Month: September 2012

Yunel Escobar’s eye black seems to say “no penis” in Spanish While Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar wore eye black on Saturday with the words "tu ere maricon" written on them, after a little digging we've discovered eye black is not part of Escobar's regular uniform. In fact, he almost never wears it. Scanning […]

Courtesy of Deadspin comes this video (below) of what is teammates fingering the butt of another following a dramatic win. It comes courtesy of the Cleveland Indians, who mobbed Lonnie Chisenhall on Sunday after his hit in the bottom of the ninth beat the Tigers. I am not exaggerating and you can see for yourself […]

The All Blacks rugby team is a national passion in New Zealand and they even have imitators in the Nude Blacks, a Dunedin, N.Z.-based team. The Nude Blacks are comprised mostly of students and they stage regular games. The Nude Blacks started as a lark in 2002 but became popular enough to stage matches in […]

For the last two years, award-winning filmmakers Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker have had their targets set on homophobia in men’s pro sports. The producers of the acclaimed documentary Training Rules, which targeted homophobia in Penn State’s women’s basketball program, have brought their filmmaking expertise to the movement with a video-based campaign set to bring […]

Toronto Blue Jay Yunel Escobar painted “You are a faggot” in Spanish on his eye black against the Boston Red Sox. The Spanish written on his eye black was “Tu ere maricon.” Think about it. This professional baseball player, with all the talk in the last year about gay rights and homophobia in sports, decided […]

Boyfriend's age is poked at in spoof

Angela Merkel Last week an unidentified professional soccer player told Fluter magazine that he feared the public and media reaction to coming out of the closet. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, celebrating the league's new "Go your own way" campaign, answered a question about that player's fear last week: You need not fear. I am of […]

Yunel Escobar The Toronto Blue Jays have made a statement regarding the gay slur on Yunel Escobar's eye black. The Blue Jays' statement: The Toronto Blue Jays do not support discrimination of any kind nor condone the message displayed by Yunel Escobar during Saturday’s game. The club takes this situation seriously and is investigating the […]

SB Nation's fantastic 10-minute video features interviews of Kuntz, school officials, players and family

Fluter’s caption: “A gay football player? Not in this photo.” A gay soccer player in Germany's Bundesliga gave a wide-ranging interview to Fluter magazine in which he said: "The price for living my dream in the Bundesliga is very high. I have to put on an act and deny my true self." The player, though, […]

Patrick Burke and Andrew Ference raise money for You Can Play It was a big week for the You Can Play project. Not only did they have several NHL players and an owner release supportive videos, but they also did it with the backing of the NHL teams. Edmonton Oilers Ryan Jones and Ryan Whitney […]

It seems half the time we’re writing about Ben Cohen, he’s taking his shirt off or stripping down to his underwear. And with the way so many gay men fawn over him, we can’t blame him! This time it’s for his 2013 calendar, which benefits his StandUp Foundation and raises money for key anti-bullying efforts. […]

Amy K. Nelson of SB Nation headed to western North Dakota to sit down with Jamie Kuntz, who was kicked off his college football team at North Dakota State College of Science last week for kissing his boyfriend. In his first on-camera interview, Kuntz talks at length about his dismissal. The full interview will be […]

When the NFL Network kicks off its Thursday night games tonight, Sept. 13, the work of at least one openly gay man will be front-and-center. Producer Matt Brady, who has been the brawn behind many memorable sports images you’ve seen on TV, produced a Thursday Night Kickoff pre-show video for the network. It’s just part […]

NDSCS football coach Chuck Parsons North Dakota State College of Science last week dismissed football player Jamie Kuntz from the school’s team because he kissed his boyfriend. The reasons given to Jamie were that he 1) was a distraction to the team and 2) he lied about kissing his boyfriend. While Kuntz was kicked off […]

Robert Griffin III, Brendon Ayanbadejo and Rob Gronkowski all cool with a gay teammate

For three days, the North Dakota State College of Science has been largely silent on why Jamie Kuntz was kicked off the team. The 18-year-old — not out at the time — was dismissed two days after he was seen kissing his boyfriend in the press box of the team’s season opener in Colorado. Kuntz […]

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo appeared on ESPN’s Outside The Lines today talking about his support of same-sex marriage and the letter by a government official that has sparked so much controversy. When asked what percentage of NFL players agree with his support of same-sex marriage, he said he thinks it would have been about […]

Hats off to the Warwick University rowing club in Coventry, England, for taking it off as part of a fund-raising effort for new uniforms. They produced an awesome and (mostly) PG video with great production values (see below). They are further enticing supporters with the promise of a photo shoot at a meet and greet: […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, former Viking Esera Tuaolo and University of Minnesota basketball star Trevor Mbakwe will headline a fund-raiser for marriage equality in Minneapolis on Friday. The event will be from 5 to 7 p.m. at Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South. The athletes are working with Minnesotans for Equality, which […]