Jim Buzinski

Former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL star Herschel Walker reveals in a new book that he has multiple personalities and once played Russian Roulette. Walker, 46 and a successful Dallas entrepreneur, said he is still battling dissociative identity disorder (DID) and knows he will open himself up to people making jokes at his expense. "I […]

The Los Angeles Lakers began the regular season with Kobe Bryant demanding a trade and ended it with the best record in the Western Conference and top seed in the playoffs that start Friday. The Lakers’ resurgence was steady all season but went into overdrive when they traded for (stole?) center Pau Gasol from Memphis; […]

Australian Rules Football is buzzing about Barry Hall sucker-punching Brent Staker during a match. Hall has been labelled a thug, a prat and a coward, while the presence of any substance in his mid-section has been questioned. Staker’s parents have lashed out at the attack, with his father Alan calling Hall a “weak mongrel”. Staker’s […]

We are down to the Final Four in King of the Hardwood and it’s dominated by rugby players. In one bracket, Ben Cohen takes on baseball’s Brad Ausmus, while Sean Lamont takes on fellow rugby player Dan Carter. Vote here to push your favorite to the finals. Speaking for myself, this is a rather lame […]

“Carbon footprint” is a big buzzword among people concerned about global warming. It measures the “impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide.” The goal is to have as small a carbon footprint as possible. Using these measures, the Olympic […]

Last year we wrote about Romain Barras, a French decathlete, and how he loved to be viewed as beautiful by gay men. “It is lucky to have articles [about me] on the gay websites … I found it to be super flattering on these sites to be surrounded by very beautiful guys. I always had […]

Jordan Schafer is writing the newest chapter in “Baseball for Dummies: Professional Edition.” The unfolding saga swirling around him will be summed up with his personal story, titled “How to Kill a Baseball Career.” Schafer, the No. 1 prospect for the Atlanta Braves despite not playing above Class A until this year, was suspended this […]

It’s crunch time in the King of the Hardwood as we are down to the Elite 8: Brady Quinn (NFL) vs. Ben Cohen (Rugby) Brad Ausmus (Baseball) vs. Robby Ginepri (Tennis) Sean Lamont (Rugby) vs. Brandon Templeton (Kickboxing) Dan Carter (Rugby) vs. Joe Mauer (Baseball) Check the pics and vote here! It’s crunch time in […]

Whatever one’s opinion is on protesting the Olympic torch run to criticize China’s human rights policies, it is clear that the protesters have won. I am watching live CNN’s coverage of the event, which would more accurately be titled the Olympic Torch Evasion. Viewers saw more pictures of buses, warehouses and boats in San Francisco […]

The U.S. Olympic team is going preppy. Ralph Lauren Polo announced an agreement to outfit the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams with new threads for the opening and closing ceremonies, along with walking around clothes for their down time in the Olympic Village, during the 2008 Summer Olympics, which open Aug. 8. The Wall Street […]

John Caldera, an aide to a San Francisco supervisor, will be among those carrying the Olympic torch in San Francisco on Wednesday and he says he is honored despite the protests. As someone who is openly Gay, Latino and a U.S. Navy Veteran, I have learned to respect the many subsets of our society. At […]

People in Boston really don’t take losing well. The Boston Phoenix has its list of the “100 Unsexiest Men on the Planet,” and among the honorees is the Golden Boy, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady: 100. Oh, how quickly we turn on our heroes! Once a loveable Everyman, he’s now an overexposed, supermodel-dating, out-of-wedlock-fathering, […]

The man slouching in a beat-up camping chair is Kansas City Royals catcher John Buck, one of the “cover men” of the 2008 Royals charity calendar. It looks like he was shot on the loading dock of a Wal-Mart and the photographer was a Wal-Mart greeter. Makes you want to rush out and buy 100. […]

German gymnast Fabian Hambuechen is in a tight battle with Minnesota Twins star Joe Mauer in the Sweet 16 of the King of the Hardwood contest. Vote here to get the field down to the Sweet 16, and check out a slideshow gallery of each athlete. German gymnast Fabian Hambuechen is in a tight battle […]

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart has gotten in some hot water after photos surfaced of him partying heavy at his home with buddy Nick Lachey and young co-eds. Now, The Dirty.com has a new photo showing Leinart expressing his inner man-love. So it’s true when people say the Cardinals suck. —Jim Buzinski Arizona Cardinals quarterback […]

When all is said and done, look for Tennessee to beat UConn for the title. By Frank JakkaOutsports.com As predicted here on Outsports in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament preview, Connecticut and Tennessee, top-seeds in their respective regions, along with LSU and Stanford, both two-seeds in their regions, pulled out big victories to gain the […]

Australian rugby player Luke O’Donnell, who posed naked for a charity calendar, is one of the 16 athletes in eight brackets in the King of the Hardwood West and Southeast regionals. He faces Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan in his match. Vote here to get the field down to the Sweet 16, and check out a […]

A scholar looks at sports talk radio, focusing on Jim Rome, and how it deals with gay and lesbian issues. (An excerpt from the book "Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio," by David Nylund. Reprinted by permission) By David Nylund In their analysis of sport media’s treatment of women, critical sport scholars […]

Reports from Wan Yanhai, a respected AIDS activist in China, say that authorities there are cracking down on gay establishments, possibly related to the run-up to this summer’s Olympics. Two examples: In the afternoon of 20 March 2008, more than 10 police cars visited "Oasis" club, the most popular gay bath house in Beijing. More […]

Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny has become a YouTube hit after hitting himself three times in the head at the Miami Masters moments after losing a point to Spain’s Nicolas Almagro. He was a bloody mess, but went on to win the match. I see coaching in his future. —Jim Buzinski [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=0AEfCQxVmxM] Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny has become […]