by Bach Polakowski | Feb 10, 2014 | Guest Contributor
By Sharif Durhams (Treasurer, NLGJA) Missouri defensive end Michael Sam’s announcement Sunday that he’s gay will make him the first openly gay participant in the NFL draft, a development that’s likely to be the topic of news and sports media...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 8, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has backtracked from his claim that up to four gay NFL players were considering coming out on the same day. That has allowed for some interesting Monday morning quarterbacking (sorry, had to say it!). Yahoo! sports...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 6, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Congrats to long-time Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley who announced in today’s column that he is gay. Buckley has been a sports columnist at the Herald since 1995 and also appears on WEEI, a Boston Sports Radio station. Here’s a little from...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 28, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
The Los Angeles Times re-enters the story of former LA Times sports reporter Mike Penner/Christine Daniels with a piece by Christopher Goffard based on several months of reporting after Penner’s death. Gone was quiet, circumspect Mike Penner, replaced by...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 19, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
The week-long Johnny Weir show–otherwise known as the Men’s Figure Skating at the Olympics–has come to a close and the press is still wondering, as Josie Cotton once put it, “Johnny are you Queer?” Watching the twitter and Facebook frenzy...
