Yesterday, former NBA athlete, Amer’e Stoudemire, got into hot water over a homophobic comment he said to Israeli media. Well, Stoudemire wants to assure us that he was just playing. After receiving backlash for claiming he would “shower across the street” if he had a gay roommate, the athlete said, “I want to apologize for my offensive […]
Students who gathered for the second annual Pride Day at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington D.C. were in for a major surprise when principal Pete Cahall stepped up to the microphone to address the crowd. “I am a proud gay man that just happens to be the principal of Woodrow Wilson High School.” Cahall, whose announcement […]
Making history as the first openly gay player in the NBA after signing a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets, Jason Collins is extending his stay with the team…at least for another 10 days. The Nets plan to sign the basketball veteran to another contract, a person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because […]
Talk about being on the right side of history! On Sunday, NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major American professional sports, signing a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets. Shortly after signing his contract on Sunday, Collins, 35, played his first game against the Los Angeles […]
Talk about making a statement. The first round of guests who will be seated with First Lady Michelle Obama when President Barack Obama delivers his 2014 State of the Union Address on Tuesday has been released, and it looks like Jason Collins and Boston Marathon bombing survivors have made the cut. Collins’ attendance is set […]
Now this is pretty epic…and brave. Featherweight contender Orlando Cruz will make a huge statement Saturday night during his fight with Orlando Salido at the Thomas & Mack Center (on the undercard of the Timothy Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez pay-per-view). He’ll wear pink boxing gloves and a rainbow inspired get-up. And not just because he’s the […]
A$AP Rocky wants to set the record straight. Pretty Flacko is letting people know he wasn’t trying to clown openly gay basketball player Jason Collins when they announced Macklemore’s performance during last month’s MTV Video Music Awards. During a recent interview with The Stashed, the Harlem rapper responded to reports that he was uncomfortable being […]
Jason Collins, the first openly gay athlete in a major American team sport, has an ex-fiancée who finally decided to share her side of the story in an interview with Cosmopolitan. Carolyn Moos, a former WNBA player herself, met the seven-foot Collins as a freshman at Stanford. When they ran into each other by chance […]
Between the George Zimmerman trial and an article by NPR, It has been pretty depressing this past week as far as our nation’s progression goes but we’ve got just the news to give you faith in humanity again. Yesterday, a source confirmed to the NY Daily News that the Brooklyn Nets have discussed signing free […]
The news of Jason Collins‘ coming out as an openly gay athlete definitely brought a lot of shock value to the world of sports, but it didn’t hit anyone harder than his ex-fiance Carolyn Moos. The former WNBA player dated Jason for about 8 years, including an engagement, before he broke things off with her. […]
The news of NBA player Jason Collins‘ coming out as the first gay male athlete has been shocking to everyone, but no one more than to his ex-fiance. Carolyn Moos, a former WNBA player and model, dated the Wizards player for seven years before getting engaged and ending their relationship in 2009. According to TMZ, […]
You can’t really be worried about all the anti-gay haters when President Barack Obama is calling your line. That’s just what happened yesterday after Jason Collins came out as the first professional gay sports player…ever! President Obama telephoned the NBA player and congratulated him for coming out. According to a White House aide, the President […]
