John Amaechi continues working against homophobia in sports

Out retired NBA player John Amaechi continues to help bring attention to the problem of homophobia in sports, and to draw distinctions between his mostly positive coming out and that of the British soccer star Justin Fashanu, whose 1990 coming out was greeted with derision by fans and players, according to blogger Rod McCullom. Fashanu reportedly committed suicide in 1998. Read more at Rod 2.0.