Three weeks from today, April 22, the NFL draft will, for the first time ever, enjoy Thursday night prime time coverage on ESPN. The experts are swooning over the depth of the defensive lineman crop in this year’s draft, but defensive lineman don’t get ratings. If the guys over at ESPN hope to complete against the [...]

For your guilty pleasure, check out the Longhorns’ photos in their underwear at Texas’ 2010 Pro Day. For all of you guys searching for photos of Colt McCoy with his shirt off go here . Otherwise, enjoy Jordan Shipley, Earl Thomas and others below. UPDATE: You can see below I got a message from the Austin-Statesman threatening legal action if [...]

I think I discovered the secret behind Asia’s rise to prominence in baseball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9KGR8J8_Nw

I realize it may not be as important as Major League Baseball but my softball league’s opening day is today. I’m more excited than I will be for the Texas Rangers’ opening-day game next week, possibly because I am in charge of this year’s team. I joined a gay softball league a few years back [...]

Soccer and rugby jocks make up almost half of the remaining bracket in my 2010 Hottest Male Athlete Tournament. Gay sports fans, straight women and lots of bi-curious boys voted up these 16 athletes as the hottest of the 64 who started the tourney. The only remaining Cinderfellas in the March Hotness Tournament is Brazilian-born soccer [...]

Coach K, check, Tom Izzo, check. As the NCAA basketball tournament field whitteled itself down to the Elite Eight, the usual suspects are still hanging around. Normally this is the case, after the dust settles from the drama and hoopla of the first and second rounds, you realize there’s Coach K and Tom Izzo again, one [...]

Florida head coach Urban Meyer is definitely back and in charge of the Gator football program. Earlier this year Meyer announced he would step down due to health reasons, only to take it back the next day. Meyer took some time off but returned to the Gator program earlier this month. Recently a reporter quoted a [...]

This time of year, as NFL teams scout, evaluate and prepare for the NFL draft, head coaches play poker face. Trying to diagnose coach speak can drive you batty, you shouldn’t take anything they say at face value. It’s just the nature of the beast. Pre-draft statements about current players and their positions within the organization, [...]

Its taken me three days to begin experiencing symptoms of basketball withdrawal. I, like may other sports fans, over dosed on college hoops last weekend. When the Sweet 16 starts tomorrow I think things will begin to look a little more familiar. Cinderellas and Favorites With the exception of Kansas, and I know that’s a big exception, [...]

Vote in the Odd Balls Region Second Round Look for the poll under each individual matchup Select your favorite hottie Scroll down to the next match up Vote in the remaining regions (4 regions x 4 contests = 16 total votes) Keep your pants on, especially if you’re at work Odd Balls Region – Second Round sponsored by #1 Kayne Lawton vs #8 [...]

First-round voting in my SportsFag’s 2010 Hottest Male Athlete Tournament concluded with 32 of the world’s hottest male athletes advancing to the second round. How to Vote in the Second Round Click on any region link or photo below and you will see the poll under each individual match up Select your favorite hottie in all four match ups [...]

Vote in the No Balls Region’s Second Round Look for the poll under each individual matchup Select your favorite hottie Scroll down to the next match up Vote in the remaining regions (4 regions x 4 contests = 16 total votes) Keep your pants on, especially if you’re at work No Balls Region – Second Round sponsored by #1 Alex Buscaglia vs #9 [...]

Vote in the Swinger’s Region Second Round Look for the poll under each individual matchup Select your favorite hottie Scroll down to the next match up Vote in the remaining regions (4 regions x 4 contests = 16 total votes) Keep your pants on, especially if you’re at work Swingers Region – Second Round sponsored by #1 Gabe Kapler vs #8 Rick Di [...]

Vote in the Round Balls’ Region Second Round Look for the poll under each individual matchup Select your favorite hottie Scroll down to the next match up Vote in the remaining regions (4 regions x 4 contests = 16 total votes) Keep your pants on, especially if you’re at work Round Balls Region – Second Round sponsored by #1 Cristiano Ronaldo vs JJ [...]

For the first time since news of his strange ‘car accident’ that later revealed marital infedilty, Tiger Woods fielded questions from ESPN and the Golf Channel on Sunday. He arrived without an entourage and had just a few simple rules of engagement; each network was granted five minutes, no topics were off limits and the interview had to [...]

First official day of Spring in Dallas and we’ve got 3 inches of snow on the front lawn . So what’s giving me a sports woody today? There’s no “I” in Farokhmanesh, but there’s a ‘Me” Kansas fell to Northern Iowa on Saturday night and everyone is talking about the ill-advised, game-winning three-point shot from Ali Farokhmanesh . You [...]

Random thoughts in my head that need to be put to paper, so to speak. Joey wins the pole For years I’ve been a Jeff Gordon fan, and will always remain one, but as the younger generation of drivers come along I find myself pulling for Gibbs racing cutie Joey Logano. So amid all of the hype surrounding [...]

The NCAA tournament’s first day offered up dramatic endings and plenty of upsets, something we haven’t seen a lot of in recent years. But with all of the close calls and attention grabbing heroics comes the realization that the actual basketball product stinks. Maybe I’m overreacting a bit, but as I laid in bed watching Texas clank [...]

The SportsFag’s 2010 Hottest Male Athlete Tourney sponsored by No Balls Region First Round #8 Frank Mir vs #9 Reed Sorenson Voting is now closed. Reed Sorenson (62%) defeated Frank Mir (38%) to advance to the second round of the March Hotness Tournament No Balls Region Match ups #1 Alex Buscaglia vs #16 Ryan Sheckler #2 Lewis Hamilton vs #15 Carl Edwards #3 Michael [...]