Underdog winners and losers of the week in LGBT sports
My weekly look at the big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage is in keeping with this week’s theme week: Underdogs!
By Dawn Ennis | May 23, 2020My weekly look at the big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage is in keeping with this week’s theme week: Underdogs!
By Dawn Ennis | May 23, 2020No group of athletes fit the “underdog” definition better than the brave trans men, women, boys and girls who strap on their uniforms in the face of prejudice.
By Alex Reimer | May 22, 2020In 2008 one man took on an entire nation and became an Olympic hero.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 21, 2020The WNBA star says drinking a cup of coffee before game time is one of her most important in-season rituals.
By Alex Reimer | May 21, 2020A chance meeting helped Mark Turnipseed start to turn his life around and embrace who he is.
By Mark Turnipseed | May 21, 2020The Olympic medalist is used to dazzling figure skating judges. But did you hear how he dazzled the panel on ‘Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!’?
By Ken Schultz | May 21, 2020We love them, root for them, make movies about them, but what qualifies someone to be an “underdog”?
By Karleigh Webb | May 20, 2020Scott Frantz was publicly out as gay for three years while playing for the Kansas State Wildcats.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 20, 2020The British LGBT Awards and It Gets Better UK have launched a campaign featuring Jenner and other celebrities sending uplifting videos to LGBT youth.
By Alex Reimer | May 19, 2020A solid but unheralded acquisition that July, Mike Montgomery became the hero Chicago needed.
By Ken Schultz | May 19, 2020Eric Radford talks about that magical week at the Winter Olympics, plus quarantine and his budding music career.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 19, 2020Benjamin Fredell was playing in an elite youth league, but years of homophobia in the sport and self-hatred led him to quit to find happiness.
By Benjamin Howard Fredell | May 19, 2020The head of the UK’s Sport and Recreation Alliance noted the period of no sports is a ripe time to discuss an inclusive future, in a recent interview with Sky Sports.
By Karleigh Webb | May 19, 2020Royals marketing executive Matt Schulte’s job is usually dependent on having fans in the stadium. With the coronavirus, he says he has to be more innovative than ever.
By Alex Reimer | May 18, 2020She has been an elite player in college and in helping the U.S. to a world title and has done while being openly gay.
By Jim Buzinski | May 18, 2020Outsports joins SB Nation in the latest theme week: Underdogs, beginning with the “Miracle” Mets, their MVP and their biggest fan, our managing editor.
By Dawn Ennis | May 18, 2020USWNT’s Megan Rapinoe delivered a powerful message in her part of Saturday night’s TV special, then let girlfriend Sue Bird cut her hair, live on Instagram.
By Dawn Ennis | May 17, 2020My weekly look at the big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage is in keeping with this week’s theme week: Alternate realities.
By Dawn Ennis | May 16, 2020When the Rams released Michael Sam, no one gave him a real shot. But if he’d stuck around for one season, the last six years would have been different.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 16, 2020On this week’s “Level Playing Field Podcast,” Mann talks about his transition, and decision to be an outspoken trans voice.
By Alex Reimer | May 15, 2020