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My twin brother he took it hard. he couldnt believe it at first. but he is going to accept me for who i am. >> on espn, derrick credited jason collins the first openly gay nba player with giving him the courage to come out. >> when he came out i wanted to come out the next day. he was in the game and everybody stood up and everybody was clapping. i was visualizing that being me but for college. and i just kept replaying it over and over and over again. since they are saying jesse collins. i was ...

Him. >> there is a lot of kids that is in my situation right now. that cant be themselves. and got to hide who they really are. and i want to be the first to step up and beep that leader for those people that are like that because it is a scary situation. just to having to tell your family members, or friend that you are gay. and i want to be able to inspire fo those people that is like that. >> on espn, derrick gordon described what it was like telling my teammates. >> my coach start the it off...

You are gay. and i want to be able to inspire those people that is like that. >> on espn, derrick gordon described what it was like telling my teammates. >> my coach start the it off. he said we should start it off funny. he said i just wanted to let you all know that im gay. everybody looked at my coach, surprised. soon as i said it. everybody wasnt surprised at all. they was like about time you admit it. it doesnt change anything. thats what i want. >> in austin texas t. the 80-year-old living...

Other business on the set, louisville, florida, arizona, michigan state. what strikes me theres the president on espn. i think he is channeling his inner mitch mcconnell, a chance for a great political detente, there is no greater louisville fan in america than the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell. cuomo, who is gonna win it? >> thats tough. thats tough. i cant answer that at this point, john. i dont like arizona as a pick though and not just because indra petersons went to arizona. i d...

Holy cow. rex should be with the bulls, run with the bulls, man. >> wow. here with us now, espn analyst jesse palmer, back every time. good to see you. >> good to see you as well. lots of coffee on the table. >> thats what we do. lots of starbucks. well get you one too. can you think of any reason mark sanchez would have been on the field with 11 minutes left? >> this decision for rex ryan in who should be the starting quarterback is so difficult, a lot on mark sanchez the way hes played earlier...

Talk about the schedule they have, some of the games they have to win. a lot of starters coming back, but the biggest question marks are the skill positions and austin carter samuels takes over quarterback, transfer from wyoming, zach stacy, all-time leading rusher, gone to the nfl. you have to replace some of that offensive production but its the s.e.c. >> theyve always said, for 100 years, when, man, when you roll into dudley field saturday night -- >> there it is, the does. >> dont just roll ...

>> yeah. the american petroleum group and a couple of others buying time in d.c. on espn and what anna palmer discovered is some media firms are specifically pushing to advertisers the idea this is a way to reach president obama. he doesnt listen to that cable channel chatter on the other channels but he is watching it here. so we saw march madness coverage on super bowl coverage on espn, trade soakers, big corporations reaching d.c. insiders. >> they are also trying to reach the drunk dude at h...

Too. >> i think the athletic director is probably going to get fired now. he deserves -- he let it go on for this long. >> why did he wait this long and wait for, you know, it to be public and blow up on national television, on espn, on youtube to go, okay, maybe we should stop this because were getting negative eggs pxposure. >> reporter: and for the first time were hearing from former players. tyree graham spent two years playing for rice and said he was just trying to motivate players. >> les...

Bloomberg, on espn and history internal and cbs sports and on gayle king show and grays anatomy and on friends outdoor channel and fox news. today an 11-mile march from the northern tip of manhattan in washington heights down to the park on the southern tip of manhattan on wall street. marchers called the march today the end to end for the 99%. joining us now for the interview is someone at that march today, bishop gene robinson, and he attended that march this afternoon and has been down at the...

Anymore. that ad will be running thanks to donations on bloomberg business tv, on espn, on history international, on cbs sports, on the gayle king show, on "grays anatomy," on friends outdoor channel and fox news. today a march, an 11-mile march from the northern tip of manhattan, washington heights, down to zuccotti park. on the southern tip of manhattan on wall street, marchers called the march today the end to end for the 99%. joining us now for the interview is someone who was at that march ...