Mike Freeman, a longtime NFL reporter now with Bleacher Report, writes that a gay NFL player was ready to come out this offseason but a team that offered him a contract backed out fearing the media and public attention. Freeman does not name the player, nor does he know who the player is, and says […]

With the fight for marriage equality heating up in Oregon, the state's biggest company has gotten fully behind it

Despite saying that Fox isn't the better fighter and has disadvantages, Evans-Smith doesn't think Fox should fight women

The duo wore their suits as a Halloween costume and liked it so much they did it again.

Like the ‘controversial' no-call in the Super Bowl, the whiners want the refs to do their team's dirty work

His NFL career ended prematurely due to injuries and his not wanting to hide. Bryant takes a shot at Jason Collins and speculates on when a gay player will come out.

While Eastern Michigan fired coach Ron English for a gay slur (and for having a terrible record), a Rhode Island high school has embraced trans coach Stephen Alexander

Vitaly Mutko, the minister of sports in Russia, says his country should have waited until after the Olympics to pass anti-gay legislation because of the reaction from the West. "Perhaps the state authorities should have waited a little," Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko was quoted as saying by the RBK business newspaper on Monday. "It […]

High school basketball coach says the locker room isn't all it's cracked up to be

The new Web site is a strong resource for trans athletes

Today's roundup of gay sports news hits a lot of different angles. Soccer Star Robbie Rogers — Dating the Guy Who Created 'Arrow' | TMZ.comL.A. Galaxy stud Robbie Rogers — the first active openly gay male athlete in major U.S. team sports — has got himself a boyfriend … and the guy is a pretty […]

After sitting on the shelves for a dozen years, the rainbow on the Hawaii uniforms is back

Ron English, the Eastern Michigan head football coach who was fired last Friday for a profanity-laced tirade against his players, apologized for his language, which included a gay slur. "As a man who has coached 21 years, obviously, on this occasion and particular meeting, I lost my poise, got upset and used language that was […]

Cahow opens up on life, sports and the LGBT community with GO! Athletes' Avery Stone, a hockey player at Amherst College.

Another chapter in the continuing (and entertaining) story of the perils of social media for athletes. A penis picture was posted today on the Instagram account of Houston Texans rookie wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. His girlfriend later tweeted that the account was hacked. Instagram was hacked , this is his girlfriend he's in meetings with […]

America’s first publicly out transgender high school coach is opening minds in the conservative rural town of Glocester, R.I.

The Jonathan Martin-Richie Incognito incident has shed a bright light on lockerroom hazing and assorted activities. It's in this backdrop that this video purportedly showing NBA rookie Anthony Davis nude and getting spanked while at the University of Kentucky is making the rounds. The video was posted on Twitter and addressed to Deadspin by a […]

Honorees include Jason & Jarron Collins, Scott Norton, Kirk Walker, Helen Carroll and others. The event also celebrates the first anniversary of StandUp Magazine.

Junior Matt Korman didn't want to hide this side of himself any longer -- and he wanted to date openly. Read the email he sent to his team.

This media roundup includes two rugby players discussing gays in the sport; Kordell Stewart with another statement about his sexual orientation; the Winter Olympics and rainbows; a gay cop on SI; and bullying in the NFL. Gareth Thomas & James Haskell Discuss Closeted Gays In Sports The timing couldn't be better for rugby stars Gareth […]