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joining me now, reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc politics nation, and wade davis, lbgt surrogate for president obama and former nfl player. he publicly revealed he was gay last year. chris clue ee, minnesota vikings punter, marriage equality activist who jason collins praised writing i am impressed with the straight pro athletes who have spoken up so far. today, rush limbaugh speculated he came out so if a team doesn't sign him, he can sue for discrimination. rush mentioned you. let's listen to what he said. >> the nfl draft, vikings in fifth round took a punter. well, guess what, there's already buzz, that they took a punter because of kluwe's off the field activism. it is already being whispered. not whispered, being shouted. the vikings don't want that kind of distraction. if he is going to talk about gay marriage, fine, not on our team. this kind of stuff is already alleged. >> if you are not the starting punter for the minnesota vikings, will you blame it on activism as rush limbaugh suggests you might? >> no. i mean, for me it is the team, you know, if they decide to move that

. >>> wade davis, former nfl player came out last year.sident and coo of the golden state warriors. and remember when president obama joked about getting a drink with senator mitch mcconnell at the white house correspondents' dinner? mitch mcconal is returning the laugh and he is ready to accept. waiting for the president. >> thank you very much, chriine. 41 minutes past the hour. more on that groundbreaking announcement from nba player jason collins. in his essay yesterday for "sports illustrated" he said, i didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major american team sport. but since i am, i'm happy to the start the i had my way, someon would have already done this. nobody has, which is why i'm raising my hand. the 34-year-old has gotten support from all corners of the sports world. from nba commissioner david stern to former teammates. so let's talk about the reaction with mike golic and mike greenberg the mosts of "mike & mike" on espn radio and espn2. they're joining us this morning. collins is the first active p

wade davis is a former nfl player who came out last year. he's now on the advisory board of the you can play campaign which works to promote equality in sports and a wrestling coach at columbia university is founder and director of athlete ally that's a group who encourage straight athletes to fight homophobia and transphobia in sports. i want to start with you, wade. president obama called jason collins last night. players are giving him support like steve nash i want to read something that nash tweeted he said the time has come, maximum respect. of course the player with the los angeles lakers, that's yesterday via twitter and twain wade said via tweet jason collins showed a lot of courage today and i respect him for taking a stand and choosing to live his truth. here's the issue though, we would be naive to think there isn't homophobia in some of those locker rooms and on some of those basketball courts so does this change the game? >> i think this changes the game on a multiple front. i think even the biggest game changer is that you hav

. >> wade davis, a former nfl player who made headlines when he came out last year.e spoke to jason collins after the announcement. >> i think the thing i took from it, he still wants to play basketball he understand the impact this is having but he understand he is still an athlete. >> collins has played for six teams in 12 years, currently a free agent and a man without a team next year. >> his free agency, interesting. playing two weeks ago. a serviceable player, on the other hand, 34 years old. a team that needs a backup center, interested in him yesterday and will be interested tomorrow. >> reporter: today, jays soson collins words resonate. if i had my way, someone else would have already done this. nobody has, which is why i'm raising my hand. one interesting piece of information is that jason has a twin brother, jeron, also an nba player and jason only revealed to his brother that he was gay last summer. it will be interesting to see how this evolved. form eveer classmates like chee clinton have come out in support. >> j.b., thanks. now with us, bill rhoden,

. >> reporter: wade davis is a former nfl player who made headlines when he came out last year. he spoke to jason collins after the announcement. >> i think the thing i took from it is jason still wanted to play the sport of basketball. he understands the impact that he's having but he also understands the fact that he's still an athlete. >> jason collins taking it to the basket for two. >> reporter: collins has played for six teams in 12 years but he's currently a free agent and therefore a man without a team next year. >> his free agency will be interesting. he was playing two weeks ago. this is certainly a serviceable player. on the other hand he's 34 years old. i think a team that needs a backup center who was interested in him yesterday, will be interested in him tomorrow. >> reporter: today jason collins' word resonate as he makes history in the world the sports. "if i am my way, someone else would have already done this. nobody has which is why i'm raising my hand." there is one interesting piece of information and that is that jason has a twin brother who was also an nba

>> davis: i saw a bombing incident that i'd only seen in places overseas. i saw officer michael barrett from the boston police department wade into an unbelievable scene of carnage and put the fire out on an individual that was still on fire, and then grab belts off people and put tourniquets on the man's legs so he could save his life. >> pelley: this is your city. you're enormously proud of it. and these people had done this on patriot's day. >> davis: itertainly made me resolve to find these people quickly and to hold them accountable. >> pelley: you were going to get them. >> davis: yeah, i was. >> pelley: you made that promise to yourself. >> davis: i did. and to several other people, too. >> pelley: ed davis' promise was to the three who were killed and more than 170 wounded. the first calls he made were to richard deslaurier, head of the f.b.i.'s boston office, and colonel timothy alben of the state police. the f.b.i. took the lead and the marathon became a sprint. >> davis: very quickly, we established a command post at the westin hotel in the ballroom. and that expanded from about a dozen people when i first walked