Month: April 2009

Please don’t do this if you ever get near the Cup. I don’t care if you ARE “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere. We're down to eight teams in the Quest for the Cup. I predicted six out of eight first-round winners correctly, with three series right on the button (Pittsburgh over Philadelphia in 6, Washington over […]

That wild and crazy ESPN personality Mike Golic lost a bet on the NCAA tournament (big shocker). To pay off the bet, he got waxed on his show yesterday. Fun, right? Look at us at ESPN, we're so hip and wacky! But all he had waxed were his arms and legs. Big deal. I guess […]

Brett Favre asked Jets for release twice. Plans to unretire yet again? Denver Nuggets bounce Hornets from the playoffs. Atlanta takes 3-2 lead on Heat. Kansas City pitcher Zach Greinke (right) is 5-0 with an ERA of 0.50. Royals still just 11-10. The New Orleans Saints were rumored just 18 months ago to move to […]

Horse racing takes center stage this weekend and with that, we should consider the jockeys. Photographer Elena Dorfman has and what she came up with puts those athletes in a new perspective. A naked one, in fact. She wanted to show their athleticism in a new exhibit set to open this summer at Louisville’s 21c […]

On Saturday afternoon, a few L.A. friends and I will congregate at my media-room telly with fried chicken and a bottle of wine. As a kid I started out listening to the Kentucky Derby on the radio with my dad every year…am not about to miss this race EVER. Some other horse-loving homos I know […]

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Who showed up to his latest golf tournament wearing these pants? Find out after the jump. Hint: It’s not Bill Murray. Who showed up to his latest golf tournament wearing these pants? Find out after the jump. Hint: It’s not Bill Murray.

Mavericks beat Manu-less Spurs, 4-1. Celts and Bulls go to overtime again. Dog-loving owner of Arena Football team pissed that his management offered Michael Vick a contract. Funny, I was just telling Jim yesterday how I can’t stand Joakim Noah (right). Glad to see he wants to be hated, makes me feel good. Carolina Hurricanes […]

At a skating exhibition in South Korea, U.S. skater Johnny Weir skates to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face." Weir is never dull and is a terrific athlete (and the crowd loved every second of it). This is the gayest thing I've seen in sports since Terrell Owens shook his pom-poms. At a skating exhibition in South […]

Canada's Olympic gold medalist Mark Tewksbury (1992, 100-meter backstroke) recently found a new niche as a sports commentator on the Canadian Broadcasting Centre. He's doing a series called "Top of Your Game," appearing every Wednesday on CBC News Morning with Heather Hiscox. Not only is the show newsy and chatty, but Mark shares inside tips […]

Braylon Edwards We are always careful when reporting on rumors, since in the Internet era it's very easy to start one based on no evidence. But the most-read article today on the highly trafficked sports website Deadspin had a headline that buried the lead: The headline said, "The War On Braylon Edwards' Manhood," but the […]

Oregon ultimate frisbee captains The University of Oregon's ultimate team has had its season ended after members of the team played naked in an April 11 game against Oregon State. The decision was made by a five-member student board that governs club sports. Team co-captain Dusty Becker apologized to the board, but wasn’t too apologetic. […]

The Cult of Tim Tebow is strong in Florida Gator country and now a company is making women’s underwear called Teebows. Writes the Deuce of Davenport: See, they’ve got T’s on them and bows and they’re actually in the shape of a T and they’re in Florida’s colors! Its about the next best thing to […]

Lakers nearly blow 22-point lead, eliminate Jazz. Nuggest pound Hornets by 58. San Jose Sharks one of the few No. 1 seeds to ever lose in the first round. Will next year’s NFL Draft start Thursday?? Another lesson in taxpayers building teams a stadium: Colts won’t be giving back any money to help the City […]

It’s amazing to us how athletes stumble across Outsports and decide to tell their story for the first time. The latest is Brian Sims, a former college football captain at Bloomsburg University who was openly gay during his senior season run to the National Championship game in 2000. He found Outsports in part through longtime […]

Brian Sims led his Bloomsburg University team to Division II Championship game By Cyd Zeigler jr. In the autumn of 2000, we at Outsports had run the story of Greg Congdon, a high school football player in Troy, Penn., who had been run off the team because he was gay. At the same time, 100 […]

Australia rugby league player David “Wolfman” Williams is the 2009 King of the Hardwood winner, besting 63 other athletes in the NCAA tournament-like contest. Williams was declared the winner when contest organizer Layne (Mariner Duck Guy on our Discussion Board) threw out the votes for fellow finalist Brad Ausmus for suspected vote stuffing. Yes, someone […]

Here’s a clip you need to see: Ben Gordon’s crotch-grabbing strut up the court after hitting a 3-pointer today that put Game 4 of the Bulls-Celtics series into a second overtime (video below; crotch-grab replay at 43 seconds). You had to see the replay to catch all of that glory, but you only had one […]

Ryan Succop, (pronounced “suck-up”) a kicker from the University of South Carolina, is this year’s Mr. Irrelevant, named after the final player taken in the NFL Draft. Succop, drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, was the 256th player taken. At 6-3 and 224 pounds, he’s also got a muscular body not normally associated with kickers […]