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A publicist named Bragman?
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune....-bears-utilityPublicist Howard Bragman, from a Los Angeles-based company called Fifteen Minutes, was spreading the word at the Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl party Saturday that a former NBA player he represents will be announcing publicly that he is gay on Valentine's Day. Bragman would say only that the player has been retired for about three years and was not a member of the Bulls or the Nets. He added that the player was not a prominent name in the NBA. The player also has a book that will be released in conjunction with his public disclosure.
A publicist named Bragman?
Howard Bragman, was the publicist who helped ex-NFL player Esera Tuaolo come out, aswell as Rosie Jones of the LPGA.
Bragman would say only that the player has been retired for about three years and was not a member of the Bulls or the Nets.
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An inspiring memoir by a former NBA star who is gay. Man in the Middle chronicles one man’s extraordinary journey from an awkward, overweight child to a jet-setting NBA star. Along the way, he encountered endless obstacles to achieving his hoop dreams—his father’s abandonment, being cut from his first college team, a life-threatening injury, abusive coaches, the death of his mother—all the while protecting a vital secret that could end his career. He was gay.
AUTHOR BIO: Author to be revealed February 20, 2007
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obviously Malone is gay. lol.
Bateer retired about 3 years ago.
"Man in the Middle" implies a center...
He added that the player was not a prominent name in the NBA.Man in the Middle chronicles one man’s extraordinary journey from an awkward, overweight child to a jet-setting NBA star.
when I think of "NBA jet-setters" who aren't prominent names, I immediately think of Bateer.
Laettner?
No Bulls eliminates Rodman.
Another site said it was John Amaechi.
If those things are true, it shouldn't be hard to figure out (if anyone cares to do so). There's probably not many NBA bigmen who had a "life-threatening" injury during their careers and were also cut in college.Along the way, he encountered endless obstacles to achieving his hoop dreams—his father’s abandonment, being cut from his first college team, a life-threatening injury, abusive coaches, the death of his mother—all the while protecting a vital secret that could end his career. He was gay.
Tariq Abdul-Wahad.
So if Richard Jefferson retired three years ago, who's been using his jersey every night?
I might have missed it, but where did it say he was a big man?
I assume "Man in the Middle" indicates a bigman.
John Amaechi Speaking Advertisement:Another site said it was John Amaechi.
Amaechi also did transfer from Vanderbilt to Penn State while in college.
Good point, that went right over my head.
On a side note, the highlight video on John Amaechi's Web site shows him driving and scoring against Rasho (not that kind of scoring), maybe he could be our answer inside.
Scoring against Rasho and Sean Marks?
As much as it pains the Synagogue of Sean to say it..."RC! Make it so!"
Yeah I just read all that too. Plus I read he was openly in the gay community in Utah when he was there. So it's probably not that big of a shocker to anyone who knows him.
"If you look at our league, minorities aren’t very well represented," noted Briton John Amaechi, of Utah Jazz, who received threats after espousing supposedly-non-traditional values on his personal website. "There’s hardly any Hispanic players, no Asian-Americans, so that there’s no openly gay players is no real surprise.
"It would be like an alien dropping down from space. There’d be fear, then panic: they just wouldn’t know how to handle it."
It's kind of sad that this might actually be newsworthy. I'm sure he's not the only sexual player of recent vintage in the NBA -- while the number is likely small, I doubt it's 1. I understand why it's being discussed and why it will be news, but as an abstract notion, I just don't get what difference it makes to anyone who John Amaechi (or any other player, for that matter) falls in love with or sleeps with.
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