SLC Dunk, a Utah Jazz community

Chargers tight end Dante Rosario We've been begging reporters for years to start asking professional athletes their thoughts on gay issues...

The former NBA All-Star talks to Outsports about his gay former teammate

I simply have no understanding of this. None. Zip. Zilch. We see it over and over again: A team wins a big championship...and the fans try to burn down the city. To Oklahoma City's credit, this is...

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. NBA, 2011. We had heard athletes use the words 'fag' and 'faggot' before. In 2006, Pittsburgh Steeler Joey...

I've only been watching professional basketball for about 30 years, so I can't speak about the whole history of basketball. But Los Angeles Laker Andrew Bynum's flagrant, intentional foul on Dallas...

The top two NBA franchises for several years have been the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. Now both teams are down, 0-2. While the Celtics had won their first three games against the...

Kobe Bryant said he'd do more to correct for his use of the slur 'faggot' last week, and he has started with a PSA encouraging understanding. The PSA, which will be shown during Lakers games,...

The biggest news since we last checked in with Kobe Bryant might be that Bryant allegedly told ESPN reporter Lisa Salters he used to beat up kids for teasing gay students, and that he intends to do...

Just like Tim Hardaway's "I hate gay people" years ago opened the door to opportunities, so has Kobe Bryant's "fucking faggot" slur. GLAAD today has a joint statement with the Los Angeles Lakers...

The NBA has fined Kobe Bryant $100k for calling referee Bennie Adams a "fucking faggot" during their game last night. NBA commissioner David Stern released this statement: Kobe Bryant’s comment...