{"id":5199,"date":"2016-08-05T04:10:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T20:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/05\/usa-basketball-star-comes-out-days-before-olympics\/"},"modified":"2016-08-05T04:10:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T20:10:04","slug":"usa-basketball-star-comes-out-days-before-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/05\/usa-basketball-star-comes-out-days-before-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"USA basketball star comes out days before Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elena Delle Donne has taken a stand for something bigger than sports just before stepping onto the international stage.<\/p>\n

The basketball star publicly came out as gay days before the heavily favored USA women’s team begins its quest for the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro. Delle Donne is the reigning WNBA MVP and this will be her first Olympics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: USA Basketball opts out of Olympic housing, stays on cruise ship for Rio Games<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Delle Donne didn’t come out with much fanfare, however \u2014 it’s simply the first time her sexual orientation has been stated publicly and explicitly. The news is buried in a Vogue<\/em> magazine profile that isn’t even available online yet.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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