Hardaway: 'I don't hate gay people' - ESPN

Contents:

• TIM HARDAWAY BLASTED GAYS 2007. NOW HE SAYS ’S KEEPG HIM OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME.
• TIM HARDAWAY SAYS HIS ANTI-GAY MENTS OM 2007 ARE KEEPG HIM OUT OF HALL OF FAME
• RETIRED NBA STAR HARDAWAY SAYS HE HAT 'GAY PEOPLE'
• 'I HATE GAY PEOPLE,' SAYS FORMER NBA STAR HARDAWAY
• WHEN TIM HARDAWAY SR. MA C HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS AND LATER HAD TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE FOR : "I HATE GAY PEOPLE, SO I LET BE KNOWN"
• HARDAWAY’S RANT: I HATE GAY PEOPLE
• TIM HARDAWAY ‘STILL CRG’ WHEN HE THKS ABOUT SAYG ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ 10 YEARS AGO
• TIM HARDAWAY APOLOGIZ FOR HIS ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ MENTS OM 15 YEARS AGO: ‘I WAS JT TGHT DIFFERENTLY’
• HARDAWAY: 'I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE'

TIM HARDAWAY BLASTED GAYS 2007. NOW HE SAYS ’S KEEPG HIM OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME.

“The reason I’m not is bee of what I said 2007 about gay people, ” Hardaway asserted an terview wh Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype. ”Hardaway was referrg to ments he ma that year after former NBA player John Amaechi me out as gay. “Well, you know, I hate gay people, so I let be known, ” Hardaway said at the time on a rad show hosted by ESPN’s Dan Le Batard.

“I don’t like gay people, and I don’t like to be around gay people.

"I am homophobic. ” He proceed to take steps to do jt that, cludg gog 2011 to El Paso, where he was a standout at UTEP, to support efforts by the cy’s mayor to offer domtic partnership benefs for gay and unmarried upl.

TIM HARDAWAY SAYS HIS ANTI-GAY MENTS OM 2007 ARE KEEPG HIM OUT OF HALL OF FAME

Shortly before dog that, he ma a pot of llg Jason Colls wh a msage of support after the latter me out as the first openly gay active male player major U.

“I’m tryg to do what’s right, supportg gay people and transgenr people. “The reason I’m not is bee of what I said 2007 about gay people, ” Hardaway told HoopsHype an terview that was published Tuday.

“You know, I hate gay people, so I let be known, ” Hardaway said on Feb. “I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people. I am homophobic.

RETIRED NBA STAR HARDAWAY SAYS HE HAT 'GAY PEOPLE'

I’m tryg to do what’s right, supportg gay people and transgenr people. ”In 2011, the former UTEP standout returned to El Paso to support the mayor’s proposal for domtic partnership benefs for gay and unmarried upl. Two years later, he was the first to sign a petn mandg the legalizatn of gay marriage Florida.

He also lled then-NBA-player Jason Colls to give his support after Colls 2013 beme the first openly gay active male athlete a major U. news servicFeb 14, 2007, 11:11 PM ETFormer Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway said on a rad show Wednday afternoon that he would not want a gay player on his team. Hardaway"You know, I hate gay people, so I let be known, " Hardaway said.

'I HATE GAY PEOPLE,' SAYS FORMER NBA STAR HARDAWAY

"I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. "Hardaway was a gut of Miami Herald lumnist Dan Le Batard on Miami sports rad statn WAXY-AM and was asked how he would al wh a gay teammate. "It is appropriate for him to be reprentg given the dispary between his views and ours, " Stern said a statement said he had not spoken wh Hardaway, who left Las Vegas on Thursday, but he planned to do Stern said a discsn about openly gay players uld be part of future rookie orientatn programs, he don't see a need to addrs the league.

It's not an NBA issue, " Stern said, potg to the ongog bate over gay marriage at the state and feral levels. "Hardaway apologized for his ments, which me a week after Amaechi beme the first former NBA player to say he was gay.

"The are the ments that create the atmosphere that allow some of the tragic cints of homophobia that we've seen. This is what mak the liv of gay and lbian young people schools miserable. It's what stops gay and lbian people the workplace om g out as well as the fact they n be fed 33 stat for beg gay.

WHEN TIM HARDAWAY SR. MA C HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS AND LATER HAD TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE FOR : "I HATE GAY PEOPLE, SO I LET BE KNOWN"

I shouldn't have said I hate gay people or anythg like that, " he said. Two major gay and lbian groups nounced Hardaway's remarks. "Hardaway's ments are vile, repulsive and ditive of the climate of ignorance, hostily and prejudice that ntu to perva sports culture, " said Neil Giuliano, print of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn.

HARDAWAY’S RANT: I HATE GAY PEOPLE

"Said Matt Foreman, print of the Natnal Gay & Lbian Task Force: "Hardaway is a hero to thoands of young people.

Sadly, his words simply put the pervasive homophobia the NBA on the table.

TIM HARDAWAY ‘STILL CRG’ WHEN HE THKS ABOUT SAYG ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ 10 YEARS AGO

"Amaechi taped a spot Thursday for PBS' gay and lbian program "In the Life. " He said the anti-gay sentiment remas spe Hardaway's apology.

TIM HARDAWAY APOLOGIZ FOR HIS ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ MENTS OM 15 YEARS AGO: ‘I WAS JT TGHT DIFFERENTLY’

15, 2007 — -- A week after a former NBA star revealed he was gay, retired Miami Heat star Tim Hardaway ma some cendiary ments about gays Wednday on a Miami rad show. "You know, I hate gay people, " Hardaway said durg an terview on "790 the Ticket. ""You know, I let be known I don't like gay people.

I don't like to be around gay people, " he -your-face ments me jt a week after another former NBA player, John Amaechi, revealed that he was gay. "Though Amaechi and Hardaway never played on the same basketball team, Hardaway told the sports rad show how he would react to a gay teammate.

"The show's host said: "You know that what you're sayg there though, Timmy, is flatly homophobic. "Hardaway replied, "I am homophobic.

HARDAWAY: 'I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE'

"Overall, Amaechi seems to be gettg support om NBA players, cludg the Miami Heat's Shaquille O' Wednday, Hardaway apologized for his ments, sayg a statement: "I want to apologize for my ments … regardg gays. "No active NBA player has ever said that he was gay. Shockgly ma some anti-gay ments that ed him to receive a ton of flak.

Hardaway was already four years to his retirement when he spoke to Dan LeBatard on “790 The Ticket” about his views on gay people:. "You know, I hate gay people, so I let be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people.