NBA referee Bill Kennedy revealed to Yahoo Sports that he is gay.
"I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man," Kennedy told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night. "I am following in the footsteps of others who have self-identified in the hopes that will send a message to young men and women in sports that you must allow no one to make you feel ashamed of who you are."
Kennedy made the announcement after the NBA suspended Sacramento Kings point guard Rajon Rondo for directing homosexual slurs at Kennedy during a Dec.