of the reactions that touched him the most and he plans on writing about them in depth. These responses prove the adage that the […]

Saturday is Hockey Day in Canada, the CBC’s annual daylong celebration of the sport, with special features and live broadcasts from towns across Canada, as well as a tripleheader of NHL games featuring the six Canadian teams. Unfortunately, the NHL returned from the 2005 lockout with an unbalanced schedule that resulted in some teams not […]

Ron Hextall is being inducted into the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame before tonight's game. Besides his aggressive style of play — he was once suspended for 12 games after attacking Chris Chelios in retaliation for a dirty hit — Hextall was a trailblazer in the way he handled the puck. I was lucky enough […]

It’s good to see this subject finally talked about. And we needn’t look as far away as Spain to find this ugliness. Right here in the good old U.S. of A., the motorsports fans can watch NASCAR racing till the cows come home, and they will see nary a black driver in top competition. At […]

Here we go again. Last year it was the Snickers commercial that some gays got into an uproar about. Now Richard Simmons has some of them upset. Bridgestone released an ad for the game that features a driver trying to avoid a deer and Alice Cooper (odd, but whatever) standing in the middle of the […]

We don’t want to venture into politics here on Outsports, but John Amaechi is certainly going there so we’ll follow him into the shallow water. As I wrote in a recap of a panel discussion in Aspen last month, John’s big into the distinction between progress and change. For Keith Boykin’s new Web site, he […]

Lawyers for personal trainer Brian McNamee say they turned over physical evidence to federal prosecutors which would prove that Roger Clemens used performance-enhancing drugs. Reportedly this evidence includes syringes used to inject Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone in 2000 and 2001. Clemens gave a sworn deposition Tuesday to the House Committee on Oversight […]

Racism is rearing its ugly head in auto racing after Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, who is black, was jeered by fans in Spain, some of who dressed up in blackface (photo here). "The truth is that I feel somewhat sad, I am in love with this country, and especially the city of Barcelona and […]

We often getting letters of praise or criticism for what we write. I am posting this one because it is the most vitriolic I have ever received since Outsports began. It concerned my Super Bowl recap, which also ran on Gay.com. You can read it here, but in short I basically wrote about how happy […]

To me, the only downside to the Patriots losing. —Jim Buzinski Reebok’s “Perfectville” commercial. To me, the only downside to the Patriots losing. —Jim Buzinski Reebok’s “Perfectville” commercial.