Month: September 2010

A phone number designed to direct buyers of Chad Ochocinco’s cereal to a children’s charity is instead that of a phone sex line. The company that makes the cereal for the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver is pulling boxes with the bad number from store shelves. From the Cincinnati Enquirer: The number on the boxes, 1-800-HELP-FTC […]

If you thought the NFL had bigotry problems, experts Down Under believe that Australian Rules Football suffers from racism, sexism and homophobia, and efforts to stamp out the bigotry have been too little, too late. According to Fox Sports, delegates heard how Aboriginal players are still judged by their colour when in trouble; the AFL […]

Birthday photos of Henry Burris, quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, are making the rounds and he is laughing it off as a prank. The photos show Burris and a woman who is not his wife wearing bras. “It’s not a big deal,” he said Tuesday. “Basically, it was a birthday […]

Out former MLB umpire Dave Pallone is the keynote speaker at Bridgewater State’s celebration of Gay History Month on Oct. 7, 7pm-9pm. The event is co-sponsored by the Bridgewater State Department of Athletics and the GLBTA Pride Center and is being promoted by the athletic department. Dave’s been a popular public speaker for years, so […]

The popular gay ski group Ski Bums is headed west with a Los Angeles launch party of its new California chapter Oct. 8. The group has been based in New York for several years, but growing interest on the West Coast has driven group founder Chris French, along with Los Angeles-based Ski Bum members Bill […]

Brett Miller breaks the stereotypical mold many people have in their minds about professional athletes. He was named the strongest man in the NFL in 1986. He played offensive tackle in the League for 10 years after four years at Iowa. And he’s pro-gay. In fact, Miller gets downright angry when asked about people who […]

The former Falcon, Charger and Jet thinks athletes are more gay-friendly than you think By Cyd Zeigler When I saw former NFL OT Brett Miller at Here Lounge in West Hollywood back in June, I wondered if I might not be looking at the next former NFL player to come out. Nope. Miller is straight […]

Outsports readers are very familiar with Hudson Taylor, the champion University of Maryland wrestler (now an assistant coach at Columbia) who is a huge champion of gay rights. Taylor is one of those people we can count on in our fight for equality and acceptance. He's at it again, recording a video for the "It […]

The Dog Tag Project was started by Matt Freeman, a former executive at Here! media. The project’s aim is to put names and faces on the fight against Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. They have teamed up with various former military personnel who have been discharged by the military under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and they […]

His dreams of Gay Games gold came crashing to a nightmarish end about an hour after they started, in the first of seven events that Hector Torres registered to compete while in Cologne, Germany. On the first day of competition, no less. Torres, 32, who lives in Orlando, Fla., was the fifth of about 500 […]

Shaun “The Groper” Smith of the Kansas City Chiefs is becoming a specialist in grabbing opponents’ genitals on the field. The latest victim was San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis. “He tried to feel me,” Davis told Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area. “That’s weird, right?” Shaun “The Groper” Smith of the Kansas City […]

It was time for blunders galore in the NFL; icing the kicker backfires; surprise unbeatens; a cool coach and the hot player of the week. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports How I saw Week 3 of the NFL: There was a lot of stupidity going around Sunday, from both coaches and players. There was a boatload of […]

With the refusal by the St. Louis Cardinals to show a gay couple on their kiss cam, a debate has again started about whether gay kisses should be allowed on kiss cams at all. We talk about why teams like the Cardinals, who actively pursue money from the gay community, have a responsibility to show […]

Mixed martial artist Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (right) hates his upcoming opponent Jamie Varner so much that ke called him a “fag” and said he hopes he literally kills him during their Sept. 30 WEC fight. He said this on Tapout radio: “This is real, this isn’t like the WEC trying to get us to you […]

The Chicago Gay Hall of Fame is inducting 15 new members this year, including two for their work in the Chicago gay sports world: Bob Gammie, 84, an active organizer and fundraiser since 1949, for his many years of community service, including being one of the first organizers of gay activities in non-bar settings, in […]

Yet still another study shows that attitudes toward gays in sports are improving. This one comes from Staffordshire University, an hour south of Manchester in England. The study asked 3,000 soccer fans and players how they feel about gays in soccer. Among other findings: Yet still another study shows that attitudes toward gays in sports […]

Let’s give David Whitley of MLB Fanhouse the award for “Most Homophobic Column Written By a Guy Who Claims He’s Not Homophobic.” Whitley penned an offensive piece of drivel where he discussed how bothered he was by the St. Louis Cardinals possibly showing a same-sex kiss on “Kiss Cam.” I’d like to take the socially […]

New Zealand Olympic short-track speedskater Blake Skjellerup came out this May. It was a decision that has left him with no regrets. “[I] just [wanted] to share my story with other people,” Skjellerup told the Otago Daily Times. And since I’ve come out I’ve had a lot of encouraging support from other gay athletes and […]

Equality California’s Swim For Equality is this Saturday in Malibu. Even if you’re not participating, you can head to Malibu to watch the swim and attend the post-party at a gorgeous home in Topanga. The party is $50, but you get in free if you donate said $50 to the swim. A couple teams you […]

An estimated 200 people attended the OUT at the Ballpark event at the St. Louis Cardinals game on Saturday. Some had requested the Cardinals feature two same-sex members of their group on the “Kiss cam” for the game. They even played a Cher song (“I Got You Babe,” with Sonny). But the Cardinals refused to […]