Ugh, there has not been a decent series to date and the division series don’t look much better. Boston clubbed Cleveland, 10-3, in Game 1 of their series, and Colorado beat Arizona, 3-2, in 11 innings to go up 2-0 there heading to Denver. The Arizona-Colorado game ended at 2:45 a.m. Eastern and if anyone […]

I don't like making predictions in a public space, but here goes: the Colorado Rockies are going to win the National League pennant. Now, considering that the Rockies have have won 18 of their last 19 games (!!), that's a pretty timid prediction. On Thursday in Phoenix, the Rockies easily beat the Diamonbacks 5-1 in […]

The Fireball Run ended this weekend just past, with the gay team finishing 11th overall, and 2nd in the luxury class. This race is a live-action game in the form of a transcontinental auto rally. Miami to L.A., with 100 teams driving vehicles of all types. Each day the teams were given clues about places […]

Please bear with me for this being several days late, but I’m still recovering from a wild Gay Superbowl we hosted here in NYC last weekend. It’s hard to really gloat, being a Stanford grad and fan. The team has been so bad for so many years now (can you believe the Cardinal was in […]

In a new book, New York Giants defensive lineman Michael Strahan addresses rumors that he is gay, rumors that gained currency in his nasty divorce trial. Appearing on ESPN’s “Pardon The Interruption,” Strahan told hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon why he addressed the issue: “Because they linked me to Tony Kornheiser and I said, […]

Mike Freeman, a writer for CBS Sportsline, pens a terrific piece about a panel last week on gays in the NFL. The event was held in New York as part of Gay Bowl VII, the gay flag football championships, and featured former NFL players Dave Kopay and Esera Tuaolo, Jackie Lepow, a lesbian who works […]

During one disturbing period in the long history of Monday Night Football, ABC hired comedian Dennis Miller as one of its color commentators. Miller's stint was a disaster. So it comes as a shock that a new weekly show hosted by Miller, Sports Unfiltered, will begin airing on Tuesday nights in November. It boggles the […]

Bud Selig is probably weeping about now, as is the rest of the people involved who give a damn about TV ratings for the baseball playoffs. Beelzebud's worst-case scenario for the National League came to pass on Saturday. Instead of the of the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, two teams with tales of woe that […]

4-0. 12-3. 10-5. 8-4. Those are some of the scores from a less than scintillating first two days of the baseball playoffs. Sadly for me, the 4-0 score is from the Red Sox beating the Angels and Ace John Lackey on Wednesday. As I told my friend who I go to Anaheim Stadium with "The […]

In my recent auto-racing piece featuring NASCAR racer Terri O’Connell, I wrote about women drivers battling their way into stock-car racing…one of the most machismo-drenched sports still left on Earth. Well, today 26-year-old Erin Crocker held her own in the ARCA RE/MAX 250 at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. She was driving the 98 car, […]

The commentators and experts are all atwitter today after the Patriots blasted the Cincinnati Bengals, becoming the first NFL team to beat its first four opponents by 20 since my great grandfather was 19. But the part of the game I watched over and over again were shots of Bengals coach Marvin Lewis’ “sideline assistant,” […]

The Germans may have won gold 2-0 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, but the Brazilians impressed just as much in their scoreless silver. On the FIFA website, the interview with Marta says it all, as she analyzes the game clinically, recognizes her teammates’ spirited effort and the huge fan support for the Canarinhas, and […]

The San Diego Padres choked in Colorado tonight. That's all there is to it. Leading 8-6, in the 13th inning of their do-or-die one game playoff with the Colorado Rockies, the Padres had alleged ace reliever Trevor Hoffman on the mound. In the space of a few minutes the Rockies and their fans are going […]

Now that the opening games in London — London, England, not London, Ontario — between the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings are done, the NHL season gets under way in full beginning Wednesday night. There’s a doubleheader on Versus that night, with the Ducks visiting Detroit followed by Dallas at […]

A few years ago my bosses gave me a Christmas present: a 2001 bottle of Cook’s Collector’s Series Brut California Champagne. I have no idea what any of that means, although apparently it’s technically considered sparkling wine and not actual champagne for some reason. However, in 2001 the Philadelphia Phillies, coming off a series of […]

Sacks (of the quarterback kind) and sacking (of the fire-the-coach kind) highlighted NFL Week 4. The photo here is of San Diego Chargers coach Norv Turner taken from a Chargers fan forum. It sums up what Bolt fans think of their new coach, who took a 14-2 team from a year ago and has run […]

The Japanese excel at creating wacky game shows from what seem like pursuits not naturally compatible, like “Iron Chef.” One recent hit is “Muscular Athlete Championship,” where jocks try and navigate a funky obstacle course. It takes real athletic skill to pull it off and the show features gymnasts, swimmers and decathletes, along with non-elite […]

After a 51-game winning streak, it was inevitable that the U.S. women’s team would finally lose one. And it was a big one. In the FIFA semi-finals, the American side found the Brazilians doing soccer samba all over them. “Magic Marta” was brilliant, and so were the rest of her teammates. Brazil 4, U.S. 0. […]

Adrian, a lacrosse player from California, is one of 26 athletes who were out in college or high school and featured in “Fearless,” a photographic essay by Jeff Sheng. Many of the athletes have been profiled on Outsports, such as Andrea Zimbardi, Andrew Goldstein, Matt Coin, Jordan Goldwarg and Ryan Quinn. Among the goals Sheng […]

As baseball heads in to its final weekend of the regular season, the New York Mets are possibly going to enter a dubious club: teams that have choked away a lead. Leading the National League East division for most of the season, the Amazin’ Mets were 7 games up with 17 to go. On Thursday, […]