Shelly Anderson at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette proposes "locking Swoopes and Rene Portland in a room, turn the cameras on and see how that conversation unfolds."

Earlier this week, LGBT students at Penn State urged the student senate to pass legislation covering discrimination. "It takes specific cases to pass legislation; maybe we do have to single someone out," senator Keith Crouse said.

Some students also plan to protest the Renaissance Scholarship Fund's dinner tonight, where Rene will be honored as Renaissance Person of the Year.

The Philly Inquirer compares Swoopes to tennis star Amelie Mauresmo.

And in case you missed it, check out Glenn Nelson's Swoopes article including his discussion of team dynamics surrounding this issue.

I once had an openly gay player on one of the teams that I coached. Though she shared the fact of her sexual preference with her teammates, ignorance and mistrust prevailed. Being a teenager, she didn't understand boundaries, but neither did her teammates. Whenever she shined on a teammate, some of the others told that player she was being "hit on." An underlying gossip gripped the team and the player retreated into isolation. She began seeking company from players on other teams and this, of course, was interpreted by some of her teammates as aloofness. My team's chemistry suffered greatly.

Also today, an interview with Swoopes at PlanetOut. Swoopes discusses the league's difficult position with respect to gay issues, and she says that she personally never experienced any homophobia within the league.