In Sports

Brittney Griner, the newest member of the Phoenix Mercury and the number-one WNBA draft pick, took the stage with characteristic style and swagger at...
2013-05-13 13:50
Despite being taller and tougher than the other kids at school, Brittney Griner, the WNBA's number one draft pick and two-time Naismith Trophy winner...
2013-05-07 06:52

More Sports

While the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team was poised to beat the UCLA men’s team for the longest winning streak in college hoops – 89 games – the powers...
2010-12-28 12:45
When some people think of sports, they don't necessarily think about gays — a big mistake. Here is just a slice of some of 2010's biggest stories within the overlap of LGBT people and sports....
2010-12-27 15:20
The husband of boxing star Christy Martin will face a judge Wednesday afternoon on charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for allegedly attacking his...
2010-12-22 11:01
The journey is almost over – or just beginning --  for the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team after an 81-50 victory over Ohio State Sunday in the Maggie Dixon Classic...
2010-12-21 13:45
Lisa Howe, the former women's soccer coach at Belmont University, and some members of her team discuss her departure from the Tennessee school upon revealing last month that she is a lesbian.
2010-12-20 09:14
The University of Minnesota is denying claims that it demoted the women's golf team's associate coach because she is a lesbian, after she was allegedly hired under a different job description. Katie...
2010-12-10 18:01
Tennis great and breast cancer survivor Martina Navratilova was forced to prematurely end her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro and is now recovering in a Nairobi, Kenya, hospital. The openly lesbian tennis...
2010-12-10 11:57
Students stood outside the president of Belmont University's office to call for change after lesbian soccer coach Lisa Howe told administrators that her partner was pregnant and due to give birth...
2010-12-09 12:56
After the president of Belmont University, Bob Fisher, said Wednesday that his school welcomes gay and lesbian students and staff, Lisa Howe, the women's soccer coach who was reportedly pressured to...
2010-12-09 10:41
Mike Curb, a major donor to the Nashville university and trustee emeritus, is urging the school to rehire its women's soccer coach, Lisa Howe, who he says was fired after coming out as a lesbian to...
2010-12-08 11:39