Month: October 2007

A self-published book by a Kentucky writer makes the claim that some University of Kentucky players in the 1960s played gay for pay. According to a report in today’s Lexington Herald-Leader, “The Thin Thirty” by Shannon Ragland has this to say: According to Ragland's account, some UK players in the early 1960s became involved with […]

That’s the assertion that openly gay sociologist Eric Anderson, whom most of us affectionately know as Coach Gumby (right), makes in a new study. He talked to 47 (apparently masculine) cheerleaders at American universities, all of whom played football in high school. Nineteen of them said they had had sexual contact with another man. All […]

In case you missed it, the stunning 15-lateral play that won the Div. III college game for Trinity over Millsaps. The announcer is a college student whose mom dropped him off at the stadium so he could do the play by play: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrI52_2GaZI] In case you missed it, the stunning 15-lateral play that won the […]

When last we checked in on Eagles coach Andy Reid's two jailbirds, Garrett Reid was jailed after failing to show up for a mandatory drug test. Well, a week ago, Garrett was let out on bail again after a negative test. He got chastised by the judge, though, as his excuses were lame. To summarize: […]

There’s a great event with photographer Jeff Sheng at USC next week if you’re in the area. And if not, be sure to go to his Web site to see when he will be near you. I haven’t seen the exhibit, but I hear it’s great: The next Ally Discussion: Gays and Lesbians in College […]

An afternoon of watching the Eagles beat the Vikings at the Metrodome followed by dinner and lots of beer at the Minneapolis bar known as the Eagle prevented me from actually seeing much of the New England Patriots' 52-7 destruction of the Washington Redskins yesterday. However, I was shocked to learn later that when the […]

Thank you Boston Red Sox for doing your job and sweeping the Colorado Rockies to win the 2007 World Series. Their 4-3 win in Colorado on Sunday night meant a four game sweep of the previously hot Rockies. After Game 1 ended 13-1, the writing was on the wall and despite some nervous moments in […]

At Monmouth Park today, as rain fell straight down, the 2007 Breeders Cup got off to a sentimental start with one of those rags-to-riches stories so loved by this mostly-riches sport. In the opener, a Canadian-bred 6-year-old longshot, Maryfield, made a churning late charge through the mud, past all the famous favorites, to win the […]

This past Wednesday night, I visited the Barnes & Noble in Philadelphia for my second book signing for The Outsports Revolution. It was great to see three of our most revered members there: Scottie, Joe In Philly and Phillyrunner. It was also great to see Anh, a triathlete in Philly whom I had met at […]

A fun story from Towleroad has Ben Roethlisberger getting crushed by an elephant at the Cincinnati Zoo. Apparently, the Bengals on hand weren’t up to the task. -Cyd Zeigler jr. A fun story from Towleroad has Ben Roethlisberger getting crushed by an elephant at the Cincinnati Zoo. Apparently, the Bengals on hand weren’t up to […]

What a shock — people in London actually speak English! Why, you could knock Miami Dolphina linebacker Channing Crowder over with a feather. This MENSA member told this to the Palm Beach Post: Maybe he was joking, but gregarious Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder confessed today he didn’t know until Tuesday that people spoke English in […]

Gay.com is running a poll to find their readers’ “MVP” between the Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox. Given that they’re only giving names and pictures, you can imagine what the votes will be based on. I don’t know why they don’t just call it the “We don’t think any of our readers actually care […]

There's advantages to getting live sports events on television on the West Coast. Since the TV schedules, correctly, cater to the more populous Eastern time zone, we out West get to see the end of games at a decent hour, not 1:30 am. However, the downside is I'm in traffic coming home from work when […]

Boston College stunned Virginia Tech, 14-10, by scoring two touchdowns in the final two minutes, once again proving the “prevent defense” only prevents you from winning. Virginia Tech led 10-0 and had been flustering and pressuring B.C. QB Matt Ryan all night, but with less than four minutes to go and the Eagles on their […]

Santhi Soundarajan, the Indian runner who won a silver medal in the 800-meter at the most recent Asian Games and then was stripped of it when she failed a gender test, has found a friend. Transgender Canadian cyclist Kristen Worley (who, via a third party, has contacted Outsports to let us know she considers herself […]

I was shocked to see this video on Deadspin that makes it look like someone in England actually cares about the NFL’s London matchup between the Giants and Dolphins this Sunday, including a giant Jason Taylor robot. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ijr1_6Q6C0] The NFL has been busting its butt to make this game relevant, but I’m not so sure […]

In an earlier post, I predicted the Boston Red Sox would win their World Series matchup over the Colorado Rockies in five games. Scratch that. The Sawx are going to sweep the Rockies. Game 1 tonight at Fenway Park was embarrassing as the Red Sox won 13-1; I don't see it getting any better for […]

This afternoon, I took a few minutes to watch ESPN’s “pre-game analysis” of the Breeders Cup. After that, it was back to the live coverage of the fires, where I’ve been glued. It was eerie to see the lurid red sunlight moving across on my media-room wall. Here in central Los Angeles, in that cloudless […]

Got this email from someone at Harpo. Oprah is doing a segment on “gay around the world” on Wednesday, and she’s talking to John Amaechi during the show. Wanna see the power of Oprah? Right now John’s book, ‘Man in the Middle,’ is #193,720 on Amazon . . . Got this email from someone at […]

By special request… 😛 The most mind-boggling thing isn’t how Andy Reid refuses to commit to the run. That’s an old, old story. Yesterday the running backs gained 5 yards per carry in the first half, but after 12 first-half rushes Brian Westbrook got the ball only 6 times rest of the way. Nor is […]