Always fascinating to hear accounts of those who’ve battled with the struggle. And we know soon enough active players will have the confidence to come out. It’s the change of the times here in American sports. I look forward to it.
From now until the opening of training camps, The MMQB will run a series of our Greatest Hits from the site’s first year. From July 2013, Robert Klemko profiles Esera Tuaolo and Wade Davis, openly gay ex-players who were in the closet during their time in the NFL…
One day in June, Esera Tuaolo was sorting through boxes of old papers when he discovered a handwritten letter he penned in high school, addressed to his future self. As part of a senior retreat taken by the class of 1986 at Don Antonio Lugo High in Chino, Calif., the exercise was meant to get students thinking about career goals. But Tuaolo’s read like a plea for mercy: “I hope your life is better than what it is today, and that you will be happy.”
Poring over the words as he stood in the garage of his Minneapolis home, the 45-year-old former NFL nosetackle…
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