Welts' coming out is a turning point in sports, but the turn isn't that sharp
By JOHN McCALLUM
Editor
The sports world reached a milestone this week when Phoenix Suns president Rick Welts told the world in a New York Times article that he was gay.
Welts is no run of the mill National Basketball Association executive. He has been involved in the sport for decades, and has proved instrumental in helping create today's pro game.
Welts went from being a Seattle Super Sonics ball boy as a a teenager in the 1970s to the NBA's executive vice president, the No. 3 man, by the late-90s. He was the Sonic...
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