National Governing Bodies from dozens of sports participated in conversations about gender, disabilities and sexual orientation

The boys of Warwick release photos and a video as a preview of the calendar

Figure skater Johnny Weir made official what had been apparent since he said last month he would not be trying out for the U.S. Olympic team in Sochi, Russia — he's retiring. Weir, 29, announced his retirement at the same time he took a job as an analyst for NBC's Olympics coverage. Anyone hoping that […]

Notre Dame running back Cam McDaniel is getting a lot of Internet attention after this Getty Images photo from the USC game by Jonathan Daniel made the rounds: As the Notre Dame blog One Foot Down put it: "Now, losing one's helmet in the midst of a maelstrom of angry 300-pound armored giants would cause […]

The World Series starts today between the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox, and if there is a patron saint of this series, it's Yogi Bear, not Yogi Berra. Facial hair will be front and center on both teams, with the Red Sox sporting the wilder beards. "The Red Sox have the bigger, fuller […]

A new video series will feature high school athletes, coaches and administrators in Colorado welcoming LGBT people into sports

The Bias Incident Response Team at the University of Mississippi said that 90% of audience members who attended an Oct. 1 performance of "The Laramie Project" have undergone an "educational dialogue" after the play was disrupted and cast members were heckled, including gay slurs. An unknown number of the school's football team were at the […]

Saunders High School head basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo talks about the importance of teamwork in sports and the LGBT sports movement

UFC Hall of Fame fighter Forrest Griffin and openly lesbian fighter Liz Carmouche are spokespeople for a new campaign to encourage people to get tested for HIV. The campaign is called "Protect Yourself at All Times" and is a joint effort between the UFC and the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada. "I […]

The annual Dieux Du Stade calendar, which features nude and semi-nude athletes from the Stade Français rugby club and other hot French athletes, is on sale. In addition to the rugby players, there are "guests" from soccer that include Aresenal's Olivier Giroud, Newcastle United's Yohan Cabaye, along with a boxer and a handball player.The calendar […]

Three pro teams in Portland support same-sex marriage, while Fallon Fox's first pro loss brings out the worst in MMA fans

This week's entries include college football, the baseball playoffs, men's gymnastics, mixed martial arts and a recovery session in Aussie Rules Football. More from Outsports:

Nike's sales of their groundbreaking #BeTrue line far exceeded expectations, leading to the huge donation

The anti-equality Pro Bowler, who has fought against gay rights, has lost 75 pounds and will be the object of some affection

Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci and Michael Irvin will wear purple in support of bullied LGBT youth

A great honor this week to our good friend Charley Sullivan, the associate head coach of men's rowing at the University of Michigan: He was chosen the the Collegiate Coach of the Year in a poll by US Rowing. Sullivan got 36.7% of the vote in beating out four other coaches. Sullivan has been openly […]

Despite arguments of "fairness" and "safety" being completely derailed, many in the MMA world show their true colors by sticking to their baseless arguments

Harri Tikkanen is a 15-year-veteran in the Finnish Hockey League, the most popular sports league in Finland, and he showed his support for gay players by putting a rainbow decal on his stick during a match this weekend. This is the first time any Finnish athlete has displayed a gay rights symbol. It came after […]

Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC also support marriage-equality initiative in Oregon

Brittany McMillan's Spirit Day initiative will reach sports fans of virtually every major pro-sports league. Will we see purple on the NFL Network's Thursday Night Football?