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 | May 24, 2012 NFL players would welcome a gay teammate Hear Jevon Kearse, Robert Griffin III and Trent Richardson talk about having a gay teammate. Click to play |
 | May 17, 2012 Olympic hopeful comes out, Manny Pacquiao against gay marriage Olympic hopeful Josh Dixon came out on Outsports and talked about being gay in gymnastics. Boxer Manny Pacquiao said he’s against same sex marriage and was labeled a homophobe. Click to play |
 | May 3, 2012 Athletes more comfortable stripping down Kris Humphries took some revealing photos for WestEast magazine. He joins Lance Parker and other American pro athletes getting comfortable stripping down to underwear and not much more. Click to play |
 | April 26, 2012 The good guys in sports This week we talk about some of the good guys in sports. Brian Sims won a big election. Oakland pitcher Brandon McCarthy stood up against homophobia. And an Indian boxer is as gay friendly as an Italian soccer manager. Click to play |
 | April 19, 2012 Matthew Mitcham is OK with being gay icon While we hear that some athletes don’t want to be labeled a gay athlete, Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham says he’s just fine with it. Click to playsims |
 | April 12, 2012 NYU’s Jay Hayes talks about his It Gets Better video NYU volleyball captain Jay Hayes talks with us about putting together his athletic department’s It Gets Better video, what he learned from the process, and the reaction he has gotten. Click to play |
 | March 29, 2012 Major League Soccer player gets non-punishment for ‘faggot’ comment. Did a Minnesota Twin had gay lover. Houston Dynamo player Colin Clark called a ball boy a ‘faggot’ during a game. While he got a three-game suspension, he is being paid for all three games. Another non punishment. Plus, a former classmate of Minnesota Twin Carl Pavano says they had a relationship. Click to play |
 | March 22, 2012 Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown preaches homophobia. Tim Tebow, Saints. Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown has been using his position with the university to preach homophobia and his Christian religion to players. It is time for him to go. Plus, Tim Tebow goes to the Jets and the Saints lose some coaches. Click to play |
 | March 15, 2012 The No Surprise podcast. Philip Rivers against gay marriage. Russians ban Pride House There were lots of predictable events recently for gay sports fans. Philip Rivers opposes marriage equality. Russia banned Pride House at the Olympics. Orlando wants the Gay Games. And Jeremy Shockey is not welcome in New York. Click to play |
 | March 8, 2012 Ohio State’s lavender shirt. Nebraska football coach hates gays. Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer ended the use of a purple or lavender shirt to motivate players. But was the shirt offensive in the first place. And Nebraska football coach Ron Brown wants to discriminate against gays. Click to play |
 | March 1, 2012 ‘You Can Play’ project launches in honor of Brendan Burke Patrick Burke has launched his ‘You Can Play’ project with the help of his father, Brian, in honor of his brother, Brendan. Click to play |
 | February 23, 2012 Jeremy Lin success leads to more sex for gay Asian blogger. Jeremy the high schooler says It Gets Better One gay Asian blogger says his sex life has heated up with Jeremy Lin’s success, leaving us wondering why it would take an NBA player for someone to be attracted to someone else. And high school footballer Jeremy records It Gets Better video. Click to play |
 | February 9, 2012 Sports personalities freak out over shirtless men dancing David Beckham’s Super Bowl underwear ad was the latest example of America’s fear of the bulge. But we’ve seen it many times before with speedos on swimmersbe. Click to play |
 | February 2, 2012 America’s fear of the bulge David Beckham’s Super Bowl underwear ad was the latest example of America’s fear of the bulge. But we’ve seen it many times before with speedos on swimmersbe. Click to play |
 | January 26, 2012 This could be the gayest Super Bowl ever. And how meaningful are Super Bowl predictions. With gay friendly teams, Madonna at halftime and David Beckham sort of in his underwear, this could be the gayest Super Bowl ever. Plus we analyze the game and the meaning of predictions. Click to play |
