Month: April 2011

The Masters Tournament is apologizing today for what they call a “misunderstanding” that kept a female reporter out of the locker room on the final day of the tournament. Bergen Record reporter Tara Sullivan was barred by security guards from pursuing locker room interviews of Rory McIlroy and others, allegedly because she is a woman. […]

Olympic superstar Carl Lewis on Monday announced his candidacy for the New Jersey State Senate. He didn’t shy away from the obvious double entendre in his announcement: "When I run, as you see my record, I run to win," he said at a news conference Monday in Mount Holly in Burlington County. "I'm slower than […]

Chicago has replaced Boston as the team to beat in the Eastern Conference (yes, we see you, Miami…you’re not there yet), and both teams have been dealing with injuries to their frontcourt this season. The two meet for the final time in the regular season on Thursday night in one of the biggest NBA picks […]

Voting is now open in the Final Four of the King of the Hardwood contest, and the winner will either be a soccer player, a football player, a hockey player or a rugby player. In one bracket, soccer's Cristiano Ronaldo faces off against rugger Nick Youngquest and in the other, Eric Decker of the Denver […]

About 3,000 fans at a pro volleyball match in Brazil taunted one player repeatedly with chants of “bicha,” which in Brazilian Portuguese is roughly the equivalent of “faggot” (see video below). The player, Michael (Brazilians refer to their athletes by their first name or nickname), came out publicly after the match as gay and said […]

We’re discovering more and more college-based support groups for gay athletes; We’ll have a great story on one next week featuring a very rare out men’s college head coach! This is an old one we missed, but thanks to Athlete Ally we got wind of Dan Woog’s piece about the Connecticut LGBT Athlete Safe Space […]

New York Times reporter John Branch profiles Outsports in a story that just moved on the Web and will be in the Friday print edition. We met John out in L.A. back in December and spent a delightful afternoon with him. I think he wrote a terrific and insightful story. John hopes to write more […]

Mari Burningham was raised as a Mormon and wound up coaching at BYU. She long wrestled with her sexual attraction to women, married a man and tried to fit in. She writes about how she finally accepted who she was, left the church and found happiness.

While Jim wrote Monday about the dreadful UConn-Butler men’s national championship game, the women took center stage last night and put up 52 more points than the men could muster as Texas A&M won its first women’s basketball national title, 76-70, over Notre Dame. Could this be a turning point for women's basketball? One complaint […]

After the Raptors’ big win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday, 102-98, cameras caught Leandro Barbosa grab the hand of Reggie Evans and walk into the locker room (video after the jump). While Barbosa remained stone-face, Evans was good-natured and gave a big smile. The duo had a strong night with 18 points on 9-for-15 […]

In the wake of the suspension of basketball star Brandon Davies for having premarital sex with his girlfriend, BYU’s honor code has been in the news. Which led to questions of how it is to be a gay athlete at BYU. I interviewed a former BYU athlete, briefly on the football team and a star […]

Connecticut beat Butler, 53-41, in an NCAA tournament final that set men’s college basketball back 60 years. It figures that a game pitting the Bulldogs against the Huskies turned out to be a dog. The 53 points by Connecticut was the fewest for a champion since 1949, while Butler's 41 was the lowest since 1950, […]

ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ Sunday featured a story on transgender basketball player Kye Allums hours before the start of the Women’s Final Four. The piece covered a lot of territory from Kye’s relationship with his mother, Rolanda DelaMartinez, to his high school basketball career, to the acceptance of his team at George Washington. Two videos […]

He grew up Mormon, so going to BYU was a natural choice for an athlete who knew he was gay. He tells why he abided by the honor code and the freedom he felt upon leaving the school.

Miami (Ohio) star hockey player Andy Miele signed with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes over the weekend. At just 5-foot-9, Miele beat the odds to lead the NCAA in scoring this season and land an NHL contract. Last week Miele, several of his teammates and head coach Enrico Blasi talked with us about the gay-friendly environment […]

Two gay Vancouver Canucks fans are causing an Internet stir by dressing as the “Hockey Luvin Homos.” They go by the monikers Henrietta and Daniella, spoofing the Canucks’ Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel. The Homos got on TV during last night's Los Angeles Kings vs. Canucks game, when they were shown behind the Vancouver bench […]

Thanks to a reader for this shot of these studs looking hard and strong as steel: Thanks to a reader for this shot of these studs looking hard and strong as steel: