Ex-NBA player to out self
Chronicle Staff Report
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Former NBA player John Amaechi is planning to announce that he is gay.
He would be the first NBA player, retired or active, to come out.
Amaechi, who retired from the league in 2003, is to make his announcement as
part of an "Outside the Lines" show on ESPN on Feb. 13. ESPN's books division
is to publish a memoir by Amaechi, titled "Man in the Middle, later in
February.
Amaechi, 36, grew up in England and played collegiately for Penn State. As a
6-foot-10, 270-pound center-forward, he played for Cleveland, Orlando and
Utah in the NBA, averaging 16.4 minutes per game, 6.2 points and 2.6 rebounds
over five seasons.
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2007/02/07/SPG15O053Q1.DTL
其他相關報導:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/us_sport/article1347000.ece
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Chronicle Staff Report
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Former NBA player John Amaechi is planning to announce that he is gay.
He would be the first NBA player, retired or active, to come out.
Amaechi, who retired from the league in 2003, is to make his announcement as
part of an "Outside the Lines" show on ESPN on Feb. 13. ESPN's books division
is to publish a memoir by Amaechi, titled "Man in the Middle, later in
February.
Amaechi, 36, grew up in England and played collegiately for Penn State. As a
6-foot-10, 270-pound center-forward, he played for Cleveland, Orlando and
Utah in the NBA, averaging 16.4 minutes per game, 6.2 points and 2.6 rebounds
over five seasons.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/
2007/02/07/SPG15O053Q1.DTL
其他相關報導:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/us_sport/article1347000.ece
這篇有稍微提到Sloan
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/
columnists/11708115074070.xml&coll=1
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