 | January 19, 2012 Suicides and closeted athletes. Why more coaches are not out. How much are closeted athletes to blame for not helping with the bullying problem that leads to suicides. And why so few college coaches are out. Click to play |
 | January 12, 2012 Is Tim Tebow gay? Our most-read story in the last couple months is a column wondering if Tim Tebow is gay. We talk about that and the phenomenon that has become Tebowmania. Click to play |
 | January 5, 2012 Jonathan Vilma’s anti-something Tweet. Johnny Weir gets married. The stories of two Johns. One is a New Orleans Saint who proved himself to be an ass over Twitter. And Johnny Weir, who married his boyfriend on New Year’s Eve. Click to play |
 | December 22, 2011 2011 Year in Review There were three main themes for gay sports stories this year: People in sports coming out, athletes conveying homophobia, and straight sports folks showing their support for gay people. Click to play |
| December 15, 2011 Anton Hysen, Gareth Thomas, Hulk Hogan. Anton Hysen will not be the first out MLS player. Gareth Thomas finds a business partner and gets a job. And Hulk Hogan is gay friendly despite distancing himself from gay rumors. Click to play |
 | November 24, 2011 Giving thanks. We’re thankful for many things this year. The young athletes who have come out and are working to make life better for others. The straight allies who have come forward. And that the Patriots beat the Jets twice this year. Click to play |
 | November 10, 2011 UNC’s Dave Lohse joins us to talk about David Testo. UNC associate athletic communication director Dave Lohse joins us to tlak about David Testo. Lohse was the public address announcer for Testo’s Tar Heels team and remembers Testo scoring the greatest goal he’s ever seen. Click to play |
 | November 3, 2011 The wave of out high school athletes We recently got accused of being “high school outsports” because of how much we have reported on openly gay high school athletes. With still so few out pro athletes, it is these kids who are bloggin and telling their stories. Click to play |
 | October 20, 2011 Shaq records PSA. Nike hosts Coming Out Day event. A couple big names in sports showed their support for gay people last week as NBA great Shaquille O’Neal recorded an anti bullying PSA and Nike held an event honoring National Coming Out Day.. Click to play |
 | October 13, 2011 Rugger comes out to team on MTV. Gay Bowl XI rained out. Athletes refusing to marry. The final day of Gay Bowl XI was a rainout. An Ohio State rugger comes out to his team on MTV, was that a good idea. And an Aussie rugger refuses to marry until gay people can. Click to play |
 | September 29, 2011 NHL player uses gay slur (allegedly). NFL protects gay players. Philadelphia Flyer Wayne Simmonds was caught on tape saying what looked a heck of a lot like a gay slur, but the NHL has chosen to take no action. The NFL now protects gay players in its collective bargaining agreement. Click to play |
 | September 22, 2011 High school athlete blogs. High school swimmer ‘Sam I Am’ is the latest athlete to start a new blog, and young people are finding their way to it. Plus we talk about the latest entries in our 100 Most Important LGBT Sports Moments list. Click to play |
 | September 15, 2011 Rick Welts leaves Phoenix Suns, talks about new love The day before he left his position with the Phoenix Suns, Rick Welts chatted with Outsports about his next job, his new love and his role as a gay-sports advocate. Click to play |
 | September 8, 2011 We remember Mark Bingham and Sept. 11, 2001. Plus the NFL season kicks off. We knew Mark Bingham for about two years before he died on Sept. 11, 2001. We recall our fondest memories of him and remember that terrible day. Plus, whom we’ll be watching this NFL season! Click to play |
 | September 1, 2011 Aikman talks about gay rumors. Gay and straight athletes tell others to stay in the closet Troy Aikman was asked about the rumor that he’s gay and he had some choice words for Skip Bayless. Two European athletes, one gay one straight, tell athletes to stay in the closet. Click to play |
 | August 25, 2011 High school athlete fears coming out of the closet. We discuss an article from Canada profiling a high school hockey player who’s afraid to come out to his team. In today’s sports culture, how real is the threat of violence against gay athletes? Click to play |
 | August 18, 2011 Vincent Pryor was out TCU football player in 1994. Seventeen years after the set the school single-game sack record as an out gay man, TCU’s Vincent Pryor finally told his story publicly to Outsports. Jim Buzinski, who wrote the story, shares the behind-the-scenes story and what we all can take from Pryor’s story. Click to play |
