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WATERUX) ML! 0 Wednesday. May a. 2013 - 7.1 Bab y the y were bOl‘Il this a ' my years of my 5 ns for a vane of ubl'lca- theory that having a dominating mower could turn people you‘re wired and to my way of thinking, it shoots down all Firm in Ontario “Ezekiemy first wrung, abfim gays gay. i heard it more than a few times over the years from the other theories. Of course. this will anger many religious in the world of pmfesional sport. people who knew the demeanor of my much-loved mom. groups. But I'm an agnostic. so l'm not concerned about And, i think. this is my first comm" abet" gays in any Thatwasoneofhundreds oftheories about homu- their point ofview and never have been since i gained the sponoulsjdethewofldofpmathletes itylheardbebrelletfledondseonethatlbdbvecwm. abilitytothlnkandrenonformysell Certainly. when I started my journalism pursuits way YOUR any hunt you were him that way. hi in my Continuedonpopzs hack in the 19505. the topic of homosexuality was not > ' v ' widely discussed among the masses and if it was. it was 3 more times than not done derisively. , 1 i The first gay man i met was a newspaper colleague. _m- . A ,., 1 who turned out to be a at guy and an outstan , a , v j; ‘ if ' f photographer. gm ding DA is 3, . 5" a 00{ j The first lesbian to be my friend. although i didn‘t M f - , know about her status until . ' ' years later. was also a newspa- ' per person, an outstanding s H j; l reporter and columnist. She 3 g loves golf and we are still r ‘ ' w friends and golf together to m ”B'LETLT'Q-_ ,. w _ __.___,,, 1a L this day m Mum- m u a 1:13] i ' . Duringthesedecadeslwas ' ' $150 ‘0 1 49” + on j, n , well aware there were gays in ‘ , rut-u can. ' no | 3 ’ ' the sports world in the areas ’ , r t w , , -Tâ€"T-..T:‘W-‘- "m..." that l covered. but in the sim- , “if; e ,- ,, I no ' 1. ' ' no ' gs; plest terms, I didn't care. lf it A“ f x ' x *' didn't have a bearing on the - ‘ g. / " x ' x outcome of the ames, what J.“ z / ’ ' x f x BILL “SKIP" diditmatter? g mmmwm ____,___ arm“? wmmz,3.,m:ra=,”3.3333...“ [OI-[NS And to the best of my m h k” w" W" knowledge and memory, sex am: an: s-oooa m orientation never had a bearing on any game or sports fiâ€"fi w a on” w av , ' “A ' ~ ____._ event i wrote about over the years. ’ 0,0 So. why the big news about veteran NBA centre “ m QS’M" W‘O‘“ ”1.49 m m Jason Collins announcing publicly that he is gay? "" " 733 v. 5:5: ___“__ ______ ___"__ v The biggest part of Collins's “coming out" "i,._ _ “I k, w- 1 . page». . ,, --~.- 5 announcement is the fact he is the first pro athlete to 1 W 5 ’_ ”r, g ,’ , T; F" , "° j do so while still playing in his richly rewarding sport. 3.1“ , ’ J , , , , ," e ’< i feel cenain there are gay athletes in the macho m . , f . i. H", .. . it ,, ’$ , ,, world of the NHL NFL MLB and professional soccer, m’mmzzg mm ...., afim rwmaafw-i. "m3" ,, L alongwith [hem My‘nriflvmuwmMwumlollimlâ€"msu~MY:-mamm l'm not sure about the numbers. but We heard 10 to w" 15 per cent of the population is gay, and I’m guessing it 2013 M “W would be a similar number in pro spons. snag; ;;m ‘ ' n ‘ """‘““â€"M“*T“‘*“ It is. i think. ironic that my ition on y athletes ' % f ,, â€"basically whareverwlllbemrllpotsleâ€"ismgawayins 124 0 1,49 "‘ 7g Back in my school years, i grew up in a household ‘m' m â€"â€"‘â€"‘"'~â€" “L __,______w where there was no question my mother was the domi- . 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Forest Heights Collegiate institute graduate Michael Duly, a defensive back out of the Kl I C H E N E R KlA @ OUA-champion McMaster Marauders program, was selected first overall in the sixth round by the TlCats And mm the mum pick in m (m former 300 HOMER WATSON BLVD. , KITCHENER (Ill-“L Mn Cities Predators kicker Dumitru lonita went . . to the Cal Stampeders The Woodstock native also W W W I _ 51 9.571 -2828 played dmtball with Concordia University. ' kltChenerk a com l