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Swimming (and one from diving) at the Gay Games in Cleveland is being held on the campus of Cleveland State University. Photos by Brent Mullins

St. Mary High School in Dell Rapids, S.D., will not fire volleyball coach Nate Alfson, who came out publicly on Outsports last week.

Michael Sam joins list of athletes encouraging people to take a survey to determine attitudes in sports toward gay people.

The idea is to take a pejorative phrase and make it positive.

Hopefully St. Mary High School will embrace Nate Alfson now that he's publicly out, just as they did before he made his announcement.

The San Antonio Spurs deserve applause, but Becky Hammon deserves all the credit for opening the opportunity for the first female full-time assistant coach in NBA history.

Nate Alfson used to fear road trips on his college baseball team and lived a life in the closet. Now out, he knows what true happiness is.

Harry Swayne is a devout Christian and a player development exec for the Baltimore Ravens. While he claims to love all people, he tosses gay people into the lot with prostitutes and drunkards. Is that a problem?

Mitcham gets gold in synchronized event, Daley the silver in a very close finish.

The British diver says he is happier than ever after declaring he is gay.

The league is making a special emphasis on language, including racial and homophobic slurs.

"Back on Board" looks at an Olympic champion who is the ultimate survivor.

For Michael Perkins, May 21 was liberation day, the day he finally released himself from his inner pain and torment about being gay. Sports played a key role in his acceptance.

Michael Sam has dropped 15 pounds and worked on special-teams skills, which has Rams coordinator John Fassel interested in the openly gay NFL rookie.

The Gay Games are returning to the Midwest, arriving in Cleveland with the Opening Ceremony on Aug. 9.

"I could be who I was and it was perfectly fine; I felt safe," writes a former band member, adding that he never heard homophobic lyrics being sung.

Members of the media continue to do the profession injustice by asking kindergarten questions about Michael Sam because he's gay.

David Tyree called me this weekend. I believe everything he told us last week through his statements to Wade Davis.

Kyle Kingsbury, a mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC, announced his retirement from the sport following a lopsided loss on Saturday, but he went out with a bang. At the weigh-in for his fight against Pat Cummins, Kingsbury bent over to show his pink briefs that included a pro-gay marriage message: Hmmm, maybe the […]

Paul Gorrell has been a lifelong New York Giants fan. When David Tyree announced opposition to same-sex marriage, it hit hard. Now Gorrell is worried about the hiring of Tyree.