Last week ESPN columnist LZ Granderson (right) shared some insights into his conversations with closeted professional athletes. One athlete in particular got the bulk of his keyboard’s attention: A pro athlete who, for the first time in Granderson’s career, told LZ that he’ll think about coming out. The impetus? The athlete has met someone he’s [...]
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Granderson chats about Dungy today
Our good friend LZ Granderson of ESPN wrote a column praising now-retired Tony Dungy for his work with black men. To me, LZ glossed over Dungy’s anti-gay record too much in his column; And I took Dungy to task for his actions in a column of mine. No matter where you fall on the topic, [...]
Granderson: Pro athletes are quietly out
ESPN columnist LZ Granderson gave an interview to Michigan-based online mag MLive.com and talked about being a gay sports journalist, gay athletes, Prop 8 and dissing Michael Jordan. He also spends several paragraphs talking about the lack of out gay athletes in the pros.
The truth is, I’m not so sure that someone hasn’t already come [...]
