Amaechi becomes first NBA player to come out!

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Is Richard Jefferson Next?





John Amaechi, who played at Penn State and for five seasons in the NBA, will announce he is gay in an upcoming book.


The cover for "Man in the Middle," John Amaechi's upcoming book.


The book, published by ESPN Books (owned by the Walt Disney Company, parent company of ESPN), is entitled "Man in the Middle." It is due to be released later this month.
Amaechi, born in Massachusetts but raised in England, would be the first NBA player to come out publicly. Few other men's professional major sport athletes have announced they are gay. Among them are football player Esera Tuaolo, baseball player Billy Bean and baseball umpire Dave Pallone.
Amaechi, a 6-10 center, played for Cleveland, Orlando and Utah during five NBA seasons. He averaged 6.2 points and 2.6 rebounds before retiring from the league in 2003.
He is currently known in Britain as a television personality and for helping fund the Amaechi Basketball Center in Manchester.
He played collegiately at Penn State after transferring from Vanderbilt.
Amaechi will also be the subject of ESPN's "Outside the Lines" on Sunday (9:30 a.m. ET). The book will also be excerpted next week on ESPN.com and in the next issue of ESPN The Magazine.
 

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Makes since
 

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Its a start, he still refuses to admit that he's black.

What a crazy society we live in.
 

They're still scrapin him off my stucco.
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This is such a non story, it's sickening. If I hear the words courageous or heroic thrown around, I will puke.
 

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Wow, I can hardly wait to get my copy of that best seller.
 

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next is cherokee parks............guy play pick up games down in laguna nigel........he is only older male playin down there and he is usually shirtless........
 

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I believe he also played a year of high school ball in Toledo, Ohio at St Johns Jesuit with GMason HC Larranaga son.

Larranaga was then coaching at Bowling Green.
 

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I think there are many NBA players that are on the down-low.

Agree with Joe Hallenbeck, non story but ESPN has probably got his movie rights.
 

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MistaFlava said:
Richard Jefferson is surely next...

What makes you think Jefferson is gay? I don't follow the NBA that closely and this is the first I've heard of this.
 

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McCabe said:
What makes you think Jefferson is gay? I don't follow the NBA that closely and this is the first I've heard of this.


It was rumoured a long time ago in the NY papers. Also, he has been living with a 'very close' friend said to be Tyson Beckford. The report was that they are an item.


:puppy:
 

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