<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Robbie Rogers: Former USMNT Player Announced He is Gay, Has &#8220;Stepped Away&#8221; From Soccer</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:23:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: A.P.</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-2/#comment-1900143</link> <dc:creator>A.P.</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:57:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1900143</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Can one retire when they aren’t employed? &lt;/blockquote&gt;been trying forever]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Can one retire when they aren’t employed?</p></blockquote><p>been trying forever</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: boner jams 85</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-2/#comment-1900022</link> <dc:creator>boner jams 85</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:58:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1900022</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Walking through Chicago this summer, we somehow found ourselves in the “gay” district. I forgot what it was called, but there were poles with rainbow colors, and the stores and people walking around that lived there weren’t exactly subtle about it. NTTAWWT, just odd we found our way there&lt;/blockquote&gt;That would be Boystown.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Walking through Chicago this summer, we somehow found ourselves in the “gay” district. I forgot what it was called, but there were poles with rainbow colors, and the stores and people walking around that lived there weren’t exactly subtle about it. NTTAWWT, just odd we found our way there</p></blockquote><p>That would be Boystown.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: PeerLessPrices</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-2/#comment-1899930</link> <dc:creator>PeerLessPrices</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:19:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899930</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dammit]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dammit</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: starkweather</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-2/#comment-1899925</link> <dc:creator>starkweather</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:12:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899925</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/zsVpdBIi1BU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PeerLess Prices at the shrink&#039;s office.&lt;/a&gt;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://youtu.be/zsVpdBIi1BU" rel="nofollow">PeerLess Prices at the shrink&#8217;s office.</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Milk Steak To Go</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899924</link> <dc:creator>Milk Steak To Go</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:10:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899924</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;NTTAWWT, &lt;strong&gt;just odd we found our way there&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; Uh-huh.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>NTTAWWT, <strong>just odd we found our way there</strong></p></blockquote><p>Uh-huh.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: PeerLessPrices</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899923</link> <dc:creator>PeerLessPrices</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:08:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899923</guid> <description><![CDATA[Walking through Chicago this summer, we somehow found ourselves in the &quot;gay&quot; district. I forgot what it was called, but there were poles with rainbow colors, and the stores and people walking around that lived there weren&#039;t exactly subtle about it. NTTAWWT, just odd we found our way there]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walking through Chicago this summer, we somehow found ourselves in the &#8220;gay&#8221; district. I forgot what it was called, but there were poles with rainbow colors, and the stores and people walking around that lived there weren&#8217;t exactly subtle about it. NTTAWWT, just odd we found our way there</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899920</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:04:16 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899920</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Epic Jill Craybas reference. HTown you have that signed photo out someplace?&lt;/blockquote&gt;Nope. And I don&#039;t have her epic win over Serena on Center Court at Wimbledon saved on a VHS tape somewhere, either.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Epic Jill Craybas reference. HTown you have that signed photo out someplace?</p></blockquote><p>Nope. And I don&#8217;t have her epic win over Serena on Center Court at Wimbledon saved on a VHS tape somewhere, either.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899919</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:03:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899919</guid> <description><![CDATA[look, I don&#039;t mean to pick nits, but this guy is full of shit.  there&#039;s NO WAY he&#039;s been carrying this secret for 25 years.  I mean, when do you even think he leared about sex and where society said he was supposed to put his penis and that sounded disagreeable to him and he realized he really liked other penis too?  10?  13?  8?  25 years though?  moar like 12 to 17 years, amirite???]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>look, I don&#8217;t mean to pick nits, but this guy is full of shit.  there&#8217;s NO WAY he&#8217;s been carrying this secret for 25 years.  I mean, when do you even think he leared about sex and where society said he was supposed to put his penis and that sounded disagreeable to him and he realized he really liked other penis too?  10?  13?  8?  25 years though?  moar like 12 to 17 years, amirite???</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899915</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:56:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899915</guid> <description><![CDATA[Epic Jill Craybas reference.  HTown you have that signed photo out someplace?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Epic Jill Craybas reference.  HTown you have that signed photo out someplace?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899916</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:56:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899916</guid> <description><![CDATA[Epic Jill Craybas reference.  HTown you have that signed photo out someplace?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Epic Jill Craybas reference.  HTown you have that signed photo out someplace?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899914</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899914</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;You might have thought you kept it for 30 years, but Jill Craybas knew.&lt;/blockquote&gt;LOL. She wanted me. Bad.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>You might have thought you kept it for 30 years, but Jill Craybas knew.</p></blockquote><p>LOL. She wanted me. Bad.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: RexKramerDangerSeeker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899913</link> <dc:creator>RexKramerDangerSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:50:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899913</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;This news would thrill me more if I actually knew who he was. I held my “secret” until age 30. I can identify with the liberating feeling he says he feels.