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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Needs to Resonate With Pro Sports -- Now

Four years into the Second World War, Lt. Carlton Skinner, the commander of the U.S. weather ship Sea Cloud in the North Atlantic, sent a memo up the Navy's chain of command. He requested that it allow him to start training black seamen, long relegated to menial tasks, for critical jobs reserved for white sailors. Skinner...

Amaechi Says There's Been a 'Lot of Tension' at the Olympics, Because, Um, You Know

Some pretty stout not-actually-allegations stemming from John Amaechi recently, via the Rocky Mountain News, via Marcel at SLAM, whereby he accuses Kobe Bryant and a bunch of other somewhat anonymous USA basketball types of homophobia. Or, if you want to take it further than that, some sort of sexist-profiling."It's been...

Tim Hardaway Sort of Wants Redemption

While John Amaechi continues to crusade for gay athletes and hairlessness, his foil Tim Hardaway is just trying to get his profesisonal life back on track. Following his virulent anti-gay comments and subsequent exile from All-Star weekend, Hardaway realized he needs to make amends. Sort of. If only for career reasons....

John Amaechi Describes What it Feels Like to ... Dunk

The John Amaechi story has just about reached the end of its news cycle, but not before he does the requisite stops on the TV talk show circuit. Of course, we didn't actually learn anything we didn't already know in his Jon Stewart interview, but it's certainly entertaining, and perhaps even informative for those who...

John Amaechi: Stay Away From Me, Dennis Rodamn

On the same I day I find out that Josh Howard's favorite book is "Othello" and that Nate Robinson plays 2K7 as his pixelated-self, I learn John Amaechi is terrified of an intoxicated Dennis Rodman. I tell you; today's gossip mill is churning 'em out like Spears does crazy! That final gem via a reader at -- earmuffs, Tim --...