Jim Buzinski

College athlete in California finds one strategy does not fit all for telling family, friends and teammates.

After enduring two weeks of generally boring basketball and few compelling stories, this news is no surprise: This year’s [NCAA men’s] tournament might become the lowest-rated ever, or at least the lowest without an asterisk. Heading into Thursday’s games, CBS’ ratings were off 9% from last year, which was the lowest-rated ever except the 2003 […]

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Norwegian sprinter Lars Halvard Grimsrud (right) is the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Regional in the King of the Hardwood contest. His opponent is New York Mets star David Wright. The contest is now done to the field of 32. Go here to vote in the Midwest and check out the photo gallery of […]

The San Francisco Rock Dogs, defending Gay Games gold medal team, took on the San Francisco Rumble of the American Basketball Association Tuesday night in an exhibition game at Kezar Recreation Center in San Francisco. The game was taped for the LOGO cable channel’s documentary series “Rock Dogs: Shirts & Skins,” due to air this […]

Diana Taurasi makes a reported $49,000 a year as a star for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. That’s walking around money compared to her salary playing in Russia before mostly empty arenas of non-paying customers. Her Russian team pays her 10 times her WNBA salary. Shabtai von Kalmanovic, who spent time in an Israeli prison on […]

Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi, who came out as gay a year ago, says he was inspired to make his move by Sir Ian McClellan. "I nearly just decided not to ever go back to America and just stay here and say "let them froth around in their own mess," but I went to […]

A 5,000-word profile in the New York Times Magazine takes a hard look at the underground fight club Felony Fights and the mixed martial arts world through the eyes of Shad Smith, a professional fighter with a long criminal resume. He’s also gay, a piece of his personality that writer Paul Wachter explores but does […]

The new high-tech swimsuit is making waves after a slew of world records have been set by swimmers wearing them. It’s the $800 swimming costume that has rocked the sport from its foundations. Australian coach of the year Stephan Widmer warned swimming’s governing body, FINA, to police any further development of Speedo’s controversial LZR Racer. […]

Via Deadspin comes this image from a Duke college basketball message board. It was after Duke lost to West Virginia and was bounced from the NCAA men’s tournament. And all we hear is how classy the Duke fans are: Via Deadspin comes this image from a Duke college basketball message board. It was after Duke […]

Chicago Bulls coach Jim Boylan had a novel way of showing player Andres Nocioni all was forgiven. Andres Nocioni was standing in front of a media throng after practice Monday, apologizing again for his outburst Saturday toward interim coach Jim Boylan, when Boylan snuck up from behind and planted a wet one on Nocioni’s cheek. […]

Casper Landeweerd is a Dutch water polo player and one of 16 athletes in the Southeast Regional in the King of the Hardwood contest. In his bracket, Landeweerd faces high jumper sprinter Linus Thornblad, the jock who sometimes wishes he was gay. Go here to vote in the Midwest and check out the photo gallery […]

Kyle Hawkins enjoys his new life after turmoil in Missouri By Ross FormanOutsports.com Kyle Hawkins is back coaching lacrosse, but worlds away from his last gig as the head coach at the University of Missouri.And the fact he’s gay isn’t just a non-issue with his new team, but also the way they discovered him. Hawkins […]

American skater Johnny Weir won his first world figure skating medal by finishing third at the championships in Sweden. Canada’s Jeffrey Buttle took the gold and France’s Brian Joubert the silver. In a free skate where one top contender fell completely apart and two others had repeated flaws, Johnny Weir’s conservative but nearly error-free skating […]

The terrific last-second 3-pointer than lifted Western Kentucky over Drake, 101-99, in overtime: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tre8Xa04g8Q] The terrific last-second 3-pointer than lifted Western Kentucky over Drake, 101-99, in overtime: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tre8Xa04g8Q]

Outsports fave Johnny Weir is second after the men’s short program at the world championships in Sweden, behind Canada’s Jeffrey Buttle. Weir is shooting for his first medal in international competition. Weir was absolutely brilliant in Friday’s short program. It was his best skating since 2006, when he made an Olympic bus molehill into a […]

One of the joys the NCAA tournament game is hearing Gus Johnson to do the play-by-play. Jim Allen and I don’t call him “The Screamer” for nothing: [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgeqrYxu_YM] One of the joys the NCAA tournament game is hearing Gus Johnson to do the play-by-play. Jim Allen and I don’t call him “The Screamer” for nothing: […]

Basketball is a terrific, fast-paced, up-and-down-the-court game … until the final minute. Then it degenerates into a flurry of timeouts that turn mercury into molasses. Duke beat No. 15-seed Belmont ($5 to anyone who knows what state it’s in without looking it up), 71-70, but the last minute seemed like it lasted an hour. Possession, […]

7 have legit shot to win the title By Frank JakkaOutsports.comRealistically, there are seven teams that have the necessary pieces to win the 2008 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Top ranked Connecticut, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Stanford, LSU and Rutgers.These teams have a few common denominators, all needed to reach and win in Tampa – solid […]

U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir was asked by the New York Times about his sexual orientation and he came off with a classic response. “There are some things I keep sacred,” Weir said. “My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use.” Getting more serious, Weir continued: “If I […]