Month: February 2009

The tough talking sheriff in Columbia, S.C. said Monday that he won’t charge swimming sensation Michael Phelps after all. Add escape artist to the Olympian’s already impressive resume. "We had a photo and him saying he was sorry for inappropriate behavior," Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said during a televised press conference. "He never said, […]

It was great to see the positive vibes coming out of the NBA All-Star game over the weekend, thanks in large part to two guys who have been painted as mortal enemies: Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. First, Shaq started it off with his "JabbaWockeeZ" intro (vid after the jump), which was energetic and contemporary. […]

The Memphis Tigers quite nearly became the targets of some jovial ribbing and some nasty, targeted attacks when they pushed to wear uniforms of FedEx’s colors (orange, purple and white) in their upcoming game this Wednesday night, instead of their usual blue and white. The NCAA actually gave them permission to do so, but officials […]

With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver a year away, NBC Universal Sports (which is broadcasting the Games) has a photo gallery of what they call “Mountain men: Hot male skier.” Among them is longtime Outsports fave Jeremy Bloom (right), a terrific moguls skier. Click here for the photo gallery. With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver […]

“Con el culo al aire.” In Spanish it means “with the butt to the air.” Some members of the Galáctico Pegaso soccer team in Spain quite nearly took it literally last week as they dropped their shorts on the field, apparently in protest of not getting paid. I say they nearly took it literally because […]

Bayard Rustin, who became a gay activist later in life, was a brilliant, charismatic, passionately courageous man who was Dr. Martin Luther King’s chief strategist and right-hand man. By Patricia Nell WarrenOutsports.comBarack Obama’s election as America’s first black President is a good time for refreshing our memory on LGBT figures in the black civil-rights movement. […]

We introduced you earlier this week to Spencer Duhm, the latest gay-athlete contestant on ‘Survivor.’ Thpenther apparently isn’t of the “live and let live” gay variety; he’s of the “gay men shouldn’t act ‘gay'” variety. He doesn’t like gay men who lisp, he doesn’t like gay men who openly have crushes on straight guys; In […]

As the players and coaches were walking off the field Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, following the 2-0 U.S. win over Mexico in a World Cup qualifier, American player Frankie Hejduk was confronted by Mexican assistant Paco Ramirez, who proceeded to slap him (video after the jump.). As Hejduk told the Washington Post: “I was just […]

While gay people around the world were screaming “homophobia” because Matthew Mitcham had not received any endorsement-deal offers in 2008, it seems he did. AussieBum was rumored months ago to be planning on offering him a deal, and now SameSame says AussieBum did offer him a six-figure deal, but that Mitcham’s management ignored the offer […]

A reporter for the University of Western Ontario has done a nice job on an article exploring the issues surrounding homophobia in sports and the culture that keeps athletes in the closet. Ravi Amarnath really did his homework for this one, talking to at least a half-dozen sources (including myself), most notably an openly bisexual […]

Interested Outsports readers can "attend" the ongoing trial of lesbian soccer player Eudy Simelane's accused murderers via a live blog at Human Rights Watch. HRW just emailed this notice: On April 28, 2008, Eudy Simelane, 31 years old, was gang-raped and brutally murdered in her home township, Kwa-Thema, near Johannesburg in South AFrica. The apparent […]

The cutest face in the NBA has to belong to Kyle Korver. The Utah Jazz forward is often compared to actor and model Ashton Kutcher, though Korver doesn't much care for the comparison; He doesn't see the comparison (Korver says he's much taller than Kutcher). Don't you feel sorry for him, being compared to Kutcher? […]

Olympic gymnasts Ivan Ivankov, Raj Bhavsar, and Jonathan Horton flex a bit, then perform shirtless on the rings. Olympic gymnasts Ivan Ivankov, Raj Bhavsar, and Jonathan Horton flex a bit, then perform shirtless on the rings.

One of the greatest aspects of sports is stories like this. Just watch. One of the greatest aspects of sports is stories like this. Just watch.

From Scientific American comes research into avoiding choking under pressure, be it in sports, on the job or anywhere else in your life. Some concepts seem counterintuitive, but have been borne out somewhat by studies. We choke under pressure because such conditions thwart the normal brain processing of tasks that are so well learned they […]

Now, here’s a twist — Brooke Heike (right), a former women’s basketball player at Central Michigan University is suing the school and coach Sue Guevara, claiming she was kicked off the team for being heterosexual and not the “type” the coach wanted. The lawsuit states in April 2007, when Guevara was hired as head coach, […]

SI’s Peter King says Brett Favre is retiring again. So where will he end up next year? Tampa Bay? Arizona? My guess is that he’ll actually stay retired this time. The last three months have been brutal for Favre, with loud whispers of him tainting his legacy. My guess is guys like King have told […]

Can Dina Mite reign supreme? Will Olivia Neutron Bomb steal the title? No, it’s not RuPaul’s Drag Race, it’s the Toronto-based women’s Pillow Fight League. The rules are simple: Women only, pillow-fighting only (no biting, Mike Tyson), and no rude behavior. And if someone isn’t pinned by the time limit, “Pillow fighters are judged based […]

Baseball has another scandal brewing on its horizon and this one is a doozy. Former second baseman Roberto Alomar is being accused of knowingly having unprotected sex while “he knew he had AIDS.” Alomar’s ex-girlfriend Ilya Dall has filed a lawsuit in state and Federal court for damages totalling $15 Million for the awful allegations. […]

MMA fighter Jon Koppenhaver, aka “War Machine,” was arrested in Las Vegas for allegedly attacking security in a gay bar there. He was being escorted out of Krave Nightclub, which patrons described as “gay but straight-friendly,” after allegedly causing a hubbub in the bar when he turned on security. They held him until Las Vegas […]