Month: July 2008

What is it with newscasters and soccer stud David Beckham? The latest round came Thursday when Fox morning show host Brian Kilmeade got a little tongued-tied when Gretchen Carlson called him on his burgeoning man crush over Beckham. He was on “Fox & Friends” to promote his three-part interview with Beckham. “It is impossible not […]

Riding my bike through Times’ Square yesterday, I noticed a bunch of people holding signs that said “Vote LT in 08.” I first wondered what third-party candidate was trying to get traction waving signs in the faces of tourists from Iowa. Being in New York, I then thought of Lawrence Taylor. Knowing he was already […]

Gay.com has an interview with former Olympic figure skater Ryan O’Meara, who apparently came out in an Arizona magazine recently (I couldn’t find anything about it on Google). Anyhow, O’Meara was on the 2006 U.S. Olympic team for ice dancing; he and his partner, Jamie Silverstein (a woman, as the Olympics don’t allow same-sex partners), […]

We reported a couple days ago that out sports and entertainment publicist Howard Bragman got married in Los Angeles, and that his request to friends and family was that they donate to Equality California to stop the anti-marriage amendment there on the ballot in November. Well, we’ve heard that people are ponying up in Bragman’s […]

Sixteenth in a series. Broadcast: ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Colorado at New York Mets, 7/13/08; Announcers: Jon Miller (play-by-play), Joe Morgan (analysis), Peter Gammons (reporter) More than a few people feel that ESPN shows a bias towards New York teams in their sports coverage. If you’re one of those people, this was not the night […]

Record numbers of teams and players hit the sand in beach volleyball league. By Ross Forman Outsports.com The annual Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association beach volleyball league has spiked in popularity this summer to record-setting numbers. Check out the beach volleyball photo gallery. There are 140 teams this season, up from 111 last year. This is […]

Historic night. Longest All-Star Game ever. AL gets home field advantage – again. Yeah, yeah. Nice and touching moments from MLB’s All-Star Game last night, which really didn’t end until this morning. But I’m more interested in the tidbits that didn’t take place on the field. You know, those special moments when sport crosses celebrity […]

Fifteenth in a series. Broadcast: Cleveland Indians on SportsTime Ohio (STO), Tampa Bay at Indians, 7/10/08; Announcers: Matt Underwood (play-by-play), Rick Manning (analysis) The bottom of the 4th inning was all about…golf. Brian Whitcomb, president of the PGA, was in the booth (along with a big trophy — why they needed to show the trophy […]

Can we take back the tour? Despite the best efforts of race organizers, sponsors and television networks like Versus, which adopted the slogan “Take back the Tour” for its coverage of this year’s Tour de France, cycling’s most prestigious event can’t quite right itself after weathering a decade of doping scandals. The problem? The riders […]

Mayhem Wins Championship by Grounding NetJets By Michael Davis The Ohio Mayhem, the only gay hockey team in the state, completed its unbelievable playoff run with a 4-0 victory over the NetJets in front of a standing room only crowd at the Chiller Ice Rink in Dublin, Ohio. With the shutout victory the Mayhem earned […]

Oh, those whacky Grand Prairie AirHogs. The indie league baseball team from Texas is trying to capitalize on the A-Rod and Madonna “friendship” to put butts in their seats on Wednesday. If fans come to the game claiming to “share an agent” – Madge and the slugging manwhore share agent Guy Oseary – they’ll gain […]

Out publicist Howard Bragman recently married his longtime partner, Chuck O’Donnell (left in pic), who was USC’s Tommy Trojan for 10 years, in Los Angeles. The private ceremony was officiated by West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang. Howard is a longtime friend of Outsports. He helped Esera Tuaolo, Sheryl Swoopes, Rosie Jones and John Amaechi, among […]

Women are continuing to kick butt in Indy-car racing. Brazilian driver Ana Beatriz just became the first distaff winner of a Firestone Indy Lights race. At Nashville Superspeedway this past weekend, on lap 33 of 77, she whisked past pole sitter and teammate James Davison, and held on for the checkered flag in the Sunbelt […]

The headline sums up basically what was accomplished in the American League’s 4-3, 15-inning, 4-hour-50-minute marathon win over the National League in baseball’s All-Star game. The happiest man in Yankee Stadium seemed to be Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, who knows that if his team can make a repeat appearance in the World Series, […]

Given the shortage of super-high-profile openly gay athletes, we’re left clinging to pronouns. Though this one certainly has my eyebrow raised. Ian Thorpe, the Australian “Thorpedo” who won a slew of Olympic gold medals in swimming, talked to Australia’s Sunday Telegraph about his present love. “There is (someone special in my life), but they don’t […]

My affinity for this group leaves me to not share who it was. But yesterday I got an email from someone with a gay organization (as we often do) telling me the great news that the Kansas City Royals have decided to sponsor a gay guy. According to the article this person sent me, the […]

Outsports’ former two-time King of the Hardwood Jeremy Bloom spent 2007 out of football, but he was signed six months ago to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad. He’ll be aiming to make the team when they hit training camp later this month. But Jeremy has been very busy off the football field, as well. In […]

So tonight is the Showcase of the 2009 Yankees, whoops, I mean, the 2008 State Farm Home Run Derby. Eight of the biggest, meanest batters you’ll see will try to smash white balls as far as humanly possible. (Hey, mind out of the gutter you!) Representing the American League we have Josh Hamilton, Evan Longoria, […]

Jake Deitchler, a recent High School graduate and Minnesota State recruit, just qualified for the Olympics in Greco-Roman Wrestling. The kid won his last match to qualify as the U.S. representative in the 145.5 weight class, besting some heavy hitters on his way. The hot 18 year old even beat Harry Lester, the heavy favorite, […]

A high school track rivalry is borne out of the simple desire to be close to a fellow runner By Cyd Zeigler jr. If you have a story about a first sports crush you'd like to share, send it to us in a Word document at [email protected]. I didn’t know I was gay until I […]