The NYPD has released vio of eight New York Knicks fans wanted nnectn wh a potential hate crime outsi Madison Square Garn. And that kd of attack agast a gay uple, by a bunch of straight guys Carmelo Anthony jerseys outsi an NBA playoff game, is exactly what pro sports leagu have been worried about — even before the official embrace of Colls.
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- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- THE GAY-BASHG KNICKS FANS ARE STILL THE PROBLEM AFTER JASON COLLS' MOMENT
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay. Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward. And that kd of attack agast a gay uple, by a bunch of straight guys Carmelo Anthony jerseys outsi an NBA playoff game, is exactly what pro sports leagu have been worried about — even before the official embrace of article is om the archive of our partner New York Police Department released vio last night of eight New York Knicks fans whom ps want to qutn a potential hate crime that, the victims say, volved homophobic slurs, flyg fists, pullg hair and more, right outsi Madison Square Garn.
And that kd of attack agast a gay uple, by a bunch of straight guys Carmelo Anthony jerseys outsi an NBA playoff game, is exactly what pro sports leagu have been worried about — even before the official embrace of Jason Colls's g out last week.
THE GAY-BASHG KNICKS FANS ARE STILL THE PROBLEM AFTER JASON COLLS' MOMENT
Ined, if the straight players n accept the new realy of gay players, this may be a microsm of the fal hurdle: Sports fans need to get wh ially releasg a photo of one man nnectn wh Sunday's alleged attack, the NYPD is now tryg to intify this entire band of apparent Knicks supporters:Those guys are wanted for qutng an ongog hate-crime vtigatn to an cint that left 27-year-old Nick Porto wh a broken nose, his 22-year-old partner Kev Atks wh a broken wrist, and their belonggs, cludg a cellphone, stroyed — all after an afternoon walk home om a long Sunday bnch. Police say the cint occurred on Eighth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets, jt a block om Madison Square Garn's fan ex — and, as most New Yorkers uld tell you, right between two of the cy's most proment gay neighborhoods, Hell's Kchen and Chelsea. But even the major pro leagu that have been champng gay rights, like the NHL and creasgly the NFL, have had ongog ncerns that was anti-gay fans they were most ncerned about.
Meanwhile, CBS's Mike Freeman, reportg the early word that potential NFL gay player might be nsirg g out as well, sisted that players weren't the hold-up — fans were: This player's te ncern, I'm told, is not the reactn si an NFL locker room but outsi of . The player fears he will suffer ser harm om homophobic fans, and that is the only thg preventg him om g out.
Acrdg to a Washgton Post/ABC News poll released Thursday, almost seven 10 Amerins supported Colls's cisn to e out, and 55 percent of 1, 008 people polled said that they support gay marriage. That's excellent news for the LGBT muny and gay rights advot — shows that Amerins are growg more tolerant as their role mols do — but a poll of a thoand people seems a lot ls real the face of ugly vlence on the real streets of article is om the archive of our partner The Wire.