Month: March 2010

The Miami Herald’s Dan Lebatard is cringing at the thought of TMZ’s sports wing, scheduled to open up shop this year, in part because he thinks a closeted gay athlete will be their No. 1 target. One of the first orders of business at TMZ Sports, rest assured, will be to out a gay male […]

This weekend are the GLAAD Awards in New York City where the sportiest of their 2010 Awards, Outstanding Digital Journalism-Article, will be handed out. It’s one of a select few awards being handed out on stage this year, which is a nice nod to the sports world. I’ll be attending, and Brian Sims (who inspired […]

Baller is the pseudonym of a professional basketball player in an overseas league, who joins the ranks of closeted jocks blogging about their lives with his worthwhile and interesting Playing Basketball From the Closet. We have written about four other such blogs, but Baller’s has a bit of a back story. Baller contacted Outsports in […]

Via ESPN, a fun little moment at a recent press conference when Carl Edwards is asked a question by Michael Myers, who runs the Queer for Gears website (video below). Myers question (his first ever at a press conference) is innocuous, but Edwards smiles when he hears the name of the website. What attracted ESPN […]

University of Maryland wrestler Hudson Taylor, profiled on Outsports for his strong support of gay rights, won the 197-pound class at the ACC wrestling championships on Saturday and was named outstanding wrestler. Taylor, ranked third nationally in his weight class, won the title by pinning Dennis Drury of North Carolina at the 4:10 mark. Taylor […]

It seems like there’s a new closeted athlete blogging every month, and March is no different. Meet Jon, a high school freshman in the Pacific Northwest, who calls himself the Rainbow Runner. He started posting February 20 and has already logged about a dozen posts. Only one person knows he’s gay, his best friend Kevin. […]

Rising Baylor women’s basketball star Brittney Griner landed a hard punch to the face of Texas Tech player Jordan Barncastle in a game Wednesday night (video after the jump). The Baylor coach has suspended Griner for the next two games (which includes a Big 12 tournament game). I'm no fan of fighting in sports (one […]

Deadspin’s Thursday mailbag yesterday had a question from a gay sports fan wondering when an active athlete in one of the big four sports would come out of the closet. Drew Magary took on the question with the same answer we keep hearing: I’m OK with it, but that guy isn’t. It’ll be forever. Whoever […]

David Letterman had gold medalists Evan Lysacek and the U.S. four-man bobsled team present Top 10 lists on his show this week. Lysacek did "Top Ten Thoughts That Went Through Evan Lysacek's Mind During His Gold Medal Ice Skating Routine." The bobsledders did "Top Ten Things You Don't Want to Hear From a Guy in […]

As the Winter Olympics fade into history, we can’t leave them without celebrating Corinne Hunt, the lesbian First Nation artist who designed those unusual medals. I’ve been watching the Olympics on TV since the 1960s, and can’t remember another Games with medals that stood out so sharply for their powerful — if controversial — presence. […]

I guess he did that a few months ago, but this time he’s switching rugby teams. Gareth Thomas, the most capped player in Wales history and one of sport’s most high-profile gay men, is set to switch codes and end his illustrious career playing rugby league for Crusaders. I guess he did that a few […]

I love the first few days of March Madness. Even in a season when I don’t pay a lot of attention, I’ll watch those first couple rounds. But as if six rounds over three weeks wasn’t enough, the NCAA is talking very seriously about expanding the number of teams in the tournament to 96 or […]

Ohio State head football coach talks about the importance of understanding everyone, including gay and lesbian athletes By Michael DanielsReprinted with permission from Outlook Columbus He’s just led the OSU football team to a Rose Bowl victory, but there’s no rest for head coach Jim Tressel. During the week he’s off visiting recruits at their […]

The Emerald City Softball Association in Seattle is again hosting its annual tournament over the Independence Day Weekend, July 3-4. One of the things I love about this tournament is how economical they've made it to participate: With a team entry fee of just $50, and rooms for $99 per night (up to four people […]

Crosby’s Olympics pants. The folks who run the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto are excited — they are getting the pants Sidney Crosby used to help Canada win the gold medal. And they're not washing them. “It’s going to be beautiful,” [Kelly] Masse [of the Hall] said of the display. The sweat-soaked pants, of […]

Ski Bums started as a New York City-based gay ski and snowboard group and has grown into the largest gay-ski group in the United States. Started by Chris French, the group now boasts members from all over the world. Chicago Free Press recently ran an article about Chris and his group. Because a taste wasn't […]

Despite there being about 80 million more Americans than in 1980, the number of people who watched Canada beat the United States in overtime for the Olympic gold medal on Sunday was 20% below the number who watched the U.S.-Soviet Union semifinal game in Lake Placid, and even 15% below the U.S.-Finland gold-medal game that […]

Since Artie Lange took a leave of absence from The Howard Stern Show, Howard has been better than ever. And the latest is a doozy. He’s been talking about this for weeks, and finally the Tiger Woods Mistress Beauty Pageant is just around the corner; Already many in the media are launching their predictable “holier-than-thou” […]

The NFL is holding its annual rookie Combine in Indianapolis, a flesh-fest where prospective draftees are tested, poked and prodded to see if they have what it takes to play in the league. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk has dubbed it the “Underwear Olympics,” though don’t expect to see any of the players in […]

Vancouver's final medal count shows the unhappy Russians way down the list, with just 15 medals. But there's more to their grumbling than sour grapes — way more. A little analysis shows an interesting picture of wins leveraged by political shifts. The Russian government is unhappy because it is remembering the "good old days" of […]