Month: January 2010

It’s been said “the spread offense is killing the quarterback position from the ground up.” Nowhere was that more evident than seeing former Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow playing yesterday in the Senior Bowl. In a week where he had to answer reporters and protestors about his anti-abortion, um, “Celebration of the Family” advertisement, young […]

Outsports presents our annual guide to the Super Bowl for those who want to dazzle at their parties. The key players, key stats, the gay angle and the hot players in the game between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com As a public service, here is my annual Super Bowl for […]

New Zealand sprinter David Ambler is pretty fly for a white guy. The 20-year-old Kiwi holds the under-19 national record for the 100m sprint at 10.35; And despite being just out of high school, he’s the third-fastest New Zealander ever! You’ll see him at the Olympics in London for sure. There isn't much more about […]

For everyone (including myself) who wanted to say CBS’s potential rejection of the Mancrunch ad featuring two men kissing implied some homophobia, I present you evidence to another possibility: This is a terrible ad. It’s clear the site owners had absolutely no intention of this ever making it to the air; It wouldn’t pass the […]

We recently reported on the legal action Atlanta Falcon Ovie Mughelli had taken against some blogs that published the claims of a man alleging a sexual relationship with Mughelli. Now Lambda Legal is fighting back saying calling someone gay is not defamatory. In the letter sent to various blogs, Mughelli's attorney Phaedra Parks claimed the […]

For four years, GLAAD had a president in Neil Giuliano who was a strong advocate for work in the sports world. He created the sports desk, hired Ted Rybka to run it, and worked constantly to bring members of the sports media into the GLAAD fold. Giuliano left GLAAD last year, and I caught up […]

UCBcomedy.com sent us this Focus on the Family ad for Doritios featuring Tim Tebow that was rejected. I thought it was well done: UCBcomedy.com sent us this Focus on the Family ad for Doritios featuring Tim Tebow that was rejected. I thought it was well done:

Transgender New Yorker Angelina Mavilia has filed a lawsuit against former NFL player Eric Green (right), alleging forced sodomy. She’s suing for $10 million. The two met in a Scottsdale, Ariz., casino in early 2009 when Green still played for the Arizona Cardinals, the 38-year-old East Side woman says in papers filed in federal court […]

Newly elected openly gay Houston Mayor Annise Parker is a big sports fan, and Ross Forman talked with her about her love of sports. Forman asked her if we’d see an out active male pro athlete in the next five years: “No doubt, a major active player [will come out while still active],” Parker said. […]

The excuses are running out for CBS regarding their decision to air an advocacy ad against abortion, created by the hate group Focus on the Family and starring Tim Tebow, during the Super Bowl. The latest is news they rejected a gay-themed ad from GoDaddy.com that showed a former pro football player who had become […]

Greg Oden of the Portland Trail Blazers owned up and addressed the nude photos of himself that popped up on the Internet. I admire him answering the questions directly and not trying to blame anyone else (full transcript here). Video after the jump. Greg Oden of the Portland Trail Blazers owned up and addressed the […]

Let’s see: CBS in the past has rejected ads from the United Church of Christ promoting gay rights, from PETA and from Moveon.org. But it has no problem running a pro-life ad by Florida quarterback Tim Tebow paid for by the anti-gay hate group Focus on the Family. I wonder why? CBS’ decision on the […]

Many months ago my friend Josh Berman, consulting producer on Fox’s hit show Bones, started asking me questions about gay football players for a storyline he was working on. That story hits the airwaves Thursday (Jan. 28) in the Bones episode, “The Dentist in the Ditch.” The story centers on the investigation of the murder […]

From creating GLAAD’s sports desk to educational work, Giuliano left a sports legacy By Cyd Zeigler I first met Neil Giuliano when he invited Outsports to co-sponsor his annual Fiesta Bowl party in 2002 as the Mayor of Tempe, Ariz. He was at the time one of the most powerful openly gay politicians in the […]

Greg Oden of the Portland Trail Blazers has apparently joined the list of pro jocks who have shown the world their penises. I guess Oden has a lot of time on his hands rehabbing from a knee injury. The photos have surfaced on the website World Star Hip Hop. The photos were posted today and […]

Has injury ever knocked two top-2 seeds from a Grand Slam tournament? I certainly can’t remember another instance. But that’s the case this year, with the 2-seeds from both the men’s and women’s sides bowing out mid-match. Rafael Nadal was headed for an early exit before he retired, down to Andy Murray in the third, […]

Yesterday was not a good day for Tim Tebow. On top of a bad day of practice for the Senior Bowl, the former Florida quarterback who has cut a commercial for Focus on the Family is the target of a protest by a coalition of women’s organizations unhappy with the anti-abortion-rights message of Tebow’s commercial. […]

British actor Sir Ian McKellen criticized homophobia in sports, saying that negative fan reaction keeps gay athletes in the closet. The “sports world should be ashamed of itself,” he told BBC Radio Five (listen here). The veteran actor, who is open about his homosexuality, said sports stars were “absolutely admirable people”, but were afraid of […]

I like to look at our stats to see what search terms people type in to wind up on a particular story. It's most fun on weekends when big sporting events are being televised. With the AFC and NFC championships on TV, along with U.S. figure skating, it was no surprise to see that people […]

Helen Carroll and Pat Griffin have penned a thoughtful piece on “The Transgender Athlete” for Inside Higher Ed. Many of these young people want to play on their schools' or colleges' sports teams. As a result, athletic directors and coaches increasingly find themselves unprepared to make decisions about what team a transgender student is eligible […]