Month: February 2012

College has taken the proverbial ball and run with it

The Football Association has charged Ravel Morrison with a violation of FA Rule E3 “for use of abusive and/or insulting words including a reference to a person’s sexual orientation.” Morrison recently Tweeted the word “faggot” at a fan. Rule E3 of the FA states: A Participant shall at all times act in the best interests […]

AFL’s Daniel Jackson was part of a campaign against homophobia Jeff Kennett, former Australian political official and also past president of an Australian Rules Football club, says 5% of AFL players are gay but afraid to come out. “Not only am I not surprised at the number of players in the AFL who are suffering […]

You have to hand it to aussieBum for their liberal use of hot jocks in their ad campaigns. A prime example is this “making of” video for Rugby’s Finest 2012 Calendar. It features English rugby players, who spend a lot of time comparing their abs or rating themselves on a scale of 1-10. It ends […]

Mark Sanchez How cute — in the aftermath of a dysfunctional 2011 season that saw the New York Jets fight more with each other than on the field, quarterback Mark Sanchez wants to kiss and make up. Here is what Sanchez tweeted on Valentine's Day to wide receiver Santonio Holmes, with whom he reportedly clashed […]

Professional poker player Jason Somerville came out of the closet on his blog on Valentine’s Day. Somerville won the $1,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em event at the World Series of Poker last year, winning almost a half-million dollars (the $10k No Limit Hold ‘Em is the “main event” that gets so much pub on ESPN). […]

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is out, and it again features lots of scantily clad female models. When we at Outsports get complaints that we feature shirtless athletes (like Gareth Thomas in his underwear), we always point to the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as proof that “it’s not a gay thing, it’s a guy thing.” […]

You’ve got to wonder why some people in the public eye bother to get on Twitter. So many of them can’t control themselves. Our second report today on a homophobic tweet comes from Gays4soccer and features Vancouver Whitecap midfielder Lee Nguyen (right) calling teammate Brad Nighton a (and I quote) “fagggggggg.” This was the same […]

Happy Valentine’s Day! Gareth Thomas shared a revealing photo (here) with his Facebook fans over the weekend, along with this message… Appropriate underwear for today. So just be warned people I'm armed if you come near! 😉 Looking forward to another rugby filled weekend. I predict wins for Wales, England, France. Happy Valentine’s Day! Gareth […]

Two Houston Aeros players in the Minnesota Wild farm system don’t like the Foo Fighters very much; They also don’t blink when calling people “faggots.” So when the band showed up on the Grammys, Justin Fontaine had no trouble expressing to the world how he felt about them. Teammate Jon DiSalvatore quickly retweeted Fontaine’s thoughts: […]

Photo by Anthony White Patricia Manuel of Long Beach, Calif., is competing this week in the first Olympic boxing trials for women. The 2012 Games in London will feature women boxers in three weight classes. Manuel (49-14) competes in the lightweight division (132 pounds). She is part Irish, Mexican and black. And as the Long […]

Now that Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a bill allowing for same-sex marriage in the state, the battle there turns to a referendum that opponents are trying to get on the November ballot. One of the leaders in the fight against same-sex marriage there is Ken Hutcherson, a pastor and former player for the Seattle […]

After his embarrassing finish at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday, golf fans are finally asking the question: Is Tiger Woods finished? The writing’s been on the wall for a while, but just now are many Tiger Woods fans able to admit it: The Woods we came to enjoy, the guy who was an assassin […]

At first, residents of Manhattan neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen fought the opening of gay sports bar Boxers because the entrance was withing 200 feet (the legal minimum) of a school. Now that the bar owners have moved the entrance to just over 200 feet away from the school, neighbors are screaming because they just “don’t want […]

Matt Cecchin, a top referee in Australia’s National Rugby League, has publicly come out, inspired by reading a book by former Aussie rugby star Ian Roberts. “Like a lot of people, I thought to be gay you had to be feminine, you had to go to nightclubs and you had to be in the scene […]

Dirk Nowitzki I am a fan of Deadspin, read it daily and often find stories for this site on stuff they've run. But they are really reaching with an item today with the headline: "Did Dirk Nowitzki Shout A Homophobic Slur After Hitting The Shot That Locked Up Tonight’s Mavericks Win?" Here is the item […]

When we last saw British diver Tom Daley, he was a young 14-year-old Olympian. He’ll be 18 at the Olympics this summer in his home country. What a difference four years makes. He jumped in front of the camera recently, along with some other British Olympic hopefuls, to lip sync to LMFAO's "I'm Sexy and […]

We hear a lot of complaints about the mainstream media stereotyping gay men and lesbians. But in the last week I’ve seen much of the gay community go out of its way to reinforce the stereotype that we’re all just a bunch of nancy queens who don’t know a football from a basketball…and yes, listen […]

Update: These shirts may have been originally used in 2010. Either way, they're not available now. Unidentified Vanderbilt fans, presumably students, had created a T-shirt (right) for the Commodores' upcoming game against No. 1 Kentucky on Saturday. Creators of the shirt, with the phrase "UK2GAY," included this disclaimer on the Web site for the shirt: […]

Former English soccer player Graeme Le Saux, who says his career was damaged by false rumors that he is gay, tells the BBC that gay players need support that is not there now. “The important thing isn’t whether or not there are gay players in professional football,” Le Saux told BBC Radio Jersey. “The point […]