6.2 and 2.6. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Those are John Ameachi's career stats (points and rebounds). Actually, there is something wrong with that. If you're 6'10", 270, and you only average less than 3 boards a game, I do think that would be a problem.

However, Ameachi's recent notoriety has nothing to do with his lack of rebounding prowess, but more to do with his book "Man in the Middle," in which he comes out as gay. If you were a sports fan, it was hard to miss the news and stories surrounding this revelation, with ESPN "platforming" the story (the book was published by them, of course) and Tim Hardaway giving moronic, small-minded bigots a fresh face ("I hate gay people.")

The sports blog With Leather put up an interesting piece the other day about a night out with John Ameachi. In it, the former NBAer sounds like he has in every other interview I've read since this story broke: highly intelligent, amusingly self-aware and a refreshing change from more recent headline grabbers in sports. My favorite quote:

"He was also confounded by people who pick and choose what leftovers from the Old Testament are and aren't sins: 'It also forbids eating shellfish. If being gay is as bad as going to Red Lobster, I'm not really worried about it.'"

I suppose some of these nutjobs could just go there for the tasty cheese biscuits and retain their integrity, but then they wouldn't be hypocritical nutjobs, now would they?