Month: February 2010

In the U.S., a lot of coverage of the Winter Games will be on tape delay, especially on the West Coast (even though Vancouver is in the Pacific Time Zone). But there are ways to watch coverage online. The terrific website Lifehacker tells you how. In the U.S., a lot of coverage of the Winter […]

Drew Schifino is a former University of West Virginia basketball player who now has a career in Europe. He was on Facebook recently in a thread discussing NFL quarterbacks. One thing led to another and someone on the thread mentioned Dallas QB Tony Romo. Which caused Schifino to refer to him as “Tony Homo,” which […]

A friend asked me what I think of the “Slapshotolus” sculpture in PRIDE House. Well, I think the naked (except for gear) hockey player will delight gay male visitors. But did the designers of PRIDE House ever think to themselves, “Hmm — we ought to have something for women to look at” ? Or did […]

The expletive-laden Football Association ad aimed at fighting homophobia has hit the internet. It is full of about a dozen nasty gay epithets. And I think it’s brilliant. It demonstrates the power of the words and shows how out-of-place they are in today’s society. While some gay activists are crying foul, I think it’s just […]

I am a huge fan of the blog hockeykidmn, written by Mikey, a gay (but closeted) teenage high school hockey player in Minnesota. His stuff keeps getting better and better, and his eulogy to the late Brendan Burke was very touching. Mikey obviously knows his hockey and I asked him to write a men's Olympics […]

As we did for the 2008 Games, Outsports will have a separate Winter Olympics blog for the duration of the Vancouver Games. Already up is a terrific men's skating preview by former elite skater Chad Conley, a discussion of the lack of buzz of the Games and a piece on the nude hockey sculpture. We […]

It used to be that everyday Americans cared about Winter Olympic sports for at least a month or two every four years. But that window has grown narrower. When held on North American soil, the Olympics tend to feel grander and more "present" than when held overseas. But Vancouver might as well be at the […]

Jeff Sheng‘s a busy man these days. His ‘Fearless’ photo series, highlighting openly gay high school and collegiate athletes, is on display at Pride House in Vancouver this month. His photo book ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,’ featuring great photographs of gay military servicemen and women, came out recently. And he’s finally releasing the ‘Fearless’ project […]

The English Football Association was set to release an anti-homophobia ad tomorrow, but the FA has decided not to release the ad in a last-minute reversal. The ad, created by Ogilvy, “shows a man taunting, a newspaper seller, a fellow commuter on the tube and work colleagues with anti-gay language, accompanied by the caption, ‘This […]

I had no idea that the Nielsen Company was this detailed. They actually provide individual ratings for the TV commercials shown during the Super Bowl. The most-watched commercial was the Doritos "Snack Attack Samurai" ad, followed by the "Green Police" Audi ad. The least-watched? The Focus on the Family anti-abortion ad starring Tim Tebow and […]

Outsports asked former elite Canadian skater Chad Conley to preview the men’s field in the Olympics figure skating competition, which features stars such as American Jeremy Abbott (right). Chad will be in Vancouver and will send us periodic reports on the event. Read a profile of Chad that talks about his ups and downs as […]

Brendan Burke was laid to rest today in Canton, Mass., just four days after he died in a car crash. [Brendan’s father] Brian did not speak during the service, the family eulogy being delivered instead by Brendan’s sister Molly and brother Patrick. Molly described her loving brother as “an invitation to the dance of life.” […]

In a few weeks we will again hold our contest to find the best gay-sports group in the world. For those who participated last year, you may remember that a few rogue groups managed to cheat the system and a handful of individuals voted hundreds of times. Now I’m looking for a way to create […]

Elsewhere on Outsports, we have an update on the PRIDE House being established at the Whistler resort for the Olympics. PRIDE House is the brainstorm of Dean Nelson, who organizes gay ski week at the Whistler Resort. The space inside a hotel is modeled after similar houses for athletes of various nationalities; there is a […]

As a fan of figure skater Johnny Weir, I’m now pretty convinced he’s headed for trouble in Vancouver. I don’t know his training regimen, but it seems from the outside that he’s focusing on everything but skating lately. No doubt you’ve heard of the controversy over his fur-laden skating outfit; While he’ll be wearing fake […]

The Canadian battled injuries, addiction and stress over his sexual orientation during his days as a competitive figure skater.

I’ve rarely been as pissed at the Super Bowl ads as I was yesterday. CBS rejected two gay-themed ads (albeit the production value of one was so low that I would have rejected it) because of their “standards,” yet the commercials they allowed unleashed a barrage of violence, alcohol and nudity. They rejected a fun, […]

First-ever gay house opens for 2010 Winter Olympics By Cyd Zeigler Pride House, the gay-themed retreat for athletes and visitors at the Vancouver Olympics, opened to the public on Monday. The house was put together by Gay Whistler in hopes of promoting their Gay Ski Week that starts at Whistler the day after the Olympics […]

Peyton Manning didn't take his Colts' Super Bowl loss to the New Orleans Saints very well.

Groundbreaking photo series features 14 openly gay Canadian high school and college athletes By Cyd Zeigler Sheng’s 100th ‘Fearless’ photo shoot will be on display in Vancouver. Football player Matt H. shows Sheng’s artistic eye. One of the highlights of Pride House at this month’s Vancouver Winter Olympics will be an installation of Jeff Sheng’s […]