Month: March 2009

As a lead-up to our Outsports Local Groups Challenge, we’ll be profiling the five first-round matchups on the blog. Voting is open now!There may be no two sports considered more masculine than rugby and ice hockey, and this matchup features a great representatives of each: GForce hockey and the Seattle Quake RFC. As a lead-up […]

Not sports-related, but hard to imagine anything more miraculous than this Turkish worker who survives being hit by a truck that was hit by a train, and figured people who like to see it: Not sports-related, but hard to imagine anything more miraculous than this Turkish worker who survives being hit by a truck that […]

Online Surveys & Market Research Seattle Quake Rugby Football Clubwww.quakerugby.org Location: Seattle, Washington Sport: Rugby Founded: 2002 The Seattle Quake is a determined group of men from all backgrounds and lifestyles that show each other the kind of support on and off the field that most teams would beg for. Keeping a rugby team going […]

Online Surveys & Market Research Minneapolis Mayhem Rugby Football Clubwww.mayhemrfc.com Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Sport: Rugby Founded: 2005 Mayhem RFC is one of the nation’s few male teams that makes rugby accessible to the GLBT community. In our short existence, we’ve grown from a group of guys who knew nothing about rugby to a club that […]

Online Surveys & Market Research Gay Hockey Phoenix Arizona//sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/GayHockeyPhoenixArizona/ City, state and country: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. Sport: Ice Hockey Founded: 2008 Our group is the best gay-sports group of OutSports.com in 2008 because we were founded at the end of year and have a bright future ahead of us. Our group is small with 18 […]

Online Surveys & Market Research Gay Polo Leaguewww.gaypolo.com Location: Los Angeles, California Sport: Polo Founded: 2007 GPL is the ONLY organized gay polo league in the world! In 2008, GPL achieved several milestones – membership grew to more than 40 active members, GPL competed in polo tournaments, GPL traveled as an “out” league to several […]

As a lead-up to our Outsports Local Groups Challenge, we’ll be profiling the five first-round matchups on the blog. Voting starts Thursday. Southern California may be the most active gay-sports area in the world. Including San Diego, Long Beach and Los Angeles, dozens upon dozens of gay teams and leagues flourish. Two of them are […]

The website Pop Sugar has a photo gallery of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady hanging out on a balcony in L.A. this week with new wife Gisele Bundchen and his little son John. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart also makes an appearance. Pop Sugar gushes about how hot Brady looks, but my discerning eye […]

For fans of metrosexual soccer stud David Beckham, it’s going to be a long, hot, sultry summer. The famed midfielder and underwear model has played 11 games so far this year. Add 12 more if he finishes up his schedule with AC Milan as expected, 13 more if he returns to the Los Angeles Galaxy […]

The 2009 World Outgames kick off with the Opening Ceremony in Copenhagen on Saturday, July 25. As the clock ticks down on training for the anticipated 8,000 sporting participants, writer Ross Forman will be profiling Outgames athletes over the next six months in a new continuing series: The Outgames Athletes. Joe Alfano, Rowing Heidi Madsen, […]

Kurt Warner and his wife, Brenda Kurt Warner resigned with the Arizona Cardinals for two years and $23 million after flirting with the San Francisco 49ers. His decision was made, Warner said, by a conversation he said he had with God: “I told my wife probably 45 minutes into it that I just felt God […]

Oh those crazy UNC fans are at it again. Now that they mention it, there have been a lot of cute guys to come through Cameron Indoor Stadium. There are many great lines, but one has nothing to do with Duke players being gay. Remember this when filling out your bracket: "March is here, our […]

Voting for Round 1 of our Local Groups Challenge starts Thursday, March 5 and ends Monday, March 9 at 11:59pm. It's simple: In each matchup, the group that receives the most votes moves on to the next round. Everyone is eligible to vote; To vote, follow the following links: Golden Gate Wrestling Club v. Jimmy […]

Online Surveys & Market Research Golden Gate Wrestlingwww.GGWC.org Location: San Francisco Bay Area Sport: Wrestling Founded: 1980 The group was started before GayGames 1980 at behest of Tom Waddell to Don Jung. The GGWC has competed every Gay Games and has done well every time. The group started the international organization Wrestlers WithOut Borders in […]

As a lead-up to our Outsports Local Groups Challenge, we’ll be profiling the five first-round matchups on the blog. Voting starts Thursday. Phoenix is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and their gay-sports groups have followed that lead. The softball group hosted the 2007 Gay Softball World Series, the football group was one […]

Twelve militants armed with grenades and submachine guns attacked a bus in Lahore, Pakistan, carrying members of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Six police officers guarding the bus and two bystanders were killed. Seven players were injured and two were hospitalized. All twelve gunmen escaped. The assault was among the worst armed attacks on a […]

The UConn women’s basketball team completed a perfect regular season at 30-0. How special is it? It’s better than losing a game, I suppose. Though some may argue that losing a game in the regular season helps a team focus, given they’ve won two by winning them all already, I don’t think that applies. But […]

We have written before about the “Gods of Football” charity calendar and “making of” DVD that features Aussie Rules Football and Rugby League players getting naked for a good cause. But we never pass up a chance to feature new photos of the jocks sent to us by the creators. Below the jump new shots […]

There was a fun column in the University of Arizona student newspaper last Friday about homoeroticism in sports. All-male sports teams create a unique fraternal bond between participants. These types of bonds create the strongest friendships. Combine that fraternal bond with constant body contact and huddles so close that you could kiss your teammates if […]

Over the weekend, the New England Patriots traded both LB Mike Vrabel and QB Matt Cassel to the Kansas City Chiefs for the Chiefs’ second round draft pick in this year’s draft, the 34th overall pick. This instantly sent shockwaves through the NFL community as Cassel was being shopped heavily as bait for the Carolina […]