The Tampa Bay Bucneers signed fensive end Carl Nassib — pro football's first openly gay, active player — brgg him back to where he livered two of his
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- BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
- CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER NFL, RETURNG TO THE TAMPA BAY BUCNEERS
- CARL NASSIB, NFL'S 1ST ACTIVE PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY, SET TO REJO BUCS: REPORTS
- CARL NASSIB MET THE MEDIA AND MOST OF THE QUTNS WERE ABOUT FOOTBALL, NOT BEG GAY. HOORAY FOR THAT.
BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
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NFL star Carl Nassib is speakg ndidly a new terview about the impact of beg the first openly gay active player the league. My whole thg is, I'm a football player who is gay. ' Bee all anyone's gonna remember about me is that I'm gay, " he said of his thkg at the time.
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CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER NFL, RETURNG TO THE TAMPA BAY BUCNEERS
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CARL NASSIB, NFL'S 1ST ACTIVE PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY, SET TO REJO BUCS: REPORTS
Ryan Gaydos is a senr edor for Fox News Digal. It was more than three mut to the 4:26 ssn before someone asked about his g out as gay June 2021, beg the first active NFL player to do so and how this season was different. That was for the gay angle.
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