Month: May 2008

The New York Daily News brings us this delightful tale of a tourism brochure printed up by the Queens borough president's office. In the brochure there's an item on Shea Stadium that says it was built in 1962. The paper notes that groundbreaking for Shea began in October 1961 and the stadium didn't open until […]

Former welterweight boxing champion Emile Griffith, who in 1962 killed a man in the ring who taunted him as a “faggot,” has finally come out in a new book. From John Robert Cassidy in Newsday: Imagine this — a gay man being one of the greatest professional boxers in the history of the sport. You […]

Twenty-one years after the last time Bird and Magic met in the NBA Finals, the green and yellow will meet in the Finals. It’s been talked about since mid-season when the Lakers got Gasol and they started streaking. One of the things I find nice is that, because these two teams haven’t been there against […]

Two lesbians who kissed at a Seattle Mariners baseball game at Safeco Field said they were told to stop and are claiming discrimination based on their sexual orientation. Sirbrina Guerrero (photo) says she only gave her date a peck, but a mother sitting with her son complained to security and, as a result, they were […]

Mariah Carey was in Japan promoting her new album this week, so one of her handlers (not Benny Medina, we’re told) decided to get her a stint throwing out the opening pitch of a baseball game there. Of course, someone might have wanted to explain that the goal was to get the ball to the […]

Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of a rare event in the life of Philadelphia sports fans. On May 31, 1983, the 76ers finished off a four-game sweep of the Lakers to win the NBA championship. A Philadelphia team hasn't won a title since. No city with teams in all four major sports leagues (yes, for […]

A freak injury leads to a magical football season for this out Disney exec By Rich Ross Editor's note: I met Rich Ross in 1997 when I was working at Disney Channel. From the day I met him, he became a mentor and a friend, helping guide me along many major decisions in my life […]

I wrote a review of the excellent new documentary “Bigger, Stronger, Faster.” One of the subjects is Greg Valentino, who sports freakish 27-inch biceps. As he says in the film, women aren’t exactly flocking to him. Here is a trailer for the film, with Valentino in the beginning of the clip. —Jim Buzinski [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=b7bS6FWiOcs] I […]

Carlos Guillen, first basemen for the Detroit Tigers had a rough game the other night, but it wasn’t for the regular reasons. No, it wasn’t an off night. No it wasn’t troubles at home. “He can hardly move — he’s got hemorrhoids so bad,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday. “He’s been playing with hemorrhoids […]

Lest anyone think that straight guys don’t look in a locker room, comes this tale from Deadspin from an encounter between a writer, Barry Petchesky, and Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. … That’s when I had an entirely new thought dominating my mind: oh, look, it’s Ryan Howard’s cock. The locker room at Citizen’s Bank […]

From the world of cricket, a sport quite popular in countries once part of the British Empire, comes a poll from the Indian site Gay Bombay on the hottest players in the sport. The site is run by longtime Outsports reader Vikram. The India Premier League is Indian cricketing's attempt to create a league based […]

Broadcast: Kansas City Royals on Fox Sports Net-Kansas City, Royals at Toronto, 5/26/08; Announcers: Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff It seemed strange when, after Ryan Lefebvre called a play in the 2nd inning where the Blue Jays’ Marco Scutaro was safe at second base on a delayed steal attempt, Paul Splittorff said, “Ryan, you might want […]

Documentary scores as it shines a light on the hypocrisy in our win-at-all-costs culture. By Jim Buzinski Outsports.com Among the questions filmmaker Christopher Bell sets out to answer in his documentary “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” is a seemingly simply one: Why are anabolic steroids illegal in the U.S.? Bell, whose brilliant and highly entertaining film opens […]

The matchup is set: Jose Canseco and Vai Sikahema will duke it out on July 12 at Bernie Robbins Stadium, a minor league baseball park in Atlantic City. As I previously posted, Canseco is having financial difficulties and is entering the world of celebrity boxing. Sikahema, the former Eagles kick return specialist, is now the […]

From longtime Outsports poster Enigma: “The Western Hockey League champion Spokane Chiefs have won the 2008 Memorial Cup. They’re the first American team to win the Championship since the Portland Winterhawks did it in 1998. It’s also their first Championship since 1991. During the trophy presentation, let’s just say the Spokane Chiefs had a smashing […]

Yesterday’s USA Today ran the banner headline SPEED WEEKEND in letters big and black enough for the start of World War III. Nearly half the paper was devoted to one of motor racing’s biggest international weekends of the year. Things kicked off last night in Charlotte, NC, at Lowe’s dirt track, with down-and-dirty World of […]

Aug. 23, 2008 flash: Matthew Mitcham wins the Olympic gold medal in the 10-meter platform. (For updates on Mitcham and more news and photos, including video of Mitcham and his partner Lachlan in Beijing, check our Mitcham articles on our Olympics blog.) Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, 20, is going to Beijing to compete in the […]

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Broadcast: New York Mets on Sportsnet New York (SNY), Mets at Atlanta, 5/20/08 (game 1 of day-night DH); Play-by-play: Gary Cohen; Analysts: Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez; Reporter: Kevin Burkhardt It figures that the first game I sit down and watch, pen in hand, features the despised "three in a booth"setup. Fortunately, there wasn’t too much […]

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