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Clay Travis is using a school shooting to promote transphobiaThe reality of this world is that everyone with influence is not going to treat it with the respect that they should. Influence is a form of power. Of the many lessons I’ve learned in ⅓ of a century on this planet is that when people finally grasp a bit of power, many of them have only two goals: To...

Tony Dungy is still talking — and still an intolerant bigotAs we’ve previously discussed, NBC NFL analyst Tony Dungy has expressed some awfully bigoted views. In January, Dungy was summarily dragged all over social media by NFL media for his horrible, terrible, no good, very bad takes on the trans community, including spreading the already long-debunked myt...

The backlash against Tony Dungy has been a long time comingIt hasn’t been a great week for NBC Sports football analyst Tony Dungy. He made up one-half of perhaps the most low-energy broadcast team we’ve ever heard on Saturday night (along with Al Michaels, and has been getting flack for it ever since. Dungy has also been getting roasted, and rightly so, by ...

LGBTQ+ representation in women’s athletics is more than just something men’s sports can aspire to

So much inclusion in sports can be attributed to Title IX. The passing of that law gave women inroads into sports, and they have used those routes to bring added representation of not only women but also women who identify as LGBTQ+. From Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach in soccer to Diana Taurasi, Su...

Dodgers finally honor first openly gay MLBer on Pride Night

The Los Angeles Dodgers are finally honoring Glenn Burke....

Lots of great players were drafted, then immediately traded — and went on to be All-Stars

The weirdest thing about the NBA draft is the longstanding practice that once draft day comes, there’s no more trading draft picks. It makes some sense within the framework of the league rules and salary cap, but every year, it results in weird situations where a player is drafted by a team that he’...

Jason Collins Becomes First Openly Gay NBA Player To Retire

It's a milestone! Sure, there have been plenty of closeted gay players who have retired, but until Jason Collins's announcement this morning, there had never been an openly gay player who retired after it became clear that no one wanted to sign him....

<i>Associated Press</i> Issues Correction For "Gay" Nets Jerseys Note

On Friday, the Nets debuted gray alternate jerseys in a game against the Celtics. On Saturday, in the notes section at the bottom of the game recap, the AP reported that the "Nets debuted an alternate gay, short-sleeve, V-neck home jersey with Brooklyn across the chest in blue lettering." Whoops....

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Jason Collins Meets With Matthew Shepard's Family

After last night's 112-89 victory over the Nuggets in Denver, Jason Collins met briefly with the family of Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old from Casper, Wyo., who was tortured and murdered for being gay in 1998. Collins presented his signed N0. 98 jersey, which he wears as a tribute to Shepard, to S...

by Tom Ley|

|Fri Feb 28 2014

The Late Gay NFLer Whose Story Shows Why Michael Sam Matters So Much

Originally posted at Bloomberg View....

by Jonathan Mahler|

|Thu Feb 27 2014

The Double Life Of A Closeted Gay Athlete, Decades Before Jason Collins

Jason Collins on Sunday became the first openly gay athlete to play in a major U.S. sport. In the 1970s, coming out was never an option for Dodgers outfielder Glenn Burke. ...

by The Stacks|

|Mon Feb 24 2014

Jason Collins Played Basketball And It Was No Big Deal

The most striking thing about Jason Collins's entrance, making him the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major sports, was the subdued applause. Not the cheering part; it's 2014 and fans have been ready for this for a long time. But the number of fans who sat on their hands during ...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Feb 24 2014

Here's Jason Collins Checking Into An NBA Game, And History

As expected, Jason Collins appeared tonight in Los Angeles for the Nets and thus became the first openly gay player to appear in the NBA, and in any of America's four biggest professional sports. ...

by Timothy Burke|

|Mon Feb 24 2014

It's Official

by Samer Kalaf|

|Sun Feb 23 2014

Report: Nets Will Sign Jason Collins, Have First Openly Gay NBA Player

NBA center Jason Collins will be the first openly gay active athlete in the four major American professional sports when the Brooklyn Nets reportedly sign him to a 10-day contract today, according to Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports....

by Samer Kalaf|

|Sun Feb 23 2014

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by Greg Howard|

|Sat Jul 20 2013

Ex-Fiancée Had No Idea Jason Collins Was Gay, Remains “Deeply Hurt”

Carolyn Moos is the former Stanford and WNBA player who dated Jason Collins for eight years, only to have him call off their engagement without explanation one month before their 2009 wedding. Back in April, after Collins told the world he was gay, Moos said she had had no idea. She's now written a ...

by Dom Cosentino|

|Mon Jul 08 2013

New ESPN Ombud Finds Breezy Forgetfulness Over Broussard Fracas

Robert Lipsyte's first column as ESPN's ombudsman dissected the squirmworthy Chris Broussard-LZ Granderson showdown when Jason Collins came out. It's just as ombudsy as you like it, 3,300 words of media-ethics spinach. Lipsyte swings his prose like a lead pipe when he sees a deserving target; his re...

by Sam Eifling|

|Sun Jun 30 2013

High School Basketball Coach Tells Team He's Gay

Worth your time: MSG Varsity has a thorough report on 35-year-old Anthony Nicodemo's decision to out himself as a gay man. Nicodemo is the basketball coach at Saunders, a high school in Yonkers, N.Y. He was inspired to come out after having met Jason Collins at a recent LGBT sports summit in Oregon....

by Dom Cosentino|

|Tue Jun 25 2013

Here's Jason Collins Marching At Boston's Gay Pride Parade

NBA center Jason Collins wore a pretty cool shirt to Boston's gay pride parade today. ...

by Greg Howard|

|Sat Jun 08 2013

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