If this news is true (and it is), Sean Avery has just come out as the first NHL player, retired or active, to be openly gay. Yet another giant step forward for the community in professional sports.

The Blackhawks aren’t talking during their review of allegations made against assistant coach Marc Crawford claiming he was physically abusive toward former player Sean Avery while both were ...

Whether it’s because of fear or apprehension, professional athletes are either unwilling to support those that have come out or are afraid to do so because it’s so virtually absent from the locker ...