Outsports Radio

Hello, Lovelies! Brian Bell is taking a spell from the discourse to chat about some fun wrestling matches that he showed his partner, KC. First up, we take a look at the recent battle across Brooklyn for the ringlight championship between MV Young and Pinkie Sanchez. Then, we revisit Billy Dixon and Ariela Nyx's Bronx Bodega Brawl from Uncanny Attractions' Drags & Dropkicks: A Nightmare on Wyckoff Ave. Prepare for fun! Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show 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 sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trans sprinter Valentina Petrillo talks about her ambition to compete in the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics, about her transition, her family and a film about her life by Elisa Mereghetti of Ethnos Films. She joined us via Zoom from Italy. This week you can watch our conversation as well as listen by clicking here! Password is: 6j@yC52% Thank you to Elisa for providing translation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever since my first baseball roadtrip to Cincinnati in 1988, I've set a goal of seeing a game in every major league ballpark. Some people are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them, I drive 500 miles to see the damn Pirates. So far, I've been to 34 ballparks (21 current ones) and in this episode, I'm flying solo to give you my quick impressions about half of them. It will not shock you to learn that Pittsburgh and San Francisco completely live up to the hype but you know what parks are also sublime? Kansas City and San Diego! Also: learn about the first place I ever went to a Pride Night! Spoiler alert: I had to leave the country to do so... Check out my ballpark #TBT pics on my Insta: @kenthinguy And if you have suggestions for where I should visit next, give me a shout on Twitter: @KenSchultz_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! Don't worry if you feel the ground trembling under you this week because we have a kaiju on the show this week. A Big Bad Kaiju to be precise. Veteran wrestler O'Shay Edwards came out as bisexual during Pride month and he stops by to tell Brian Bell about what led him to announcing his truth openly for the first time. Plus Ahmed Johnson's role in his wrestling origins and why Ring of Honor is where he ultimately wants ply his trade. Stay ready. Follow O'Shay Edwards on Twitter: @AllDamnDayOShay Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show 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 sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The host of the popular Outsports podcast Level Playing Field, Randy Boose, returns from hiatus to share his story with Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis, including his struggle with suicide, coming out as bisexual and being the proud dad of a teenager. Plus we talk about our shared love of Star Trek: Picard, Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Kinney came out publicly on Outsports, and now he joins us to talk about the reaction to his story. He also shares more details about some of the interesting parts of his story, including his distaste for labeling his sexual orientation, his experience at the 2018 Winter Olympics, including meeting and coming out to Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy, and his hopes of now representing the United States as an out LGBTQ man. Kinney also talks about being a multiracial LGBTQ athlete competing for Japan and then the United States, each of which presented different challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh off a week of overnight radio shows, Alex hosts his second mailbag episode, answering questions about his desire to debate with thick-headed Republicans and newfound proclivity for haircuts. Alex also talks about a coming out story featuring a staffer at CBS Sports, and the support he received from NFL legends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well, hey, look at that! We're gonna have baseball in 2020*! *raging nationwide pandemic permitting Because a 60 game season is going to be almost completely unprecedented, I'm joined by former Cooperstown mayor Jeff Katz to talk about what we might expect this year. Jeff wrote Split Season: 1981, the definitive look at the last time baseball played with a drastically shortened schedule, and he tells us what we might be comparable in 2020. Plus we review MLB's tenuous labor peace (thankfully with very little mention of Commissioner Who Must Not Be Named) and check in on how the coronavirus has made summer in Cooperstown take a turn for the eerie. Purchase Split Season: 1981 for Kindle here! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @SplitSeason1981 Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! The last week has seen a deluge of survivors speak out about systemic issues of abuse, predation, manipulation and sexual assault within the pro wrestling industry thanks to the #SpeakingOut movement. Emily Mae Heller (Afterbuzz TV, Safe Wrestling Collective) joins host Brian Bell to discuss the movement, the goals of the Safe Wrestling Collective and how pro wrestling makes true, lasting positive changes that ensure the safety of everyone within it. Survivors are valid. Believe survivors. Follow the Safe Wrestling Collective on Twitter: @SafeWrestlingCo Visit www.safewrestlingcollective.org for more information on the Safe Wrestling Collective. Follow Emily Mae Heller on Twitter: @emilymaeheller Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show 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

