Outsports Archives

Read more from Pat Griffin on her blog. Last spring just after GLSEN launched Changing the Game, our new sports project, I got an email from Edward Tylicki from Nike. Edward is a member of Nike’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends Employee Network. Edward sought me out as director for the Sports Project because […]

The Billys: Bean and Beane Billy Bean and Billy Beane could not be more different. Yet they also have a lot in common. For many people, though, confusion reigns. I got this text a couple of days ago. “Hey Billy, I’m sitting here watching a movie called “Moneyball” with Brad Pitt. Is he you?” Sigh. […]

Thanks to photographer Matthew Finley for this terrific shot he took in Los Angeles during Fight Gone Bad 6. It is a fund-raiser by Crossfir athletes to raise money for the families of police, firefighters and soldiers who are injured or killed in the line of duty.

In the end, it seems DeSean Jackson’s stupidity helped do some good after all. I was pleased to see that MLB teams began to create their own "It Gets Better" videos to help combat bullying. The San Francisco Giants were the first to complete theirs, followed by the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. In […]

Buster Posey The Major League Baseball All-Stars have been announced so that means if you wear Yankee pinstripes then you are going to the game whether you deserve it or not. More importantly, the All-Star game marks the halfway point of the season so what better time to evaluate the league and highlight some of […]

Athlete Ally gets about 500 pledges on their visit to the school

U.S. skater Richard Dornbush I was so looking forward to the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships to be held in Tokyo this year, which were moved due to March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese fans are probably the most appreciative skating audience, cheering and clapping for everyone, not just their own. So for the […]

Opening Day 2011 has arrived! In an attempt not to have baseball played in November again, the 2011 season began a few days earlier than in seasons past. So I had no choice but to blow off work, buy some hot dogs & beer, and settle onto my couch and begin the journey of a […]

Editor’s Note: Out Olympic speedskater Blake Skjellerup is visiting his home country New Zealand this week for the first time since a devastating earthquake there. He shares his thoughts with us here. It has been one month since a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit my hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand. In my first time home since […]

The successful and sometimes controversial novelist Anne Rice offers the following advice to aspiring writers: write the book you want to read and that doesn’t yet exist. Another piece of advice she has: don’t listen to other peoples’ advice. I wasn’t aware of these words of wisdom at the time, but my instincts told me […]

I was checking Twitter just now and found something re-tweeted into my timeline. It was a reply to a query from New Orleans Saints star Reggie Bush that he posted sometime yesterday: If someone says "no homo," is that offensive towards gay people? Shortly afterwards, after getting feedback, I suppose, Bush tweeted the following: I […]

I found this on the Yahoo! Sports blog Puck Daddy. After scoring his first NHL goal (in a 5-1 Washington win over the New Jersey Devils) tonight, Capitals rookie Andrew Gordon skated over to the bench and planted a kiss on the cheek of teammate Marcus Johansson, whose pass set up the goal. Just more […]

Yes, we all have to buy those last minute gifts for those relatives that our significant others are requiring us to get something for. (Lousy in-laws…) But anyway, if you're looking for something last minute, here's an article that lists the worst possible gift ideas you can get for your baseball lovin' gift recipient. Yes, […]

Burlesque is the Miami Heat of 2010-11: Three stars brought together to bring home a championship for a very specific audience, but ultimately disappointing despite moments of individual brilliance that remind you of past glories. Cher / Dwyane WadeThe one with the ring/oscar. The proven commodity that makes this a must buy ticket for loyal […]

Just a week or so ago, most people were probably imagining a rematch of last year's Fall Classic participants, the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. Alas, both teams failed to win there respective leagues and instead the uncanny San Francisco Giants and the resilient Texas Rangers are facing off in the 2010 World […]

Personally, I would prefer to face Ian Kinsler’s balls but he isn’t a pitcher so that is for a completely different forum. The American and National League Championship Series is about to begin and all of the pitching match ups are intriguing. The Bear vs. The Twink: What better drama than Roy Halladay, the seasoned […]

There's an excellent article on ESPN.com by LZ Granderson. All-Star point guard Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns speaks out, not just about bullying in general but specifically about kids who are being harassed because they're gay. On his official Twitter feed, Nash re-tweeted a link to a New York Times article on the recent […]

Jim and Cyd are in Phoenix so I’ll keep you up to date on the gay newz and notez for the weekend. (Or until they revoke my access! WHEE!) For the 2 of you left that hadn’t seen or heard about it, Brett Favre has allegedly sent pictures of his penis to Jenn Sturger. And […]

This is a tough weekend to be a baseball fan and a loving boyfriend. Personally, I have a few conflicts… First conflict: My sister is coming to town for the weekend and she is excited about the big art extravaganza taking place just a stone’s throw from Turner Field where the Atlanta Braves will be […]

His dreams of Gay Games gold came crashing to a nightmarish end about an hour after they started, in the first of seven events that Hector Torres registered to compete while in Cologne, Germany. On the first day of competition, no less. Torres, 32, who lives in Orlando, Fla., was the fifth of about 500 […]