The Golden State Warriors have not played in San Francisco since 1966. For most of the time since then they’ve called (what now is) Oracle Arena in Oakland their home. But new team president Rick Welts, along with team co-owner Peter Guber and NBA president David Stern, have announced the team’s return to San Francisco [...]
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A year after coming out as gay, Warriors president Rick Welts at peace
A year ago, Rick Welts was known only in the NBA world as an executive with the Phoenix Suns. Then came a front-page story in the New York Times in May, where he came out as a gay man and his world changed. He suddenly was seen as a positive force for change in a [...]
Rick Welts talks about ‘fear of the unknown,’ says he never experienced homophobia
Rick Welts gave an interview to LZ Granderson at a forum for the 2011 Out & Equal Workplace Summit in which he talked about coming out at work. When asked about what made Welts think he couldn’t come out of the closet in the NBA for so many years, he reiterated what we’ve been saying [...]
Rick Welts to receive Out & Equal advocacy award
Golden State Warriors president Rick Welts, who came out of the closet last May, will receive Out & Equal’s advocacy award for coming out in the front office of his former team, the Phoenix Suns. Rick Welts is the first openly gay executive of a professional sports team. He publicly came out in an interview [...]
Vote: Who is Outsports’ Person of the Year?
Last day to vote! Every year we ask our readers to crown the Outsports ‘Person of the Year.’ Last year’s honorees were Brian & Patrick Burke, who garnered over 60% of the vote! This year we have many incredibly deserving people, and we have narrowed it down to these final six. We’ll announce the winner [...]
Rick Welts’ hiring by the Warriors is the most important gay sports moment of 2011
My latest piece picked up by the Huffington Post is a column about why Rick Welts’ hiring by the Golden State Warriors is the most important gay sports moment this year: While people focus on the travails of athletes, the real power brokers in sports are the guys Welts works with every day. And they’ve [...]
Rick Welts hired as president and COO of the Golden State Warriors
Less than two weeks after openly gay NBA executive Rick Welts left the Phoenix Suns to follow his heart, he’s been hired as president and COO of the Golden State Warriors. This is big, people. It’s another sign of the eroding homophobia in sports. It was one thing for Welts to come out. But to [...]
Golden State Warriors host gay night
The San Francisco Gay Basketball Association is teaming up with the Golden State Warriors to bring another gay community night to the NBA. This event is next Tuesday, Feb. 15, as the Warriors take on the New Orleans Hornets. Tickets range from $25-$60. So if you’re in the Bay Area next Tuesday, check it out! [...]
Photos: Clippers Equality Night
Sorry it’s taken a few days to get up some pictures from the Equality Night with the Clippers last Wednesday. The event was attended by over 300 people with many more buying tickets throughout the arena. I think the loudest cheers of the night came from the gay-ish sections when Esera Tuaolo sang the national [...]
Golden State Warriors’ gay night a success
The Golden State Warriors held their first-ever gay night last week. Not only were there gay fans, but the Oakland-East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus sang the national anthem and Cheer San Francisco (incorrectly dubbed the “world’s only gay-identified cheerleading team” by the San Francisco Chronicle) performed at halftime. From the Chronicle: Although no public announcement [...]
Golden State Warriors first gay night March 11
The San Francisco Gay Basketball Association, and one of their member teams, the Rock Dogs, are hosting the first-ever gay night at a Golden State Warriors game on March 11 when the Warriors host the Portland Trailblazers. Tickets are $25 and include the chance to play basketball at Oracle Arena. In addition to the gays [...]