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OSU helps athletes clear hurdles of locker-room stigma
The BladeHe was a rising football star in a Texas town where Friday nights were everything. Derrick Anderson had the instincts, the speed of a district champion hurdler, and as a cousin of Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley, the pedigree. As a...Tags: College Football, San Francisco 49ers, College Sports, National Football League, Social Issues
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Jason Collins comes out as first openly gay player in U.S. sports
Reuters* NBA Commisioner praises Collins for breaking barrier * Free agent Collins says hopes to find a new team By Julian Linden April 29 (Reuters) - Jason Collins, a veteran center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he is...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Minority Groups, San Francisco 49ers, David Stern, National Football League
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Gay NBA player Jason Collins feels the love; will goodwill continue?
Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team to come out as gay, is receiving widespread support for his announcement. The reaction to his news Monday was swift. President Obama, who just last year announced his...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, National Football League, Human Rights
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, San Francisco 49ers, Kobe Bryant, National Football League, Social Issues
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ANALYSIS-NBA-Collins coming out will encourage more to follow suit
ReutersBy Simon Evans April 29 (Reuters) - Times are changing for gays in American sports and National Basketball Association (NBA) player Jason Collins' decision to come out will encourage others in the top leagues to be open about their sexuality. Two...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Sports Illustrated, Minority Groups, Kobe Bryant, San Francisco 49ers
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Jason Collins perfect person to take this first step
NEW YORK — Over lunch in Las Vegas last summer, Bulls general manager Gar Forman and free-agent NBA center Jason Collins met to discuss what Collins might offer Chicago. The word pioneer never came up. "A very, very impressive guy,'' Forman...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Sports Illustrated, San Francisco 49ers, Nazr Mohammed, New York Jets
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With Trent Baalke, 49ers in good hands during NFL draft
The Contra Costa TimesTom Gamble rattled off praise and insight in such quick succession it sounded like one of his scouting reports. This subject was Trent Baalke, the 49ers general manager. Eight years since Gamble and Baalke arrived in the 49ers front office, they're...Tags: College Football, Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers, College Sports, National Football League
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49ers gamble on running back Lattimore
The Sacramento BeeThe advantage of having an already-loaded roster on draft day is a team can gamble. The 49ers did that in the fourth round Saturday, selecting one of the most talented running backs in the nation but one who suffered perhaps the most gruesome injury...Tags: Kenny Wiggins, San Francisco 49ers, Delanie Walker, Jim Harbaugh, Marcus Lattimore
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Gay kicker wants to put boot to NFL stereotypes
It will happen one day, hopefully soon. The announcement will be accompanied by a frenzied media circus, complete with carnival barkers and clowns shouting homophobic slurs. There will also be rational minds who will simply laugh at the absurdity of it...
Tags: Minority Groups, Soccer, San Francisco 49ers, National Football League, Sports
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49ers draft Marcus Lattimore in fourth round, also take Okoye
The Contra Costa TimesSANTA CLARA, Calif. _ Marcus Lattimore's NFL dreams temporarily vanished when he tore three knee ligaments Oct. 27: "I doubted myself and I lost hope." Among the cavalry that came to lift Lattimore's spirits and inspire his rehabilitation was 49ers...Tags: Colt McCoy, Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers, Marcus Lattimore, National Football League
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Orlando gay kicker wants to put boot to NFL stereotypes
It will happen one day, hopefully soon. The announcement will be accompanied by a frenzied media circus, complete with carnival barkers and clowns shouting out homophobic slurs. There will also be rational minds who will simply laugh at the absurdity of...Tags: Soccer, San Francisco 49ers, National Football League, Sports, Sun Belt Conference
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Now is the time for a sports hero to speak up
Leonard Pitts"Now is the time..." -- Martin Luther King, Aug. 28, 1963 Brendon Ayanbadejo is wrong. It is painful to say that. Ayanbadejo's heart is in a good place and the advice he gave last week on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" was practical and well intentioned. But...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, San Francisco 49ers, Heroism, National Football League
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