In a new interview with ESPN, Brittney Griner has revealed that Baylor University head coach Kim Mulkey asked her to conceal the fact that she was gay and claimed that not doing so might jeopardize recruitment for the team.

ESPN reports:

In a series of interviews -- including one on camera Friday -- for an ESPN The Magazine and espnW.com story set to hit newsstands later this month, Griner said her silence during college was because Mulkey and her staff were concerned about the program's image.

"It was more of a unwritten law [to not discuss your sexuality] ... it was just kind of, like, one of those things, you know, just don't do it," Griner said Friday. "They kind of tried to make it, like, 'Why put your business out on the street like that?'"

But Griner reiterated on Friday that her sexuality was an open secret at Baylor.

"I told Coach [Mulkey] when she was recruiting me. I was like, 'I'm gay. I hope that's not a problem,' and she told me that it wasn't," Griner said. "I mean, my teammates knew, obviously they all knew. Everybody knew about it."

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Whether they're on screen or off screen, this couple is nothing but adorable. They appeared to be on break between takes because their cute golden retriever was close by.

Andrew takes a break from filming to play basketball with local kids while Emma watches on.


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When the going gets tough, the tough get going -- Denise Richards is proof of that. Between filming the ABC Family series Twisted and taking care of five kids, the actress, 42, has more than a few balls in the air. But she seems to have her juggling act down pat.

Us Weekly caught up with the star on Saturday, May 18, at Carolle's Adopt-a-Doll event at the Grove in L.A., where she opened up about her fuller-than-usual house.
"You just figure it out because you don't have a choice. You have these children depending on you," she explained to Us of how she manages. "You prioritize. I had children because I want to be a parent, and I want to be there for them."
"I think my biggest challenge is [that] their different activities sometimes overlap," she added, noting that she tries to attend everything.

For legal reasons, Richards couldn't talk specifically about the situation with Mueller and Sheen's kids -- the twins were placed under her care earlier this month, when Mueller checked into rehab for the 20th time -- but she could (and did) talk about her relationship with her ex. "My situation with Charlie is that we've gotten along for quite some time now, and it's so much better," she told Us. "There are a lot of feelings and emotions there, but at the end of the day, our daughters benefit from us getting along, and [I do], too.""I don't want to have an unhealthy relationship with him, something toxic with a lot of animosity. Life's too short for that," she continued. "We actually enjoy hanging out, and we enjoy being with the kids."

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"Miami Heat superstars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade enjoying their day off poolside with some family members in Miami, Florida on May 18, 2013"
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Look Past the Dragons in Game of Thrones
By MATT ZOLLER SEITZ


We’re only halfway through the season, and it’s only May, but it’s already hard for me to imagine any show topping Game of Thrones on my 2013 year-end best-of list. There are more innovative and original series, but none that satisfies on so many levels, or that juggles so much plot and so many characters with the appearance of ease.

Since HBO’s blockbuster adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fiction debuted in 2011, many have lodged complaints about the show’s racial stereotypes and simplistic sexual dynamics—and rightly so; Thrones was a problematic series and still is, despite course corrections that suggest showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss heard their critics. Beyond that, however, the show doesn’t get enough credit. Nearly a decade after ­Peter Jackson won Oscars for a film ­series about wizards and hobbits, fantasy is still seen as disreputable nerd bait rather than a legitimate mainstream genre. That should change this year, and if it doesn’t, fans can cry foul. Thrones was always solid and sometimes awesome, but its third season represents a giant leap forward in ambition and execution. It’s equal or superior to any big-screen fantasy picture you can name, including John Boorman’s Excalibur and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and as wise about the intersection of friendship, family, and power as the Godfather films.
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Lmfao, omg I'm so sorry mods. Such a mess. And I get where this article is coming from, but if it's really hard to imagine any show topping this one at the end of the year, then Idek. Breaking Bad is a show that exists, lol. Anyway, this will be me tonight, tbh: