Month: December 2009

MTV’s The Real World takes a handful of twentysomethings and gives them a platform, and these kids believe what they have to say deserves to be heard by everybody. The latest example is Mike Manning, the resident gay/bi jock/eye-candy on air now in the show’s season 374, shot in D.C. Mike’s a tough guy who […]

As we wind down another great year at Outsports, we also start a new one. Various conversations and blog comments in the last month have left me wondering what our readers truly want more of in the new year. Please tell us in the poll below and in the comments what you’d actually spend time […]

Let’s preempt any comment from readers asking, “What has this post got to do with sports?” Absolutely nothing. I have no idea if these International Jock underwear models are jocks and don’t care; the company was nice enough to send us pics of their monthly 2009 models. Consider this holiday eye candy, our version of […]

If you’re like me, you’ve spent much of the last month stuffing your face with Christmas cookies, cake and egg nog. And now you’re looking to shed the 2, 5, 10 pounds you’ve packed in since Thanksgiving dinner rolled around. I’ve noticed the gym as packed as I’ve ever seen it over the last few […]

While I hated that the Colts yanked their starters in the third quarter Sunday against the Jets and then lost their first game of the season, the way they did it seems to have defanged the 1972 17-0 Miami Dolphins. The Fins every year pop the champagne corks when the last unbeaten team loses. It […]

It’s rare that Jim (a Colts fan) and I (a Patriots fan) agree on anything either team does. But we agree on this: The Colts really stunk up the joint by pulling their starters with the ball, up 5 in the third quarter against the Jets. Some people seize the opportunity for greatness; others turn […]

Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite directors because of how deeply he delves into the characters in his films. Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, Gran Torino…these are great character studies that each left me emotionally drained. In Invictus, Eastwood had the opportunity to share with us the lives of two great men; Instead, the surface-level […]

This weekend Sarah Thomas became the first woman to officiate a college bowl game, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (Marshall beat Ohio, 21-17). The Mississippi mother of two is in her first season officiating college football and earned high enough marks to place her in a bowl game. Thomas said: It was a little uncomfortable […]

The final Monday Night Football game of the season was a doozy — Bears 36, Vikings 30 in overtime on a Jay Cutler 39-yard touchdown pass to Devin Aromashodu. The end spoiled a terrific comeback by the Vikings, who scored 30 second-half points. It also continued a tailspin that has seen Minnesota lose three of […]

There was a weird segment on Fox's pregame show (video below) where the panel was discussing a picture of Howie Long naked when he was a player for the Raiders. The context was comic Frank Caliendo's NFL picks. He was doing a lame impersonation of George W. Bush doing a standup routine and mentioned a […]

Indy decides to take a knee against the Jets and loses a chance at perfection; the NFC playoff field is set; clueless in New Orleans and hot player of the week. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw Week 16 in the NFL: The Indianapolis Colts lost their first game Sunday after beginning their season 14-0. […]

Every once in a while we bring you an athlete-turned-model in our hot jocks series. And given Gabe Johansen’s body, I can’t imagine anyone complaining. He’s also a trainer in L.A., like just about everyone in L.A. with his physique. Something to keep you warm this chilly weekend, after the jump… Every once in a […]

Fox Sports in L.A. shot a too-wide angle during a locker room interview and caught a brief glimpse of Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown exposing his naked butt while changing. It's so quick I missed it the first time: Fox Sports in L.A. shot a too-wide angle during a locker room interview and caught a […]

I am enjoying the reports out of Minnesota about how quarterback Brett Favre has no problem letting Coach Brad Childress who is running the team, and that it’s not Chilly. On Sunday, Favre refused to leave the game when asked by Childress, with the quarterback airing the dispute publicly after, and not keeping it in-house. […]

Photographer William Yang recently got Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham to sit down for a photo shoot. I love the outcome. Yang took raw images of Mitcham and his great smile and wrote on the prints. The series is called simply “Photographing Matthew Mitcham” and is presently displayed at a gallery in Sydney. Unfortunately, it looks […]

People around the world react to rugger Gareth Thomas coming out as gay.

What do you do if you have two tickets to the NHL’s Winter Classic and don’t have anyone to go with? Well hockey guru Peter Hay Halpert has two tickets to the Jan. 1 outdoor game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park. His straight buddies can’t go because their wives […]

The economic recession has claimed a new victim. For the last few years, the Women’s Sports Foundation has funded the It Takes A Team project run by gay-sports pioneer Pat Griffin. The project has worked at various levels of sport, making inroads at the NCAA, various colleges and high schools. Unfortunately, the project will end […]

Vikings, Broncos, Packers all suffer key losses and the playoff picture is a mess; hot player of the week and dumb playing and announcing. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw Week 15 of the NFL: The NFL continues to show that nothing is a given and that was evident again Sunday in a day that […]