Month: February 2012

12:40pmPT: Rosie O'Donnell has finally tweeted about meeting Tim Tebow: And apparently she tried to set up the Broncos back-up starting back-up starting quarterback with Jenny McCarthy: 11:21amPT: NBC Sports says the rumor is not true, and that Tebow talked to Rosie for about 30 seconds. We've heard from at least one person who heard […]

A documentary film crew followed several teams heading into the 2010 Gay Bowl in Phoenix, Ariz. The crew was headed up by NYGFL player Seth Greenleaf, a theater and documentary film producer. Recently they released an extended 5-minute trailer highlighting some of the themes of the movie and introducing some of the main characters. It's […]

Trans triathlete Chris Mosier has found nothing but welcoming arms from his Empire Tri Club, which is not LGBT. It’s been the LGBT sports leagues where he has faced sometimes overt discrimination. He writes for Original Plumbing: In designated LGBT sports spaces, I have encountered problem after problem, and an unwillingness or lack of effort […]

All 20 soccer clubs in the English Premier League have signed the government’s Sports Charter to tackle homophobia and transphobia in sport. From the UK government’s Web site: Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore said: ‘The Premier League and our member clubs believe that everyone should be able to participate in, watch and enjoy sport […]

Giants tight end Jake Ballard In my Super Bowl for the Clueless, I listed a few of the players to watch for in the Giants-Patriots game from a hotness factor. Neither team really grabs me all that much and Cyd was miffed that I said the Giants were better looking. Now comes along Whitney Jefferson […]

Rob Gronkowski I woke up this morning to an…inspiring piece in the New York Times about the size of New England tight end Rob Gronkowski's…hands. Each hand measures 10 3/4 inches from pinky to thumb. That is a quarter-inch shorter than a football. Tell me the writer wasn't thinking about more than his hands… Everything […]

Photographer West Phillips met David Testo soon after the pro soccer player came out publicly last autumn. Test was in Miami for a warm respite from the media circus that had erupted after his big announcement. The two hit it off and Testo agreed to jump in front of Phillips’ camera. I caught up with […]

As a ‘Real Housewives’ fan who grew up in Massachusetts, I am in love with the Real Housewives of South Boston. And they don’t hold back with their Super Bowl message. Not only does the entire video have a super hot shirtless guy (Mahky Mahk’s cousin) doing push-ups who seems like anal sex (at 1:40), […]

An academic paper asked the question on every football fans' mind.

GLSEN has announced that PSAs about anti-gay bullying will run on a video billboard outside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as football fans enter the Super Bowl. The “Think Before You Speak” ads will not run on television (unless somebody has a few million dollars lying around the house). The opportunity comes thanks to the […]