Geroge Steinbrenner was an enigma.  He was as complex a man as are the origins of the universe. To many he was a bully, to others a saint who benefited from his humanitarian spending. Fans booed him and shed a tear with him when the Yankees won a World Series. “When you put on a [...]

George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. Steinbrenner had a heart attack, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Fla., and died at about 6:30 a.m. [...]

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To paraphrase Sammy Hagar: WE CAN’T DRIVE 55! Now, if A.P. and Berrian can channel their scofflaw energies on the field at the University of Phoenix Stadium on the edge of Glendale, we will have a chance on the soon-to-be-former NFC Champions. But, it won’t be a cakewalk – a [...]

Many of us here in the United States have most likely never heard of Nigel Owens unless you follow rugby, and to be honest neither had I until searching for material for another posting. But as it is becoming more and more important to find and highlight those who have come out, and for the [...]

In an article in the Sunday Herald written by Edd McCracken, a survey by the Staffordshire University has concluded that football fans are united in their condemnation of anti-gay attitudes, which has become a widespread and ugly side of the game, but it appears UK football’s top agencies are out of touch with the desire for [...]

Guest post from Randy Stern Photo by Randy Stern The Minnesota Vikings were on a roll. With a 6-0 record, the fans in the Upper Midwest wondered whether this was too good of a thing or not. There is a sense of fatalism amongst Vikings fans. Four Super Bowl disappointments and blown deals had hardened the good folks [...]

Guest post from Randy Stern Photo by Randy Stern There’s nothing like a home opener. Baseball has all the pageantry that makes Opening Day worth attending – for the lucky few. Football is a completely different story. It can get in to the pomp and circumstance easily – only if that team won something significant the season before. [...]

Guest post from Randy Stern Photo by Randy Stern When a good writer turns into an ugly horned figure, whom shall we blame? The cult of American sports fanaticism? Or, something even more sinister? This series of postings is a confessional. It is how a mild-mannered gay sports fan turned into a monster for an entire National Football [...]

Featuring more kicks and body blows than your average MMA fight, watching the 2010 World Cup final felt more like watching an Eastern Conference NBA playoff game. In order to neutralize the Spanish attack, the Dutch were more physical than that creepy uncle who shows up at the family reunion. Good thing there wasn’t any scoring…I [...]

Our friend David Mixner wrote a posting on July 8 about the FBI files which were declassified and released in May which as David writes focused mainly on the Mattachine Society and its members. We all know, or at least should, how J Edgar Hoover kept tabs on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and many others of that [...]

For those of you who haven’t heard (all two of you) the BITCH from decades past has come back to spread more of her homophobic bullshit, this time with “a little help from her friends” according to Truth Wins Out  . After failing at almost everything she has tried since the late 1970’s, former orange juice queen turned homophobe Anita [...]

The Texas Rangers, a team on the verge of bankruptcy, pulled off the biggest deal of the season today by sending starting 1B Justin Smoak and prospects to the Seattle Mariners for former Cy Young pitcher Cliff Lee. It’s a bold stroke for a team under such financial distress, especially considering they bested the Yankees on [...]

Back in April of this year, James Hipps and I had Mike Rogers, the bear that always gets his in-the-closet anti-gay politican, on The Gay Agenda on BlogTalkRadio. Now MetroWeekly has done an interview with Mike and it’s worth your time to read. He’s not much of a grandstander. In person, he’s unassuming. He can laugh heartily, but he’s [...]

According to our friends over at MEDIAWEEK, ESPN has received the broadcast rights to ACC football for an undisclosed amount of money. The 12-year agreement also includes men’s and women’s basketball games, plus 22 other collegiate sports and televising conference championships. The rights begin with the 2011-12 academic year through the spring of 2023. Word of the deal [...]

It’s never too early to cuss and discuss college football or college football hotties. Heck we’re T-minus 55 days to kickoff.

The AP and ESPN/USA Today polls will not be out until August but here’s a consolidated look at some of college football’s preseason Top 25 polls:

Well it took some proding from GLAAD and members of the LGBT community but NBC has reversed itself on who will be able to participate in its upcoming “Till Death Do Us Part” feature. Over the past few days TODAY has received a considerable response regarding our wedding contest application. The rules stated that eligible couples [...]

For everyone outside of south Florida, LeBron’s decision to leave Cleveland was brutal. We haven’t witnessed this much useless media attention aimed at one person since….well, since ESPN decided to make Brett Favre’s decision to play or not to play a daily soap opera. Yet there’s so much hypocrisy in the reaction of the media, the fans, [...]

You never know when someone will find something from someones past and put it on the I-Net. I came across this photo on another blog (guarantee it will go viral over the weekend) of Rachel Maddow … yes my beloved one. Sorry Rachel I know ( wink) you read the Focus On The Rainbow blogs but I couldn’t [...]

Cavs’ owner Dan Gilbert’s retort to LeBron James’ decision to play for the Heat makes me think leaving the Cavs was a good idea. Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight; As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, [...]

This past evening James Hipps and I had the pleasure to speak with Troy Michael Smith on the The Gay Agenda  on BlogTalkRadio. Troy is the 2010 Pittsburgh Mr. Gay USA, the 2010 USA Mr. Gay 2nd Runner Up and Pennsylvania’s LGBT Person of The Year for 2010.  This charming young man who is bi-sexual, is well spoken and [...]