Reporter who criticized Detroit Lions coach's anti-gay past apologizes for homophobic tweets
A Detroit Free Press reported has been subjected to intense backlash on social media after criticizing new Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell for an anti-gay remark he made more than 20 years ago. On January 15, Marlowe Alter published an article highlighting anti-gay comments Campbell made at a pep rally for Texas A&M in 1998. Campbell told an audience of 40,000 people that he was proud to attend a university where “men like women and women like men.” It provoked outcry at the time, with Eric W. Trekell — then-spokesman for LGBTQ organization Texas A&M Allies — writing to the sch...
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