Month: July 2010

Many competing at the Gay Games in Cologne starting next weekend could get a shock when they are asked to submit to a random drug test. Former FGG president Gene Dermody was once an advocate of drug testing. Now he explains in depth why random drug testing for events like the Game Games is neither […]

Drug testing in non-Olympic athletics is neither fair nor cost-effective, whether it’s random or not By Gene DermodyConsidering I have been involved in this issue since the 1994 Gay Games IV Physique fiasco where medalists who failed the first drug tests did not return their medals, I have been of two minds about the legitimacy […]

Over the next two weeks, Outsports will be bringing you the latest from Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany. We'll feature news and notes, photo galleries and video updates from registration to the opening ceremonies and all of the sporting venues (well, almost all: sailing is a couple hours away, so we may have to […]

Many competing at the Gay Games in Cologne starting next weekend could get a shock when they are asked to submit to a random drug test. Former FGG president Gene Dermody was once an advocate of drug testing. Now he explains in depth why random drug testing for events like the Game Games is neither […]

Jason Akermanis, the controversial Australian Football League player who created a storm of controversy by telling gay players to stay in the closet, had his contract terminated by the Western Bulldogs six weeks before the end of the season. “He hasn’t earnt the trust of the group,” a source told The Age. “It’s a pattern […]

With the announcement today that Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman is developing a show with A&E about celebrities coming out of the closet, I’m left wondering if athletes might be a part of that. Howard has helped many celebrities and singers come out, but he has also virtually cornered the market on athletes coming out over […]

One of the gay-friendliest shows on sports radio is back, as The Michael Irvin Show starts Monday, July 26, on Miami’s 560 WQAM. The show will run noon-3pmET. The show will stream online at WQAM.com. Irvin spent his college career wearing No. 47 for the University of Miami. We're working out the details, but it […]

Former NFL defensive end turned ESPN commentator Marcellus Wiley was asked about an out player in the NFL by the Huffington Post. Wiley said he was Esera Tuaolo’s teammate and that the guys joked with Tuaolo about him being gay (before he came out). And as we hear over and over and over and over […]

Re-posted with correct video. Sorry for the previous tech issue. The latest installment of Advocate On Air focuses on the Gay Games in Cologne, which open July 31. The piece chronicles some of the history of the Games, and they talk with competitors in various sports, including water polo's Mike Crosby whom I first profiled […]

Gary N. Reese has reported over the years on the issues of sports and sexuality for many publications, including The New York Time and the Village Voice, among others. Fluent in German, he is a soccer fanatic and an avid cyclist. He wrote this piece in reaction to the allegations over gays on the German […]

Updated July 19: City of Cleveland has sent a letter to Cleveland Synergy Foundation halting funding of the Gay Games organizing committee. Cleveland Synergy then sent a statement regarding the FGG possibly pulling their Gay Games license. Also, Roger Brigham of the Bay Area Reporter has a great update, including the resignation of a Cleveland […]

Louis Oosthuizen. Graeme McDowell. Lucas Glover. What do these men all have in common? They’ve won a Major Championship more recently than Tiger Woods. They’re also all 30 or younger. As Tiger’s putter is failing him, his drives are often finding the trees, and his mind seems to be elsewhere, age is catching him. At […]

Cleveland Synergy Foundation today released a statement following Outsports’ publication of a letter from the City of Cleveland to Synergy claiming the Federation of Gay Games was terminating its licensing agreement: As the organization licensed to produce the 2014 Gay Games, the Cleveland Synergy Foundation remains committed to bringing this important, civic, cultural, and economic […]

Outsports has obtained a copy of a letter sent from the City of Cleveland to the Cleveland Synergy Foundation stating that the Federation of Gay Games is terminating Synergy’s license agreement for Gay Games 2014 and the City is halting all payments to Synergy. The letter, dated July 7, 2010, is from Tracey A. Nichols, […]

Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, who used three homophobic slurs last year, angered a judge Friday by failing to meet the terms of his probation for two nightclub incidents where he shoved and spitted on women. From the Kansas City Star: Johnson, 30, was supposed to work with children at the Kansas […]

The latest installment of Advocate On Air focuses on the Gay Games in Cologne, which open July 31. The piece chronicles some of the history of the Games, and they talk with competitors in various sports, including water polo’s Mike Crosby whom I first profiled for Genre magazine in 2003 (with one of the hottest […]

Henry Belanger Henry P. Belanger, associate editor of the Good Men Project magazine, has written an entertaining and spot-on column about his experiences as a straight guy in a gay softball league. After a local mainstream league was filled, Belanger joined Beantown Softball in Boston. I loathe Broadway musicals, and theater generally, and my wardrobe […]

Daniel Dalanhese Thanks to our friend and awesome photographer Brent for these shots of the pro beach volleyball duo of Daniel Dalanhese and Bryan Stewart. These were taken at the recent Huntington Beach event. Daniel Dalanhese Thanks to our friend and awesome photographer Brent for these shots of the pro beach volleyball duo of Daniel […]

As of right now, South African Louis Oosthuizen (say that 10 times fast) is leading the British Open. The 27-year-old virtual unknown had previously made the cut in only one of the seven Major championships he’d participated in (the 2008 PGA Championship). Yet there he sat after two rounds, with a record-tying score of 132 […]

Argentina this week became the first country in South America to legalize gay marriage. In a post about the NBA’s Manu Ginobli supporting the law, I mentioned an Argentine soap opera that this spring introduced a storyline about two gay soccer players. Andrés Duque of the blog Blabbeando gave me some background about the episode […]