By Matt Watson - Editor There has never been a player who was openly gay during his time in the NFL. Outsports, part of the SB Nation network, asked a number of NFL players how they would react to a gay teammate, and the answers were acceptance. Follow @sbnation on Twitter, and Like SBNation.com on Facebook. May 23, 2012 - There has never been an openly gay player active in the NFL, so it's impossible to say for sure how one might be received -- by his teammates, opponents or fans. But given the reactions and stories numerous players shared with Outsports.com's Cyd Zeigler at last week's NFLPA Rookie Premiere events in Los Angeles, our nation's most violent, testosterone-driven league might be far more ready ... Continue reading →
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It has not been a clean transition of power, and there is not even as yet a constitution laying out what powers the new leader will have. Many voters are disappointed with the choice of candidates, even though there are 13 of them - none would be said even by their supporters to have both the hoped-for charisma and a detailed plan to rescue Egypt from poverty and chaos. But many also seemed to realise this was not such a bad thing - that having a choice at all was as important as how to exercise it; and that, barring some new dictatorship, they would have second chances, to vote out the man they now vote in should he disappoint them. Some of the young ... Continue reading →
As told to Myles Brown: Monday night was my 24th game in 23 days. I considered going east, but I decided I'm going to go back to L.A. and go through withdrawal. After seeing playoff games for 23 straight days, I will have five days of no games. It's not going to be easy, but I didn't want to commute between Miami and Indiana. The two Laker games last weekend were both very exciting. I was pulling for Oklahoma City. During Game 4, the Lakers maintained a lead between seven and twelve points after jumping out early in the game. I was starting to feel a little bit pessimistic because the Thunder went for such a long time without cutting into the deficit, until finally ... Continue reading →
