Month: November 2011

Jake Plummer Cyd's "Why I hate Tim Tebow" post continues to draw a lot of comments. Ex-Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer likes and admires Tebow but wishes he would quit shoving his religious beliefs in our faces. And he said it quite well during a radio interview on XTRA Sports 910 in Phoenix: Tebow, regardless […]

Yale tight end Beau Palin is incredibly patriotic, is a talented barefooter…and incredibly comfortable in nothing but the smallest of speedos. Lucky us! If only every American athlete was as comfortable with their sexuality to pose for a video like this of him and his brothers at home in Wisconsin. On Saturday, Palin and his […]

He was talking about Tampa Bay running back Legarrette Blount, but methinks a double entendre was racing through Deion Sanders’ head. On Sunday he unleashed quite possibly the best line of NFL analysis I’ve ever heard when he said six Packers were all “trying to hit that blunt.” Deion probably thought of it in August […]

We were wondering why our traffic was very high today and then discovered the reason: Our list of words you couldn’t put on the back of an NFL jersey (our most-viewed page ever) was back in the news. It seems that it mirrors that being considered by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, which wants to ban […]

Peter Roebuck, 55, a former Australian cricket player turned a well-known commentator on the sport, leaped 70 feet to his death last week after police came to his South African hotel room to quiz him about an alleged sexual assault on a 26-year-old man. Police are now questioning 16 young men who stayed at his […]

One thing we're proud of at Outsports is introducing our readers to up-and-coming athletes. Two years ago it was then-Florida wide receiver Riley Cooper. After his big game for the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday night, this post got a lot of attention so here it is again… Florida has a male model posing as a wide […]

Anthony Alfano was deep in the closet when he entered DePaul University, America’s largest Catholic university. Just three years later he’s openly gay and was elected the school’s student body president. The openly gay part is recent: He came out last month as part of National Coming Out Day. Still, other students have known for […]

Hot player of the week Green Bay improves to 10-0, but someone will beat them; the Patriots are lucky and good; the AFC is weak; the Eagles stay alive; Corso's f-bomb, a ripped punter is hot player of the week. How I saw Week 11 of the NFL: 10-0: Now that the Packers have hit […]

Sepp Blatter, the ruling czar of soccer, is in hot water after saying there is no racism in the sport. His most outrageous statement was that anything said on the pitch was heat of the moment and that the players should just shake hands later. All this happened as English player John Terry is accused […]

A Great Falls, Mont., high school football player is facing rape and sexual assault charges after a hazing incident this fall in the locker room. Alex Botina-Roehm, 18, was arrested Monday and is charged with hazing two students. His bail was set at just more than $100,000. Court records say the hazing involved coming up […]

In Massachusetts, Norwood High School’s star swimmer Will Higgins broke a 26-year-old meet record in the 50-yard freestyle in the state’s swimming and diving championships regional meet…for girls. Yes, because his high school has no boys swim team, by state law Higgins is allowed to compete on the girls team. While he broke that meet […]

I love it when the bogus BCS is a mess. Major college football stubbornly refuses to have a playoff and the result is a unsatisfying system that got turned upside down Friday night when Iowa State stunned previously unbeaten Oklahoma State, 37-31, in overtime. LSU and Houston are the only major unbeaten teams and Houston […]

Earlier this year when sports agent Todd Reynolds Tweeted his disappointment with Sean Avery’s support of gay marriage, then-Sportsnet broadcaster Damian Goddard Tweeted his opposition to marriage as well. Goddard’s contract with Sportsnet was quickly terminated. Now Goddard is on the attack, lashing out at same-sex marriage in a new video (after the jump) for […]

I hate Tim Tebow. OK, hate is a strong word. Despise. Vehemently dislike. Whatever. I hate that guy. And I hate him more after his win over the New York Jets on Thursday. Let me be clear: I hate the Jets. Despise, dislike, whatever. I hate the Jets. I'm thrilled the Jets lost. I'm always […]

We’ve added a new list to follow on Twitter. “Out athletes” allows you to follow the likes of Matthew Mitcham, Billie Jean King, John Amaechi, Will Sheridan, Diana Nyad, Billy Bean, and college athletes like Ben Baldus-Strauss and Seth Pamperin. You can find the list here. We hope you find it helpful and enjoyable! And […]

Brendan and Brian Burke A horse is a horse, of course of course…. Sorry I just couldn't resist. This has been in the works for a while, but on Sunday Toronto Maple Leafs Gm Brian Burke donated a horse to the Toronto Police Mounted unit. The horse was named "Moose," which apparently was the nickname […]

Two openly gay swimmers have become two of the three oldest swimmers to ever qualify for the U.S. Olympic trials. Two 37-year-olds, Brian Jacobsen (right) from Minnesota and author Jeff Commings have accomplished the incredible, qualifying for the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter breaststroke respectively. From nightlifegay.com: What a difference 10 years makes! Not only are […]

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky proclaimed his innocence in an interview with Bob Costas of NBC (complete transcript). Sandusky said he regrets showering with boys, but says it was just “horse play” and that he is not a pedophile and did not rape a boy in the shower. Sandusky is free on […]

David Testo Former teammates of David Testo, the pro soccer player who came out as gay, say they learned a lot from him about homosexuality and are glad he is at peace. Nevio Pizzolitto believes most of the North American Soccer League knew Testo was gay, adding he thought “everybody” already knew. “It wasn’t like […]

Moments after professional soccer player David Testo publicly came out of the closet in an interview with Radio-Canada’s Marie Malchelosse, the reporter warned Testo that his revelation would have far-reaching implications. Testo felt bad for Malchelosse: She seemed like a nice woman, and he was afraid she was too excited about a story that wouldn’t […]