CBS Sportscaster Mike Francesa strongly insinuates that Sports Illustrated was an unscrupulous attempt “ to sell a magazine”:
“It means less than nothing to me that there is a gay player now out if the NBA. SI going to reveal this this week in — I don’t know why — I guess a dramatic attempt to sell a magazine, I guess.
I have the story here and I’m not compelled to run and talk about it or read it. I really don’t care. I can’t be any more honest. I don’t care.”