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NFL Meets With Gay Rights Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.12.2013 | Gay Voices
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WASHINGTON -- The National Football League met with LGBT rights groups last week about the push to end homophobia in sports, at a time when speculatio...

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Dear Closeted Football Player(s): We Got You

Adam Amel Rogers | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices
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Adam Amel Rogers

As a gay sports fan, I have a simple message for any athlete who is ready to come out: We got you. I hope you are listening, because the LGBT sports-loving community has been waiting for this for a long time and we are ready to battle for you.

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Detroit Tigers Pitcher Says He'd Welcome A Gay Teammate

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 03.06.2013 | Gay Voices
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The prospect of openly gay athletes playing professional sports has been the talk of the town in recent weeks. Now Detroit Tigers star pitcher Justin ...

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NFL Linebacker Says He 'Would Be Fine' Having Gay Players On His Team, In Locker Room

Posted 03.03.2013 | Gay Voices
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Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita has joined the chorus of professional sports figures who are expressing their views on the possibility of hav...

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Overturned

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 02.10.2013 | Sports
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NEW ORLEANS -- In a sharp rebuke to his successor's handling of the NFL's bounty investigation, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue overturned the susp...

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A New Twist In NFL Bounty Scandal

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 12.19.2012 | Sports
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NEW YORK — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appointed predecessor Paul Tagliabue to hear the appeals of four players suspended in the Saints' boun...

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Judge To Goodell: Show Me Evidence

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 10.16.2012 | Sports
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NEW ORLEANS -- A federal magistrate judge has ordered NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to provide the court with documents related to the league's bount...

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Here We Go Again

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 12.12.2012 | Sports
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NEW ORLEANS — All four players punished in the NFL's bounty investigation have filed appeals with the league. People familiar with the situation...

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'Pride Won't Let Him Admit He's Wrong'

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 12.10.2012 | Sports
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NEW ORLEANS — Jonathan Vilma, Will Smith and the NFL players union left little doubt they remain determined to challenge Commissioner Roger Good...

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SAINTS WIN

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2012 | Sports
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The New Orleans Saints have won a skirmish in their ongoing battle against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, as first reported by Jim Trotter of Sports ...

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NFLPA Calls Out Goodell In Bounty Lawsuit

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 09.04.2012 | Sports
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NEW ORLEANS — The NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit against the NFL on behalf of three players suspended in connection with the bounty inv...

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Fujita: NFL Has 'Very Little Regard For The Truth'

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 06.24.2012 | Sports
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NEW ORLEANS -- Former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, a union leader with a record of criticizing the NFL's player-safety record, sees elements of a "...

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Players Fight Suspensions In Saints Bounty case

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 05.08.2012 | Sports
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NEW ORLEANS -- Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and three other players suspended in the NFL's investigation of New Orleans' cash-for-hits bounty syst...

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NFL Comes Down Hard On Players For Saints' Bounty Program

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 07.02.2012 | Sports
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Hoping to close the book on bounties, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints defensive captain Jonathan Vilma without pay for all of next season Wednesd...

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NFL Gets Better: Football League Adds Sexual Orientation Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.26.2011 | Sports
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WASHINGTON -- The NFL has removed a hurdle for professional football players who may be thinking of coming out as gay, banning discrimination based on...

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Integrating Openly Gay Soldiers Into the Military Depends on Sports

Hudson Taylor | Posted 06.20.2011 | New York
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Hudson Taylor

With the high rates of athletes who enter military service, sports have the potential to prepare straight recruits with positive attitudes toward gay and lesbian teammates.

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Browns Linebacker Rips Jerry Jones

Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
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In an interview on 60 Minutes that CBS inexplicably didn't air, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that he does not think a lockout would be disast...

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Roger Goodell's Message to NFL Players and Fans: Drop Dead

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
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Dave Zirin

Leave it to Goodell to end a thrilling NFL regular season on a sour note. He issued an ill-timed letter that follows a tried and true strategy: blame the union and sow resentment between the fans and the players they pay to watch.

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"Why I Support the National Equality March": NFL's Scott Fujita Speaks Out for Gay Rights

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Dave Zirin

Star linebacker Scott Fujita speaks out about why he is supporting the October 11th National Equality March for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights in Washington DC.

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