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Former New York Mets center fielder and multiple felon Lenny Dykstra this week told a dumbfounded Fox Sports host that he hired private investigators to dig up dirt on umpires, some of them gay, from whom he then extorted favorable game decisions. CBS Sports reports: “Their blood is just as red as ours. Some of them like women, some of …

Fox Sports was experimenting some techmological differences tonight when their signal cut out during Game One of the World Series. Twitter erupted into mocking memes, some of which came from irritated celebrities. After several minutes the signal was picked up by a competing network which kindly allowed Fox to use their feed until things were squared away. Hit the link …

Philly.com reports: West Philly’s Yusaf Mack is known for his boxing. But it’s his sexual prowess that has people buzzing. He appears in a new porn video that’s caused a bit of a local scandal. And it’s not just any porn video but a particularly graphic one that shows him engaging in a threesome with two other men. Mack, a …

Fox News reporter Todd Starnes and Westboro Baptist Church both LOVE anti-gay New York Mets star infielder Daniel Murphy, who is the target of a New York Daily News op-ed piece which came after the Mets won the National League pennant. Earlier this year Murphy got very upset when Major League Baseball Ambassador for Inclusion Billy Bean visited the Mets …

From the New York Daily News: The Giants came out strong in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender athletes on Sunday with a star-studded video to help promote the You Can Play Project – an organization dedicated to the rights of LGBT coaches and athletes in sports. The video features six prominent Giants, including Victor Cruz and Prince Amukamara, …

ESPN reports: Gus Kenworthy started coming out to his family and closest friends nearly two years ago. His mom said she knew. His brother said he was proud. His best friend 
voiced unrelenting support. And if Gus Kenworthy were an average 24-year-old, the announcement — the story — might have ended there. But Gus Kenworthy is not an average 24-year-old. …

Last week Houston Texans owner Bob McNair wrote a fat check to the viciously anti-gay coalition seeking to repeal Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance. Today former Minnesota Vikings punter and staunch LGBT ally Chris Kluwe sends McNair as BLISTERING open letter. An excerpt: You may not have heard, but the NFL has been working really hard to clean up its image …

US Magazine reports: Bengals in the buff! The NFL Network accidentally showed naked Cincinnati Bengals players during a postgame locker room interview with the team’s defensive back Adam Jones this past Sunday, Oct. 18. The reporter, Albert Breer — who, like many of his football colleagues, is accustomed to locker room nudity — seemed unfazed by the naked players in …

Yesterday news broke that Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has written a $10,000 check to the viciously anti-gay coalition that has placed a repeal of Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance on the November ballot. JMG reader Andrew wrote a complaining letter to the team and this is the response he got back: “Our team Founder, Chairman and CEO, Bob McNair made …

“The owner of the NFL’s Houston Texans isn’t used to sitting on the sidelines — and he doesn’t plan to in the city’s bathroom ordinance debate. With time ticking down to one of the most watched ballot referendums in the country, Bob McNair is joining the team to repeal Houston’s so-called ‘Equal Rights Ordinance’ (HERO). A long-time conservative, the football …

NCAA basketball now has its first openly gay coach. USA Today has the story: Chris Burns stands before his players in Bryant University’s men’s basketball locker room. He is shaking, yet resolute. He’s rehearsed this conversation in his head dozens of times. But that’s just practice. This is game time. “There are parts of this business that lead me to …

Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart says that he’s not gay and has never dated Andrew Caldwell, the infamous “I’m not gay no more” guy – despite such claims by Caldwell, who is apparently NOT not gay no more. TMZ Sports reports: The rumors started when Caldwell went on a radio show last week and proclaimed the two were in …

Via the Times Of Israel: Iranian soccer fans were left reeling earlier this week after eight members of the women’s national team were found to be men, the Al-Arabiya website reported on Monday. Mojtabi Sharifi, described as an official connected to the Iranian soccer league, said that the footballers “have been playing with Iran’s female team without completing sex change …

Legendary Yankees catcher and famed wordsmith Yogi Berra has died at the age of 90.  Yahoo Sports has the obituary: New York Yankees icon, and Hall of Fame catcher, Yogi Berra has died at the age of 90 late Tuesday night. The Yogi Berra Museum was first to break the news, which was confirmed by MLB. On the field, Berra …

In our second kiss cam story today, the New York Mets have announced that their kiss cam will no longer feature opposing players as a “joke” to the fans in the stadium. CNN reports: The kiss cam will continue, said Jay Horwitz, vice president of media relations, but it will no longer feature players in the heart-shaped frame in an …

NBC reports: The Atlanta Braves’ “Kiss Cam” entertainment at Turner Field featured a famous couple Thursday night: former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn. The two were in their usual seats near the Braves dugout during a 5-0 loss to Toronto, and they received a loud cheer when shown on the video board. Carter kissed his wife and then gave …

USA Today reports: When he was a student, Princeton coach Bob Surace wrote a thesis paper on baseball great Jackie Robinson breaking down racial barriers through the sports world. He wrote about the courage and strength Robinson exuded on the quest for equality. On Tuesday, Surace got to be a part of a story he believes to offer the same …

Going viral today is a rather amazing recreation of the famed Animal House toga party scene. AdWeek has the details: Nike celebrates its deep ties to the University of Oregon in a new, feel-good ad—featuring a horde of notable alumni (mostly sports stars, but also Modern Family actor Ty Burrell and ESPN anchor Neil Everett)—that recreates the famous toga-party scene …

Excellent new web campaign from Guinness Beer. Clip recap: Gareth Thomas: Never Alone tells the story of how the former Wales captain’s greatest fear wasn’t the opposition he faced on the pitch, but the fear of rejection from everything he had known, because of his sexuality. The film celebrates the courage of Gareth, and most importantly, the empathy shown by …