In this week’s ESPN the Magazine, WNBA MVP Sheryl Swoopes comes out of the closet, talking openly for the first time about her longtime relationship with ex-Old Dominion basketball coach Alisa Scott. (no comment!!!)
“My reason for coming out isn’t to be some sort of hero,” Swoopes, a forward with the Houston Comets, says in the article. “I’m just at a point in my life where I’m tired of having to pretend to be somebody I’m not. I’m tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about. About the person I love.
“Male athletes of my caliber probably feel like they have a lot more to lose than gain [by coming out]. I don’t agree with that. To me, the most important thing is happiness.”
Male athletes probably do have more to lose, considering Sheryl has nothing to lose whatsoever.
Seriously, though. A WNBA player is gay? This is shocking. It’s not like WNBA teams have built entire promotional campaigns targeting lesbians or something.
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I have this story up on my blog also. I have not seen so much traffic on a non-story before. My question is, why is this a big deal if Sheryl doesn’t want it to be a big deal?
Enjoy your blog.
Lew
It’s no big deal other than coming out as the first
African-American woman still actively playing in sports into a homophobic black community of which most will shun her for. Oh and the money she’ll get for endorsing Olivia Travel for lesbians like herself.
Nah, no big deal here…
If it is a non-story it wouldn’t get much traffic at all. What makes news? People wanting to talk about it, write about it, love it or hate it. That’s what makes news news. A non-story wouldn’t get talked about at all. Whether it was a “good” story or not. So big up to Swoopes. And keep shooting hoops.
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