Month: June 2009

For the first time since 2006, the top four seeds in the ladies' draw have made the semifinals at Wimbledon. In the top half, top seed and World No. 1 Dinara Safina will battle 5-time defending champ Venus Williams after the Russian escaped a messy quarterfinal against unseeded German Sabine Lisicki. Dina hit 15 double […]

Los Angeles Unified School District officials are upset, the L.A. Times reports, that members of the Birmingham High football team participated in a photo shoot with “Bruno,” the flamboyantly gay character played by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. (Some photos below). A slide show on the GQ website shows Cohen cavorting with the uniformed players while […]

What does tennis smell like? Lacoste will soon be trying to define it as they release their new fragrance for men called Challenge. The campaign revolves around tennis, and the bottle is even modeled after the handle of a tennis racquet (pic after the jump). The cologne itself (why does no one use the word […]

It’s hard to believe that the Philadelphia Phillies Gay Community Night is already in its seventh year! But Larry Felzer has been working with the defending World Series champs since early 2003 building what is probably the most successful recurring gay outing at any pro sports event in the country. This year features lawyer and […]

Ana Ivanovic’s Wimbledon campaign came crashing down in a pool of tears today after suffering a mid-match injury in her fourth rounder. The Serb was down a set down to Venus Williams and serving at deuce when she felt a sharp pain in her inner thigh and called a trainer. She managed to hold serve […]

With the news that the Michigan Panthers gay flag football team lost one of its players to a fatal heart attack during the second annual Pride Bowl in Chicago over the weekend, I was left wondering what I would do if I lost a teammate in the middle of a game or a tournament. My […]

I’ve never understood why so many women think Derek Jeter is the hottest athlete around, but he’s again been named their hottest baseball player in an informal poll. I’ve been wondering if it’s due to the label of “hot athlete” that straight men in the media have given him. Because he’s a passable guy for […]

Roger Federer won his French Open final rematch Monday, beating Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). He now stands three wins from the 15th Grand Slam win that at last year’s Wimbledon some said he would never get. Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals when Anna Ivanovic retired. The U.S. men’s soccer team lost […]

Maria Kirilenko of Russia is ranked 59th but got a Centre Court match. Who knew the people running Wimbledon were sexist pigs? Organizers admitted to the Daily Mail that, in early rounds, they try and put very attractive women players on Centre Court, no matter their ranking. For example, 28th ranked Sorana Cirstea got to […]

The New York Times has a good article that looks into the types of friendships that gay and straight men can have with each other. Its conclusion: Although male friends of opposite orientations can face formidable obstacles – sexuality, language, peer pressure, inequality – there seems to be more mutual appreciation and common ground. The […]

The U.S. men’s soccer team led favored Brazil, 2-0, at halftime of the final of the Confederations Cup in South Africa. Then the Brazilians showed why they are among the world’s elite by scoring three goals for a 3-2 win. The U.S. is kicking itself after blowing a two-goal lead, and showing it is not […]

It’s hard to go wrong with German swimmer Paul Biedermann as our Weekend Hot Jock. He has the classic swimmer’s body, a winning smile and just set the European record in the men’s 200-meter freestyle. The 22-year-old old likes computers, ice hockey and music and has a website. Photos below. It’s hard to go wrong […]

Two major league players tested positive for drugs during this year's World Baseball Classic, but neither will be punished by MLB. One who was punished for a test in 2008 may now be in legal trouble. The details: Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, a member of the Puerto Rican team during the WBC, won't be […]

Me thinks Andy Roddick and his wife, Brooklyn Decker, need their own Twitter reality show. The couple, affectionately known as "Broddick", have been having a public war of words about a few of their musical guilty pleasures after A-Rod outed Brooklyn's penchant for bubble gum pop saying via tweet: Me thinks Andy Roddick and his […]

Blake Griffin was the first player selected in the NBA draft (by the L.A. Clippers), and already people are grading each team’s draft. The one grade many gay men can agree on: Minnesota’s selection of Ricky Rubio (right) makes many of us Timberwolves fans. If he plays. Blake Griffin was the first player selected in […]

Jorge Lopez, with his San Diego flag football team at the 2006 Gay Games. Tragedy struck at the second annual Pride Bowl gay flag football tournament in Chicago, when Jorge Lopez, a player for the Michigan Panthers, passed out on the sidelines during a Friday game and died shortly thereafter. The cause of death, while […]

Reports are coming in that Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” is dead. If so, the world has lost one of the greatest musical artists of all time, someone who changed the music world like only a couple other people ever have. He was also one of the most eccentric public figures in the world, […]

Jeff Pearlman of Sports Illustrated, writing on his blog, has a priceless story of how in 1998 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Elvis Grbac came to be named People magazine’s Sexiest Athlete. Suffice it to say, it was all a mistake. Not wanting to simply lift Pearlman's whole post, I invite you to go read it […]

Juan Martin del Potro became the highest seeded men's casualty today in Wimbledon's second round. The fifth seeded Argentine lost 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 to 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt who was the steadier of the two ballers. The Aussie hit 43 winners to only 14 errors, 14 aces, 23 of 28 net approaches, and converted 4 […]

Texas Rangers OF Marlon Byrd has said he’s taking supplements at the direction of BALCO’s Victor Conte. This just in: He’s having Michael Vick dog-sit this weekend. LSU wins College World Series over Texas. Rodney Harrison calls Favre’s on-again-off-again five-year retirement tour “ridiculous.” Lleyton Hewitt has pulled off Wimbledon’s first big upset, ousting No. 5 […]