Month: November 2007

Britain is setting its sights on finishing fourth in overall medals in the 2012 Olympics in London. Always practical, the Brits know they have zero chance of winning more medals than the U.S., Russia or China, the Wall Street Journal reports. So the host country is training athletes in more obscure sports like flatwater canoeing, […]

A video showing practice by members of the Sydney Convicts gay rugby team from Australia. Ignore typical “gay guy shocked to see other gay guys play sports” angle: [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=HWEF5n5vjwI] A video showing practice by members of the Sydney Convicts gay rugby team from Australia. Ignore typical “gay guy shocked to see other gay guys play […]

If you’re in New York between now and December 15th, an art aficionado, a hockey fan and/or a fan of nudity, you may want to check out the Deitch Projects gallery. They’re currently featuring an exhibition of paintings by Kurt Kauper, “Everybody Knew That Canadians Were The Best Hockey Players.” Among the portraits of hockey […]

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics unveiled its mascots and my first response was: what the hell is that? Their names are Sumi, Quatchi and Miga. The organizers say that: “All three are mythical creatures with roots in local legend. One is a sasquatch. One is a sea-bear. And one is an animal guardian spirit.” The sea […]

In a long line of dumb sports to come along, this very well may be the dumbest. Some bad athletes at Northeast liberal arts colleges have decided to try to bring quidditch (popularized by the Harry Potter books) to the muggles, sans flying broom sticks (but with broom sticks). Below, some Vassar students ride brooms […]

Trying to taunt his upcoming opponent Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly told Hatton that he wants to have his way with him in more ways than one. “I wish I was in prison with you. I’d make you my bitch,” Mayweather said when the two were in Los Angeles recently, according to The Sun. […]

Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died this morning after being shot Sunday at his Florida home following his team’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s a bizarre story, and I can only imagine we haven’t even heard half of it. He was reportedly shot in the leg by an intruder, lost a lot of […]

A few months ago we reported the angry denials by tennis player Richard Gasquet to rumors that he might be gay. Gasquet is now denying it even when not asked the question. At the Tennis Masters Cup in China in mid-November, Gasquet made a point of asserting his heterosexuality once again (Complete interview here): Q. […]

With every passing year, HIV is becoming less and less a “gay” issue, as infection rates continue to rise in other sectors of American society and in Africa. Still, there is plenty of stigma attached to HIV, some of it coming from the days when it was known as a “gay” disease. It’s nice to […]

In case you missed it. A police dog (and obvious ‘Bama fan) bites an Auburn player during the Auburn-Alabama game: [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=uSpfyIaS6wE] In case you missed it. A police dog (and obvious ‘Bama fan) bites an Auburn player during the Auburn-Alabama game: [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=uSpfyIaS6wE]

Missouri’s football team has been whining all week that they have to play in the Big XII Championship before being given a ticket to the BCS title game. They claim it’s not fair that they have to play a conference championship while other teams (read: Ohio State and Georgia) don’t have to. What a bunch […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins, 3-0, Monday night on a 24-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining. It was the longest an NFL game had gone scoreless since 1943 and lowest-scoring Monday night game in history. The Steelers had laid new turf down over the weekend and heavy rains turned it into slop. […]

Australian Rules Football and Rugby League players have bared (mostly) it all for a 2008 calendar, Naked for a Cause. The proceeds go to breast cancer research. The athletes are naked for the calendar, but cropping or props hide the family jewels. The cover boy is William Zillman. DNA Magazine has a great interview with […]

LGBT athletes and sportspeople visiting Mexico to compete or enjoy recreational sport…beware. Americans going into that country are increasingly the target of brazenly public armed robbery and assaults by organized gangs. Mexican police reportedly do nothing. One sport that is now notorious as a target for these criminal activities is off-road racing in Baja. After […]

Kansas is no longer unbeaten in college football after the Jayhawks lost, 36-28, to No. 4 Missouri. With the loss, Kansas became the sixth No. 2 team to lose this season. The stage is now set for Missouri to play West Virginia in the BCS title game — if Mizzou beats Oklahoma and West Virginia […]

As depicted on the back cover of today's Philadelphia Daily News: We can only hope. — Joe Guckin As depicted on the back cover of today's Philadelphia Daily News: We can only hope. — Joe Guckin

LSU missed on a 2-point conversion try in the third overtime and lost to Arkansas, 50-48, knocking the Tigers out of the college football national title chase. Great! The BCS system is absurd and now another highly ranked team has fallen, throwing the national title game into chaos. One more piece of evidence that shows […]

The Washington Capitals had high expectations coming into this season but have the worst record in the league at 6-14-1, so head coach Glen Hanlon is now out of a job. Bruce Boudreau, coach of their AHL affiliate in Hershey, will take over on an interim basis starting with tomorrow's game. The Caps come to […]

Sports Out Loud this month has a story about former NFL bad boy Bill Romanowski, who plays a gay cowboy in the unreleased movie Wieners (whether it will ever be released is a 50-50 proposition). Says Romo in the interview: “I’m driving my pick-up truck and I get stopped by Kenan [Thompson] on the side […]

Jim Allen does a great job in the post below, summing up what happened in soccer today in England. I always love the English press when their team suffers a major loss at a sports event (there is a great compilation here). The end-of-the-world headlines and braying for blood and heads make U.S. sports media […]