Sochi Olympics: Kick Butt And Take Names
By Dan Woog The OutField In 1936 it was the Nazis. In 1980, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1984 brought retaliation for 1980. This year, it's treatment [...]
Chicago LGBT Youth Play With The Pros
By Dan Woog The OutField It was big news in April when Jason Collins came out as the first openly gay athlete still active in a major American professional [...]
A Tale Of Two Coming-Out Stories
By Dan Woog The OutField When Jason Collins came out last month, Helen Carroll was furious. The longtime sports project director at the National Center for [...]
Go! Athletes Fields An All-Star Team
By Dan Woog The OutField A team finds success only through teamwork. That's as true off the playing field as on it. Jay Hayes has earned plenty of success on [...]
Coming Out Could Boost Jason Collins' Endorsements
By Chris Isidore (CNN) – For years, the assumption in locker rooms and along Madison Avenue has been that an openly gay athlete could kiss his endorsement [...]
NBA's Jason Collins Comes Out As Gay
By Joe Sterling CNN – It's the biggest move of his career and it's off the court. Jason Collins, who played with the NBA's Boston Celtics and Washington [...]
US Soccer, And All That Trans Jazz
By Dan Woog The OutField Born a male, Jazz began to live as a girl at a young age. Thanks to supportive parents, she was well-adjusted and happy – except for [...]
Philippe Kahn: A role model for all
By Dan Woog The OutField As a volunteer assistant wrestling coach, Philippe Kahn had an easy relationship with the athletes at South High School in Torrance, [...]
Chris Mosier Runs After Hurricane Sandy
By Dan Woog The OutField These days, if you can run, you can raise funds. Every weekend, it seems, there are road races to cure breast cancer, build schools [...]
Chris Billig Is Gay For Soccer
By Dan Woog The OutField The "gay soccer" stories come fast and furious. * Major League Soccer sponsors Spirit Day, encouraging players and fans to wear [...]
Major League Soccer Kicks Boy Scouts
By Dan Woog The OutField Last month, after a two-year, super-secret study by a group of unnamed people, the Boy Scouts of America announced that their next [...]
