The Lady Doth Protest Too Much - Here's a rather defensive piece by the editor of Outsports on the subject of the real motivations behind many gays' interest in sports. With all due respect to Miss Kournakova, I do believe Mr. Ziegler overstates the point. Yes, straight men are pretty sex-obsessed, and there are certainly elements of sports that play into that. But if that was as important as Mr. Ziegler makes it seem, then shouldn't women's sports be more popular, especially among younger men, than they are? In my experience, the many facets of sports - from playing to spectating to discussing last night's game at the water cooler - is far more concerned with the phenomenon of male bonding than it is about sex. I'm reminded of a scene in City Slickers where Daniel Stern's character is reflecting on his relationship with his estranged father. I don't have the direct quotation, but basically he explained that at a time when the two men seemed to have nothing else in common, they found a common language in sports. I've experienced this personally. Socially or in the business world, there is generally no better icebreaker in a conversation with a new (straight) male acquaintence than to start talking about sports. Interestingly, the inability to talk about sports on at least some level can be a real impediment in such circumstances. Lament that if you like, but if libido is what it takes to get some gay men watching the games, then perhaps they will at least find it pays off when [horrors!] the time comes to interact with straight men.