In the week since NBA player Drew Gooden of the Dallas Mavericks was accused of calling two fans at Staples Center “faggots,” the NBA says it’s investigating the charge and two brothers have come forward with a similar account from earlier this year.
One of the brothers, John Mardoyan of Los Angeles, read the Outsports story [...]
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Update on anti-gay charge against Drew Gooden
Column calls for end to gay slurs in hockey
Yesterday’s USA Today featured a column from hockey columnist Justin Bourne titled, “It’s time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey.” It’s a nice sentiment, but it feels like a blip on the radar the day after an entire state smacked us down.
There hasn’t been progress on this issue for years. When I [...]
Did Drew Gooden call fan a ‘faggot’?
A Los Angeles Clippers fan is accusing Maverick Drew Gooden of calling him a “faggot” after the two teams clashed at the Staples Center on Halloween. Mavs owner Mark Cuban say he’s going to handle the issue privately. Really? Cuban has the reputation of taking everything public…and he’s going to keep this one private? What [...]
Larry Johnson weekend recap
A couple notes about the Larry Johnson story from over the weekend: Johnson’s agent, Peter Schafer, told TMZ that he had no idea the word “faggot” bothered some people. “I’m learning that there’s a segment of our society that finds it offensive.”
Johnson apparently reached an agreement with the Chiefs that essentially cuts his suspension in [...]
Larry Johnson makes it clear: He’s not sorry
Larry Johnson has issued the clearest statement yet that he doesn’t regret using the word faggot, and that his apologies were truly hollow: He is appealing his one-game suspension. Agent Peter Schaffer told Pro Football Talk:
We will be filing an appeal tomorrow. It is our belief that the action did not warrant the discipline unilaterally [...]
Chiefs suspend Larry Johnson for two weeks
The Kansas City Chiefs suspended running back Larry Johnson until Nov. 9, which covers one game (the Chiefs are off this week) and two game checks after he made disparaging remarks about his coach and used three anti-gay slurs towards fans and reporters. (Background here and here).
A statement from the Chiefs via Pro Football Talk:
“The [...]
Larry Johnson ‘apologizes,’ is suspended
Kansas City Chiefs running back has issued a statement about his verbal attacks in the last 36 hours on his coach and for “words” he used. His written statement:
First of all, I want to apologize to the fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and the rest of the NFL, Commissioner Goodell, the Chiefs organization, Coach [...]
NFL player Larry Johnson uses homophobic slurs
Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has used three anti-gay slurs in the past 24 hours after he was confronted about using his Twitter account to rip his head coach Todd Haley.
When reporters entered the Chiefs locker room on Monday, Johnson said he was not answering any questions until Thursday. He then uttered this [...]
Muslim team expelled from soccer league
Last week French Muslim soccer team Creteil Bebel refused to play a league match against Paris Foot Gay (right). Earlier this week, they decided to play the game. Now, the Muslim team has been expelled from the league permanently for refusing to play against another team in the league based on discriminatory reasons. According to [...]
Is holding hands ‘hazing’ in football?
What do high school football parents, players and administrators think of gay people? Exhibit No. 692 comes to us from Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo. It seems two players got into a little shoving match at practice recently. As penance, the coach made them run a lap holding hands. Cute, right? They weren’t getting [...]
Muslims now ready to play gays
Last week we reported on a Muslim soccer group in France that refuse to play a gay team in their league. Their refusal was based on their “principles.” Word comes now that the group has changed its mind and they will play the gay group. The Muslim team’s director said their initial refusal wasn’t based [...]
Muslims refuse to play gay Paris soccer team
A soccer club composed of Muslims refused to play a scheduled league game this week against a gay-oriented team from Paris, saying it would clash with its religious beliefs, the gay French site Tetu reports. (The article is available only in French, but online translators and English wire service versions confirmed the story).
“Sorry, but from [...]
No gay couples at North Texas homecoming
It’s “homecoming season,” and high school and college students across the country are set on the annual choosing of the homecoming court. Some student bodies will have some fun with it and pick a gay guy as homecoming queen or a lesbian as homecoming king. But not at the University of North Texas. There, the [...]
A Gay Athlete’s Life: Ballplayer calling it quits
I have been meaning to write about one of my favorite blogs, A Gay Athlete’s Life, which details the story of a closeted Major League Baseball player. His announcement Tuesday that he is likely calling it quits for his career is as good a time as any.
The blog, which is four years old, deals with [...]
Survey delves into sports homophobia
A New England-based gay rights organization that helped win gay marriage rulings in Massachusetts and Connecticut is seeking to document cases of homophobia in sports as a precursor to possible action down the road.
Gay and Lesbian Advocate Defenders, based in Boston, is conducting a survey on attitudes towards gays and lesbians in sports. From the [...]
