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No heterosexual was prouder than I was last year when Michael Sam became the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL. He made history, but I had misgivings almost immediately. Not least because he signed with the Oprah Winfrey Network to turn his Football career into a Kardashian-style reality show even before he signed… Read more.
Michael Sam made history (of sorts) on Saturday when the St. Louis Rams selected him in the seventh and final round of this year’s NFL Draft. But it’s important to keep his selection in context. Here, in this regard, is what I wrote earlier this year, when everyone hailing Sam today was hailing Jason Collins,… Read more.
Ex-Baltimore Ravens and gay rights activist Brendon Ayanbadejo has been stoking media interest in recent weeks with his efforts to have four closeted NFL players come out at the same time. Well, one NBA player, Jason Collins, just stole their thunder by becoming the first male professional athlete (in one of the four major sports) to… Read more.
