Month: April 2009

Hot? Creepy? Or Becks' audition tape for Terminator 4? You be the judge. Hot? Creepy? Or Becks' audition tape for Terminator 4? You be the judge.

A German soccer team has found a great way to keep their fans from bailing on the team: They’re offering refunds. Anyone who traveled to watch Energie Cottbus lose, 4-0, to Bundesliga rival Schalke on Friday will have their admission refunded by the team. You hear people in sports say they “take responsibility” all the […]

U.S. runner Nick Symmonds (who we featured as an Olympic hot jock last year) appears naked in a new online spot for a Nike shoe. It's part of the company's series called the Naked Running Series. U.S. runner Nick Symmonds (who we featured as an Olympic hot jock last year) appears naked in a new […]

The few people who shelled out $9.95 for a webcast from Saturday’s Southern Mississippi spring football on station Rock 104 game heard a lot more than they ever bargained for, including commentary such as, “What’s the weirdest thing you stuck yer dick in?” If you missed Southern Miss’s internet broadcast game, you missed a graphic […]

Ausmus, left, and Williams The finals of the King of the Hardwood are set and they pit World champ David Williams (Aussie Rugby League) and Americas champ Brad Ausmus (Major League Baseball). Vote here. Check out photos of both contestants here. A huge thanks again to Layne for all his hard work in putting on […]

I attended the GLAAD Media Awards last night in Los Angeles, and no big shocker: Milk won an award. Director Gus Van Sant said a couple (refreshingly) brief words. When I saw his face projected on the big screens in the Nokia Theater, I realized he was the twin of New England Patriots coach Bill […]

Longtime Federation of Gay Games member Roger Brigham has been kind enough to pore over the three final bids for the 2014 Gay Games, and he’s written a synopsis of them for the Bay Area Reporter. Of course, everyone’s wondering whom the FGG will select in September, and Brigham’s analysis gives key insight into all […]

A what-were-they-thinking? story from Ohio: A Butler County teacher has resigned after she admitted to taking a group of four female students [who are also cheerleaders] to a gay bar in Dayton. Lori Epperson worked for Butler Tech and taught Marketing at Edgewood High School. A what-were-they-thinking? story from Ohio: A Butler County teacher has […]

LGBT boxing fans (myself included) will miss the charismatic presence of boxing great Oscar De La Hoya, who announced his retirement from the ring on Tuesday. At age 36, the Golden Boy had to confess, "I don't have it any more." His most recent fight left him on the receiving end of a resounding TKO, […]

It’s a good week if you’re a fan of the Mets (no) and Yankees (yes). The New York teams open a pair of new ballparks at a cost of more than $2 billion, with the Mets splitting their first two games in Citi Field and the Yankees opening tonight. If history is an indication, the […]

The style is a little too frenetic for my tastes, but it's hard to beat the visuals. The style is a little too frenetic for my tastes, but it's hard to beat the visuals.

We were thrilled to have as our guest on our latest podcast, actor Eric Millegan from Fox’s “Bones.” Eric is a huge and very knowledgable NBA fan (he loves the Portland Trail Blazers, while his partner is a Cleveland Cavaliers fan) and he broke down the first round of the NBA Playoffs for us. Listen […]

April 16 marks 100 days out from the opening ceremony of the Second World Outgames in Copenhagen. We’ve gotten a number of requests for information about the event, mostly people wondering how big the event will be. Gerry Hail, a spokesperson for the event, told us yesterday that they have 4,000 registered athletes, and that […]

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 6,500 sporting participants, writer Ross Forman This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it will be profiling Outgames athletes over the next […]

The Stanley Cup playoffs, the best postseason tournament of them all, begin tonight. This is one thing the NHL gets right, and will continue to get right as long as they never replace sudden-death overtime with that godawful shootout. And don’t listen to that “every team makes the playoffs” crap. Only 16 of the 30 […]

The Massconomet, Mass., Regional High football team's co-captain comes out and finds a world of support.

Here's a (heavy quotes) "fun" little promo, shot for Head tennis products featuring a drenched Novak Djokovic wearing nipple tassles. Quick: Name a single marketing video you've ever seen that's worse than this one . . . Hat tip to Towleroad. Here's a (heavy quotes) "fun" little promo, shot for Head tennis products featuring a […]

Clockwise, from top left: Youngquest, Williams, Wright, Ausmus. It is a guaranteed baseball vs. rugby final as two players from each sport are in the Final Four of the King of the Hardwood contest. In the World bracket, Aussie rugby players Nick Youngquest and David Williams go at it, while in the Americas bracket it […]

Brent, who has taken photos for Outsports for years, was at UCLA Friday to shoot the Rafer Johnson / Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational track meet. On the way back to his car he came across some UCLA lacrosse players and found out they were playing a game Saturday against Claremont, located in eastern L.A. County. Taking […]