Month: October 2009

It’s “homecoming season,” and high school and college students across the country are set on the annual choosing of the homecoming court. Some student bodies will have some fun with it and pick a gay guy as homecoming queen or a lesbian as homecoming king. But not at the University of North Texas. There, the […]

New ESPN NFL analyst Jon Gruden may be a candidate to join Phil Simms in the homoerotic announcing Hall of Fame. I already have heard him enthuse about a player’s physical traits and talk about “sticking it in there.” My friend Matthew sent along this gem from the Vikings-Packers Monday nighter: Situation: Packers need the […]

Jake Locker University of Washington quarterback Jake Locker is a 6-3, 225-pound physical specimen with a great personality who makes everyone swoon. There is so much obsession about Locker in Seattle that it prompted the Seattle Weekly to investigate a rumor. The Daily Weekly made a visit to Montlake this morning to follow-up on a […]

The Twitter feed for the Queers United blog ("the activist blog uniting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual community & Allies in the fight for equality") had a link to this blog post from Joe.My.God. Donna Sachet, described on the blog as a "San Francisco drag legend," sang the national anthem before a […]

Brett Favre got all the pregame hype prior to his first game against his old team, the Green Bay Packers, on Monday night. And while Favre played quite well, the real story was along the offensive line. Favre was barely touched and on one play had 7 1/2 seconds to throw. His counterpart, Aaron Rodgers, […]

The Colts, Giants, Saints and Patriots look elite. The Raiders, Rams, Chiefs, Browns and Bucs look like garbage. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw Week 4 of the NFL: The NFL is one-fourth over, so the season is starting to take shape. Here is how I see it shaking out so far: Top-tier teams: Indianapolis, […]

Members of the New York Rangers presented the “Top 10 Things Never Spoken Before by a Hockey Player.” They also carried Madonna into the studio on their shoulders. “Have you ever ridden hockey players before?” Letterman asked later. Videos: Members of the New York Rangers presented the “Top 10 Things Never Spoken Before by a […]

Eric Decker is a 6-3, 220-pound wide receiver for the University of Minnesota. A pro-caliber prospect, Decker is one of the best wideouts in the country. And one of the hottest. You can watch Decker play the next two Saturdays — Oct. 3 on ESPN vs. Wisconsin and Oct. 10 vs. Purdue on ESPN2; both […]

The International Olympic Committee, meeting in Copenhagen, awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, beating out Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago. The Chicago loss — the city was eliminated in the first round — was a bit of a stunner since it was the pre-choice betting favorite. The choice of Rio makes a […]

Unfortunately for people who enjoy comedy and have a good sense of humor, Jimmy Fallon hosts the Late Night show on NBC. Yesterday he decided to go after the Gay Games’ choice of Cleveland to host the 2014 Games: It was announced yesterday that Cleveland, Ohio, will host the 2014 Gay Games. That's weird, I […]

New Orleans Saint Scott Fujita has come out publicly in full support of same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, the NFL linebacker reacted to Brendan Ayanbadejo’s column in support of same-sex marriage and saying in a couple decades it won’t be an issue anymore: I hope he's right in his prediction, and I hope even more that […]

Sorry, Charlie. Don't be wack, Shaq. The NBA has instituted a new policy on the use of Twitter and other social media sites on game days. It applies to coaches, players and "other team basketball operations personnel," and states that cell phones and other such devices cannot be used from 45 minutes before game time […]