Month: June 2009

There isn’t a lot on the Web about British gymnast Damien Walters. He competed in the 2003 Trampoline World Championships and finished fifth in tumbling; He finished fifth again in 2005. He stands 5-foot-11 and is a gemini. He’s a stuntman (sorry, ‘stunt actor‘) for TV and film and appeared in last year’s Hellboy II. […]

Henry Cejudo USA Wrestling has really sweetened the pot to keep its best wrestlers from defecting to mixed martial arts: $250,000 if you win an Olympic gold, $50,000 for a silver and $25,000 for a bronze, the New York Times reports. “This is bigger than just wrestling,” [U.S. wrestler Henry] Cejudo said Thursday in a […]

Pittsburgh Penguins even the Stanley Cup Finals, winning 4-2. L.A. Lakers dominate the Magic in Game 1. What was that about the Magic giving the Lakers ‘fits’? Pro skateboarder Jereme Rogers (right) said mushrooms drove him to strip down, get on his roof and start making a lot of noise. At 6:40 a.m. Oh to […]

In his interview with AfterElton, TV star Wesley Eure (Land of the Lost) came out of the closet this week. He also said he has a partner, Richard, and that Richard played for the New York Yankees. AfterElton even used a picture of Richard (right). We’ve been in touch with Richard, who seems like a […]

Brent, a longtime photographer for Outsports, went to the NCAA baseball regionals last week and submitted these three cool shots of Cal State Fullerton players showing off their attempts at growing facial hair. Some guys call themselves the “Mustache Riding Club” and then there are the guys who go the goatee route. Fullerton is playing […]

World No. 1 Dinara Safina will play Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open final. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing Twitter over a fake page using his name that he claims damaged his reputation. Meanwhile on Twitter, Shaquille O’Neal says that he wants Kobe Bryant to win his fourth NBA Championship…which is […]

The NBA Finals start Thursday in Los Angeles with the Lakers hosting the Orlando Magic in a best-of-seven. I predict it will go seven, with the Lakers winning it all. I am more curious, though, as to how much interest there is in this series. The high-water mark for NBA Finals ratings came in 1998, […]

Robbie Martin's teammates in college did not mind having a gay teammate. Martin has rekindled his love for the sport in the gay volleyball world.

If you’re going to be in New York City over the next week, be sure to check out some of the gay-sports films showing at NewFest: Off And Running, June 6: Adopted children often face the dilemma of how much of their parents' identities they can or should take on as their own. For Avery, […]

Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Red Wings for their first Finals win this year. BTW, is anyone else annoyed by the now-stale proclamation that “now we have a series”? The world’s No. 1 player self-proclaimed world’s best player lost in the quarterfinals of the French Open today. Obama picks the L.A. Lakers to win the NBA […]

Danica Patrick has appeared in a commercial for Boost Mobile, a phone service provider. The commercial features a pit crew wearing women’s clothing (high heels, skirts – you know the drill), and it has angered some transgender people who say that showing men in women’s clothing can lead to attacks on transgender rights. Others seem […]

Starting this Friday, Team Philadelphia will host Philly Sports Week: Ten days of gay sports activities in Philadelphia. To kick off the event, they’ve put together a “Homophobia in Sports” panel discussion, in conjunction with Our Group. The event is this Friday from 7-9pm at the Carriage House, 3907 Spruce Street, in Philadelphia. Panelists will […]

Granted, the May sweeps ended and the summer television doldrums are upon us, so many network programs are in reruns. Plus, Saturday night has become a true dead zone for network television. Taking all of that into consideration, though, NBC and the NHL have to be happy with the ratings for the first two games […]

Jim “The Anaconda” Thome (right) hit home run No. 550 last night. He’s presently in 13th place on the all-time home run list. Yankees set an MLB record with their 17th straight error-free game in win over the Indians. U.S. Anti-Doping Agency calls Danica Patrick’s joke about performance-enhancing drugs “totally irresponsible.” Is anyone else tired […]

I consider myself a big fan of Serena Williams (and her sister Venus, too), but some of her antics leave a lot to be desired. Last month she told the world that the WTA’s No. 1 player, Dinara Safina, wasn’t the real No. 1 player in the world: Serena was (of course, she then lost […]

A Maine jury will have to decide whether a high school softball coach was fired because she is a lesbian or because she made her team walk through sheep feces as part of a hazing ritual. A Maine court said this week that a jury would have to decide why Kelly Jo Cookson was not […]

What are the odds that a thrown cricket ball could knock down a pigeon? It happened at this English match: What are the odds that a thrown cricket ball could knock down a pigeon? It happened at this English match:

Some people don't quite get Twitter. Okay, I don't really get it myself, even though I dabble in it. But I digress. The idea behind it is to give your friends, family, and anyone else who cares to follow you brief updates (on your life, your interests, or whatever you want to promote). The emphasis […]

The NBA Finals was supposed to be the meeting of the consensus two best basketball players in the NBA. Instead, LeBron James will be watching the series from home and sulking. Apparently, he left his team’s Game 6 loss in Orlando without saying a word to anyone. No congratulations. No comments to the press. He […]