Hot New (Gay) Hockey Series on CRAVE: Heated Rivalry

[jeezifonly]

On 2/24/2026 at 11:04 AM, jeezopete said:

Beautiful, beautiful place and a great value for those prices!! It's absolutely going to booked up for years given the rabid fans of the books/series.

For an extra fee, you can be surprised by an intruder at an uncomfortable moment not of your choosing. 😲

[jeezifonly]

We finally had the time to watch this. I admit to being surprised by the level of acting work done by the two stars. And, like every series with a perfect ending, I expect they'll ruin the effect with more episodes. 

[TonyDown]

On 2/20/2026 at 3:48 PM, TonyDown said:

The Olympic Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena includes a stadium organ.  Watching the game today, I noticed the organ medley playing included the refrain from All the Things She Said, on a loop.

This is not enough
This is not enough

I know hockey arenas in many places play All the Things She Said.  That the Olympic venue joined the homage to Heated Rivalry was extra cool.  👏🏻

The men's gold medal game will be on Sunday.  It may seem apropos for Heated Rivalry fans that Canada will compete in the gold medal match.

 

Circling back to the Olympics and Heated Rivalry,  Connor Storrie hosted SNL tonight.

Members of the USA men's and women's gold medal teams appeared alongside Connor.

 

Hudson Williams made a surprise appearance.  Was pretty good. 👍🏻

Edited March 1 by TonyDown

[Becket]

SNL with Storrie had a few good moments. But it seemed like all SNL shows these days, kinda MEH.

Nice to see Connor and Hudson together for a few moments. They really seem to get along well.

[Becket]

I noticed they have made a sequel to movie, Red, White, and Royal Blue.  That was a mildly entertaining story with two very attractive guys who fall in love. But there was little if any nudity. I don't remember seeing even half an ass. And the "sex scene" was very unrealistic.

Just wondering if the success of Heated Rivalry encouraged the powers that be in that movie to up their game a bit and make the sequel a bit more spicy. Here's hoping, because the two main characters were very good looking.

Edited March 1 by Becket

[samhexum]

The show was hosted by “Heated Rivalry” actor Connor Storrie, and at the end of his monologue, the Hughes brothers joined him on stage and pretended they had no idea what “Heated Rivalry” was about.

“We’ve been so busy playing, we haven’t had time to see your show yet. It’s about hockey, right?” Jack said, through some missing teeth after being high-sticked late in the third period of the gold-medal game.

“Kind of,” Storrie deadpanned.

“I got my teeth knocked out in the finals. Does that happen in your show?” Jack said.

“Metaphorically,” Storrie, with a wink, said.

“What team do you play on?” Quinn asked.

When told the Boston Raiders, Jack asked what league that was in.

“The HBO,” Storrie joked.

[+ Gar1eth]

13 hours ago, Becket said:

SNL with Storrie had a few good moments. But it seemed like all SNL shows these days, kinda MEH.

Nice to see Connor and Hudson together for a few moments. They really seem to get along well.

I agree. I thought Connor did well in his skits. But the skits just weren't that funny. Even Weekend Update which I normally enjoy wasn't that funny. I realize the attack on Iran is topical. And I may just be an old fuddy-duddy. But people are dying over there.  I don't really think it's an appropriate subject for comedy. 

[TonyDown]

19 hours ago, TonyDown said:

 

Circling back to the Olympics and Heated Rivalry,  Connor Storrie hosted SNL tonight.

Members of the USA men's and women's gold medal teams appeared alongside Connor.

 

Hudson Williams made a surprise appearance.  Was pretty good. 👍🏻

Overall I enjoyed the show.  Great music.  Connor was perfect.

Yeah one of the skits was weird but Connor still executed.  I'm sure he'll be invited back in the future for his next big acting gig.

[d.anders]

19 hours ago, Becket said:

SNL with Storrie had a few good moments. But it seemed like all SNL shows these days, kinda MEH.

I'm still waiting to find some laughs. 

Connor did just fine, but SNL sorely needs some new writers. I was surprised they got Connor to undress for a skit. Looks like he's all in, at least for now.

[dutchal]

On 3/1/2026 at 5:52 AM, Becket said:

I noticed they have made a sequel to movie, Red, White, and Royal Blue.  That was a mildly entertaining story with two very attractive guys who fall in love. But there was little if any nudity. I don't remember seeing even half an ass. And the "sex scene" was very unrealistic.

Just wondering if the success of Heated Rivalry encouraged the powers that be in that movie to up their game a bit and make the sequel a bit more spicy. Here's hoping, because the two main characters were very good looking.

There was one scene where we got a full view of Taylor Zakhar Perez's behind.

[dutchal]

11 hours ago, d.anders said:

Connor did just fine, but SNL sorely needs some new writers.

Boy, I'll say.  SNL had always had at least some skits that should have been sent to rewrite or junked entirely, but they dominated in this episode.

Connor (a) was very touching in how sincere he was about the honor of hosting and his thanks to all those who made it possible, and (b) easily set off every gaydar within viewing distance.

[jeezifonly]

On 3/1/2026 at 2:52 AM, Becket said:

I noticed they have made a sequel to movie, Red, White, and Royal Blue.  That was a mildly entertaining story with two very attractive guys who fall in love. But there was little if any nudity. I don't remember seeing even half an ass. And the "sex scene" was very unrealistic.

Just wondering if the success of Heated Rivalry encouraged the powers that be in that movie to up their game a bit and make the sequel a bit more spicy. Here's hoping, because the two main characters were very good looking.

