News from France is all about the World Cup loss, but don’t forget that Amelie Mauresmo won her first title at Wimbledon on Saturday, beating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final. She’s long been dogged by talk of her nerves when it comes to big matches, but she bounced back from a first set loss and […]

The Daily News‘ Michael O’Keeffe has a great piece up about New York Giants defensive end Michale Strahan who’s currently undergoing a very nasty, very public split from his wife. In case you hadn’t caught the tabloid headlines a few days ago, the soon-to-be-ex briefly alleged that Strahan dabbled in an “alternative lifestyle.” Instead of […]

Hothouse has fond memories of rugby players in college—the lady ones of course. So while we were thrilled to hear about the gay rugby players descending on Randall’s Island this weekend for the 2006 Bingham Cup (named in honor of Mark Bingham, a gay rugby player who died on Flight 93), we were wondering where, […]

Rene Portland—the Penn State basketball coach who was reprimanded for discriminating against a player because she thought the player was gay—is pissed. She gave an interview to the AP lashing back at the player and the gay rights group that backed her, accusing both of trying to ruin her reputation. Lost in that tirade though […]

Bille Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer premieres at 10 p.m. and pays worthy homage to the tennis star who made the world safe for women athletes everywhere. Her “Battle of the Sexes” match against Bobby Riggs in 1973 may have been a sideshow, but as New York magazine notes, “…had Billie Jean lost, so […]

Catching those ladies on skates will be a lot easier come next month. The Gotham Girls roller derby league will be moving to Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus after their previous base, the Skate Key in the Bronx, closed down last month. The move to the Schwartz Athletic Center is only temporary though—they’re still looking […]

You all recall Rene Portland, the Penn State basketball coach who was accused of harassing women on her team who she perceived to be lesbians? Well after a six-month investigation, the university concluded that Portland had indeed discriminated against former player Jennifer Harris, who Portland essentially ran off the team because she believed Harris was […]

The Big Apple Softball League is having its spring sign-up this Saturday at Chelsea Park (10Ave @ 28th St.) at 11 a.m. Bring your glove and don’t embarrass us. We’re expecting the lesbians to represent.

Lesbian tennis star Amelie Mauresmo reclaimed the number one ranking on the WTA tour over the weekend.

Figure skater Johnny Weir has become a fast Hothouse favorite in the week since the Olympics began. We read article after article about him, bemused the way writers gave him the Queer Eye treatment—listing his flashy costumes, his Fendi scarves, and his “princess-y” lingo—as a not-so-subtle way of telegraphing which way the 21-year-old may or […]