A quarterback at Wartburg College in Iowa is being charged with throwing a homophobic slur at a gay student at the college. QB says he was just being a “dumb college kid.” Judge could send him to jail for 30 days where he could find out just how “dumb” gay sex really is. -Cyd Zeigler […]

→ 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 […]

Layne, aka Mariner Duck Guy, has put together the 2008 King of the Hardwood contest, a tournament where readers select from the 64 hottest athletes. Past winners have included Jeremy Bloom, Brad Ausmus and Sean Lamont. Layne has so many worthy nominees, that “American Idol” style, he is trimming the field via reader votes to […]

Philadelphia Phillies player Kyle Kendrick is the victim of an elaborate practical joke where he is told he has been traded to Japan for a player named Kobyashi. –Jim Buzinski [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=BPz3KY6H16g] Philadelphia Phillies player Kyle Kendrick is the victim of an elaborate practical joke where he is told he has been traded to Japan for […]

By a vote of 412-1 the U.S. House of Representatives this week approved a resolution congratulating the New York Giants for their Super Bowl victory over New England. The single vote against this resolution came from Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA), whose suburban district also includes a small portion of Philadelphia. Murphy is a veteran of […]

Somewhere in a poor part of Nicaragua or Romania, a man, woman or child is wearing a piece of clothing unavailable in the U.S. It says, “19-0: World Champion New England Patriots.” Elsewhere in the developing world, someone still has a snazzy shirt from the 2006 Super Bowl champion Bears, 1991 Buffalo Bills or the […]

This is not sports-specific, but fascinating nonetheless. “In just a fraction of a second, people can accurately judge the sexual orientation of other individuals by glancing at their faces, according to new research,” Science reports. Researchers showed men and women photos of 90 faces belonging to homosexual men and heterosexual men for intervals ranging from […]

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The folks on ESPNEWS (and other places as well, I'm sure, but that's what I was watching at the time) were breathless a little earlier this evening. Just one day after the steroids showdown between Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee in a congressional hearing, it was reported that federal prosecutors, in papers filed in court […]

West Hollywood’s favorite horsey face new darling just might not be so gay-friendly. Despite pictures floating around the internet of Brady Quinn getting chummy with friends and dressing like the Village People, the Cleveland Browns overrated backup quarterback is being accused of yelling “faggot,” among other things, at gay passersby with a group of his […]

The all-body swimsuit is one of the great abominations ever invented by man. I understand their use in a competitive sense, but in a visual sense it’s just all wrong. Speedo is unveiling its line of ultra-sleek suits to be worn by U.S. swimmers at the Olympics and Michael Phelps is jazzed by his, according […]

Macies has found acceptance at Columbia and in triathlons

Linus Thornblad, 22, is a Swedish high jumper with a great bod who doesn’t mind showing it off. Though straight, Thornblad had no reservations about being the cover boy for QX, the leading Swedish gay magazine. He’s also a bit of a tease, saying, “I have always been sure about my thing. So I’m just […]

With the Olympics in China this summer, the U.S. team is shipping over tons of food to feed its athletes, the New York Times reports. When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken — half of a breast — […]

In 2002, I did a stint on Fox Sports Radio’s very popular afternoon drive sports talk show, “Kiley & Booms.” The duo of Kevin Kiley and Chuck Booms were split up before the end of the year and the show was canceled. Both men made random tours around the dial over the last five years, […]

English star answers questions about issues on and off the field By Jim BuzinskiOutsports.com English rugby star Ben Cohen, now playing professionally in France, made news late last year when he announced plans for a night in London to honor his gay fans. The event will be held at the Dorchester on May 28. Ben […]

It’s not one of those stories you want to read over breakfast, but the New York Times has an article on the time-honored hockey tactic of sticking a smelly glove in an opponent’s face to piss him off: The face wash is a baiting tactic that has been around since gloves were invented, or, as […]

One thing that distinguishes the National Hockey League from the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball is the fact that they play the game on ice. This means that the players' skates are going to come into play occasionally in such a physical sport, and not just in the case of New York Islander imbecile […]

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