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NBA star who used a gay slur publicly two years ago shows how far he's come

New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire could be paying a price for calling a fan (@BFerrelli) a "fag" on Twitter last week. An NBA spokesman reportedly told Newsday that he's sure the matter will...

Last day to vote! Every year we crown our annual 'Jerk of the Year,' honoring those in sports who were, well, jerks. Last year's 'Jerk of the Year' was the Belmont University administration, who...

From Sean Chapin comes a video compiling the homophobic slurs that have been captured in the past four months, from Kobe Bryant, Joakim Noah and Wayne Simmonds. The message is that these slurs are...

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. NBA, 2011. We had heard athletes use the words 'fag' and 'faggot' before. In 2006, Pittsburgh Steeler Joey...

The recent fines in the NBA for Kobe Bryant and Joakim Noah using "faggot" has engendered a lot of talk about language and what is and isn't a slur. Mike Freeman of CBS Sportsline has a provocative...

The past month has been amazing in terms of the number of stories the mainstream media have devoted to gays in sports. Outsports was profiled in the New York Times on April 8 and it seemed like...