Month: October 2011

Some fun with Tim Tebow via Google’s search engine. Type in "tebow can throw" and you get this suggestion: Some fun with Tim Tebow via Google’s search engine. Type in “tebow can throw” and you get this suggestion:

I’m assuming the “sanctity of marriage” folks will be up in arms about this. The National Organization for Marriage should be putting out a statement today, right? After a $10 million wedding, TV personality Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Net Kris Humphries are ending their two-month marriage. The starlet apparently cites “irreconcilable differences.” Wow. She […]

UFC chief Dana White wants openly gay fighter.

Savoy Howe, first lesbian in boxing Imagine gay athletes having to wear pink tutus when they play, or a black athlete being forced to wear a do-rag when they participate. That's what the Amateur International Boxing Association is trying to do with women, floating the idea that women may soon have to wear skirts in […]

Jed Hooper, captain of the Bristol, England, Old Ruffians rugby club, has come out as gay. The catalyst was a man he started to see. He told the Bristol Post: “I met someone earlier this year who said he could not be with someone who was in the closet. That, basically, was the catalyst that […]

Aside from the Packers, who are the elites? Pittsburgh plays keep-away; lack of thrilling games; Tebow bombs; hot player of the week. How I saw Week 8 of the NFL: This season is a muddle. Outside of unbeaten 7-0 Green Bay (which had a bye Sunday), it's hard to figure which are the elite teams. […]

Our friend at the awesome sports photography site Trackpic has the privilege of shooting a lot of the top track events in Europe, where the sport is very popular. This summer he was at the U23 European Athletics Championships held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. A complete gallery is here, but he sent Outsports these of […]

Game 6 hero David Freese Update: Game 7 was so blah that it's not worth a separate item. The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers, 6-2, and are the World Series champions. The series, though, basically ended in Game 6. Previous: The headline might seem harsh but there is no other angle to explain […]

John Amaechi received his Officer of the British Empire Medal from the Prince of Wales on Wednesday, a high honor for the only openly gay former NBA player. While I sometimes personally think Amaechi slightly overstates the current environment of homophobia in sports, his target on Wednesday — British soccer — was spot-on: If you […]

New England Patriots Rob Gronkowski spent part of his bye week hanging out with porn star Bibi Jones. They had so much fun that Gronkowski posed shirtless (photo below) while Jones was wearing his #87 jersey. It seemed rather harmless to me, but now he has issued the obligatory apology. "I was not intending to […]

Salina Sychla (left) controls the ball in Denver. Gay Bowl XI in Houston had several firsts. The Toronto Mounties made the tournament “international;” The final day of competition was canceled due to a rare, freak storm. But the source of deepest pride for the members of the Denver Summit 2 was their claim to fame: […]

I have been writing this year about gay high school athletes who have started blogs. They tend to feed off and inspire each other and provide a window into what it means to be a gay teenager in America. The latest is the Transpiration of Andrew, written by Andrew, a senior captain of his varsity […]

Openly gay pro rugger Gareth Thomas has retired from rugby, he announced today. Thomas said in a statement: I have listened and discussed this decision with many of my family and close friends. My mind has told me that the time to retire is now. If you can’t give 100 percent to rugby then you […]

Keelin Godsey is blazing a trail as an out trans athlete.

There was by all accounts a fantastic forum last Monday, Oct. 17, at the campus of the Christian Science Church in Boston. Discussion panels can be boooooring and not particularly productive. This one was lively in large part because of the collegial, open tone that developed into honest discussions about gay athletes showering with straight […]

It was a month ago that we first stumbled across Aussie field hockey player Angus ‘Gus’ Johnston’s coming out video (after the jump). For whatever reason, it was that story simply fell through the cracks here at Outsports. This weekend the Sydney Morning-Herald and the rest of the world took notice of his compelling 12-minute […]

Ross Ford of Scotland The Rugby World Cup just ended in New Zealand, with the host Kiwis taking the title with a hard-fought 8-7 win over France. In honor of the event, Dean Knight, a gay fan, has put together his all-hot team from the event. His list on Facebook caught the eye of the […]

Editor’s note: At 15, Los Angeles volleyball player Galen Dodd is likely the youngest athlete who has ever told his coming out story for Outsports. He contacted us and had the full backing of his parents, who helped him edit the story. By Galen Dodd Three dates will forever be ingrained in my mind: July […]

Hot player of the week A typical Chargers loss; the Lions lose again and Suh loses it again; Tebow time and hot players of the week. How I saw Week 7 of the NFL. Sleepwalking: The Chargers' 27-21 loss to the Jets (4-3) was a microcosm of how underachieving they have been since Norv Turner […]

Kirk Cousins Wow. In what was the best ending I've seen in either a college or pro football game this season, Michigan State beat Wisconsin, 37-31, on a last-play throw-it-up-and-hope touchdown pass (video below). The pass was thrown by Kirk Cousins and was caught off a ricochet by Keith Nichol, a former QB. The refs […]