&lt;/blockquote&gt; You might have thought you kept it for 30 years, but Jill Craybas knew.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>This news would thrill me more if I actually knew who he was. I held my “secret” until age 30. I can identify with the liberating feeling he says he feels.</p></blockquote><p>You might have thought you kept it for 30 years, but Jill Craybas knew.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899909</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:45:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899909</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3sz3e8/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kip is awesome.&lt;/a&gt;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3sz3e8/" rel="nofollow">Kip is awesome.</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899908</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:44:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899908</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;it’s kind of comical the number of lisping, sashaying gay guys &lt;/blockquote&gt;Memorable San Francisco moment: I&#039;m walking down Post Street on the way to work one morning, and a few steps behind me, two guys are arguing over which one of them is more gay: &quot;I&#039;m the most gay ever.&quot; &quot;No, I&#039;m the most gay ever.&quot; In that highly stereotypical lisping/high-pitched-voice manner. I wanted to turn around and say, &quot;You both win.&quot;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>it’s kind of comical the number of lisping, sashaying gay guys</p></blockquote><p>Memorable San Francisco moment: I&#8217;m walking down Post Street on the way to work one morning, and a few steps behind me, two guys are arguing over which one of them is more gay: &#8220;I&#8217;m the most gay ever.&#8221; &#8220;No, I&#8217;m the most gay ever.&#8221; In that highly stereotypical lisping/high-pitched-voice manner. I wanted to turn around and say, &#8220;You both win.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: kazzythekid</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899907</link> <dc:creator>kazzythekid</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:44:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899907</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;You can add boxing/mma to this depending on who it is, just based on the nature of those respective sports.&lt;/blockquote&gt; Dudes rolling around together in speedos is gay as hell.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MMgACW-e4HA/UFCGXEqvSmI/AAAAAAAAAT0/_FBp9kxcJPI/s1600/ufc-is-gay.jpg]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>You can add boxing/mma to this depending on who it is, just based on the nature of those respective sports.</p></blockquote><p>Dudes rolling around together in speedos is gay as hell.</p><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MMgACW-e4HA/UFCGXEqvSmI/AAAAAAAAAT0/_FBp9kxcJPI/s1600/ufc-is-gay.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MMgACW-e4HA/UFCGXEqvSmI/AAAAAAAAAT0/_FBp9kxcJPI/s1600/ufc-is-gay.jpg</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899906</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:41:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899906</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt; The asshole that keeps calling in that runs the fry station at night is gay, so forgive me for my anger.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Nice try...queens would never work the fry station. Too messy.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> The asshole that keeps calling in that runs the fry station at night is gay, so forgive me for my anger.</p></blockquote><p>Nice try&#8230;queens would never work the fry station. Too messy.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899905</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:40:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899905</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;The asshole that keeps calling in that runs &lt;strong&gt;the fry station &lt;/strong&gt;at night is gay&lt;/blockquote&gt;So he&#039;s a fryer, not a flamer?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The asshole that keeps calling in that runs <strong>the fry station </strong>at night is gay</p></blockquote><p>So he&#8217;s a fryer, not a flamer?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GloriousMullet</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899904</link> <dc:creator>GloriousMullet</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:37:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899904</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sorry if my comment came across as crass, but I&#039;m currently pissed at my homosexual brothers and sisters.  The asshole that keeps calling in that runs the fry station at night is gay, so forgive me for my anger.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry if my comment came across as crass, but I&#8217;m currently pissed at my homosexual brothers and sisters.  The asshole that keeps calling in that runs the fry station at night is gay, so forgive me for my anger.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: MancitysShabbySheik</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899902</link> <dc:creator>MancitysShabbySheik</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:35:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899902</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;    I always thought I could hide this secret.Sad that a guy that’s roughly my age still has that kind of mindset. But soccer is a couple steps behind as it pertains to racial issues, so maybe it’s the same thing.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I understand your point, but it&#039;s not &quot;soccer&quot; that is behind, its the countries that play it.  I&#039;m sure there are racist things done at spanish basketball games, and english rugby matches as well]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> I always thought I could hide this secret.</p><p>Sad that a guy that’s roughly my age still has that kind of mindset. But soccer is a couple steps behind as it pertains to racial issues, so maybe it’s the same thing.</p></blockquote><p>I understand your point, but it&#8217;s not &#8220;soccer&#8221; that is behind, its the countries that play it.  I&#8217;m sure there are racist things done at spanish basketball games, and english rugby matches as well</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: José Pippen</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/15/robbie-rogers-former-usmnt-player-announced-he-is-gay-retired-from-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-1899901</link> <dc:creator>José Pippen</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:35:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=247796#comment-1899901</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Soccer jokes aside, until an active Big-4 sport athlete comes out, it’s really not going to have much of a societal impact. Good for him though.&lt;/blockquote&gt;You can add boxing/mma to this depending on who it is, just based on the nature of those respective sports.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Soccer jokes aside, until an active Big-4 sport athlete comes out, it’s really not going to have much of a societal impact. Good for him though.</p></blockquote><p>You can add boxing/mma to this depending on who it is, just based on the nature of those respective sports.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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