Month: November 2009

For some reason, CBS’ “NFL Today” had the political pollster Frank Luntz on to dissect which players communicated well. Luntz was billed as a “language expert” for his use of meters to register how people feel when they watch other people speak. In his dissection of a clip of Terrell Owens (in which the receiver […]

It has been interesting to see mainstream writers wrestle with whether mixed martial arts is “gay.” The Daily Beast has had two somewhat-opposing columns on the subject in the past two weeks, the most recent by Sam Sheridan, himself a fighter. Writes Sheridan: Having fought and trained a little, let me assure you that there […]

Buffoonish Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams flipped the middle finger to Buffalo Bills fans during Sunday's Bills-Titans game in Nashville. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was in attendance. Adams later apologized and was fined $250,000 Monday by the NFL. Video: Buffoonish Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams flipped the middle finger to Buffalo Bills fans during Sunday’s […]

From one fan to a coach, thank you, Coach Belichick, for being not like the others Dear Coach Belichick,You’re taking a lot of heat today for a decision to “go for it” on 4th and 2 late in your game last night. As a Patriots fan, I just wanted to say Thank you!When you came […]

All anyone is discussing around the NFL today is the end of the Colts’ 35-34 stunner over the Patriots on Sunday night. Not the Colts coming back from 17 down in the fourth, but Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick’s decision to go for it on 4th and 2 from HIS OWN 28 with a little over […]

I’ve noticed the disappearance of some gay-sports media outlets in recent weeks. Gay.com’s Sports blog has apparently been abandoned as nothing’s been posted there since Aug. 10 and emails to the editor got bounced back. Gaysports.com hasn’t been updated since June, and that wasn’t about sports. Now comes news that Window Media, which owns the […]

The latest Out 100 has been released, and the glaring omission this year (there’s always at least one) is the complete lack of sports figures in the list. The most glaring of all those possible names is Brian Sims, who came out on Outsports earlier this year and who has since become a valuable advocate, […]

Bill Belichick blows it as Colts stage stunning comeback; Bengals show they are for real, the Broncos fade continues, hot player of the week. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.comHow I saw Week 10 in the NFL: With 4:13 left in the fourth quarter, the Indianapolis Colts trailed the New England Patriots, 34-21, and I was all prepared […]

Water polo is a terrific sport to watch and I became a big fan after covering an international meet in 2004. Being in Southern California, there are always quality matches going on. Recently, Brent shot No. 4 UCLA’s 10-5 win over No. 6 Loyola Marymount. A gallery below: Water polo is a terrific sport to […]

The NBC sit-com Community had a fun throw-away line last night that caught our attention. The show is about the faculty, staff and students of Greendale Community College. Dean Pelton, who’s proud of helping change the school’s mascot from the “Grizzlies” to the “Human Beings” had this observation about the athletic department: The best compliment […]

Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek will be the first, and last, NFL player to get away with hawking a rum company. The league has outlawed doing what is known as the “Captain Morgan pose,” named after the pose struck by the cartoon pirate of Captain Morgan rum. In hopes of raising brand awareness, Captain […]

The website Uniwatch is been having a contest to pick the worst sports uniform ever. The competition is fierce but for true ugliness, it's hard to beat the baseball minor league's Tucson Toros from 1980: The website Uniwatch is been having a contest to pick the worst sports uniform ever. The competition is fierce but […]

With all the Me! Me! Me! athletes in pro sports looking for attention, it’s so refreshing to see an NFL player quietly focused on humanitarian work. While other guys were going to college football games and hanging out with their family, Madieu Williams of the Minnesota Vikings did this on his bye week: He traveled […]

Wow, what a great trade the Chicago Bears made in getting quarterback Jay Cutler. He was going to be the missing piece that would finally give Chicago a big-league quarterback. The Bears and their fans must be having buyers' remorse after Cutler's latest flameout — five interceptions in a 10-6 loss at San Francisco; the […]

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October, get naked in a campaign for PETA against using fur. Poster and video below. Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October, get naked in a campaign for PETA against using fur. Poster and video below.

A sad story out of Germany — Robert Enke, a goalie for Hanover and likely to be the national team’s goalie in the 2010 World Cup, was killed when he threw himself in front of a passing train. He was 32. His wife said that Enke suffered from depression. He left a suicide note in […]

Larry Johnson The Washington Post's NFL blog, The League, has a panel discussion up as to whether ex-Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson (he of the "faggot" slurs) can hook up with another team. I was invited to share my views and we all pretty much agree on this: If teams think LJ can […]

Rutgers University hosted a gays-in-sports panel discussion last week. The event was put together in part by Sean Smith (right), whom Outsports introduced a couple years ago. He’s a former swimmer and swim coach at Rutgers. One of the interesting observations came from Matthew Pletcher, an assistant wrestling coach at the University, a former wrestler […]

This past weekend at Santa Anita, when Zenyatta looked for the "impossible" win, most of my local LGBT horse-fan friends were in that crowd, screaming their heads off for this popular favorite. And the ones I know who couldn't make it to the track were glued to their TVs. Everything went wrong for Zenyatta in […]

Last night I was treated to suffered through an NBA game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Los Angeles Clippers. It was game number eight of their 82-game schedule. The Timberwolves, Warriors and Grizzlies should be ashamed of themselves for losing to this Clippers team. A couple friends I was with, who don’t watch […]