Outsports Radio

This week former Disney employees Dawn and Karleigh reconnect with another former castmember: Clayton Sandell who reported on some of the biggest stories of the last decade for ABC News. Among his most memorable are his reports on Star Wars, which number more than a dozen! Watch them all at this link: https://claytonsandell.com/star-wars-stories Follow Clayton on Twitter by clicking here: https://twitter.com/Clayton_Sandell and on Instagram by clicking here: https://www.instagram.com/claytonsandell Follow us on Twitter @TransSporterRm, Dawn is @lifeafterdawn and Karleigh is at @chardonnayM and on Instagram at @rocketdyne1965 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DJ Guate joins D.Gil for this special Mother's Day addition of The GAMEDAY TEA to discuss her personal journey about becoming a mother and what motherhood means to her. This is a personal and raw episode that will leave you having more respect for so many women out there who are moms. Twitter & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There has never been an out transgender athlete to qualify for, or compete at, an Olympic or Paralympic Games. Until now. With the announcement that New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has qualified for the Games, we turn our attention to all of the trans athletes who are hoping to compete in Tokyo. And we know of at least seven of them, competing in volleyball, track and field and other sports. How many will we see at the Tokyo Olympic Games? We'll find out in the coming weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex catches up with sports radio host Jared Max, who came out publicly as gay on ESPN New York in 2011. Alex and Jared talk about the changing climate of sports media, how to keep sports radio interesting, and the allure of radio overall. These two radio geeks most certainly geek out! Follow Jared on Twitter, @jared_max. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I'll be honest, I didn't have "Mets fans booing Francisco Lindor by the end of April" on my 2021 baseball bingo card. But so far, the highlight of his season has been wearing Eddie Murphy's Coming to America jacket to Spring Training. And all of Queens has been responding to him as if he just shouted "Good morning, my neighbors!" On today's episode, Youtuber and Friend of the Pod Melody Maia Monet is back to figure out what on earth has led to Lindor's hellacious early season slump and what he can do to get out of it. Take some $300 million contract pressure, add some good old fashioned New York sports fan rage, mix in a little deadened baseball, and simmer it in a swing that suddenly look as coordinated as Elaine Benes on the dance floor and you have Mr. Smile's current predicament. We also talk about Jacob deGrom's astounding dominance, the Mets' lineup's equally astounding ability to make it look like they're somehow facing deGrom every time he pitches, and the team's weird run of sad sack second basemen.

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome Em Fear and Meg Fair from the Grit & Glitter podcast to the show to relive all the majesty of MV Young's Polyam Cult Party 3! They and Brian tackle everything from the ridiculousness of the Brothers of Digestion to the tearjerking culmination of Ziggy Haim's championship quest and LGBTQ Pride bubbling over the pansexual fence. They also discuss the significance of MV Young vs. Jody, the birth of Athrun Amada and and the simp-filled Scrumble match! Follow Em Fear on Twitter: @Forkedpgh Follow Meg Fair on Twitter: @glitterxgoblin Follow Grit & Glitter on Twitter : @gritglitterpod and Patreon Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music o

Our guest Dr. Bethany Grace Howe knows Caitlyn Jenner better than anyone we know. She reacts to hearing the wanna-be-candidate in her own words, from an interview with Dawn Ennis for this podcast in April 2020: “I think every trans person, if they’re into athletics, should have an opportunity to compete and to improve themselves. I think sports is such a great way to learn a lot about yourself. And yeah, I want to, hopefully they’ll have the opportunity in the future to do whatever they can do. I’m all for it. I’m all for it.” Follow the anti-trans bills sweeping the country by going to trans athlete and advocate Chris Mosier's excellent site: https://www.transathlete.com/take-action Read about Dr. Howe's efforts to help her neighbors in Oregon who have been devastated by wildfires here: https://www.thenewsguard.com/news/nonprofit-for-fire-relief-appoints-new-director/article_86aa3a6a-4bc9-11eb-af7b-4f7ab75ed42f.html and please consider making a donation by clicking here: https://echo-mountain-fire-relief.squ

The 2021 NFL draft was this past weekend and D.Gil has all the tea to spill. D.Gil discusses "draft grades" while stating favorite draft picks from each team and throws shade along the way. You'll learn information about certain players and he even gives his way to early Super Bowl picks (shocker Tom Brady is mentioned). This guy knows his stuff. Be You, Be True, and Be Fierce! Instagram Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the Tokoo Summer Olympics approaching, romance novelist Rachel Spangler wanted to share with her fans a story about an Olympic athlete falling in love with her coach. Spangler wrote 'Thrust' in the hopes of capturing the imagination of people looking to watch the upcoming Olympic Games. The story centers on a world-class fencer who falls in love with the coach who aims for coaching her athlete to Olympic gold. Spangler talks with Five Rings To Rule Them All about her own sports background and why she chose to center her latest novel around the world of the little-known sport of fencing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex chats with Julie Kliegman of Sports Illustrated about coming out as non-binary and asexual, and what those identities mean to her. They also talk about the importance of supporting diversity in sports media. Follow Julie on Twitter, @jmkliegman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During the offseason, there was one dream match-up every baseball fan had circled on the schedule: Padres vs. Dodgers. And after the first two series between those teams, this reborn rivalry has exceeded everyone's expectations. Friend of the pod Kevin McCaffrey (Away Games Podcast) is back because this is the kind of series that makes you want to talk to awesome people about how awesome baseball is. To borrow from my Outsports colleague Brian Bell, there's nothing more compelling than a good Face vs. Heel match. The Padres have a whole roster of babyfaces: Fernando Tatís Jr, Yu Darvish, Eric Hosmer, Victor Caratini... And the Dodgers have one giant heel: Trevor Bauer. As if to emphasize his Trevor Bauerness, this week he decided to go after Tatís on twitter with a "You and Manny Machado are so gay HUR HUR HUR" joke. In 2021. Watching Tatís troll Bauer in multiple unique and distinct ways should earn him a unanimous MVP. Or at the very least, a Presidential Medal of Freedom. To top it off, I also propose a so

