Month: January 2011

I have posted my annual Super Bowl for the Clueless, my look at the big game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers from all angles: The gay angle, the porn connection, the hair, the TV, the hotties, the quarterbacks, the Steelers polka, the entertainment, the commercials and who will win the game and […]

Out lesbian German goalkeeper Ursula Holl continues a sad trend of out athletes trying to convince other athletes to not come out. Out Olympian Blake Skjellerup picked up on it last week and set the record straight (so to speak). First he got Holl’s comments translated…. “I think it is problematic that gay players should […]

New York Ranger Sean Avery stripped for designer Marc Jacobs and a new campaign to fight skin cancer called “Protect the skin you’re in.” The campaign is designed to raise funds for NYU cancer research. Avery’s interest in fashion is well-documented, so Marc Jabos must be right up his alley… Hat tip to the Advocate. […]

Super Bowl for the Clueless looks at all the angles of the Packers vs. Steelers matchup: The gay angle, the porn connection, the hair, the hotties, the Steelers polka, the entertainment and who will win the game and why. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com As a public service to help you dazzle your friends at your Super […]

Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly ESPN the Magazine has an important and timely article out about homophobia in women's college basketball ("On homophobia and recruiting"). It addresses the subject of "negative recruiting," a topic we have written about regularly at Outsports. The story opens by dealing with the program at Iowa State, where inferences are […]

“Top Shot,” the History Channel reality show about marksmen is seeking new contestants for its third season. The deadline to apply is Tuesday. The show contacted Outsports as they are reaching out to different communities. It doesn’t matter if you’re a professionally trained shooter or a self-taught, average Joe (or Jane!). As long as you’re […]

A couple months for allegedly firing head soccer coach Lisa Howe for being a lesbian, Belmont University trustees have added sexual orientation to their nondiscrimination policy. This comes just a day after ESPN Outside the Lines featured two segments on the controversy. "This is a great victory for the values of inclusion, human dignity and […]

Out magazine has tagged 100 openly gay men for their reader poll to name the most eligible gay bachelor. Some are more well-known than others. They only included two athletes in the list: Rugger Gareth Thomas and skater Johnny Weir. I’ll take either of them over the likes of Andy Cohen any day. You can […]

Out former NFL player Esera Tuaolo will sing the national anthem at the Los Angeles Clippers’ Equality Night next Wednesday, Feb. 2, presented by Outsports and Equality California.. Esera was the first NFL player to sing the Star-Spangled Banner before a game he played in; He’s also sung it at the Pro Bowl and for […]

A couple gay Doritos Super Bowl ads have been flying around the Internet this week. They were a couple failed entries for a contest Doritos and Pepsi are conducting to determine what they’ll air during the big game. They’re both humorous but don’t feel like Super Bowl ads, so I’m not surprised they weren’t picked. […]

Niki Lauda was a Formula One champ back in the 1970s and ’80s. Now he says gays shouldn’t dance on TV, which is essentially saying he doesn’t want any dancing on TV (stereotype alert! stereotype alert!). After telling the daily tabloid Oesterreich that he loves gays, he said they’re bad role models for kids: I […]

Travon Free, now a comedian, shared his true self with the world in 2011.

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current Fox NFL analyst Troy Aikman and his wife of 10 years Rhonda have called it quits. “This has been a difficult decision for Rhonda and me, but after 10 years of marriage we have decided to separate,” Aikman tells The Dallas Morning News. “We remain deeply committed to our […]

The latest round of criticism against Jay Cutler disgusts me. The Bears QB sprained his MCL during the NFC Championship game and doctors told him not to return. Now assholes like Deion Sanders and Derrick Brooks and Darnell Dockett and a bunch of other jerks are lining up to criticize him for not returning to […]

Last Thursday GForce hockey held a forum at Denver University about gay athletes. Moderating the panel was Patrick Burke, son of Brian and brother of Brendan, who has become a fierce advocate for gay equality in sports. You can read a report on the discussion; And we chatted with Burke and GForce founder Glenn Witman […]

Traveling in Germany with Dave Kopay it struck me how few young gay athletes today realize who he is and the impact he has had on our culture. After I returned from the Gay Games I thought about all the other people who have led the way for gays in sports but who get lost […]

More fun from the AFC Championship. First, we had Mark Sanchez picking his nose and wiping it on a teammate. Now we have Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger being humped by teammate Rashard Mendenhall at game's end. Kind of ironic for Big Ben to be on the receiving end, given his year: More fun from the […]

The Packers and Steelers sprint to early leads, then hang on to beat the Bears and Jets. Dumb play calling; Cutler accused of quitting; why I don’t like Ben Roethlisberger; an amazing streak continues; Brett Favre must be hating life; and hot player of the week. By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com How I saw NFL Championship Sunday: […]

I did not believe it when I first saw it, but New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez picked his nose, then wiped it on the jacket of backup Mark Brunell during the AFC Championship Game. Surprisingly, it was Sanchez's only pick of the day: Related: Check out my championship game observations on whether Jay Cutler […]

We were thrilled to hear yesterday that Outsports has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for the second year in a row. Jim’s piece last winter that introduced Hudson Taylor to the world was nominated for best Digitial Journalism article along with four other articles. Other sports pieces nominated include two documentary films (Prodigal […]