MTV aired a special for National Coming Out Day yesterday that included a rugby player at Ohio State coming out to his team. The moment is pretty awkward. I’m not sure coming out to your friends or family is something you want cameras there for, it just makes the whole situation more tense. You can […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 12, 2011Brady Quinn couldn’t win the quarterback job of the then-terrible Cleveland Browns, and he can’t break out of the No. 3 spot for the now-terrible Denver Broncos. Even if he is a terrible NFL quarterback, he makes up for it being such a great bf. He took a plane immediately following the Broncos game on […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 11, 2011Today is National Coming Out Day. The MLB season is just ending, the NHL is just starting, the NBA is canceling games and the NFL sees the Lions and Bills atop their divisions. What better time for a pro male athlete to come out? And with so many people coming out today, I’m sure your […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 11, 2011Gay Bowl XI was held in Houston Oct. 7-9, the second time it took place in Texas. These are just a few thoughts from a super dry…then super wet weekend. Championships. The final day of the tournament was rained and thundered out. Seventeen games were scheduled to take place on Sunday, so a bunch of […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 11, 2011Australian rugby star David Pocock has a real sense of justice, supporting equal right and the fair trade movement. He’s also passionate about the rights of gays to marry, so much so that he and his partner, Emma, won’t legally marry until gays Down Under can. In a profile in the New Zealand Herald, Pocock […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 11, 2011Maybe God does listen to the gays. Houston — like the rest of Texas — is in the middle of a terrible drought and in April, Gov. Rick Perry issued a proclamation officially praying for rain. His prayers were ignored, the drought continued and then Gay Bowl XI came to town this weekend. Sunday saw […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 10, 2011Gay flag football players from across North America descend on Houston this weekend to take part in Gay Bowl XI, the sport’s national championship. This is the second time Texas has hosted the tournament; Dallas was the site of the 2006 Gay Bowl. The two-time defending champion Los Angeles Motion (the team Jim and I […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 6, 2011Snowboarder Louie Vito, photo by Peter Hapak ESPN's the Magazine's "Body Issue" has become an annual tradition where the magazine gets male and female athletes to go naked (with all the naughty parts hidden) in celebration of their physical beauty. The Hope Solo shots have the straight websites all aflutter, but we focused on the […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 5, 2011We have no idea if this person is legit (and frankly, after the Mikey hoax, we wouldn’t trust any anonymous person on the Internet). But someone on Reddit claims to be a starting offensive lineman in Div. 1 football. Jim and I have met a gay offensive lineman at a top program, so they’re out […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 5, 2011The NHL career of Sean Avery is in limbo after he was cut by the New York Rangers and assigned to the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League. His agent said Avery was considering playing in Europe if he did not join the Whale. We've been big fans of Avery for all the stands […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 5, 2011The latest video in Outsports’ partnership with the It Gets Better Project™ is from Billy Bean, who played baseball with the Tigers, Dodgers and Padres from 1987-95. Bean is a gay sports pioneer, becoming one of the few pro athletes who publicly came out. I met Billy this weekend and we did a terrific interview […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 4, 2011The documentary film ‘Renee,’ about transgender tennis player Renee Richards, will air tonight at 8pm as part of ESPN’s ’30 for 30′ documentary series. Richards was originally denied eligibility to play in the women’s U.S. Open in 1976; Her legal victory in U.S. courts winning the right to play is our #12 most important moment […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 4, 2011Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Football, 1975: Dave Kopay was pissed. It was December 1975 and he had read an article in the Washington Star newspaper that dealt with the difficulties of being a homosexual in sports. It quoted, without naming him, an NFL player and […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 4, 2011Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Tennis, 1981. You know her by one word: Martina. She is not only one of the greatest lesbian athletes of all time, not only one of the greatest tennis players of all time, not only one of the most important lesbians […]
By Cyd Zeigler | October 3, 2011The Billys: Bean and Beane Billy Bean and Billy Beane could not be more different. Yet they also have a lot in common. For many people, though, confusion reigns. I got this text a couple of days ago. “Hey Billy, I’m sitting here watching a movie called “Moneyball” with Brad Pitt. Is he you?” Sigh. […]
By Outsports Archives | October 2, 2011Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Tennis, 1981: On Aug. 12, 2009, Billie Jean King was at the White House with 15 other prominent Americans to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was honored for her contributions to fights for gay and women's rights. When she […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 2, 2011Hot player of the week Philly falls to 1-3; the Bills are no longer perfect, but the Lions are; Cardinals screwed by a bad call; the Steelers are in rough shape.How I saw Week 4 of the NFL, plus hot player of the week: The Philadelphia Eagles (1-3) are officially in trouble. It's one thing […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 2, 2011