Posted on 02/07/2007 11:20:40 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
Amaechi will be first publicly gay NBA player
Associated Press
Posted: 38 minutes ago
John Amaechi is gay, and now the first NBA player to come out publicly is ready to talk about it.
Amaechi, a center who spent five seasons with four teams, is scheduled to appear on ESPN's Outside the Lines on Sunday, and his autobiography "Man in the Middle," will be released Feb. 14.
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Three years after his playing career ended, Amaechi has become the sixth professional male athlete from one of the four major American sports (NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL) to publicly discuss his homosexuality.
Former NFL running back David Kopay came out in 1977; offensive lineman Roy Simmons and defensive lineman Esera Tuaolo came out more recently. Glenn Burke, an outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland A's in the 1970s, and Billy Bean, a utility player in the 1980s and 1990s, also have come out.
Amaechi, 36, who is British, competed for Penn State, then played 301 NBA games over five seasons. The 6-foot-10 center averaged 6.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in the NBA. He began his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1995-96, then spent a few years playing in Europe. He rejoined the NBA to play for the Orlando Magic from 1999-01, then played two seasons for the Utah Jazz.
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I thought that was Dennis Rodman.
All those "activities" in the mens locker room. Oh, my!
I echo your concern.
Good thing they weren't centers with QB hands between their buttcheeks! (For some reason that reminds me of the old Eddie Murphy "gay Mr. T" recording.)
I'll bet all the guys he played with (no pun intended) are thrilled about the sweat, saliva, and cuts he exposed them to. Degenerate.
Penn State was never a low ranked team in basketball as far as I'm aware of. Maybe he got buggard by a Nittany lion.
At least he didn't play for the Pistons.
I guess they couldn't say openly gay pro basketball player, if you consider the WNBA to be professional basketball.
One of these is unlike the others...
He must have been a pretty good rebounder because I heard he was up under more balls than a midget hooker.
Must....resist....comments....on....palming.........
I bet he gets some good penetration when he goes to the hole, especially against a man-to-man defense.
That might result in a lane violation.
"Rampant homosexuality, socialism, Darwinism, environmentalism, immorality of all kinds. How much longer can this country survive?"
I'm almost 50. I figure if we can make it for about 40 more years, I don't care after that.
I don't know but he likes to be "in the middle"
Notice the MSM pro-homosexual spin. He is the first PUBLICLY declared homosexual player, as if ALL BASKETBALL players are really secretly homosexuals...
I remember that. Funny as hell.
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