Month: April 2012

Video has recently surfaced from this year’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis of Rosie O’Donnell in a war of words with a ‘street preacher.’ The gentleman with the megaphone has some choice words for Rosie, and she returns the favor. Video below… Though, part of me can understand why the protester was so angry with the […]

Brad Pitt from ‘Moneyball’ The engagement of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie tells us a lot about the fight for equality in sports. Several years ago, Pitt said he and Jolie would not marry until same-sex marriage was legal. While a smattering of states have legalized it, the vast majority of Americans can't marry in […]

Dave Bossmin says he’s an openly gay amateur hockey player on a gay team…and a closeted hockey player on his “straight” team. He wrote a guest editorial for Xtra! in which he tells a story of why he isn’t out to his “straight” team. A league official entered while our team was getting cleaned up. […]

UCLA jumper and ally Taylor Hobson UCLA, with one of the most storied athletic departments in the NCAA, has embraced the fight against homophobia in sports with a full Athlete Ally initiative including a visit from Hudson Taylor on Monday. For the last week, varsity and club-sport athletes have taken part in an ally photo […]

Rugby’s Alex Cheesman Voting has started in the Sweet 16 of the King of the Hardwood contest, and it is dominated by NFL and rugby players. Still alive is 2011 champion Eric Decker of the Denver Broncos, one of six NFL players. One to keep an eye based based on his photo for aussieBum (full […]

Athletes from the University of North Carolina, including those from football and baseball, have join forces to make a video for the It Gets Better Project. The video was started by our good friend Dave Lohse, Associate Athletic Communications Director, himself openly gay. It was not a hard sell, Lohse told Outsports. The genesis of […]

Sacha Heppell Sacha Heppell and Dixon Hernandez had dreams of becoming NFL cheerleaders, but they were dashed this year when they both failed to make it out of tryouts. Heppell tried out for the Denver Broncos and Hernandez for the Houston Texans. "Who wouldn't want to be a Texans cheerleader?" Hernandez said during his tryout. […]

Mike Bozeman, the man who blamed transgender player Kye Allums for his team’s horrific 2010-11 season, has been fired as the head coach of the George Washington women’s basketball team. Bozeman has been replaced by Notre Dame assistant coach Jonathan Tsipis, whose team lost in the national championship this year. Bozeman was a complete disaster […]

Rob Gronkowski is the honey badger of the NFL. He’s hot, he’s funny, he’s a helluva football player, and he don’t give a shit. Appearing at the University of Rhode Island, he was asked to play the F-Marry-Kill game with these three celebrities: New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, nonagenarian actress Betty White…and Tim Tebow. […]

Roddy White (Photo: Phil Sears-US PRESSWIRE) Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White says he is sorry for a tweet where he says he doesn't want to be gay, but he really isn't sorry based on followup tweets where he makes light of the whole thing. White got in a Twitter spat after a fan asked […]

5 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include baseball celebrations, college hockey, the NBA and NHL, swimming and soccer. Click image for larger view (and on that image for an even larger view): 5 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include […]

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White was asked by a fan whether he would rather lead the league in receiving stats or win a Super Bowl. Some people may say that’s “easy as pie,” or it might be a “piece of cake.” Some may say the issue is “black and white.” White thinks it’s as […]

Boston Spirit Magazine talked with Boston Bruins left winger Shawn Thornton about a number of gay-related issues. He added his voice to the growing number of players who say they just don’t care if a teammate’s gay: Boston Spirit: What do you think would happen if one of your teammates announced he was gay? Shawn […]

My friend and fellow writer Josh Staman produced this great, “inspirational” video for all those young guys struggling with the size of their…bats. Staman’s a straight guy, a big fan of the “It Gets Better” campaign, and was so cute in writing me today to make sure he wasn’t being offensive. Personally, I find the […]

Quarterback Cohner Mokry stands up to bullies For all those people who still think every football player is a bullying thug, check out this fantastic story from Claudia Taylor Johnson High School in San Antonio, Texas. A student there was being bullied last autumn, and the bullies wouldn't stop. Counselor Carri Elliott asked the football […]

Photo: Kevin Lamarque for Reuters If you have been on Facebook for even a minute this past week, it's been impossible not to see the latest Internet meme — Texts From Hillary — a Tumblr filled with imaginary texts from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The site was created by Stacy Lambe and Adam Smith, […]

The World Figure Skating Championships concluded in Nice, France last weekend, but don’t be surprised if you missed it. For the first year in recent memory the Worlds did not receive a moment of live broadcast time on any major network. Taking into account what happened, this might be for the best. In an era […]

The Third Annual International Gay Polo League Tournament is this Saturday, April 14, at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Fla. The club is the birthplace of polo in the United States. The tournament features four teams, each one led by a professional player. From the South Florida Gay News: “Overall, the established polo […]

Former rugby star Gareth Thomas is nervous about performing later this year before schoolchildren in his native Wales dressed as the genie that comes out of the bottle in “Aladdin.” “Standing in front of 400 children and their parents in a genie outfit is a lot more nerve-wracking than running out against the [New Zealand] […]

Rick Welts (Photo: Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE) A year ago, Rick Welts was known only in the NBA world as an executive with the Phoenix Suns. Then came a front-page story in the New York Times in May, where he came out as a gay man and his world changed. He suddenly was seen as a […]