I found little to compare between the two series aside from really attractive leading men. 

[dutchal]

On 3/1/2026 at 5:52 AM, Becket said:

I noticed they have made a sequel to movie, Red, White, and Royal Blue.  That was a mildly entertaining story with two very attractive guys who fall in love. But there was little if any nudity. I don't remember seeing even half an ass. And the "sex scene" was very unrealistic.

I've seen this criticism before.  Why/How was it unrealistic?

I've seen the same criticism of Brokeback Mountain, and don't understand that either.

[+ purplekow]

10 minutes ago, dutchal said:

I've seen this criticism before.  Why/How was it unrealistic?

I've seen the same criticism of Brokeback Mountain, and don't understand that either.

These are entertainment movies not documentaries.  Reality rarely is a major factor in movies.  The entire Marvel Universe for example.  At some point, when watching entertainment fare, you just need to let go of reality.  That is what entertainment is designed to do.  

[samhexum]

A 16 1/2 minute 2 character Storrie:
there's a SPECIAL THANKS list in the closing credits and Connor's dad is at the top.

Edited March 3 by samhexum
for a colorful reason

[d.anders]

Here's publicist Waylon Tate's review of Connor on SNL.

 

[TonyDown]

On 3/2/2026 at 11:47 AM, dutchal said:

I've seen this criticism before.  Why/How was it unrealistic?

I've seen the same criticism of Brokeback Mountain, and don't understand that either.

Some folks are never happy about something or other no matter how well done the performance,

while other folks' nature is to nitpick, and act like they qualify as a critic.

That one of the biggest criticisms of Heated Rivalry is Kip's physique was too developed for a smoothie barista is a reminder how whiny and absurd people on the Internet can be.

My critique is that creators put their heart and soul into producing good work.  It's their job and they try to do their best.  That people spend time pointing fingers at their work is something they might want to think twice about.   

I would ask if wanting to win their argument that SNL sucks or Kip's body is not believable is time well spent.  

In the worst case, the people that did the work read all the negativity.  In cases where a film or TV show does fall short, we could be mindful of that.

Last, for Heated Rivalry there is so much one can celebrate.  That is why I come to this thread.

[d.anders]

I did enjoy the Edwardian slapfest on SNL. I also thought Connor's acting in that skit was superb. He can definitely do comedy.

[+ SirBillybob]

Tierney to make this for Netflix. I believe much subtler and contextual homoerotic content if any, likely due to Alexander’s age range (13-16?). Aristotle narrates. It’s all pre-Hephaestion. 

Aristotle is early 40’s. Andrew Scott? Ben Whishaw? 

Edited March 5 by SirBillybob

[Becket]

My very favorite short scene.

 

[TonyDown]

Jacob Tierney offers great comments at GLAAD Media awards,

including about Norman Lear executive producing Boots and Clean Slate.  Also, about Crave and HBO.  And more.

 

 

 

Edited March 7 by TonyDown

[+ glutes]

Meet Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks:

 

[dutchal]

On 3/7/2026 at 5:06 PM, glutes said:

Meet Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks:

 

Why?

[Becket]

On 3/3/2026 at 4:34 PM, TonyDown said:

Some folks are never happy about something or other no matter how well done the performance,

while other folks' nature is to nitpick, and act like they qualify as a critic.

That one of the biggest criticisms of Heated Rivalry is Kip's physique was too developed for a smoothie barista is a reminder how whiny and absurd people on the Internet can be.

My critique is that creators put their heart and soul into producing good work.  It's their job and they try to do their best.  That people spend time pointing fingers at their work is something they might want to think twice about.   

I would ask if wanting to win their argument that SNL sucks or Kip's body is not believable is time well spent.  

In the worst case, the people that did the work read all the negativity.  In cases where a film or TV show does fall short, we could be mindful of that.

Last, for Heated Rivalry there is so much one can celebrate.  That is why I come to this thread.

unrealistic sex scenes in the sense that they gay guys performed anal as if they were a hetero couple having missionary sex. We are to assume that neither of the bottoms in their respective shows had ever bottomed before. Yet there was no awkwardness, no reflection of being uncomfortable or in any type of pain whatsoever. In Brokeback the lube used for these first timers was saliva. In Red White and Royal Blue no lubricant at all was indicated, and the bottom acted as if he were a seasoned veteran. 

The anal scenes in Heated Rivalry were much more authentic. Bottom took some time to get comfortable and clearly displayed the parts of being a bottom that take some getting used to. The top continually checked on his partner to see if he was ok. He performed as if he knew what he was doing and that he had definitely done this before. The orgasm was very realistic. 

I wasn't complaining just to complain. I guess I was saying that the anal in Heated Rivalry looked very much like the real thing. The other two movies had gay sex like a straight Hollywood Director might direct it.

I liked all three movies and am grateful that there are any movies at all that show intimacy and relationships between two men. 

[Becket]

On 1/11/2026 at 5:50 PM, Gar1eth said:

I just screenshotted this from the People App. It's Hudson Williams at the Golden Globes. I'm not saying he isn't handsome here. 

But I'm actually more attracted to him in his Shane Hollander guise (minus the picture with the submissive collar on). The earrings in the above photo just don't do it for me. But as I've said before, I  don't like jewelry in general. Watches detract from a man's hotness for me too (a holdover from when I was young).
 

The more I watch him the more handsome and sexy he seems to me.