“I just think you guys in the UK are way further ahead”  Says popstar and American Idol looser  Adam Lambert in this months issue of the UK’s Gay Times magazine. Lambert,  who finished second in last year’s season of American Idol, far and away the most watched show on American TV, creates and provokes a reaction wherever [...]

Last evening after coming in from work, my job at age 56 where I’m beginning a new career this time in retail at the bottom of the management ladder, I turned on my local ABC affiliate here in Connecticut, WTNH-TV to see the weather forecast for the next storm due to hit our state. At the [...]

It was August 13, 1989 when NASCAR driver Tim Richmond died. For weeks and even months there had been all kind of rumors and speculation about Richmond being sick and what that sickness was. Many said no, no way, when the disease was mentioned. That just didn’t happen in NASCAR circles. In 1987 he missed the [...]

In 1980 long before there was SAT radio services and computers, for two weeks in February as the sports director and reporter of two of our local radio stations here in Danbury, Ct, WLAD & WDAQ, I like millions of others watched the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. For me it was about half a [...]

I’m sure there were many who had no idea there were such things as gay rodeo or gay RV’ing. Well here’s another eye opener for you. Yes Virginia there is a website for gay and bi NASCAR fans. Gaytona.Com is both a hoot and takes a serious look at NASCAR, often with on scene reporting [...]

The whirlwind of activity from the NBA’s trading deadline left us with tired head; but with 24 hours of relative calm, we’ve been able to reflect upon the moves and declare the winners and losers, and identify those clubs who positioned themselves as major players in the 2010 free-agent market. Trade Deadlines Losers Eastern Conference – Atlanta Hawks, [...]

I’ve blogged about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell many times before, both here and over on GayAgenda.com. Yesterday, I got the following email from Michael Anthony, himself an Iraq war veteran, read what he has to say. Don’t ask…ahh…too late. My name is Michael Anthony, I am an Iraq war veteran and having spent six years [...]

A quick disclaimer here, I’m not a huge figure skating fan but I gotta call out bullshit when I hear it. In an interview with Frank Deford of HBO’s Real Sports, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir claims just because he’s a figure skater who’s effeminate and likes sparkly things he’s “no less macho than men who [...]

The countdown to The Great American Race, otherwise known as the Daytona 500, is winding down. Daytona International Speedway’s 2.5 mile trioval is to NASCAR what old Yankee Stadium was to baseball, and at the end of the NASCAR season there are two things you remember; who won the Sprint Cup and who won the Daytona [...]

On this morning’s Today Show American Olympic downhill skier Lindsey Vonn revealed that she’s nursing a deep thigh bruise that may keep her from competing next week in the Vancouver Olympics. Vonn, who’s slated to compete in five women’s Alpine events and is considered the favorite to win gold in the downhill and super-G events, revealed she injured [...]