Month: March 2012

Buffalo Sabres captain Jason Pominville supports “You Can Play.” (Timothy T. Ludwig-US PRESSWIRE) It's been more than a week since the "You Can Play Project" was launched by Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke to honor the legacy of his late brother Brendan. The project features more than 30 NHL players who voice the simple message […]

LaRon Landry plays safety in the NFL, most recently for the Washington Redskins, and is now a free agent shopping for a new team. He weighs 218 pounds with “no fat,” according to his Twitter page. You can see the evidence for yourself, since Landry enjoys posting photos of his hyper-muscular body — replete with […]

Despite attempts by Nebraska Cornhuskers assistant football coach Ron Brown to keep anti-LGBT discrimination legal in Omaha, the city council there has voted, 4-3, to protect everyone in the LGBT community from discrimination. According to the Omaha World-Herald, Brown stuck to his position that gay people should be discriminated against: “The Lord is on the […]

Major League Baseball has signed on as a “Young Adult Patron” for this year’s GLAAD Media Awards, which kick off next weekend at the New York Marriott Marquis. The sponsorship has a value of $10,000 and will underwrite tickets for 500 youth across all three shows (NY, LA and SF), according to GLAAD’s Aaron McQuade. […]

Orlando’s new gay and lesbian visitors’ bureau will announce that it will bid to host the 2018 Gay Games. It’s part of a desire to make the Florida city — home of Disney World — a gay destination for events other than the annual Gay Days, held each June. From the Orlando Sentinel: “We’ve estimated […]

David Testo (Photo by West Phillips) David Testo came out last year as an openly gay soccer player after leaving the Montreal Impact. He is still looking for a job and told Britain's Sky Sports he hopes the lack of interest has nothing to do with his public sexuality: “I hope that I wasn’t let […]

I understand the need of some people to hunt wild animals. While I don’t buy into it, there are arguments that the population of some need to be controlled (though the same people making this argument are sometimes the same people with five kids). Others use venison or elk meat to live off of through […]

Gay Web sites were abuzz last month when Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell defended a “gay businessman” from homophobia in the Alaska Airlines lounge at Sea-Tac Airport. Outsports has learned that the businessman was Sergio Turbay, who is a gay flag football player in Los Angeles. The reported story said that another male passenger spewed […]

Jake Gyllenhaal, he who earned a cult gay following for his role in Brokeback Mountain, stars in a new music video for ‘Time To Dance’ by The Shoes. In the bizarre video he plays a fencer (or a guy with a fencing fetish) who goes on a cracked-out murderous rampage. There’s even a gratuitous sauna […]

In 2003, Katie Hnida kicked two PATs for the University of New Mexico, becoming the first female player to score in a Div. 1 college football game. Nine years later, LSU women’s soccer goalie Mo Isom is trying to become the second (watch her kick a goal-to-goal score below). In tryouts for the team last […]

Stephen Bowness American football is far from a popular sport in New Zealand, where rugby is king. But that hasn't stopped Stephen Bowness, 46, from his love of the game as a referee there for 17 years. He is also openly gay and recently made history by being the first Kiwi to be head referee […]

Oliver McNally Corbin Miller (Photo by Greg M. Cooper-US PRESSWIRE) We asked our readers to select their hottest player of the NCAA men's basketball tournament and you responded. Below are various players who will be in this year's tournament, which starts with play-in games on Tuesday. With 68 teams and everyone having different tastes, it's […]

Joe Harris (Photo by Geoff Burke-US PRESSWIRE) Outsports has set up a pool for the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament. Fill out your bracket and see how you do against other Outsports readers. We are using Yahoo this season. To play, simply go to our Outsports NCAA Pool link and fill out the sign-up info. […]

Mark Cuban has seemed to be a great ally of the LGBT community over the years, even saying that the first out pro athlete in North America would make a boatload of cash. But there’s still a little uneasiness in Cuban that came out during a podcast with Bill Simmons at the MIT Sloan Sports […]

Earlier this week, Nebraska running backs coach Ron Brown testified before the Omaha City Council that the Bible should be law. The testimony was in regards to the City Council’s consideration of a bill that would outlaw discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people. Aksarbent.com has gotten hold of a letter from Nebraska athletic […]

Update: Cochrane lost a split decision in the round of 32 during a live telecast March 9, so he won’t be on the show any more. Dakota Cochrane, who has talked openly about his gay porn past, will debut Friday on the opening episode of the reality series "The Ultimate Fighter 15." The show airs […]

Next week we’ll highlight some of the players to watch this March Madness in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. And we’d like your help finding them! With so many small schools making their way onto CBS next week, we know there are many out there most of us have never seen. Help us find them: […]

The London Olympics organizers are putting potential volunteers through diversity training in anticipation of athletes and fans from all parts of the world coming to the city. Among the questions on a quiz, helpfully provided by the London Telegraph, is this one dealing with gays: Sexual Orientation: A spectator complains to you that there are […]

Peyton Manning. Photo by Kirby Lee / US PRESSWIRE I became a fan of the Baltimore Colts when I was 6, because my older brother rooted for them. I then cheered for them through thick and thin — mostly the latter — for 20 years, listening to game after game on an old AM radio, […]

The Union of European Football Associations won’t take any action after Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho called someone (allegedly referees) “maricones,” which is Spanish for “faggots.” In fact, UEFA spokesperson Veron Mossingo Omba said they won’t even look into the incident because they have better things to do: We have priorities and this is […]