LOS ANGELES — A veteran sports writer for the Los Angeles Times said in his column Thursday that he is a transsexual.

“I am a transsexual sports writer,” Penner wrote. “It has taken more than 40 years, a million tears and hundreds of hours of soul-wrenching therapy for me to work up the courage to type those words.” (more…)

PERTH, Australia – Former Chicago Bulls center Luc Longley and his family barely escaped a fire that destroyed their home and possibly some basketball memorabilia.

Longley said he managed to get his girlfriend, two children and their two friends out of the home, a converted industrial premise, before it went up in flames Friday night.

“I was asleep and heard a bang, an explosion, and it was already on fire and got the kids out,” Longley said Saturday.
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BANGKOK, Thailand — Thai inmate Samson Sor Siriporn boosted her chances of freedom by beating Japan’s Ayaka Miyano to win the vacant women’s WBC light flyweight title at the notorious “Bangkok Hilton” prison on Tuesday.
Under the gaze of dozens of prison guards, Siriporn, a convicted drug dealer, battled through the unforgiving Thai heat to score a unanimous victory on points and kick-start parole proceedings for her early release. (more…)