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☆ Nassib, NFL's first openly gay player, announces his retirement
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Nov 8, 2020; Inglewood, California, USA; Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib (94) celebrates at the end of the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Nassib's Las Vegas Raiders jersey became the top seller after he came out. In 2014, Michael Sam became the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL when he was selected by the St. Louis Rams but he never played a regular season game. Other former NFL players have come out after they retired starting with running back David Kopay, who said he was gay in 1975. Nassib played at Penn State before being recruited by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2016 draft.
Persons: Carl Nassib, Kirby Lee, Michael Sam, David Kopay, Nassib, Rory Carroll, Ed Osmond Organizations: Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, SoFi, The Raiders, Chargers, USA, NFL, St, Louis Rams, Penn State, Cleveland Browns, Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Raiders, Bucs, Thomson Locations: Inglewood , California, USA, Los Angeles
☆ Kevin Maxen becomes first male coach in a US men’s pro sports league to publicly come out as gay
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Kevin Maxen has become the first male coach in a US men’s professional sports league to come out as gay. In an interview with Outsports, the Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength coach said he no longer wanted to lie, as well as hoping to inspire others by publicly coming out. “I don’t want to feel like I have to think about it anymore,” Maxen told Outsports. Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player in league history to announce that he is gay in 2021. I know our players and staff feel the same.”Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male coach in a major American men’s pro sports league,” with WNBA coach Curt Miller, who publicly came out to the media as gay in 2015, also a publicly out male coach in an American professional sports league.
Persons: Kevin Maxen, Outsports, ” Maxen, Nick, “, ”, Carl Nassib, Maxen, I’ve, Shahid Khan, Kevin, ” Khan, Curt Miller Organizations: CNN, Jacksonville Jaguars, ” Jacksonville Jaguars, Maxen, ESPN Locations: Jacksonville, American
☆ Carl Nassib's Rayze app lands investment to connect volunteers with nonprofits
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Carl Nassib dreamed of a different kind of social media app for years — one that celebrates positivity and community. Details of the investment were not released, though Financial Finesse Ventures said their typical investment ranges from $500,0000 to $1.5 million for a minority stake. “These kids were in really, really desperate need and the most moving part about it was they were half a mile from where we went to work every day,” he added. Social media platforms are going through a rough patch, between Elon Musk’s struggles with Twitter and Facebook parent company Meta laying off 11,000 workers. So we’re combatting all those negatives of social media by getting people out of their houses and giving back.
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