Last night I caught former Indiana and Texas Tech basketball coach Bob Knight’s debut as a college b’ball analyst on ESPN. On a network that has become full of analysis-free screaming heads, Knight was a refreshing change of pace. He analyzed the games at hand in a way that showed deep knowledge of the game […]

By Cyd Zeigler jr. My worst fears about Eleven Men Out (originally released in Iceland in 2005 as Strákarnir okkar) was that it would be another Guys & Balls where a gay team of misfits somehow wins the World Cup (OK, the latter didn’t go quite that far, but it might as well have). While […]

In a wide-ranging interview with the Times of London, Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA, soccer’s worldwide governing body, addressed why gay soccer (or football) players don’t come out. “There are gay footballers, but they don’t declare it because they think it will not be accepted in these macho organizations. But football is open for […]

Martina Navratilova fled the then-Czechoslovakia in the 1970s for freedom in the U.S. Now, 33 years later, she has regained her Czech citizenship, 19 years after the Berlin Wall fell. "I lost it at the time I defected. I got it back on Jan 9," Navratilova, 51, said during a visit to Tokyo. She defected […]

If the Olympics are exciting because they feature the world’s best athletes competing on the world’s biggest stage, Beijing organizers took a few hits this week. Haile Gebrselassie, the fastest man ever to run a marathon (2 hrs, 4 min, 26 sec), said on Monday he will skip the Olympics, afraid that exposing his distance-running […]

If top U.S. javelin thrower Breaux Greer does not qualify for the Beijing Olympics, he knows he can always turn to porn, he told ESPN the Magazine. Greer is a specimen: 6'2", 230 pounds, with broad shoulders and a sculpted chest that filters into a 33-inch waist. Beijing is six months away, but the native […]

For the New York Yankees, the signs are plain to see. Derek Jeter will be 34 in June and as he gets older his play will surely start to decline, unless he tries the Roger Clemens/Barry Bonds "training" regimen. Alex Rodriguez is still going to be paid upwards of $25 million per year to fail […]

With Women’s History Month in full swing, I regret to report that some in NASCAR still haven’t decided if it’s Women’s History Century yet. But today their website did feature a story about Chrissy Wallace, talented driver daughter of NASCAR National Series driver Mike Wallace. NASCAR kinda had to recognize Chrissy, because she just signed […]

So late last night I tuned into ESPN2 in time for the second half of a West Coast Conference men's basketball semifinal between San Diego and St. Mary's. San Diego pulled off a 75-69 win in double overtime despite trailing the Gaels by 15 midway through the second half; the Toreros finished the second half […]

I don’t have much to add to this CNN.com “news” item about a urology clinic in Oregon that is using March Madness to entice men to book vasectomy appointments. But I just couldn’t resist. It’s not every day you see groin-swelling journalism that combines NCAA basketball and the male reproductive organ (both of which, incidentally, […]

By Dan Woog They were good. But they grew up, went to college, got jobs, came to terms with being gay, and had no time to smash a little white ball across a small green table. Eventually, though, they realized that life is more than going to work and clubs. They came back to Ping-Pong. […]

Tennessee Vols women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt apparently dislocated her shoulder this week chasing a beaver raccoon from her house. Said Summitt: “When I realized what could have happened, it almost brought me to tears. It wasn’t very smart on my part.” It’s a lesson women everywhere can learn from. When a beaver raccoon presents […]

During Saturday night’s North Carolina men’s college basketball win at Duke, ESPN cut away to a sideline reporter for a bit about the revival of “Speedo Guy,” a Duke fan behind the Carolina basket who stripped to his swimsuit as distraction. Seems a Speedo Guy from 2005 (there have been more than one) was so […]

A fun soccer graphic from the Wall Street Journal. Click here or on image and scroll down a bit: Hat tip to Matt Hennie (check out his Atlanta gay sports blog). A fun soccer graphic from the Wall Street Journal. Click here or on image and scroll down a bit: Hat tip to Matt Hennie […]

The King of the Hardwood qualifying round has now moved onto the soccer players. German player Lukas Podolski is drawing votes in early balloting, but the field is wide open. Vote here and before you do check out the terrific slideshow of all the athletes and the winners of previous elimination rounds. The King of […]

Gotta love Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ message to fans over the weekend: “I’m not Brett Favre.” I haven’t exactly hidden my distaste for Favre on this Web site. I’ve never forgiven him for beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl some years ago. I had been hoping the Patriots would have been able to […]

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, in his retirement press conference, talked about some of the things he is going to miss: Football, I think is very unique in that of all the sports because you have to rely on one another so much more than the other sports and it's a physical sport, which […]

The #6 ranked Andy Roddick sent more than just Rafael Nadal packing, 7-6 (5), 6-2, in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships Thursday. Roddick revealed in his post-match press conference that he’d parted ways with coach Jimmy Connors, who reportedly broke-up with Andy a week ago to “spend time with his family.” The AP […]

Keith Carney chases his dream of being an Olympian Keith Carney is a long track speedskater who is training with his goal to compete in the 2010 Olympics. At the U.S. Championships in December he set a personal record and finished 10th in the men’s 5,000 meters. He is also openly gay and wrote about […]

The King of the Hardwood qualifying round has not moved onto the NFL players. Miami Dolphins lineman Jason Taylor is drawing votes in early balloting, but the early leaders are mostly quarterbacks. Vote here and before you do check out the terrific slideshow of all the athletes and the winners of previous elimination rounds. The […]