ESPN columnist LZ Granderson recently gave the NFL a pat on the back for their gay-rights efforts. I personally think they have a long way to go, and I know the NFL is currently refusing to talk about LGBT issues, leaving it up to the teams. Still, LZ’s point is that they have at least done [...]
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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 [...]
Moment #39: ESPN the Magazine hires LZ Granderson as NBA editor
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Sports media, 2004. When I first met LZ Granderson he was writing sports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and opening a gay bar in Atlanta. From our first meeting, Granderson struck me as a smart, personable, soulful guy who was on the [...]
Outsports wins NLGJA award; LZ Granderson named Journalist of the Year
It’s been quite a year for sports, and Outsports has certainly benefited. After Jim’s piece on Hudson Taylor was nominated for a GLAAD Award, now my piece on Kye Allums has won third place for the NLGJA Award for online journalism. The Allums piece was a project of passion for me, and it ignited a [...]
Sports honored at GLAAD Awards
Outsports was well-represented at the GLAAD Awards in New York City Saturday night. While we didn’t win in the Outstanding Digital Journalism category in which we were nominated, we were very proud to be nominated with in such a strong category (with so many other sports-focused articles). Not only did we not win, we didn’t [...]
Gossip’s chill on closeted pro athletes
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 [...]
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 [...]