Mitch Harrison of Kenai, Alaska beams up from the Titan Arena following his hard-fought competition on this week's exciting episode of NBC's The Titan Games, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Some of Mitch's friends found out he's a transgender man by watching him compete on national TV. He shared stories with Dawn and Karleigh of the action behind the scenes, his transition, his conflict with the Church of Latter Day Saints, and finding love. Plus, Mitch reveals how he's now at peace after the most difficult part of his transition: losing the support of members of his family. Mitch is a former star high school and NCAA basketball player who is excited about being a role model for trans youth. And it turns out he and his super-supportive wife are Trekkies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Swimmer Erica Sullivan committed to swim for USC at 16, in the midst of dealing with the death of her father, coming out and mental health issues that consumed her. She talks with Cyd Zeigler for Five Rings To Rule Them All about the positive effects of therapy and her journey to coming out as gay. She's now a top Team USA prospect to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, something she didn't image just four years ago. She's since decommitted from USC to focus on making a run at gold in Tokyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you like me? When you watched ESPN's Long Gone Summer doc, did you think, "Hey, wasn't Sammy Sosa supposed to be in this?" 66 homers ain't what it used to be, apparently. So on today's episode, I'm joined by longtime friends of the pod Kevin McCaffrey and Adam Mamawala (Away Games Podcast) to look back on the thrilling, regrettable, wonderful, and downright odd ride Sammy took all of us on during the summer of 1998. It's what made Adam a baseball fan, gave Kevin a firsthand look at a milestone, and enabled me to give a Cub superstar a curtain call in Pittsburgh. The three of us have strikingly different views on Sammy's season now but at the time, he definitely made it cool to be a baseball fan again. Remember when that was a thing? Also: Rob Manfred sucks. Baseball owners suck. Abolish capitalism. You know the deal. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @KevinMcCaff @AdamMamawala @AwayGamesPod Insta: @kenthinguy @kevinmccaff @adammamawala @awaygamespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We're back this week with a full rundown of WWE Backlash. Patches Chance (Daily DDT, Bell To Belles) joins host Brian Bell to analyze the card, including a stellar hoss fight, an all-time clinic & yet another example of WWE's belief that racial caricatures equal hilarity. We also chat about WWE's continued mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic and Evolve ceasing operations indefinitely. Follow Patches Chance on Twitter: @patcheschance Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show 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 sarahandthesafeword.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's edition of "The Sports Kiki," Alex Reimer speaks with Gerald Bostock, the only surviving person at the center of the three landmark LGBTQ workplace-discrimination suits that were settled by the Supreme Court this week. Alex and Gerald talk about his reaction to the ruling, and how playing in a LGBTQ softball league changed his life forever. Gerald says he wouldn't take it back for anything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's landmark ruling on trans and gay rights by the Supreme Court is our main topic of discussion as competitive sailor and sailmaker Stephanie Helms beams up to The Trans Sporter Room. She shares stories of her transition and achievements on the water, plus we chat about one of her favorite works of science fiction: Dune. And we're still waiting for Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont to clarify where he stands on the issue of trans student athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex chats with Outsports contributor and stand-up comedian Ken Schultz about how athlete activism has become mainstream, from the NFL declaring "Black Lives Matter" to WNBA guard Natasha Cloud signing a lucrative endorsement deal with Converse for her outspoken views. Actions matter more than words, but right now, we are in the midst of a seismic shift. Silence is no longer safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! As protests in response to police brutality continue worldwide, we're continuing our frank discussions regarding Black Lives Matter this week with a special focus on Black trans lives within the movement. Brian Bell's partner, KC, joins the show to discuss the circumstances around the killing of Tony McDade, Black trans erasure within the greater BLM movement and why these kinds of social cause can't leave self-contained marginalized communities behind in the quest for change. Tony McDade. Nina Pop. Monika Diamond. Iyanna Dior. Black Trans Lives Matter. See how you can support Black trans voices here. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show 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 sarahandthes

Transgender mountain biker Kate Weatherly beams up from New Zealand, to discuss the worldwide reaction to the killing of George Floyd, her transition, her boyfriend and literally breaking her neck in competition. Plus Kate boasts she has an encyclopedic knowledge of her favorite sci-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, Alex Reimer chats with openly gay former Greco Roman Wrestler and community advocate Akil Patterson about systemic racism and police brutality in America, and real solutions to improve the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies. With protests and civil disobedience taking to the streets across the U.S. and beyond, Brian Bell welcomes pro wrestlers Russell Rogue & Devon Monroe and F1ght Club Pro Wrestling's Chris Harris for a powerful, vulnerable discussion about the fallout from George Floyd's death. From the mood on the ground within the movement and media representation to continued erasure of black trans victims, we touch on the expanded fervor for the Black Lives Matter campaign and how all levels of pro wrestling have engaged with the movement. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter Follow Russell Rouge on Twitter: @itsrussellrogue Follow Devon Monroe on Twitter: @TheDevonMonroe Follow Chris Harris on Twitter: @TheChrisKazama Follow F1ght Club Pro Wrestling on Twitter: @PAWD_WC Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod Click here for a full list of resources and funds aiding protesters and marginalized communities. The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar i