Month: May 2010

After reading the Indiana University article on the Advocate Web site, I figured I’d read some of the comments from the Advocate readers. To say I was appalled, disgusted and angry would not be overstating it. While many commentors were positive, many on the article about the open-mindedness of a big-time college athletic department said […]

There’s a great story on Advocate.com about the Indiana University athletic department participating in the Indy Pride festival on June 12. The Advocate reports: “It’s someone who is passionate about Indiana athletics,” said Pat Kraft, senior assistant athletic director for marketing. “I see what they’re wearing and if they’re Indiana, I’m all fired up. All […]

The video game “Backbreaker,” a football simulation, is coming out with a customizable engine the creators say is so realistic that you can design Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” in the end zone. But one producer told the video game blog Kotaku that he expects something one another level. “Let’s face it, the first two days […]

I have often wondered why more players don’t get hurt in those wild baseball celebrations after a game-winning hit. We saw such a thing happen to Kendry Morales of the Los Angeles Angels, who had just hit a game-winning grand slam home run Saturday. As he rounded the bases, a sun-splashed crowd cheering his every […]

Oscar Pistorius (aka “The Blade Runner”) has caused quite a stir over the last few years. Missing the lower halves of his legs, the sprinter has put up times that are near Olympic-qualifying. While the IAAF ruled him ineligible to compete in the Olympics, a court overturned it; And Pistorious’ times made him barely missed […]

Those who want to be part of the Gay Games VIII Cologne have only a few days left to register. On Monday, May, 31 registration ends for the world’s biggest sports and cultural event, taking place from July 31 to Aug. 7 in the Rhine metropolis. Thousands of participants from over 70 countries are expected. […]

The North American Gay Volleyball Association championships kicked off today in Portland, Ore. For those of you who complain about playing your sports leagues and tournaments in the morning, this one kicked off at 8am. One of the cool things about the tournament is that Adidas is an official sponsor (their D1 ball is the […]

The wonders of the Internet never cease. Over at the website Boston Barstool Sports is a post that links to a picture allegedly of the penis of Tampa Bay Rays star Evan Longoria (link below). If true, this continues a glorious tradition of jocks showing their stuff. Writes the Barstool Blogger: Anyways, few years back, […]

Evan Lysacek made it all the way to the Dancing with the Stars final two last night, only to get whipped by a Pussycat Doll. Now that DWTS is over, Evan says he’s looking for someone with whom to spend some quality time: I'm lonely. I need a girlfriend. I’m looking for funny, someone who […]

San Francisco’s annual Bay to Breakers 12k race is a 100-year-old tradition, complete with runners in wacky costumes. With the announcement today, just a week after the race, that sponsor ING is pulling out of the event, the recently formed Big Gay 10k in San Francisco could be the beneficiary. While nothing can replace the […]

With the World Cup starting two weeks from Friday, it’s time to kickoff our list of World Cup hotties. We do need your help though, since neither of us are huge soccer fans. So please post your football favorites and we will try to whip up a gallery. First up is French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, […]

The New York Post, rag that it is, ran this headline on their website regarding the finale of "Dancing with the Stars," in which Evan Lysacek lost to one of the Pussycat Dolls: "'Dancing' Doll Beats Ice King." Yet, in their print edition, there was a slightly different headline… I'm not sure if this is […]

Here’s a Stanley Cup final that no one saw at the start of the playoffs — the Philadelphia Flyers vs. the Chicago Blackhawks. But it’s a reality after the Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens in five games, a day after the Blackhawks swept the San Jose Sharks. This is an intriguing final from a historical […]

The Gay Games will be held in Cologne, Germany, from July 31-Aug. 7. In the run-up to the event, we would love to hear from athletes who will be competing. You can be an elite athlete, someone competing for the first time or in-between. Just tell us your story (why you’re going or your goals […]

One in a series of first-person accounts by athletes attending the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany, July 31-Aug. 7. By Brian Galyean I remember when I was 14 years old and sitting at home that hot Texas summer watching the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Carl Lewis was all over the news with his […]

The NFL made a dumb decision in awarding the 2014 Super Bowl to the new Meadowlands stadium in New Jersey. An outdoor stadium for a game to be played in February. When the temperature ranges on average from between 24 and 40 degrees (with a 6:30 p.m. local kickoff, it will be cold) and there […]

Tampa Bay Bucs rookie DT Gerald McCoy, the third overall pick in this year’s NFL draft, isn’t gay. Or, at least, his comment isn’t gay. He saw Dwayne Bowe’s “No homo” and raised him an LOL… "Man the rookie class of 2010 is cool as a fan!" McCoy said. "We had a blast this weekend […]

Interesting story out of Ireland featuring a sprinter who won gold at the 2008 Paralympics and is how hoping to become the first person to compete in the Olympics and the Paralympics in the same year. Jason Smyth is training with Tyson Gay, and his times put him right in the mix. Smyth said the […]

The New York Times this weekend ran a profile of Kirk Walker, the openly gay head softball coach at Oregon State. It’s a solid update of the original story we ran on Walker in 2007. As Walker stood before his team then, fumbling for words, he was surprised that none of his players had any […]

Jason Akermanis is tossing gasoline onto the fire he started a couple days ago when he said gay athletes should stay in the closet. Now he says he doesn’t want any gay people in the locker room, even though he said he’s already showered with a gay teammate: Maybe I've got a problem with it. […]