Hello, Lovelies! We embrace chaos this week as "The King of Chaos" Logan Black joins the show. In his first interview since coming out as LGBTQ, Black goes in-depth on what spurred him to come out, how feeling he wasn't "queer enough" kept him closeted and why wrestling on the inaugural Butch vs. Gore event impacted him. Black and Brian Bell also discuss his 15-year career, training the next generation of wrestlers, Black's own podcast, The Year One Wrestling Podcast, and working to change the culture of pro wrestling! Follow Logan Black on Twitter: @KingOfChaosNYC Follow The Year One Wrestling Podcast on Twitter: @Year1Pod Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify a

The author of the seminal book on the transgender experience, Whipping Girl, Excluded, and a debut novel, 99 Erics, Julia Serano is our guest this week. She discusses her essay on Medium, The Dregerian Narrative, exploring anti-trans hate and the labeling of trans people as "activists" simply for being. Plus, Serano shares her appreciation for Sci-Fi and talks about her experience as a musician, songwriter and spoken word poet. Karleigh and Dawn also have news of more trans murders, the dismissal of a lawsuit by an extremist Christian legal group that sought to ban trans girls from competing with cisgender girls as student-athletes in Connecticut, and a big win for out trans racer Charlie Martin in the U.K. Follow Julia Serano on Twitter @JuliaSerano This is a special expanded episode given our special guest so click here so you can also watch the unedited raw video of our conversation on YouTube! https://youtu.be/UR1ptQuHkC0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuing with our baseball theme for the month, Texas Rangers media writer Alex Plinck joins D.Gil to discuss his unique coming out story on this weeks episode. Alex shares his ups and downs while giving listeners a somewhat familiar feeling on what its like going through a LGBTQ+ coming out journey. Read more about Alex's coming out story here: For gay Texas Rangers writer, life turned sweet after he hit bottom - Outsports Instagram: TheGAMEDAYTEA (@thegamedaytea) Twitter: The GAMEDAY TEA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aoife Cooke, who already has a national championship, officially qualified for the Olympics in the marathon at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. The Irish athlete, who competed collegiately in the United States for Arkansas Tech, punch her ticket over the weekend. For Cooke, being an out athlete is important as she understands the impact visibility has on other athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex welcomes back soccer writer Jeff Rueter of The Athletic to the show this week. They talk about the MLS' delayed suspension of Sebastian Lletget and the disturbing prevalence of hate speech throughout soccer. Alex also shares why the Super League blow up is his favorite sports story in a long time. Follow Jeff on Twitter, @JeffRueter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Baseball is a game of traditions and this baseball podcast is no different. One of the biggest 3SYO traditions is that every time the White Sox throw a no-hitter, I invite friend of the pod Fritz Nothnagel (Punches and Punchlines) to celebrate it. EXTREMELY ZERO MOSTEL VOICE: Tradition! Tradition! This time, the honors went to Carlos Rodón, a former first round pick who has struggled to find consistency at the major league level. But the beauty of baseball is that sometimes it all comes together for one special game--and Rodón was almost perfect until hitting a batter in the ankle with two outs to go. We also discuss Tony LaRussa's attempt to answer the question "What is bullpen?" as well as the seemingly effortless brilliance of Luis Robert and the surprise emergence of Yermin Mercedes, a player who was seemingly born to sign a luxury car endorsement. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @fncomedy Insta: @kenthinguy @punchesandpunchlines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We're going international again this week as we welcome Leo London to the show. London and Brian Bell chat about his work in Winnipeg's Premiere Championship Wrestling, being a favorite of Kenny Omega and his World of Sport wrestling origins. He also shares how wrestling reconnected him with his brother and tag team partner and how his in-ring work helped him find his voice to come out publicly as LGBTQ! Follow Leo London on Twitter: @LeoLondon23 Check out Leo London's YouTube channel here Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including

Hello, Lovelies! Our coverage of WrestleMania week comes to a close as Brian Bell welcomes back their partner, KC, to chat about Allie Kat's Real Hot Girl Shit. The event highlighted some of the brightest women in pro wrestling today, including Dark Sheik, Edith Surreal and Allie Kat herself! Brian and KC share their favorite matches, laud Brooke Valentine's acting chops and marvel Billie Starkz' level of talent at only 16 years old! And, of course, there is the Grey Sweatpants Battle Royal: Faye Jackson's last gift to pro wrestling and a truly unique, unapologetic reframing of sexualization in pro wrestling in the best way. Are you trying to see something? Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and

Hello, Lovelies! We're putting a bow on WrestleMania week today, starting with a chat about GCW For The Culture. Brian Bell and their partner, KC, recap AJ Gray's showcase of BIPOC pro wrestling talent. They touch on the return of Darius Lockhart, Lio Rush and Lee Moriarty's wrestling clinic and the electricity of Fire & Flava vs. Thick & Juicy 2.0! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod  The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT for a 5-day free trial. Learn more abo