Month: February 2010

I hope San Francisco gay curlers Patrick Tabuchi and Matthew David are having a good time in Vancouver. I caught the SF Examiner story about them just before the Games. No, they're not competing…just watching. But they're teachers at the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club, and this org has quintupled its membership in the […]

The Americans and Canadians disappointed everyone at the pairs figure skating short program. While the Canadians sit sixth and seventh respectively, the Americans sit 10th and 14th. Mistakes befell the an inexperienced American contingent going into this Olympics. However the teams sitting 1-4 are of no surprise to the skating world. The showdown has been […]

I asked a friend of mine, who is gay and who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and who is a member of the National Guard, why he thought there were so few out athletes in Vancouver. His reply was so interesting and articulate, I asked him if I could post it here. He is […]

Chad Conley called me from Vancouver all breathless. “You must make Felix Loch your hot jock,” he said. He then began describing the physical attributes of Loch in terms a bit too graphic for this blog. Then I watched Loch, a 20-year-old German, win the gold in the men’s luge, and saw that Chad was […]

Chad Conley is a former elite competitive figure skater for Canada. He is in Vancouver and wrote this for Outsports. By Chad Conley Imagine being 21. Imagine following in the footsteps of your father and uncle. Imagine barely qualifying an Olympic spot for your country in a sport dominated by men 10 years older, with […]

“O Canada” at last. A day after American Hannah Kearney pulled the rug out from under Canada’s hope for the first ever gold medal on home soil, besting Canadian Jennifer Heil on the final run of the day, Canada finally has the monkey off their back. Alexandre Bilodeau took gold in the men’s moguls event […]

Jimmy D., 23, is a frequent commenter on Outsports and is a Canadian university student. I like the way he writes, so asked him to tell us about Canada’s obsession with the Games. By Jimmy D. It is with great humility I attempt to enlighten Outsports readers with an inside account of the 2010 Vancouver […]

The men’s event begins on Tuesday in Vancouver with the short program and ends on Thursday with the free. The men’s competition may be quite a bit different than you’re used to this time around, if only because of the unusual number of veterans and heavy-hitters vying for gold. In Nagano, Salt Lake City and […]

Here’s a sentence I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to say: the United States dominated today’s Nordic Combined event at the Olympic Games. No American has ever medaled in the sport, which combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing. Today, in a sprint finish, the Americans crossed the line 2nd, 4th, and 6th, claiming the […]

Before the race for the medal count gets into high gear, I wanted to point out that after nine medals have been handed out, nine countries all have one apiece. Kind of a nice moment. Also, Slovakia has won its first gold medal ever, awarded to Anastazia Kuzmina for 7.5km biathlon. Could Ghana be next? […]

With a little planning and the right connections at the immigration office of your choice, you too could be an Olympian! It was apparent from the single-athlete nations represented in last night’s Opening Ceremonies that if you want to be an Olympian and you happen to be from a country that has no snow, no […]

One of the storylines to be played out on the ice in the next couple weeks is the rivalry between ultra-fem figure skater Johnny Weir and Evan Lysacek, who pushes a masculine, macho image. The defending World Champion (despite finishing third at the U.S. Championships last year) is 24 and was born in Chicago; He […]

At Fanhouse, sports commentator Jay Mariotti details a history of growing complaints about the dangers of the luge course, going back over many months. It appears that a whole week of practice wipeouts on the course — an unusual number — didn't rouse any attention from the IOC or the International Luge Federation or the […]

A competitor has died after injuries sustained in a shocking crash near the base of the Luge course. Nodar Kumaritashvili, of Georgia, was on the track for a training run when his sled slammed into the inside of a final curve and he went airbourne over the ice and concrete wall. NBColympics reports that the […]

There are a couple spots you can get some “gay” Olympics video this week. One is over at Olympicsorbust.com, where Charlie and Tyler are posting regular updates from Vancouver. The two gay men are devout Olympics fans, and this is their second Olympics trip together. The videos are mostly about their personal experiences at the […]

For anyone who has tossed a Frisbee on the beach, or admired someone who did, the inventor of the plastic disc died this week at the age of 90. Fred Morrison’s creation was to me one of the great sports inventions of the last 100 years. I have played Ultimate for almost 20 years, and […]

Almost as cherished a tradition as the Olympic flame is the ritual of trying to guess who will be the last to carry it and light the Olympic cauldron. As usual, Olympic organizers have kept this a closely-guarded secret. Which only makes it more fun to guess. Almost as cherished a tradition as the Olympic […]

The most-talked-about American Winter Olympian has to be Johnny Weir. I hope he can channel his focus during his short- and long-programs as well as he does during his exhibition to Lady Gaga's hit. The most-talked-about American Winter Olympian has to be Johnny Weir. I hope he can channel his focus during his short- and […]

Watching the Opening Ceremonies and was struck by what appeared to be four giant ice penises rising from the stage. Apparently, they are welcome poles of the aboriginal Canadians, or First Nations. Check out the photo below if you think I’m kidding. This is a rather blah opening so far (we're about halfway through and […]

All during the Games, we will be featuring Hot Jocks in addition to the best photos from the Games. So if anyone catches your eye, send it to us: [email protected]. First up is Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer, an Austrian who is the favored to win the gold in the men's hill event. He was […]