Month: May 2010

Elite competitive swimmer Jeff Commings, who still swims in master’s meets, is coming out with a book later this month that chronicles his life as a swimmer who also happens to be gay and black. Here is the press release about the book (which can be bought here): Books written by gay athletes in diving, […]

What in the name of all things decent was Kobe Bryant thinking? He was featured in an L.A. Times Magazine article a couple weekends ago in a story called, “Kobe Bryant: White Hot.” In the photo spread, he’s dressed in all white…and in the gayest outfits I’ve ever seen. If he showed up at the […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Spanish soccer player caught seemingly getting intimate with a teammate last week (in the brown jacket), was asked about it over the weekend. His answer to all the rumors: He’ll have lesbian sex to prove he’s straight. Come over to my house with your sister, and I’ll show you I'm not gay! […]

Lambda Basketball, the Los Angeles-area gay basketball group, will hold a fun player auction and fundraiser at Here lounge, May 30. The proceeds will help pay for players to go to the Gay Games in Cologne later this summer. And one of the raffle prizes is a round trip ticket from Los Angeles to Cologne […]

Andrew McIntosh (New York Times photo) Today's New York Times profiles Andrew McIntosh, the lacrosse player at Oneonta University in New York, who came out publicly as gay in a column for Outsports. From the Times article: But this season, the team is developing a new reputation — as models of tolerance — after one […]

Congratulations to out Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham, who is the new face of Funky Trunks, a swimwear company that features gorgeous patterns in very tight swimsuits. Some had complained that Mitcham had not been able to land any endorsement deals post-Olympics, so we’re glad he’s found a home in some very hot swimsuits. By the […]

The Gay Games in Cologne are only 85 days away, and organizers have registered their 7,000th participant. They’ve seen heavy registration for men’s soccer, golf, squash and dancing; Those sports only have a few spots left. Registration runs through May 31; So if you’re thinking about heading to Germany for the Games, don’t wait to […]

For your Friday viewing pleasure, Broadway dancers perform all sorts of homoerotic acts wearing football gear. I am not sure who created it, but the video even begins with a brief snippet of the CBS NFL theme and Hank Williams Jr. singing “Are You Ready for Football.” Music is “Let It Rock” by Kevin Rudolf. […]

It’s not a big deal to see European athletes seemingly in romantic embraces or kissing. It happens all the time, particularly in soccer. But this photo of Barcelona soccer players Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerard Pique has many people atwitter. I’m not sure it’s “two lovers whispering words of love,” but those jeans would be the […]

Nick Ring, a competitor on the current season of “The Ultimate Fighter” is either openly gay or so comfortable with his sexuality that he doesn’t care if everyone else thinks he gay. After all, no other MMA fighter, when asked if he was gay, would answer, “No, but my boyfriend is.” Nor would they have […]

Linebacker says attitudes in the NFL toward gays are improving By Cyd Zeigler When Scott Fujita publicly mentioned his support for gay marriage last year, it left some people smiling and some scratching their heads. Rarely do active professional athletes take positions on political issues, and almost never do they do so in favor of […]

ESPN polled Major League Baseball players on what they think the reaction in the clubhouse would be to having a gay teammate and the reaction was mixed. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being no big deal and 10 it being a huge deal, the average was 5.1. A 5 on the scale grabbed […]

We got a copy of newly out Country singer Chely Wright’s new autobiography, “Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer“, and quickly scanned it for a sports angle. We knew she had dated NFL quarterback Brett Favre, so we were hoping for some juice. Instead: Nada. No mention of Favre or any other pro-sports […]

New Zealand short track speed skater Blake Skjellerup, who competed in the Vancouver Olympics, has come out as gay in an interview with writer Lee Suckling in the Australian magazine DNA (disclosure: I am quoted in the article). Skjellerup says that he walked around Vancouver during the Games hand in hand with his boyfriend and […]

DT Geno Atkins was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the NFL Draft last month. But before that, Atkins had at least one interesting question posed by an NFL team in a pre-draft inerview. “The only unusual question I got was if I was straight or gay,” said new Bengals defensive […]

I’ve noticed over the last month that the No. 1 search question leading people to our blog is whether figure skater Evan Lysacek is gay. Over the last 30 days, five of the top 15 search terms leading people to Outsports have involved Lysacek: evan lysacek gay (2), is evan lysacek gay (5), evan lysacek […]

The NHL playoffs are in the conference semifinals, and along with them comes the worst hockey tradition — the playoff beard. I mean real beards, not some woman used for cover. It’s a tradition to start growing a beard at the start of the playoffs and not shave until the season is over. Normally hot-looking […]

At first I thought it was a random error, but I’ve noticed several Manhunt ads on Sports Illustrated’s Web site over the last few weeks. Michael MacDonald at Manhunt said it’s not a direct buy with Time Warner, but it’s an ad they’ve placed through Dedicated Media. Either way, I think it's cool that a […]

Editor's note: Swimmer and former Project Runway contestant Jack Mackenroth will blog regularly leading up to his participation in the Gay Games. I am obsessed with swimming and as you may know I have no problem prancing around in a speedo. I was wearing one since I was 6. (No-not all the time) However when […]

Vanity Fair leads up to the World Cup with a cover photo that is sure to sell copies. Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal have stripped down to their underwear, and I don’t hear anyone complaining (I wonder what Phil Jackson would say?) Full photo after the jump. Vanity Fair […]