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
- FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER SIGNS NEW NTRACT WH TAMPA BAY
BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
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' Bee all anyone's gonna remember about me is that I'm gay, " he said of his thkg at the time. I don't choose every day to be gay.
CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER NFL, RETURNG TO THE TAMPA BAY BUCNEERS
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FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER SIGNS NEW NTRACT WH TAMPA BAY
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