OutKick 2023 victory lap: Best stories from a year of being fearless and having all the fun

The athlete hopes ‘Gaines for Girls’ podcast can provide awareness, truth on critical issues

It’s been quite the year for OutKick. And the end of 2023 is a perfect time to look back at what our fearless site did well.

Call it a victory lap of sorts.

From Clay Travis’ home-and-home interviews with Stephen A. Smith to Bobby Burack pointing out the lies of Deadspin, 2023 was a year of keeping an open mind and holding people accountable, two trademark traits of OutKick.

Here in no particular order are a handful of our favorite stories from the past 12 months, and you can bet that the majority are stories you would only find on OutKick Dot Com:

Jun 16, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Gerald Garth, LA Pride Board president applauds as sister Unity and sister Dominia of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are given the Community Hero Award on Pride Night prior to the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)

OutKick’s Ian Miller filmed the Dodgers’ sad attempt to hide a shameful presentation.

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Riley Gaines gives a speech at Penn State. (Riley Gaines)

OutKick’s Bobby Burack helped get a wrong righted here, even if it wasn’t acknowledged.

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OutKick founder and all-around badass Clay Travis did a home-and-home interview series with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, first on Smith’s "Know Mercy" podcast and later on Clay’s OutKick The Show. We want to hear ALL sides at OutKick.

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Accusing a kid of wearing blackface was a new low, even for Deadspin.

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OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske went to Cambridge and documented the lunacy he encountered.

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LSU head coach Kim