Month: April 2012

Derek Dimke With the NFL Draft this week, we decided to check out the prospects via the best way for a guy to find the relationship he's looking for: Grindr. Profiles for some of this week's draftees highlight everything they have to bring to a relationship, no matter what somebody's looking for. Soft hands? We've […]

Chris, a straight ex-Marine who plays in our gay-oriented L.A. Flag Football league, was pumped after his Blue Crew team won a thriller in league play on Saturday. So wearing his jersey, he headed to the nearby Oaks Gourmet for a burrito and wound up chatting with Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and “American Idol” fame, […]

Hudson Taylor would like to see the sports world follow HRC’s corporate index and institute and Athletic Equality Index to determine just how gay-friendly each pro sports team is. Though professional sports are moving in a positive direction, they need the transparency and metrics of an equality index to institutionalize a proactive rather than reactive […]

While almost every other gay person in the mainstream sports media remains closeted, openly gay radio host Jared Max on WEPN/ESPN 1050 in New York won his time slot with key demos for the winter book. A very excited Max told me: Winter book ratings (Jan, Feb, March) just came out. My show ranked 1st […]

Stephany Lee, right, and her wife, Brigg McDonald Stephany Lee had an amazing weekend in Iowa. First, she won a berth to the U.S. Olympic women's wrestling team. She then got married to her partner Brigg McDonald in Cedar Rapids, with Iowa being a state that allows gay marriage. “It was an opportune time,” Lee […]

Reggie Williams hopes to play pro baseball, though he was released in spring training and is without a team. He has succeeded in one area — taking the early lead for Outsports jerk of the year for a series of tweets that are offensive, idiotic, ignorant and unintentionally comical at the same time. Deadspin has […]

Simon Latimer, a former elite diver from New Zealand who wrote about his coming out for Outsports five year ago, will be a judge in the diving competition during the London Summer Olympics. He told GayNZ: “I like it because it’s instantaneous. And it’s an opportunity for you to give your opinion. In some other […]

Oakland A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy tweeted that he’s tired of Kiss Cams focusing on two guys kissing. At first blush, it might look like Brandon McCarthy is homophobic; In reality, he’s tired of society laughing at gay men and is fighting against the subversive homophobia that locks the Kiss Cam on two (presumably) straight men […]

1 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include baseball and soccer celebrations, college football in the spring, the NBA, fencing, Olympic trials kayaking, swimming and Cristiano Ronaldo. Click image for larger view (and on that image for an even larger view): 1 We present our favorite photos of […]

Since a premature retirement in 1994, English pro soccer player Paul Elliott has worked to fight the racism he faced as a player. Now he’s turning his attention to the next big issue facing soccer. He was asked by FIFA.com: “Where do you see the next challenge for football in fighting discrimination?” Homophobia is a […]

Former gold medal swimmer Mark Tewksbury has embraced his role as chef de mission for the Canadian Olympics team heading to London . Basically, he “will be front and center, the go-to man for athletes, the media and, ultimately, armchair fans across the nation.” He’s also openly gay, a factor that played no role in […]

What a fun surprise to see mainstream soccer vlog The Mixer (for KickTV) interviewing Gay4Soccer.com founder Chris Billig (video after the jump). My favorite part of the interview is host Jimmy Conrad asking Billig whom he thinks are the three hottest soccer players. I love it because straight sports fans aren’t supposed to care about […]

Indy AlleyCat Brodie Smith Ultimate has a very important place in my heart; It's because of Ultimate that I came out when I did, and it's why Outsports exists today. On a whim, I went to UCLA to play in a pick-up Ultimate game one Saturday in 1996 (I had played in college). It was […]

Matthew Mitcham is not shying away from being labeled the “gay diver.” Instead, he is embracing the unique role he has an openly gay elite athlete, knowing his speaking out can make a difference. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Mitcham was clear that interest in his being a gay athlete was not […]

In the latest chapter of the gays-don’t-know-sports stereotype, openly gay MSNBC host Thomas Roberts invited NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France onto his show on Thursday to talk about how much fuel NASCAR burns, vis–à–vis Earth Day. Roberts dropped this bomb on France: The obvious draw for NASCAR is the speed, cars going up to […]

Mike Langley is an artist who lives near Baltimore and was so inspired by rugby player Gareth “Alfie” Thomas’ coming out story that he has started a blog dedicated to him. Fans of Gareth Thomas went live in February and is filled with articles, photos and Langley’s art work of Thomas. Langley recalls reading the […]

Hudson Taylor speaks to Bruin athletes for the school's Ally Week

Bettman offers his verbal support for the group aiming to end homophobia in the NHL, though he avoids using the word "gay"

Several new ‘You Can Play’ videos have come out of Canada in the last week, and a couple have some interesting hooks (see all three below). The University of Ottawa’s athletic department (they’re called the Gee-Gees) teamed up to create a bilingual video in French and English. Ottawa borders the province of Quebec, which has […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are celebrating their 80th season and will wear jerseys at two home games from their 1934 season. They have not been worn since for one good reason — they are ugly. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “We wanted to use a jersey that we wore early in our history as we celebrate our […]