Video: Check out our online conversation with out football player Conner Mertens
The Willamette University football player joins Ousports and Wade Davis for an online chat.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 29, 2014Willamette University fully supports out football player Conner Mertens
The university issued a statement of support earlier today.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 28, 2014College football player Conner Mertens comes out publicly.
A place kicker at Willamette University in Oregon, Mertens came out as bisexual to his team last night. He now comes out publicly in hopes of inspiring other LGBT athletes to come out and be true to themselves.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 28, 2014Conner Mertens came out to his college football team. Now he comes out publicly.
A place kicker at Willamette University in Oregon, Mertens came out as bisexual to his team. He now comes out publicly in hopes of inspiring other LGBT athletes to come out and be true to themselves.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 28, 2014What Olympic figure skating will look like if Putin can ban all the gay
Saturday Night Live shows the sordid details of Men's Heterosexual Figure Skating
By Cyd Zeigler | January 27, 2014Jason Collins invited by the White House to sit in the First Lady’s box for the State of the Union address
Collins will join Boston Marathon bombing survivors Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman, among others.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 27, 2014Denver Broncos player brings up showers when discussing acceptance of gay NFL players
We have our first comments this year at the Super Bowl regarding the acceptance of gay players in the NFL. From the Twitter feed of Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News: Must Reads Gay guide to the Super Bowl Jim Buzinski Must Reads Gay guide to the Super Bowl Broncos CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 27, 2014Former New Zealand pro rugby player said life in the closet was suffocating
Ryan Sanders was a highly regarded young pro rugby player in his native New Zealand who says he never was able to reach his full potential because he was deeply in the closet. Sanders gave an interview to the New Zealand Herald where he detailed his fears of being found out. "I kept it to […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 27, 2014Gay guide to Super Bowl XLVIII
Seattle vs. Denver, aka the Bud Bowl, featuring "Beast Mode," "Pot Roast," snowy weather, players shirtless, players crying, David Beckham nude, the gay angle and a Super Bowl pick.
By Jim Buzinski | January 26, 2014Lesbian Olympian Belle Brockhoff ‘willing to rip on [Putin’s] ass’
Openly gay Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff says she will have plenty to say to Russian President Vladimir Putin after her event concludes at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. "After I compete, I'm willing to rip on his ass," she said. "I'm not happy and there's a bunch of other Olympians who are not happy either." […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 24, 2014Team USA and Norway’s curling uniforms: Cool or ugly?
Fashion is very subjective, which is a good thing because I can't get behind the uniforms unveiled today by Team USA for the Sochi Winter Olympics. Our friends at Puck Buddys summed up my sentiment: Deadspin called the Ralph Lauren creations "knit patriotic barf." On the other hand, we have the uniforms for the Norwegian […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 23, 2014Blake Skjellerup addresses his Olympic status
Skjellerup posts a YouTube video addressing whether or not he'll be skating in Sochi during the Winter Olympics.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 23, 2014Canadian Olympics bobsled team members pose in their underwear
One of the disadvantages of the watching the Winter Olympics are the bulky uniforms most athletes wear since they are competing in cold and snowy conditions. We can thank Justin Kripps, captain of the Canadian four-man bobsled team of posting this photo on Twitter of himself and sledmates Tim Randall, James McNaughton and Bryan Barnett […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 22, 2014Kenyon College lacrosse player Holden Richards comes out in the darnedest ways
While nobody on the team quite knew how to handle a gay player when Richards came out, the entire Kenyon lacrosse team now again calls him their lax bro.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 22, 2014From ‘mama’s boy’ to long jump champion: A college athlete finds himself and comes out to his team
LeQuan Chapman grew up in a rough neighborhood where "words like 'faggot' and 'gay' were primary in describing all things bad." He discovered sports and became true to himself and is now out and proud.
By LeQuan Chapman | January 21, 2014Google Hangout Wednesday at 3pmET features top names in LGBT sports
Jason Collins, Wade Davis, Layshia Clarendon, & Anna Aagenes round out an all-star panel talking about the environment in sports
By Cyd Zeigler | January 21, 2014Why what Richard Sherman said pissed me off
I may be a little late to the party, but people are still talking about the comments made by Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman after they beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. What he said bothered me but it took me a while to put my finger on it. I was […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 21, 2014Cincinnati Bengals punter Zoltan Mesko in a Speedo pic with two dogs. Again.
Zoltan Mesko last showed off his dogs and a Speedo last May when he was with the Patriots.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 20, 2014Canadian national team volleyball player Chris Voth comes out as gay
Chris Voth is a 6-5, 23-year-old volleyball star who trains with Canada's national men's team. This weekend he came out in an article in the Winnipeg Free Press that chronicled his journey. "It was tough," Chris says. "I've kind of been living that life for about five years. It was pretty much sport that kept […]
By Jim Buzinski | January 20, 2014Tonight: NFL Network piece on Jerry Smith fully embraces his gayness
NFL Films decided to produce the documentary on Smith in large part because he was gay in hopes of creating a push to get him into the Hall Of Fame.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 20, 2014