 | July 28, 2011 Outsports launches partnership with It Gets Better. Orioles add their voices. Outsports has launched a partnership with the It Gets Better Project to showcase gay athletes, coaches and sports administrators. Plus the Baltimore Orioles give insight into the phenomenon of MLB participation in the project. Click to play |
 | July 21, 2011 Greatest gay sports moments. Gay Softball World Series’ new guidelines. We have listed a couple dozen of our most important moments in gay sports history, and some readers already disagree. Plus, the Gay Softball World Series is coming to Chicago. Click to play |
 | July 14, 2011 Michael Irvin supports gay equality. Sheryl Swoopes engaged to marry a man. Michael Irvin appeared on the cover of ‘Out’ magazine this week to talk about his gay brother and stump for marriage equality. Cyd and Jim talk about how the story came about. And not many people are talking about it, but Sheryl Swoopes, who came out of the closet in 2005, is now engaged to a man. Click to play |
 | July 7, 2011 Sports and the politics of marriage We’re back! And for the first time on the podcast we dive heavy into politics. With the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, with the help of various voices in sports, we wonder why so many people, particularly politicians, are still dragging their feet on the issue.. Click to play |
 | June 16, 2011 Important moments in gay-sports history Through June we’re combing the annals of history to find the most important moments for gay sports. Some are obvious, including the coming out of athletes like Dave Kopay and Martina Navratilova. We’re also finding other moments that we had forgotten about. Click to play |
 | June 9, 2011 Out D.1 soccer player Brandon Stoneham joins us Since we first profiled Adelphi’s Brandon Stoneham in April he has been met with overwhelming support from teammates, competitors, friends and strangers. He says not only has he not had a single negative experience, he doesn’t know of any out athlete who has. Click to play |
 | June 2, 2011 Jason Whitlock joins us to talk about racial and gay slurs We are so thrilled to have Jason Whitlock, one of our favorite sports columnists, join us this week to discuss his column about why he’s jealous of gay people. We talked about why black athletes are more homophobic, how gay people are using sports to promote equality, and Whitlock lets on that the interview went far better than expected. Click to play |
 | May 26, 2011 May 2011 shines light on gays in sports We look back at the month of May, which saw the coming out of various people in sports, the rejection of homophobia, and various athletes standing up for gay equality. Click to play |
 | May 19, 2011 Gay former Villanova star Will Sheridan joins us Openly gay former Villanova basketball star Will Sheridan joins us to talk about coming out to his team five years ago, his music career, and the reaction he’s received since his big announcement. Click to play |
 | May 12, 2011 Twitter is getting athletes and sports agents in trouble. Gay athlete is prom king. Todd Reynolds of Uptown Sports, NC State’s CJ Leslie and sportscaster Damian Goddard all took to Twitter to disagree with Sean Avery’s support of gay marriage. Plus gay athlete Craig Cassey wins prom king. Click to play |
 | April 28, 2011 Are actions and words by athletes becoming less gay…at the same time they are becoming gayer Kissing on the cheek. Kissing on the lips. Holding hands. More and more we see male athletes show affection for one another. How gay is it. Plus are gay epithets losing power or gaining momentum. Click to play |
 | April 21, 2011 Out coach and athlete open closet doors at Maine college. NBA PSAs. Tennis coach Colin Joyner and lacrosse player Ben Chadwick are opening conversations about gays in sports at Bowdoin College with their Anything But Straight in Athletics group. Lakers and Suns record PSAs encouraging tolerance. Click to play |
 | April 14, 2011 Kobe Bryant uses anti-gay slur on the court Los Angeles Laker star Kobe Bryant was caught calling an NBA referee a ‘fucking faggot’ on national TV. His statement on the issue did not include an apology, and he is appealing the $100k fine from the NBA. We talk about next steps for Kobe. Click to play |
