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Amaechi first NBA player to discuss organism gay


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By The Associated Press
February 07, 2007
Former Knicks player John Amaechi is gay, and now the first NBA player to appear out publicly is ready to communicate about it.

Amaechi, a center who spent five seasons with four teams, is scheduled to appear on ESPN's Outside the Lines on Sunday, and his autobiography "Man in the Middle," will be released Feb. 14.

"He is coming out of the closet as a same-sex attracted man," Amaechi's publicist Howard Bragman said Wednesday.

NBA commissioner David Stern said a player's sexuality is not important.

"We have a very diverse league. The question at the NBA is always 'have you got game?' That's it, end of inquiry," he said.

Three years after his playing career ended, Amaechi has become the sixth professional male competitor from one of the four major American sports (NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL) to publicly speak his homosexuality.

Former NFL running assist David Kopay came out

Jason Collins first openly same-sex attracted athlete playing in a major American team sport

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