Carnival of the Swoopes, Day Three.

Selena Roberts is still running with the story. "Somewhere, a girl may feel less alone and less of an outcast because someone like Swoopes - an African-American woman - has further diluted the taboo." (Get your bootlegged copy of the behind-the-TimesSelect-wall article right here.)

Kelli Anderson at SI.com hopes this will "chip away at the homophobia that is rampant in some locker rooms and fuels much of the negative recruiting that goes on in women's sports."

Jerry Sullivan calls Swoopes the "bravest pro basketball player in America today." Nancy Goldstein also praises her bravery.

The Boston Herald examines the business implications and concludes that Swoopes may be more marketable now than she was before.

At the Mercury News, Mark Purdy wonders when a man in a major team sport will follow suit. In a KRT-syndicatd article, Tom Reed says we shouldn't hold our breath. SportsFrog agrees. Deadspin is conducting a poll to see who it will be.

Rachel Maddow praised Swoopes yesterday on her show.

AfterEllen runs down the whole story. All Facts has more.

Following Sulu's annoucement, Poetic Learnings wonders if there was a "coming out" memo sent around this week.