 | April 7, 2011 Out college coaches and athletes from BYU and in rural America. The New York Times profiled Outsports last week and some of the work we’ve been doing, including the stories of gay athletes and coaches hailing from BYU. Also, we’ll tell the story of an out men’s head coach this week.. Click to play |
 | March 31, 2011 Miami (Ohio) hockey team embraces gay athletes. The Miami (Ohio) hockey team talks about Brendan Burke, keeping homophobic epithets out of the locker room, and embracing the idea of a gay teammate. Click to play |
 | March 24, 2011 Hot athletes in King of the Hardwood. A lesbian basketballer. Straight allies in hockey. It’s that time again for the annual King of the Hardwood. Gareth Thomas lost in Round 1, and it looks like every black entrant will also lose. A lesbian basketball player at a Catholic high school comes out with an amazing story. And we talked with some straight allies at Miami (Ohio) hockey who remember Brendan Burke. Click to play |
 | March 10, 2011 Ryan Quinn discusses being a gay athlete in Utah, plus his new novel ‘The Fall’ Former college skier Ryan Quinn joins us to talk about his experience as a gay athlete in Utah, plus the issues facing gay athletes at Mormon schools. Plus he has a new book out, ‘The Fall,’ which features a gay athlete. Click to play |
| March 3, 2011 Brian Sims discusses gay college athletes, BYU and Greg Congdon Out former college football captain Brian Sims joins us to talk about his visits to dozens of schools since our article about him came out in 2009. Plus we chat about BYU’s problem with sex and Greg Congdon. Click to play |
 | February 24, 2011 Ian Roberts talks about showers. Coward pro athletes still won’t come out. Ian Roberts offers some straight talk about gays in the locker rooms and the falling hurdles to athletes coming out. Yet we still have only active high school and collegiate athletes leading the way, and some of them doing a great job of it. Click to play |
 | February 17, 2011 Out sports columnist Steve Buckley joins us from Spring Training Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley, who came out publicly in January, joins us to talk about the athletes who embraced him after he came out, how long it will be before we have an out active pro athlete, and some insight into Colts fans and the 2011 Red Sox. Click to play |
 | February 10, 2011 Hot models, lesbian moms and Tibet It’s a grab-bag of topics this week, chatting about Tibet and the Winkelvoss twins, the Super Bowl, an athlete’s lesbian mom, more athletes support gays and Howard Stern. Click to play |
 | February 3, 2011 Super bowl XLV and the gay angles We talk about the Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers, and we offer our picks. Plus ‘gay’ commercials. Click to play |
 | January 27, 2011 LGBT Equality Night with the Clippers. Players call Jay Cutler a “sissy.” Outsports and Equality California have teamed up with the Los Angeles Clippers to host Equality Night on Feb. 2. Many NFL players have questioned Jay Cutler’s manhood after the NFC Championship game. Click to play |
 | January 20, 2011 Patrick Burke moderates gay-sports discussion for G-Force Hockey. Glenn Witman of G-Force Hockey and Patrick Burke joined us to talk about the hockey team’s mission of overturning stereotypes in sports and Burke’s role in battling homophobia. Click to play |
 | January 13, 2011 High school athletes come out and start a new blog. Three high school athletes from three different cities got together and started a new blog, Walk the Road. Their hope is to build a community of support for young athletes, and they are already getting attention from the press for it. Click to play |
 | January 6, 2011 Sportswriter Steve Buckley comes out. We sit down with Gareth Thomas. Boston Herald sportswriter Steve Buckley came out of the closet this week. He is the second Herald sportswriter to do so. And this week we met out rugby player Gareth Thomas. Click to play |
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| July 16, 2009 Talking about the Richard Jefferson rumors. Plus, T.O. gets naked for his new show We were one of the first to talk about the Richard-Jefferson-is-gay rumors when news came out this week that he abruptly canceled his wedding. Some readers took us to task for it. But within 24 hours, people on ESPN and across the media were discussing the rumors. What place does discussing rumors have on Outsports? Plus, both Cyd and Jim are excited for T.O.’s new show, but for different reasons. Click to play | |
