Sheryl Swoopes of the WNBA's Houston Comets, opens up to ESPN The Magazine about being a lesbian because she's "tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about."
Swoopes, honored last month as the WNBA's Most Valuable Player, adds that she didn't always know she was gay and fears that coming out could jeopardize her status as a role model, "Do I think I was born this way? No. And that's probably confusing to some, because I know a lot of people believe that you are."