Month: March 2008

College athlete in California finds one strategy does not fit all for telling family, friends and teammates.

No, guys, Big Brown is not a well-endowed UPS guy. He’s a current favorite among colts pointing at the Kentucky Derby, which is just a month away. But you might take your attention off KOTH for just a minute and catch a look at this spectacular hunk of horseflesh, because the buzz about him is […]

After enduring two weeks of generally boring basketball and few compelling stories, this news is no surprise: This year’s [NCAA men’s] tournament might become the lowest-rated ever, or at least the lowest without an asterisk. Heading into Thursday’s games, CBS’ ratings were off 9% from last year, which was the lowest-rated ever except the 2003 […]

Thanks to a reader for this shot of a couple of muscular athletes not wearing clothes. Not safe for work, so click on link to see it. Thanks to a reader for this shot of a couple of muscular athletes not wearing clothes. Not safe for work, so click on link to see it.

Orlando, Fla, seems to have a problem with men’s nipples. A giant billboard in the city for WrestleMania XXIV yesterday featured some of the top draws of the event – including John Cena, Big Show and boxer Floyd Mayweather (right) – with their nipples airbrushed out. -Cyd Zeigler jr. Towleroad: Orlando orders male nipples erased […]

Today is the Cool Orange 500 at the Martinsville short track, but I did my motorsports thing for the weekend yesterday. It was the Kroger 250 in the truck series, also at Martinsville, and Chrissy Wallace was racing. The 19-year-old daughter of veteran stock-car driver Mike Wallace has been a stand-out in Late Models and […]

Norwegian sprinter Lars Halvard Grimsrud (right) is the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Regional in the King of the Hardwood contest. His opponent is New York Mets star David Wright. The contest is now done to the field of 32. Go here to vote in the Midwest and check out the photo gallery of […]

It always helps to have inside information when gambling. Here's some more proof: at the start of spring training, New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui made a bet with teammates Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu about which of the three would get married first. Matsui said that Jeter, who claims not to have a girlfriend, […]

The 2008 Major League Baseball season begins tomorrow night with the Atlanta Braves helping the Washington Nationals open up brand-new Nationals Park. (Yes, I know that Boston and Oakland played two regular-season games in Tokyo this past week, but I don't care. Any game that starts at 6 am ET/3 am PT that isn't an […]

The NFL is set to for a couple announcements about their kickoff game that has traditionally been the Thursday after Labor Day for the last few years. It seems the game will feature the Washington Redskins at the New York Giants this year; the last Super Bowl winner has hosted the last few. But the […]

The director of Eleven Men Out, the 2005 film about a soccer player who reveals that he’s gay and is promptly kicked off his team, is among the judges of a poster competition spotlighting homophobia in soccer. (The DVD was recently reviewed by Cyd Zeigler.) The contest is being conducted by an Austrian group to […]

I want to go to Davidson College. Like right now. Not a second later. You see, the school is going a little crazy with this Sweet 16 stuff, and now wants its students to be in Detroit for Friday’s showdown with Wisconsin. How badly? Well, badly enough: The school sent out this email, one reported […]

So I realize there’s a lot of Joe Alexander fans on this board, many disappointed his Mountaineers are out of the tournament. For you, I’ll allow a moment of silence. Ok, moment’s over. Here's why you should root for the scrappy bunch of ballers that knocked off Joey A and his mountain men, the Xavier […]

By Cyd Zeigler jr. Shelter(3 stars out of 4)here! FilmsRunning Time: 88 minutesRelease Date: March 28 in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Palm SpringsThere are enough shallow, stereotypical, light-on-character gay movies out there to line Southern California beaches from Malibu to San Diego. Since its inception, here! TV has brought us a […]

The San Francisco Rock Dogs, defending Gay Games gold medal team, took on the San Francisco Rumble of the American Basketball Association Tuesday night in an exhibition game at Kezar Recreation Center in San Francisco. The game was taped for the LOGO cable channel’s documentary series “Rock Dogs: Shirts & Skins,” due to air this […]

Diana Taurasi makes a reported $49,000 a year as a star for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. That’s walking around money compared to her salary playing in Russia before mostly empty arenas of non-paying customers. Her Russian team pays her 10 times her WNBA salary. Shabtai von Kalmanovic, who spent time in an Israeli prison on […]

Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi, who came out as gay a year ago, says he was inspired to make his move by Sir Ian McClellan. "I nearly just decided not to ever go back to America and just stay here and say "let them froth around in their own mess," but I went to […]

A 5,000-word profile in the New York Times Magazine takes a hard look at the underground fight club Felony Fights and the mixed martial arts world through the eyes of Shad Smith, a professional fighter with a long criminal resume. He’s also gay, a piece of his personality that writer Paul Wachter explores but does […]

The new high-tech swimsuit is making waves after a slew of world records have been set by swimmers wearing them. It’s the $800 swimming costume that has rocked the sport from its foundations. Australian coach of the year Stephan Widmer warned swimming’s governing body, FINA, to police any further development of Speedo’s controversial LZR Racer. […]

You’ve got to wonder what Dale Earnhardt’s public relations people were thinking when they were pitched a candy bar called Big Mo’. Regardless of where the apostrophe is, it seems like an odd choice for the name of a candy bar. But, I guess his gay fans can hope . . . . -Cyd Zeigler […]