We’re sorry that we didn’t notice this earlier. There was what seems to have been a great conference this past weekend on women’s sports. Click to the next page if you want to read their post-conference press release, and if you want more info, click here on their Web site. -Cyd Zeigler jr. The first […]

Appalachian State over Michigan was supposed to be a “fluke.” But with the college basketball world watching some school named Gardner-Webb win AT Kentucky, 84-68 (yes, by 16 points), the day after Div. II Findlay won at Ohio State, and just a few days after Div. II Grand Valley State won at No. 8 Michigan […]

The man who may be Philadelphia sports fans’ poster boy for unfulfilled expectations has announced his retirement from the NHL. Eric Lindros made it official today, at the age of 34. His size and skills – he could pile up points and physically dominate a game – got him dubbed “The Next One” but he […]

Damn, Joe beat me to the story about the NHL player and the Canadian gossip site. My headline is what Kentucky MWildcats basketball fans are probably posting on 'Cats blogs tonight after the storied program, the winningest of all time as they never tire of reminding people, lost to Gardner-Webb 84-64. Gardner-Who? Now, admittedly, I'm […]

A Canadian celebrity gossip blog called "Is This Happening?!" has an item which seems to out 19-year-old Jiri Tlusty, a Toronto Maple Leafs rookie. It's solely based on a photo of Tlusty and another man apparently licking each other's tongues. A followup post says Tlusty read the item and wanted to reply. Asked why there […]

Since I've been picking on the New Jersey Devils, it seems only fair to pick on my hometown as well. The announced attendance for tonight's Philadelphia 76ers home game against Charlotte was just 9,317, which is bad enough. The Associated Press game summary put the actual crowd at about 6,000. Without the drawing card of […]

I previously discussed in this forum the New Jersey Devils' sad attendance in just their second game in the brand new Prudential Center (which some have now dubbed "The Rock" — mildly clever). In the comments that followed, one of the reasons given was that it was Halloween that night. Well, last night's announced crowd […]

No matter how badly the Indianapolis Colts cheated on Sunday by giving the Patriots faulty headsets and illegally pumping noise into the Dome (which they’ve been accused of before), it’s not nearly as bad as what goes on in the other football. This is a great compilation I hadn’t seen before. -Cyd Zeigler jr. [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=GNCKn9qjbQo] […]

“I kind of like being a bad guy. If people want to think of us that way, I like it. We’re kind of like rogues.” — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. A guy who models for Stetson, Movado watches and GQ is […]

Fellow horse-racing enthusiast Craig Brownstein of D.C. emails to tell me of his disgust over the latest anti-gambling wrinkle. Just as he was getting ready to bet on the Breeders Cup, he was notified that horse-betting services had decided to cancel all accounts of bettors living in the District of Columbia. The firms have noted […]

Dear Mike Pereira, NFL VP of officiating: I am watching the Pittsburgh Steelers stomp the Baltimore Ravens in cold, rainy Pittsburgh. Please do not send Ed "The Guns" Hochuli to any cold/rainy/places with the slightest chance the weather won't be sunny and dry. It's a crime that he should have to wear a long sleeved […]

We are heading into the final few games of the college football season and once again it’s a mess. I have vented about this in the past but the lack of a playoff in elite college football makes this sport ultimately unsatisfying. As it stands now, Ohio State and LSU are 1-2 in the Bowl […]

One of the United States’ top distance runners died just under six miles into the Olympic trials in Manhattan, the day before the New York City Marathon. Ryan Shay has been one of the top distance prospects for years according to the AP, missing the Olympics in 2004 due to an injury before the trials. […]

From Friend of Outsports Deadspin comes this bizarre tale of of blowjobs, tennis and sleep. Short version: Dejon Bevins of the North Carolina State Wolfpack tennis team was arrested this week for performing oral sex on a guy. Who was asleep. There was a team party at one of the players apartment, the party broke […]

We’ve long been disappointed by the lack of sports names and faces in the annual Out 100, the monthly magazine’s annual list of gay men and lesbians to remember from the year. We’ve been saying for a while that 2007 will be in part remembered as the year that gays in sports took a great […]

When rumors began to swirl that Martina Hingis was set to end her two-year return to professional tennis, few who know the game were surprised. After a brilliant comeback in 2006 that saw her rocket back into the women’s top ten, Hingis’s results began to slip in 2007 as power players adjusted to her cerebral […]

The Reid brothers were sentenced today on charges related to their separate traffic incidents in January. Britt Reid was sentenced to 8 to 23 months in jail plus 5 years' probation. Garrett Reid got 2 to 23 months in jail plus 1 year of probation. Both of them could apply for a special drug court […]

Who is the hottest Boston Red Sox? That’s not me asking the question, but rather Boston’s stud relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon, last seen (right) in a jockstrap spraying champagne after the Sox swept the Colorado Rockies in the World Series. In a series of online videos for Comcast New England, Papelbon asks various players who […]

We haven’t yet heard from Zach Puchtel, the former Minnesota basketball standout who publicly “came out” a couple weeks ago. But he’s been writing on his blog. In his latest two posts, he talks about his sexuality and the support he’s seen since his revelation; and yesterday, as he was dressing up for Halloween, he […]

My Christmas present to Jim last year was a ticket to an NFL game of his choice this year. He chose the Colts-Panthers game this past weekend, so we spent about 60 hours in Charlotte, N.C. I was pleasantly surprised. It was more built-up, more cosmopolitan than I had anticipated (though you should know I […]