Month: May 2012

Political news of the last 48 hours, from the vote to ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina to President Barack Obama's vocal support of same-sex marriage, has crept into the sports world with athletes and sportswriters weighing in. While it's great to see all the love, in addition to the great support of two Houston […]

Connor Barwin (Photo: Troy Taormina-US PRESSWIRE) President Obama's support for same-sex marriage was big news today, and it did not go unnoticed by Houston Texans linebacker Connor Barwin. The NFL player issued a cool series of tweets in support of the decision, saying, "Those of us with gay relatives and friends understand how meaningful and […]

Towleroad stumbled across this video of the Harvard baseball team passing time on a road trip, lip syncing in their van to Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe. Sorry, no hot shirtless guy mowing a lawn in this one…but there is a same-sex crush. Or two. I’m not quite sure. Either way, kudos to Harvard […]

Pro wrestler CM Punk supports gay marriage and is opposed to North Carolina’s Amendment One, which would ban gay marriage and civil unions (and which passed today). But he apologized for telling a homophobe on Twitter who said gays made him “sick” to “kill yourself.” From the Daily Mirror: CM Punk tweeted: “Same sex marriage […]

Thanks to the folks at HOM for bringing us the French Olympic swim team just as we like them. What I love most about the video and photo shoot HOM put together is how much fun these guys are having in front of the camera. There’s no worry about not getting too close to their […]

July 12 update here. After two years of promotion for what was supposed to be the biggest, flashiest, gayest presence at the Olympics, organizers have canceled Pride House for the London Games, according to Pink News. While the idea was big, sponsors and funding were nowhere to be found. Unfortunately for the event, it's tough […]

Jeff Karstens (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE) The Pittsburgh Pirates released an It Gets Better video last Friday before a home game at PNC Park that was designated youth night for the Pittsburgh Gay and Lesbian Community Center. The video was not just a one-off — the team is committed to fight bullying. From local […]

Gay Games 2010 The groups that run the Gay Games and the Outgames failed in their attempt to hold one worldwide LGBT sporting event in 2018. Board members from the Federation of Gay Games and the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association met in Montreal over the weekend, but were unable to reconcile their differences. […]

Brandon McCarthy (Photo by Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE) The Oakland A's have joined the list of Major League Baseball teams who have produced videos for the It Gets Better campaign. Though the A's video, aimed at teens who are being bullied, does not mention sexual orientation, one of the players featured is Brandon McCarthy, an outspoken […]

Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown will not testify when the Lincoln City Council holds its hearing on an ordinance to ban anti-LGBT discrimination. For this one moment, Brown has caved to pressure from fair-minded people who believe someone in his position should not be vocally advocating for discrimination. Still, he says he is just […]

Megan Rapinoe (Photo by: Jerome Miron-US PRESSWIRE) Update: Megan Rapinoe officially comes out as a lesbian. U.S. star women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe, who will be on the Olympic team, answered "we're out there" when asked when a high-profile player would come out. It was a rather novel way to answer the question. Here is […]

The United States has never had a publicly out male gymnast participate in the Olympics. Josh Dixon hopes to be the first. The Stanford grad took a big step toward that goal at the U.S. Men’s Qualifier on Saturday in Colorado Springs, finishing second overall out of the 72 competitors. He also tied for wins […]

15 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include celebrating a no-hitter, rugby practice, a shirtless soccer celebration, spring college football, baseball, NHL playoffs, Aussie Rules Football and track and field. Click image for larger, full-sized view and on that image for the largest view: 15 We present our […]

On Monday, May 7, the Lincoln City Council will hold a hearing on an ordinance that would make it illegal to fire someone because they are L, G, B or T. At the center of the battle over the law will be Nebraska running backs coach Ron Brown, who in March drove to Omaha to […]

Photo from Barstool Sports Members of the Tufts University crew team were suspended, then reinstated for a race this weekend after they wore tank tops at a school social event that read "check out our cox." The athletes at the Boston-area school were suspended by their coach, then reinstated by the school's president, who cited […]

Photo: Joe Nicholson-US PRESSWIRE The people have spoken. Outsports readers picked American gymnast as the 2012 King of the Hardwood, emblematic of the hottest athlete. He beat out defending champion Eric Decker in the finals at the end of a 64-man tournament. Contest organizer Mariner Duck Guy (who does an amazing job putting this together […]

This is a fun concept. Las Vegas will soon have (what is sure to be) the world’s first drag-queen bowling alley, Drink & Drag, near the old Strip. What makes it a drag queen bowling alley? The staff, the hairspray and the attitude, dear. From the press release: Drink & Drag is expected to become […]

Junior Seau (Photo by: Greg M. Cooper/US PRESSWIRE) This is sad news about a player I watched and admired for years — former NFL linebacker Junior Seau was found dead today at his home in Oceanside, Calif., from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 43. Seau played a remarkable 20 seasons, the first 13 […]

New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has been suspended for the entire 2012 NFL season for setting bounties on opposing players. Vilma allegedly put $10,000 cash on a table and offered it to whoever knocked Brett Favre out of the 20o9 NFC Championship game. Vilma is no stranger to Outsports readers, as he shown his […]

Anheuser-Busch has told Ultimate Fighting Championship to curtail the sexist and homophobic language of their fighters, or they will take action. Budweiser’s parent company is a huge sponsor of UFC. They told Advertising Age in a statement: "We've communicated to the UFC our displeasure with certain remarks made by some of its fighters, and they […]