A few days ago, the Internet laughed heartily at CSN Chicago reporter Susannah Collins when she screwed up and said the word “sex” instead of “success” on air. We chose not to post it at the time, because it seemed like a pretty harmless mistake that wasn’t worth riding her about, so to speak. CSN felt differently.

Politically and socially conservative people are usually not cool with homosexuality, for whatever reason. That’s what makes Karl Malone’s showing of support for Jason Collins so heart-warming.

An explanation of the track SportsGrid has taken, and will continue to take, regarding Chris Broussard’s recent comments.

First, The Daily Show, which has a keen nose for hypocrisy, notes that gay players have now reached the level of acceptance in pro sports that rapists, murderers, animal abusers, adulterers and other unenviable types have been enjoying for years. Then they wonder, couldn’t Jason Collins have been a little gayer about his coming out party?

In case you missed it, Jason Collins came out publicly as a gay man yesterday. It’s a momentous occasion for the gay community, and for American society at large. It also presents a potentially delicate situation for all 30 NBA teams starting this off-season.

Oh, so that’s why you wore the number 98? That’s awesome.

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Okay folks, let’s try an experiment here. Can we have a rational discussion about this story without it devolving into partisan bickering, personal attacks, conspiracy theories and other interwebz nonsense? Probably not, but oh well.

For lack of any better ideas, it seems the FBI is embracing Dennis Rodman as some sort of court jester who can potentially gather some clues for them on a return trip to North Korea.