Philly Mayor Calls Trump a ‘Fragile Egomaniac’ Afraid of the Embarrassment of Throwing a Party No One Wants to Attend

Kudos to Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney for seeing Donald Trump’s decision to disinvite the Super Bowl-winning Eagles from the White House for exactly what it was.

Former NFL Tackle Comes Out as Gay, Says He'd Planned to Commit Suicide After Football

Former Patriots and Chiefs tackle Ryan O’Callaghan, who spent his NFL career feeling isolated and alone while listening to anti-gay slurs in the locker room, says he had always planned to commit suicide after football, until Kansas City Chiefs staffers stepped in.

"As long as there are people killing themselves because they are gay, there is a reason for people like me to share my story and try to help. People need to understand that we are everywhere. We’re your sons, your daughters, your teammates, your neighbors. And honestly, even some of your husbands and wives. You just don’t know it yet…It’s not always easy being honest, but I can tell you it’s much easier and more enjoyable being yourself and not living a lie."

Read his harrowing tale -- written with a few journalistic headscratchers -- that has a happy ending HERE.

More Than Just Tight Ends

The National Football League may be a stomping ground for toxic masculinity and swept-under-the-rug brain injuries. But whoever got through to them on equality should be commended greatly, most recently with its "Love Has No Labels" campaign featuring a "kiss-cam" highlighting diversity in couples. Details HERE.

Are Quarterbacks Really the Best-Looking Players?

Sports Illustrated gets into the football beauty game -- adding the latest chapter to my list of the 50 Hottest NFL Players of All Time HERE.

Sam the Butchered

  It sucks that Michael Sam got cut by the St. Louis Rams -- and was passed over by every other team in the NFL -- but at least it wasn't because he runs like a girl. #progress

Are You Ready for Some Football (Players)?

The NFL season begins in 45 days, and with tight ends Dennis Pitta and Owen Daniels on the loose, I'm ready.

Greek Active It's All Greek to Me

UPDATED because he's apparently not Greek!

I guess if you're going to draft a backup quarterback for someone as good-looking as Tom Brady, you really have no choice but to go with a Greek god an Italian stallion like Jimmy Garoppolo. 

Dale Hansen Defends Michael Sam in Jaw-Dropping Speech on Gay NFL Players

In case you somehow missed it ...

'An NFL Coach Wants Me Dead'

Openly gay sports writer Viv Bernstein reflects on the recent LGBT-related headlines from the world of professional football and says collectively, "they send a powerful message: If you are gay -- if you so much as support gays -- you will be out of a job in the NFL. What has happened this year could send gay NFL players back into the closet for years." Read HERE.

 UPDATE: Vikings Retain Attorneys to Investigate Chris Kluwe Homophobia Claims

Ex-Eagle: McNabb Spread Gay Rumor; Bullies Pissed on Victims

People who blame victims and think bullying is just a part of growing up really need to wake the f**k up. Get a load of the latest story to emerge from the NFL. If these guys can't handle "a little teasing," imagine what it's like for a misfit kid with no resources whatsoever.

The New York Post reports:

Donovan McNabb may have not been a bully, but according to one former Eagles player, he was no leader, either. After hearing about the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin controversy in Miami, former offensive lineman Shawn Andrews, who played with McNabb with the Eagles from 2004 to 2009, is speaking about the shoddy treatment he felt he received from the quarterback, which Andrews says “disgusted” him. Andrews also alleges McNabb and other Eagles players spread rumors that he was gay, and the former lineman says by the end of his six seasons in Philadelphia, Andrews had thought about taking his own life and received psychiatric treatment. “It just felt like I was in a living hell,” Andrews said, according to Sync Weekly. “[McNabb] was a big part of it — he was a big part of my issues there. Bully is a strong word, but he was degrading to me and spread rumors. It’s bothered me that I haven’t really spoken about it.” Once rumors spread that Andrews might be gay, he began showering after other teammates, so to not arouse suspicion that he was looking at other teammates. “If you want to question someone, I’d see guys in the shower talking face to face,” Andrews said. “If you want to go further, I’ve even seen a teammate piss on another teammate. They think it’s funny. They are having a conversation and the whole time one guy is peeing on him and the other doesn’t even know. This is the stuff that goes on, and I am the one having to defend myself. There were a lot of immature dudes on the team.” Andrews said he tried confronting McNabb, but he said the quarterback gave him a weird look and denied it.

Sick stuff. Find it endlessly fascinating that Andrews is hesitant to use the word "bully" about McNabb.

Mug Shot Thursday

NFL rookie John Boyett will have plenty of time to admire his guns now: He was just fired by Colts for getting arrested for being drunk asshole. It's nice to see the NFL is doing something about bad behavior, even if Boyett's facial skin hints they're not doing much about steroid abuse.

Are You Ready for Some Football?

Howie Long's sexy son Kyle made a friend on the first day of training camp -- a chatty Matt Forte. (Time to update my list of the 50 Hottest NFL Players, huh?)

Mug Shot Friday

Today's mug shot hottie is none other than Kyle Long, son of NFL legend -- and Hottest Football Player of All Time -- Howie, and kid brother of fellow hottie Chris (No. 33). Kyle, who was arrested in 2009 for DUI while attending Florida State, was drafted today by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the NFL Draft, with the 20th pick. But do you think he's ready for the hot list?

Mount Fujita

ESPN reports that Super Bowl champ linebacker and marriage equality champion Scott Fujita signed a one-day contract with the New Orleans Saints on Monday and then announced his retirement after 11 seasons in the NFL:

Fujita signed his contract in Machu Picchu, which is located in the Andes Mountains in Peru. He's there with former Saints teammate Steve Gleason, who is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. In a statement from the team, Fujita said he couldn't think of a better place to be to announce his retirement.  

"What better place to reach the end of the road than here at 10,000 feet above sea level, in the Peruvian Andes overlooking Machu Picchu with my dear friend Steve Gleason?" 

I hope he has a great post-football life. Remember his marriage-equality greatest hits HERE.

'Of Course He Was the Top! I’m Not Doing All That Damn Work!' -- NFL Kerry Rhodes' Ex-Boyfriend

"I was like his wife"

NFL Star Kerry Rhodes' Gay Lover Exposes Secret Relationship: 'We Had the Best Sex and Life' 

 Safety and current free agent -- on and off the field -- Kerry Rhodes denied being gay recently after romantic photos surfaced, but it's obviously a lie. Would have been exciting to finally have the first openly gay player in the NFL, but it sounds like a big mess, with the ex-boyfriend angered about the denial and now going to the press, with tales of hot sex and how he was no secret to the other players and their wives. And the fact that Rhodes is currently a free agent could lead to his retiring instead of owning up to the truth, which would technically put him in the "came out after" category. Come out, Kerry. The ex-boyfriends sometimes lie, but the camera never does.

How was your sex life with Kerry? Was he top or power bottom? 

[Laughs] It was great! It was very passionate because we were so in love. Of course he was the top! I’m not doing all that damn work! But, we were extremely close. It was very good and he put it on me! 

"It was very good and he put it on me!"

NFL Told to Stay Out of Players' Sex Lives

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has reiterated to the NFL that they are not permitted to ask draft prospects if they're gay. Sounds like a good call. But I'm still convinced the team owner who probed Nick Kasa (above) about whether or not he "liked girls" was just sniffing around for his own personal edification -- and could you blame him???