Thursday, February 08, 2007

NBA同志、UNC勝Duke



今天最大的NBA新聞,恐怕不是波士頓16連敗,而是前NBA中鋒John Amaechi出櫃,成為第一個公開出櫃的現役或退役NBA球員。

這需要很大的勇氣。雖然Tracy McGrady在2003年就曾爆料,NBA大概至少有5%的球員是同性戀,但從未有人敢去踩這條線,即使Amaechi也是在退休之後才出櫃。

另外,爵士教頭Jerry Sloan也掃到颱風尾,被指控曾在球員休息室使用岐視同性戀的語言。我想這種教練不會是少數,至少Bobby Knight一定會是其中一個。有一篇文章寫得好,作者認為,社會上的任何觀念,在球員休息室中都成為模糊概念、模糊地帶,因為教練和球員會用任何方法、任何語言去互相激勵,只為勝利。

Anyway,出櫃的運動員已經很多了,在WNBA中尤其多,例如Sheryl Swoopes、Michele Van Gorp、Sue Wicks等等。網壇大姐大娜拉提洛娃、法國妹Amelie Mauresmo,女子高球的Karrie Webb、Kelly Robbins、Rosie Jones,早已是公開的out athletes。或許,對男人而言要承認自己是同性戀的難度比女人來得高得多。

我不是同志,但是也覺得同志應該被尊重,不該受到岐視,無論在新聞報導中或是運動場上都一樣。

Amaechi to come out publicly
The small, exclusive club of openly gay professional male athletes has a new member.

Former NBA center John Amaechi, who spent five seasons with four teams, on Wednesday became the first NBA player to publicly come out.


參考連結:

-- Homosexuality in the NBA, and Thank You John Amaechi
-- Outro

另外,北卡擊敗Duke,使Duke嘗到1999年以來的首度三連敗。目前Duke很慘,在ACC戰績只有5勝5負。

(5) North Carolina 79, (16) Duke 73
Freshman Brandan Wright scored 19 points while Tyler Hansbrough added 16 to lead the fifth-ranked Tar Heels past No. 16 Duke 79-73, earning their second straight win in Cameron Indoor Stadium and handing the Blue Devils their first three-game losing streak in nearly eight years.


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(2/11 update)

NBA唯一出櫃的現役球員:



Memphis Grizzlies...Rudy GAY !!!