Month: August 2009

Jim and I were both out of town when author E. Lynn Harris passed away a couple weeks ago, so I wanted to circle back and make sure we recognized him here. He was on tour for his new book, “Basketball Jones”, when he collapsed of a heart attack in Beverly Hills at age 54. […]

Some gay people in Belgrade, Serbia, are calling in FIFA to help curb soccer-based homophobic graffiti in the city. Messages advocating the murder of gays (the one to the right reads: “Death to faggots”), and signed by fans of Serbian soccer groups (South Gate is a group of Serbian fans), is apparently abundant in the […]

The NFL preseason kicked off last night with a Titans victory over the Bills, 21-18. The score was of little interest, as with most preseason games; But some storylines did come from it. First, Vince Young looks done. He was 5-for-10 with a pick and a TD: The TD came when a backup corner bit […]

We have featured Bjorn Barrefors before. He is a 21-year-old Swede who competes in the decathlon for the University of Nebraska (he has his own Twitter feed). What caught our eye were these images of Barrefors at the recent European Combined meet in Poland taken by the awesome Trackpic. They’re from Barrefors tossing the discus. […]

Andrew Delaware, left, and Nathan Doidge. While covering the recent World Outgames in Copenhagen, I watched a bit of the synchronized swimming event (which had one of the better crowds of the week) and then had an engaging conversation with Canadian synchro swimmer Andrew Delaware. Delaware, along with synchro partner Nathan Doidge, won a bronze […]

You may have heard about Shaquille O'Neal's new ABC "reality" show, Shaq Vs., in which the aging NBA superstar takes on other athletes such as Ben Roethlisberger and Michael Phelps in their sports. One such challenge will be filmed on Sunday, when pro beach volleyballers and Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will […]

The Philadelphia Phillies’ Gay Community Night notched another great success in its seventh year as Outsports member Larry Felzer’s event drew in an estimated 850 spectators to watch the home team play the Colorado Rockies. One of the local sports columnists said it was “refreshing that the Phillies held a public event reminding everyone that […]

As the Gay Games’ final decision for the location of the 2014 games draws near, the three cities in contention are rolling out the red carpet. A small committee of Gay Games representatives visited Cleveland last week, Boston this week, and they’re on to Washington D.C. this weekend. Roger Brigham, a longtime Federation of Gay […]

Greg McMackin Matt Coin played tennis for UC-Santa Barbara and his 2005 article about coming out to his team is one of the most popular ever posted on Outsports. When he read that University of Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin referred to Notre Dame players doing a "faggot dance," Coin was moved to write the […]

Trying to get a read on how some teams might be this season, I’ve been interested to see some reports in particular from training camps of teams I have my eye on this season. What has caught my eye, in no particular order: Trying to get a read on how some teams might be this […]

If you’re anywhere near Philadelphia this weekend, you may want to head out to Williamstown, N.J., where Rainbow Skydivers are holding only their second event ever. The event is being held at Cross Keys Airport about 20 miles outside Philly. The first event was held three years ago at the Outgames, and you can see […]

Awarding a medal for just showing up defeats the purpose of true competition. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com Until a week ago, I had never thrown a javelin. I can throw a football 50 yards with a spiral so I figured that flinging a javelin was no big deal. I stood on the infield of Osterbro Stadium […]

As Deadspin moves through the most recent nominees for its Hall of Fame, "Dong" is the latest to get a crack at the vaunted honor. Chris Cooley. Visanthe Shiancoe. Santonio Holmes. These are the men who have shown us they are men (anatomically). My guess is that Deadspin's straight-male readers will vote against it, but […]

If you’ve been waiting to order some of those hot naked calendars we’ve been talking about for years, now may be the perfect time. The Sheffield Hallam University RFC is selling some of their old calendars for 1£ and giving others away for free; You just have to pay the shipping cost. They also sell […]

ESPN’s Outside the Lines did a good job of tackling the issues surrounding gay epithets today in a conversation with (among others) out former NFL player Esera Tuaolo and WAC Athletic Commissioner Karl Benson. The latter dropped a little bomb of his own, saying that if Hawaii coach Greg McMackin had uttered the word “faggot” […]

This is how Deadspin described the video below of University of Tennessee players posing shirtless in front of an orange Lamborghini to the song “I’m Too Sexy.” Yes, that photo is exactly what it looks like. The Tennessee Volunteers turning Deadspin into OutSports. It seems Lane Kiffin rewarded those players who kept in shape over […]

There he goes again. Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, the NFL’s one-stop shop for crazy press conferences, has again declared that he’s not gay: Despite the fact that no one in the press had asked him. He was responding to a question about his recently dyed hair. My guess is he’d heard so much […]

It’s been interesting and educational to read the reaction from various corners of the media to the “fag-bomb” dropped by Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin last week. Jon Pyle, a blogger for SI.com, focused on Charlie Weis’ reaction to the incident and called it a “giant step back for sexual orientation in football“: More important […]

For you horse-lovers among Outsports fans — if you missed Rachel Alexandra's hair-raising performance in the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational on Sunday, you can catch it on YouTube. This was the filly's second go against top colts, and she left the boyz struggling in the slop as she barreled to a 6-length victory. Some pundits […]

Tennessee Titans running back LenDale White is reportedly the slimmest he's been since high school, losing 30 pounds in the offseason. How'd he do it? He says it's all thanks to quitting tequila. "I really got to be honest," White said. "It wasn't a lot of major diet changes. (It was) watching what I drink. […]