| July 9, 2009 How to shed pounds fast for the summer (and whenever else) Jim and Cyd have always been pretty lean. But in the last 18 months, Jim has lost 40 pounds; In the last six months, Cyd has lost 17 pounds. They didn’t intend to do it: They just changed their diet to be healthier and shifted their workout routine. They share some of the easy (and some of the difficult) things they did that have left them both leaner for the summer. Click to play | |
| June 25, 2009 Have the Outgames, and possibly the Gay Games, run their course? Gay Cincinnati Reds rumors With registration numbers for the World Outgames in one month well below initial expectations, we have started wondering if there’s a need for the Outgames or even the Gay Games! And why has it become commonplace to think an athlete is gay if he seems distracted on the field? Click to play | |
| June 18, 2009 NFL ready for a gay player? What gay pride has become. The Washington Post explored whether the NFL was ready for a gay player. Was that a good question for them to ask, and what do you think of them including homophobic former player Ken Hutcherson? Also, gay pride becomes more about the fringes of the “gay community,” and sports are largely nowhere to be found. Click to play | |
| June 11, 2009 ESPN tackles gay porn. Trans basketball. Nake pole vaulter. ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ is doing a short feature on two former Nebraska wrestlers who were kicked off the team last year for appearing in gay porn. Twp Filippino transgender basketball teams squared off and cameras were there to catch the spectacle. A French pole vaulter got naked for the cameras again. Plus: Gay Yankee, Brett Favre. Click to play | |
| June 4, 2009 Collegiate soccer player’s coming-out story. Nils Sundin came out to his St. Ambrose University soccer team last autumn, and he went on to be named Defensive MVP. Sundin talks with us about his coming-out process, his dating experience, hitting the town in big cities and what might lay ahead for him. Click to play | |
| May 28, 2009 Rugger David Williams is gay-friendly. A high school swimming crush. Australian rugby player David Williams, winner of the King Of The Hardwood contest, answers some of our questions about gay fans and players and comes across as very gay-friendly. Also, a high school swimmer has a crush on one of his teammates. Is it OK and how should/could he react? Click to play | |
| May 21, 2009 Should Outsports not report on attractive athletes? A couple blog items this week attractive yet still even more criticism from Outsports readers. One was a question asking who can call a 16-year-old diver cute or hot. The other was a revisiting of the Brian Sims story, with some readers attacking us for writing about too many attractive out athletes. Click to play | |
| May 14, 2009 Gay Winter Olympics event. Our sports pet peeves. A promoter of gay events at Whistler are hyping up their “Pride House,” which they say will be a congregating spot for gay athletes at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. We doubt that will happen. Also, our sports pet peeves: Gold medals in swimming, basketball refs, holding on kick-off returns and more. Click to play | |
| May 7, 2009 Leave Dungy alone? Outgames status. Closeted on a championship team We’ve been following a lot of Tony Dungy’s moves since the coach raised money to fight against gay rights, and a couple people are telling us to stop. Should we? The Outgames are about 10 weeks away: What should people be expecting? And some gay men and women are still closeted despite winning national gay-sports titles. Click to play | |
| HTML clipboard April 30, 2009 The Braylon Edwards-is-gay rumors We’ve heard rumors in the past that NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards is gay, but we’d never written about it until Deadspin reported a couple rumors they had heard. Cyd and Jim talk about whether they should be adding new stories to the fire or if reporting on the stories others unveil is all they should do. HTML clipboard Click to play | |
| HTML clipboard | HTML clipboard April 23, 2009 NFL Draft, Madden curse, Lacrosse epithets & Mitcham’s money It’s the NFL Draft, the most over-hyped sports event of the year. There are a couple things we’re interested to see, but not enough to watch 12 hours of coverage. Also, is the Madden curse real? UCLA lacrosse players use some gay-unfriendly language. And Matthew Mitcham still wonders why he has few endorsement deals. HTML clipboard Click to play |
