First openly gay NBA player comes out

[Kire]

I told you I wasn't the only gay basketball player!!!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes

"Amaechi will appear on ESPN's Outside the Lines on Sunday, and his autobiography Man in the Middle, will be released Feb. 14."

Man in the Middle...Jesus, that just writes itself.

[IRC]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

Eh, unknown five year player from England. It's baby steps, like the first openly black water boy back in 1950.

[Kire]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

Yeah, and not too long afterwards, there was a black swimming team! BLACK PEOPLE SWIMMING!!!

PRIDE.

[IRC]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

It's wet out here for a pimp.

[Valkysas]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

openly black

heh

[Red Dragon]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

I think there are alot more gay athletes than we think. I mean, a group of big sweaty men huddle together and pat eachother on the butt after a sucessful goal?

ARGH DO SOMTHING MANLY! *pulls out chest hair*

[highwind]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

I don't care about athelete's sexual orientation.

At all.

It's private.

[John Mora]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

I think the point is that gay athletes don't want to be afraid to be who they are in an environment that seems to be pretty homophobic.

[Jamos]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

BLACK PEOPLE SWIMMING!!!

IMPOSSIBLE!!!

[highwind]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

I think the point is that gay athletes don't want to be afraid to be who they are in an environment that seems to be pretty homophobic.

Yeah. Good luck with that.

[Caciss]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

Why does it matter?

[John Mora]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

It matters so that they can show homophobic fans of the sport that you can be gay and still do and enjoy guy things. That gay guys are like regular guys.

[highwind]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

It matters so that they can show homophobic fans of the sport that you can be gay and still do and enjoy guy things. That gay guys are like regular guys.

Yeah. Good luck with that, BOOK.

[Caciss]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

I THINK IT'S DUMB

JUST PLAY THE SPORT

[DarkwingChuck]

Re: First openly gay NBA player comes out

Well, he's already retired. And he wrote an autobigraphy so that's why he's talking about it. The issue is more why is SI treating it like a sports story when it's more of a (semi) celebrity interest (or lack of) story.