Jim Buzinski

With two weeks left in qualifying, the next couple of days are devoted to the baseball elimination round in the King of the Hardwood contest to choose the hottest athlete. Cleveland Indians star Grady Sizemore (photo) is among those vying to reach the round of 64. Vote here and before you do check out the […]

"Choir-queer" enters the ring on MTV show By Ross FormanOutsports.com Chris Hendricks is being “made” into a professional wrestler, thanks to some fellow Detroit-area residents who also stars for Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling, the second-biggest wrestling company in the world. Hendricks, 15, of Highland, Mich., is a student at Milford High School, and a […]

News is heating up that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will soon be a model for Calvin Klein. Reports Page Six of the New York Post: MOVE over, David Beckham – Tom Brady may soon strip to his skivvies. Calvin Klein Inc. is in talks to turn the hunky Patriots quarterback into an underwear […]

Northern Ireland Sports Minister Edwin Poots wins the award for clueless official of the year after he compared gay sports team to apartheid. Discussing Belfast’s Ulster Titans, a gay rugby team, Poots said: “I just cannot fathom why people see the necessity to develop an apartheid in sport.” “It would be unacceptable to produce an […]

Put “Norwegian,” “shirtless” and “wrestlers” together and you get this: For a much larger view of the photo, click here. (On Firefox and IE you can easily zoom in and out by clicking on the photo). This photo is one of dozens on the site of Fritz Aanes, a Norwegian wrestler and Olympian. To see […]

Lockview High School in Nova Scotia, Canada, has fired its volunteer boys hockey coach after the school discovered that someone altered the players’ bios in the team program. The glossy, magazine-style program contains a picture and short biography of each player, including his future plans. The majority of the write-ups are sexually suggestive. One player’s […]

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is the cover boy for the upcoming issue of the Boston Spirit, the city’s leading gay and lesbian magazine. But, alas, this is not a coming out story. The Evil Genius, sporting his shiny barber smock in the photo, really isn’t the focus of the Spirt cover story. Sadly. […]

Rod Llaneza competed with a point to prove – ‘Y’all got beat by a sissy’ By Matt HennieFor Outsports.com Rod Llaneza doesn’t shy away from a fight. In fact, he enjoys them, at least inside the ring. Through physical challenges (including a broken hand, toes and foot) and personal ones (growing up gay but covering […]

We are now onto Round 3 of the King of the Hardwood qualifying and once again you have the tough job of narrowing a great field down to the final 8. Layne, aka Mariner Duck Guy, the contest's creator, has made Round 3 heavy on Australian Rules Football and hockey. He also added a bull […]

Australian soccer player Andre Gumprecht, who was born in Germany, is in hot water after dressing up as Hitler during a celebration. Gumprecht wore his costume as part of a “Mad Monday” celebration to end the season. He will be disciplined after Jewish groups complained. Gumprecht, 33, attended a post-Grand Final ceremony on Monday for […]

The next four days, if you want to look at hot, young, athletic men in skimpy clothes grunting and straining, put down the latest Falcon video and set your DVR to the NFL Network. The channel, owned by the league, has wall-to-wall coverage of the annual flesh fest known as the NFL Combine, a place […]

Some videos for your weekend amusement: → An Australian streaker down the stretch of the horse race. → Behind the scenes at Reggie Bush’s GQ photoshoot. → King of the Hardwood contestant Linus Thornblad with a great high jump. → Hot not to work out your abs – having your friend pound on them with […]

Track and field athletes like pole vaulter Denis Goossens (check out Paul van der Linde’s photo gallery) highlight voting for Round 2 of the King of the Hardwood contest. Vote for who you think are the hottest jocks as the field gets winnowed to 64. There is still time to vote for the athletes in […]

From an interview in Chicago’s Windy City Times with Michael Weiss, a competitive figure skater now doing ice shows: WCT: Figure skating is often stereotyped as a “gay” sport. Do you have any comment on that? MW: Like with any stereotype, it's about not understanding the sport. Figure skating certainly has its share of gay […]

The most e-mailed story on the New York Times website Thursday dealt with the declining popularity of golf among the masses. Fewer people are playing, citing money and the time it takes to play a round. Jim Kass, the research director of the National Golf Foundation, an industry group, said the gradual but prolonged slump […]

Hours after writing the post below about Spanish soccer star Jose Maria Gutierrez Hernandez being caught by a tabloid kissing a man outside a restaurant, I came across evidence that he might have been kissing a woman with a very short haircut. Some reports on various soccer websites say that “Guti” was kissing the daughter […]

(Update note: Read this followup that suggests he might have been kissing a woman). Original report: Jose Maria Gutierrez Hernandez, a soccer player for the elite Real Madrid team in Spain, is in the news after being caught by a tabloid kissing another man outside a restaurant (“Guti” is the guy on the left in […]

For many New York Giants, there are advantages to winning a Super Bowl. From Rush & Malloy in the New York Daily News: The ladies at Scores West danced adoringly for big-tipping Ahmad Bradshaw. … Meanwhile, the strippers at Rick's Cabaret are offering free lap dances to all Giants. "They've spent a fortune here," says […]

On July 13, 2007, French long jumper Salim Sdiri was warming up near the infield at a meet in Rome when Finnish javelin thrower Tero Pitkamaki let one fly. His toss was errant and hit Sdiri in the back. Sdiri shouted and twisted. He grabbed at the javelin protruding from his body, then released his […]

→ The Oxford Swim Club gets down in a charity video for Oxfam → Charles Barkley on “fake Christians” and supporting gay marriage → Dan Carter: “The hottest rugby player” → One guy’s amazing abs → Billy Bean: Ex-gay sports therapy is ludicrous → Water polo’s Wolf Wigo in a Mikasa ad → The Oxford […]