NBA

JERUSALEM (AP) — Former NBA player Amare Stoudemire has apologized for telling an Israeli website that he would avoid a gay teammate. Stoudemire told Walla Sport when asked about the possibility of having a gay teammate: “I’m going to shower across the street, make sure my change of clothes are around the corner.” When asked […]

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WNBA star Glory Johnson sat down with Cosmopolitan to reflect on the messiness involved in her relationship and split from fellow pro-basketball player Brittney Griner. Despite the two getting arrested for domestic abuse in April, they married on May 8, and less than a month later announced that Johnson, 25, was pregnant with twins. But […]

App Feed, HBCU Sports, NFL

Tony Dungy declined to comment when offered an opportunity to respond to Jason Collins’ suggestion that he’s homophobic. Last summer, NBC analyst and former Indianapolis Colts coach Dungy said he would not have drafted Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL draftee. “Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play,” […]

National News

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Baseball history was made in Northern California when the sport’s first active professional player to come out as gay pitched a shutout before an enthusiastic crowd that seemed more impressed with his performance than his role as a pioneer. Sean Conroy, 23, led the Sonoma Stompers to a 7-0 victory Thursday […]

Basketball, HBCU Sports, NBA

Michael Sam’s football career has hit another road bump. The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League have placed him on the suspended list after the former Missouri star defensive end and first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team unexpectedly left training camp last week and returned home to Texas. “He wanted to go […]

Basketball, HBCU Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner (pictured, right) has been hearing from players around the WNBA who would like her to change her mind and appeal her seven-game suspension for a domestic violence incident involving her partner Glory Johnson, also a player in the league. The Phoenix Mercury star said the players are concerned that a […]

App Feed, HBCU Sports, More Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA has suspended Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson seven games each because of their domestic violence arrest last month. The two All-Stars were arrested April 22 on suspicion of assault after they fought in a home they recently bought. Griner and Johnson got married last week in Phoenix. The league […]

HBCU Sports, NCAA

NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts guard Derrick Gordon became a better basketball player and a better teammate this season, and he credits both to having the courage to play as an openly gay man. Gordon’s first season since coming out likely ended Thursday in the second round of the Atlantic 10 tournament at Barclays Center. […]

HBCU Sports, NFL

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have released Michael Sam from the practice squad, another setback as the NFL’s first openly gay player tries to make an active roster during the regular season for the first time. Sam was signed to Dallas’ practice squad on Sept. 3, four days after he was among the […]

HBCU Sports, NFL

Michael Sam is flying into Dallas on Tuesday night and will take a physical for the Cowboys on Wednesday, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. If he passes his physical, the Cowboys intend to sign him to their practice squad, the source said. Sam, who is seeking to become the first openly gay […]

HBCU Sports, NFL

ST. LOUIS (AP) — To guard against another bullying scandal, NFL teams are holding sensitivity sessions during training camp. Such guidance could be valuable for the St. Louis Rams, even if by all accounts they have welcomed Michael Sam into the fold. “I don’t think it ever hurts to just talk about general respect for […]

Entertainment

NEW YORK (AP) — The Oprah Winfrey Network says it plans to produce a documentary series following the life of Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team. The series will take an up-close look at the man recently drafted by the St. Louis Rams in a groundbreaking moment in professional […]