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League without 1 openly gay player having a 'Pride Night' at Super Bowl LVIIIBad execution can always ruin “good” intentions. The league that hasn’t created a safe enough space for gay players is having a “Pride Night” during Super Bowl week in Las Vegas. This is what a lack of self-awareness looks like....

Carl Nassib came out to help a movement push forwardWhen Ryan O’Callaghan decided to come out as openly gay, for him it was supposed to be the end of the world. He thought that he would lose everything. His family, his friends, his career, it would all be over with so his plan in 2011 was to kill himself after the conclusion of his NFL career. ...

Candice Wiggins Claims She Was Bullied For Being Straight In The WNBAIn an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune that conflates institutional frustrations with personal slights, Candice Wiggins confessed, “It wasn’t like my dreams came true in the WNBA. It was quite the opposite.” The problem, she says, was that she isn’t gay....

Gay Former Football Player Says He Had Six Or Seven Gay-Ish Teammates

Philly Mag has an insightful look at the post-football life of Dorien Bryant, the first (almost) openly gay NFL player. The story is worth your time, if only because Bryant doesn't shy away from speaking his mind or gossiping....

The Unlikely Gay Advocate

Another one, worth your time—Mary Rogan's 2010 GQ story, "Out on the Ice":...

Here, Queer: Canned

This here's a good one, case you've never read it. Pamela Colloff's 2005 Texas Monthly profile of basketball coach Merry Stephens:...

"Would I Do Troy Aikman on Sunset Strip? Yes!"

Check out David Kamp's 2006 GQ profile of Dave Kopay:...

Why Does It Matter If Jason Collins Is A "Bad" Pro Basketball Player?

Right behind the army of people congratulating Jason Collins for coming out today was a smaller army of dedicated wiseasses who were determined to remind you that Jason Collins has had a rather unremarkable 12-year NBA career....