Quote of the day, on being true to yourself

"Don't wait. Take advantage of everything that you have in front of you. Don’t wait because you’re scared. Don’t wait until you’re 35 or 40 years old and done playing the sport that you love. Because it’s stressful to live that way. I cried most of the nights when I was in the closet just because it starts to take a toll on you just because you’re worried about how people are going to think about you and what they’re going to say about you. Take advantage of it now. It’s going to make your life so much easier." 

-- UMASS basketball player Derrick Gordon,

Guts & pride are all part of Derrick Gordon, the first openly gay male athlete in NCAA Division 1 sports

Photo of the day

Track coach Micah Porter from D'Evelyn High School, near Denver, Colorado, with his team.  (Via Outsports.com)

These newly out gay men reclaim their humanity & self-respect. One jock and one nerd...two authentic men

I love Thomas and Curtis for their humanity and self-respect.  As my dad, a former coach, says, they have pedigree!

Saunders High School's Boys Basketball Team wears #BeTrue t-shirts in support of their openly gay coach, Anthony Nicodemo

From Outsports:

The Saunders High School boys basketball team played their first game of the season Sunday, and it was special. 

The players entered the gym and warmed up wearing Nike #BeTrue shirts in solidarity with and support of their head coach, Anthony Nicodemo, who came out publicly as gay earlier this year. The #BeTrue line is Nike's LGBT brand that has helped fund the work of the LGBT Sports Coalition. It was a pretty powerful statement by the players, largely straight inner-city youth, who came up with the idea themselves.

The game was a thriller. After leading by 9 with under five minutes left, Saunders let Nanuet creep back into the game, which was tied with 30 seconds left. After a missed Saunders layup with seconds remaining, Nanuet grabbed the rebound and called a timeout with 0.3 seconds left. There was only one problem: They didn't have any timeouts left. Game MVP Dijon Gonzales buried two technical free throws and Saunders walked away with a 55-53 win.