Month: March 2013

Study shows LGBQ athletes are more likely to have a negative campus experience and experience harassment

Directed by Michiel Thomas and starring Fallon Fox, 'Game Face' is a powerful portrayal of athletes as they come out. They're now looking for funding.

Day 1 of the Outsports NCAA pool has ended and one person went 16-0, our old friend Mikey B. He had the two 12 seeds winning, along with #14 Harvard. Boston Sun Devil went 15-1, while I (shockingly) am in a group that went 14-2. Click here to check the standings and see how you […]

Anyone watching the various college basketball tournaments leading up to the NCAA tournament had a strong reaction to some of the uniforms worn by teams. Ones that either hurt your eyes or you thought were cool. It's the rebirth of Zubaz, the zebra-striped pattern worn on jerseys of at least six teams. Designed by Adidas, […]

Cason Crane talks about his quest to climb the seven summits

Weir attacked for his masculinity by gay analyst

A Look at the Stories and Pictures That Caught Our Eye

(This story was published in 2007) By: Ross Forman Dave Pallone has been out of baseball since 1988 and yet the mail still comes on a regular basis. Mostly it’s e-mail correspondence, though he still gets some snail-mail letters, often with autograph requests for some of the umpire cards he appeared on in the 1980s. […]

(This story was published in 2006). I’ve said for years that the first active male pro athlete in an American league won’t stride out triumphantly from the closet; He’ll be pushed out. He could be outed by a jilted lover, blackmailed by a former confidant, or revealed by a zealous reporter. On Thursday, the Web […]

(This story was published in 2007). By: Mark Kari The Toronto Raptors, owned by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto’s new pro soccer team Toronto FC) will support the gay community when they host Rainbow Hoops Night on Friday, February 23, 2007. The event is named for Rainbow […]

A tribute to a friend and an athlete

(This story was published in 2002). At the annual meeting of the Federation of Gay Games in Johannesburg last October, Montreal won the right to hostGay Games VII in 2006. Since then, questions have been being raised as to the ethics of their winning bid, specifically the presentation of a $100,000 check to the Federation […]

2006 Gay Games Will Not Be Held in City

(This story was published in 2003). The delegates of the Federation of Gay Games voted Monday to give Montreal one last chance to accept a licensing agreement to host the 2006 Gay Games. The delegates, meeting in Chicago, voted 40 to 4 (with two abstentions) to give Montreal 2006 until 1 p.m. Central time Wednesday […]

Couple Sued Country Club for Discrimination

(This story was published in 2007). Micheal Ray Richardson, coach of the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Assn. and a former NBA player, has been suspended for comments that insulted Jews and gays. “Shut the **** up, you faggot,” Richardson shouted to a heckler Tuesday during a game, the Albany Times Union reported. He […]

Randy Boyd's list of the most likely NBA players to be gay featured both John Amaechi and Tim Hardaway.

(This story was published in 2006). For the last year, we have not been able to say that America has never had an active openly gay professional athlete in a team sport. Andrew Goldstein, who came out of the closet a year ago as a senior goaltender for Dartmouth, is playing for the Long Island […]

(This story was published in 2006). May 2007 update: Hawkins fired at Missouri “I just don’t understand why people seem so interested in my story.” That’s what Kyle Hawkins (right), the now-openly gay head coach of the University of Missouri lacrosse team, has been saying since he came out on Outsports in June. The revelation […]

(This story was published in 2006). By: Ross Forman Esera Tuaolo, an openly gay former NFL player, helped lead Team Outsports to a gold medal in the men’s competitive division of flag football at Gay Games VII. Tuaolo, playing inside linebacker and running back, was teary-eyed when Outsports defeated the New York Bad Apples, 26-13, […]