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Charles Barkley: Gays Can Play Ball – Former NBA MVP and commentator Charles Barkley said that openly gay professional athletes would most likely be accepted by team mates based on their skills on the court, rather than their sexual orientation. (This story continues here)

Charles Barkley: In Sports, Ability to Play Outweighs Sexual Orientation – From The Washington Post : Charles Barkley is sick and tired of hearing how the sanctuary of the locker room is not ready for a male athlete in a major team sport to come out to his teammates, how awkward everyone would feel after they heard a teammates say, “I’m gay.” After all, Barkley has no doubt he played with several gay teammates. Share Tweet “I didn’t think it . . . they were gay,” he … (This story continues here)

Waiting For The Gay Superstar [Gay Athletes] – # gayathletes We’re so close, people. So so close to current gay athletes coming out (or being outed), and more importantly, close to gay athletes feeling comfortable with being out. More » (This story continues here)

Suns' Welts hopes coming out serves as example – PHOENIX (AP) — Rick Welts was 40,000 feet in the air on a flight two hours from New York when, as he put it, “my life was changing below me.” (This story continues here)

Suns CEO Welts hopes coming out serves as example – Rick Welts was 40,000 feet in the air on a flight two hours from New York when, as he put it, “my life was changing below me.” The Phoenix Suns president and chief executive officer knew the story revealing he was gay had been posted on the Internet by The New York Times. When he landed, his Blackberry “exploded with e-mails from all over the place,” all supporting him. (This story continues here)

Suns prez hopes to serve as example for others – Rick Welts was 40,000 feet in the air on a flight two hours from New York when, as he put it, “my life was changing below me.” (This story continues here)

By The Looks Of Things, The Texas Rangers Mascot Is Hung Like The Palomino Horse It Purports To Be [Video] – # wakeupdeadspin Your morning roundup for May 7, the first Saturday after the gays seized control of Atlantic City . More » (This story continues here)

Phoenix Suns' CEO Welts reveals he’s gay, hopes to serve as example – Rick Welts was 40,000 feet in the air on a flight two hours from New York when, as he put it, “my life was changing below me.” (This story continues here)

In Sports, Coming Out Stories Leave No Lasting Impact – I had to do a double take and make sure that National Coming Out Day was still October 11. With Phoenix Suns President Rick Welts, CNN news anchor Don Lemon and former Villanova men’s basketball player Will Sheridan announcing to the world that they’re gay over the last day, it really is a lot to take in. But in the end it doesn’t really make an ounce of difference. [ more › ] (This story continues here)

NBA Playoff Capsules: Old-but-rested Mavs await rapidly maturing Thunder – DALLAS (AP) — Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan have been through so many playoff series, they would be good sources to discuss the prevailing themes in the Western Conference finals, like how valuable experience is at this stage and whether there’s such thing as too much rest between rounds. (This story continues here)