Month: November 2009

As Marat Safin winds down his pro tennis-playing days, he’s lobbed a little grenade at Andre Agassi saying the tennis legend should return his 60 ATP titles and all the money he made, including his eight Grand Slam titles and Career Grand Slam. If he is as fair play as he says he is, he […]

The Daily Local News of Chester County (Penn.) recently ran a lengthy update on out former college football captain Brian Sims, whom Outsports introduced to the world this past spring. Sims, a lawyer, has become an advocate for gay rights and has been speaking at various college athletic departments since our article came out. Those […]

We have resumed our popular Tailgate Tour and this week Todd Heustess is headed to Cambridge, Mass., for Penn vs. Harvard. Todd always tries to seek out GLBT groups that tailgate or do some social function around the game. He is still searching for what that something is at Harvard. If you know of any […]

A group of Polaroids taken by Andy Warhol have recently been released. The series is entirely of elite athletes including Muhammed Ali, O.J. Simpson, Dorothy Hamill and John McEnroe. My favorite is a very young Wayne Gretzky, complete with feathered hair. The exhibit is running in Manhattan until Dec. 12. If you can’t make it, […]

Tom Brady is rich, has three Super Bowl rings and a wife who’s a model. But based on a Boston Globe photo contest, there a lot of New England Patriots fans who think they could be his body double in a movie. The Globe has asked readers to submit photos of people who look like […]

Looks like Larry Johnson won’t be getting paid this week afterall: The Kansas City Chiefs cut the disappointing running back. Johnson started a firestorm last week when he used the words “fag” and “faggot” directed at the press and fans. But make no mistake: His release isn’t because of that. No team would release a […]

Univ. of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert has become the posterchild for mean-spirited, unsportsmanlike conduct following a series of onfield incidents aginst BYU in which she pulled opponents’ hair, kicked them and tackled them (video after the jump). All with video cameras watching. Not smart. She’s been suspended; No “soccer flop” was needed here. […]

In the Bay Area for the weekend, I decided to head to my alma mater Stanford for the big game against Oregon. And what a game. Stanford held on for the big upset of the top-10 Ducks, 51-42. But there were some interesting notes after the game. It was my first time "storming the field" […]

Former Major League Baseball player Sammy Sosa insists he’s not trying to turn into Michael Jackson, but does say he’s undergoing skin bleaching. Photos of Sosa looking pasty appeared recently and it was not because of Halloween. “He is going through a rejuvenation process for his skin,” former Cubs employee Rebecca Polihronis, who talks frequently […]

Colts, Saints stay unbeaten at 8-0, but no team is dominant. The Bengals and Bucs show that orange rules, Andy Reid is a bonehead, hot player of the week and the Giants continue to fall apart. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw Week 9 of the NFL: We have reached the halfway point of the […]

WWE star Chris Jericho is in some hot water after using some foolish language about Muslims and gays. Of course, he tossed around “fag.” Is this a growing trend? What’s discouraging is that he acknowledges that cameras are there and even jokes about the TMZ headline he’ll make. He’s proud of it. His comment after […]

Chances are this is the first time you’ve heard of Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. But it won’t be the last. The 6-foot-4, 235 pound redshirt freshman has it all: Good arm, great vision, leadership, and handsome good looks. From Houston, Luck was ranked as high as the No. 4 quarterback coming out of high school […]

The NFL wanted the Kansas City Chiefs to go much easier than the team did after Johnson used three anti-gay slurs two weeks ago. The Chiefs suspended Johnson for two weeks and one paycheck that totals $330,000. But the NFL suggested the Chiefs not suspend Johnson and fine him only $10,000, reports Nancy Gay of […]

It seems everyone on ESPN has been celebrating Manu Ginobli’s killing of a bat during his game earlier this week. If you haven’t seen it, he swatted a flying bat out of the air (video after the jump). But every time I see it I can't help but get angry. I understand humans think they […]

I always find it humbling to see a story like this that puts life into perspective. No matter how bad my day is, no matter what goes wrong, no matter how much back pain I have, my life isn’t nearly the struggle that this kid’s life is. Brenden Adams seems like such a nice kid, […]

Soon to be one of the classic sports rants of all time. My favorite: "Do you believe in miracles?" Enjoy… Hat tip to Kelvin. Soon to be one of the classic sports rants of all time. My favorite: "Do you believe in miracles?" Enjoy… Hat tip to Kelvin.

I had no idea what the term “pause” meant, other than when I pressed the little button on my ipod. But thanks to a college student who emailed us this week, I now know it means “No Homo.” It doesn’t get me riled up, but it’s still interesting. The student had written us because he’s […]

It was the end of the road for Michael Irvin’s Dancing With The Stars run Tuesday night. He was never the best dancer, but he was one of the fan favorites from the first night. Unfortunately, this was his best week of dancing (video after the jump). To get kicked off the show after his […]

Think the Washington Redskins are getting hammered for their coaching and playing? Well owner Daniel Snyder is taking it on the chin from fans and the DC media…for allegedly trying to suppress anger at his coaches and players! Snyder’s heavyhanded attempt at message killing, Douchewellian as it was, worked in the short term: The censorship […]

Yesterday’s USA Today featured a column from hockey columnist Justin Bourne titled, “It’s time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey.” It’s a nice sentiment, but it feels like a blip on the radar the day after an entire state smacked us down. There hasn’t been progress on this issue for years. When […]