Political news of the last 48 hours, from the vote to ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina to President Barack Obama’s vocal support of same-sex marriage, has crept into the sports world with athletes and sportswriters weighing in. While it’s great to see all the love, in addition to the great support of two Houston [...]
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Baltimore Raven Donte Stallworth tweets support for gay marriage
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Donte Stallworth has joined his teammate Brendon Ayanbadejo in openly supporting gay equality. In addition to giving a positive shout out to CNN’s Don Lemon, who came out this week, Stallworth took to Twitter to share his welcoming perspective: Share on Facebook
Sports Tweet of the Week: T.O. in Miami
I know you’ve all been waiting for a Twitter update from a sports figure. Since I haven’t been doing this on a weekly basis I’m not sure I should keep calling it “Sports Tweet of the Week,” but if anyone wants to send me links to interesting Twitter pages — or if Jim or Cyd [...]
Stallworth gets a year. Is his career over?
Cleveland Browns WR Donte’ Stallworth was suspended without pay for the season by NFL commish Roger Goodell. And deservedly so. There are few actions an NFL player could take that are potentially more damaging than drunk driving: And to have Stallworth’s incident end in the death of a man sealed his fate. Good for the [...]
Quick hits: Woods, Egpyt, Nadal, Stallworth
Tiger Woods is 4-over par after the first round of the U.S. Open. Egypt beats Italy in the Confederations Cup, keeping the U.S. alive in the tournament. No word yet on whether Nadal will play at Wimbledon, but if he does he will have a tough draw ahead of him with Lleyton Hewitt (right), who [...]
Quick hits: Magic, Mickelson, Stallworth
LeBron James scores 49…and the Cavs lose to the Magic. I wouldn’t want to be in the Cleveland locker room after that game. Phil Mickelson has taken a leave from golf to be with his wife, who has been diagnose with cancer. A classy move by Mickelson, but it’s another Majors season without a popular [...]