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Gay kicker wants to put boot to NFL stereotypes
It will happen one day, hopefully soon. The announcement will be accompanied by a frenzied media circus, complete with carnival barkers and clowns shouting homophobic slurs. There will also be rational minds who will simply laugh at the absurdity of it...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Sun Belt Conference, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Minority Groups, NFL Draft
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Gay NBA player Jason Collins feels the love; will goodwill continue?
Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team to come out as gay, is receiving widespread support for his announcement. The reaction to his news Monday was swift. President Obama, who just last year announced his...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Rights, Social Issues, Sports Illustrated, Human Rights
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Jeff Locke, Twitter, Inc., Jason Collins
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ANALYSIS-NBA-Collins coming out will encourage more to follow suit
ReutersBy Simon Evans April 29 (Reuters) - Times are changing for gays in American sports and National Basketball Association (NBA) player Jason Collins' decision to come out will encourage others in the top leagues to be open about their sexuality. Two...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Mike Wallace (football), Social Issues, Miami Dolphins, Jason Collins
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Jason Collins perfect person to take this first step
NEW YORK — Over lunch in Las Vegas last summer, Bulls general manager Gar Forman and free-agent NBA center Jason Collins met to discuss what Collins might offer Chicago. The word pioneer never came up. "A very, very impressive guy,'' Forman...
Tags: Matthew Shepard, Mike Wallace (football), Brooklyn Nets, Sports Illustrated, Miami Dolphins
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Jason Collins comes out as first openly gay player in U.S. sports
Reuters* NBA Commisioner praises Collins for breaking barrier * Free agent Collins says hopes to find a new team By Julian Linden April 29 (Reuters) - Jason Collins, a veteran center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he is...Tags: Social Issues, Jason Collins, Sports Illustrated, National Basketball Association, Basketball
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Orlando gay kicker wants to put boot to NFL stereotypes
It will happen one day, hopefully soon. The announcement will be accompanied by a frenzied media circus, complete with carnival barkers and clowns shouting out homophobic slurs. There will also be rational minds who will simply laugh at the absurdity of...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Sun Belt Conference, Brendon Ayanbadejo, NFL Draft, Homophobia
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Now is the time for a sports hero to speak
"Now is the time…" -- Martin Luther King, Aug. 28, 1963 Brendon Ayanbadejo is wrong. It is painful to say that. Ayanbadejo's heart is in a good place and the advice he gave last week on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" was practical and well intentioned....
Tags: Civil Rights, Jackie Robinson, MSNBC (tv network), ESPN Radio (tv network), Brendon Ayanbadejo
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Column: Time for a sports hero to speak up
"Now is the time . . . " — Martin Luther King, August 28, 1963 Brendon Ayanbadejo is wrong. It is painful to say that. Ayanbadejo’s heart is in a good place and the advice he gave last week on MSNBC’s "The Ed Show" was practical...Tags: Civil Rights, MSNBC (tv network), Heroism, Jackie Robinson, Entertainment Events
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It's John over Jim in HarBowl
NEW ORLEANS — What happened Sunday on the world's stage has been going on between John and Jim Harbaugh for many moons. Jim, 50, is a little more than a year younger than John. So much of his childhood was devoted to trying to measure up to his...
Tags: Randy Moss, Sam Koch, Colin Kaepernick, LaMichael James, Football
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Gay quarterback coming out on 'Necessary Roughness' matters, analysts say
The Baltimore SunGay characters coming out in prime time is nothing new. In fact, “Coming-out narratives are cliches,” according to Ron Becker, author of “Gay TV and Straight America” (Rutgers University Press, 2006). “They were big in...Tags: Social Issues, NBC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Necessary Roughness (tv program), Television
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Ravens' Brendon Ayanbadejo hopes anti-gay comments spark positive discussion
Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo said he plans to reach out to San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver in hopes of starting a positive discussion, following Culliver's anti-gay comments earlier this week. Ayanbadejo has been vocal in his...
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Same-Sex Marriage, Football, Sports, Artie Lange
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Feb 15, 2013
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Jan 31, 2013
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