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Check out some highlights here, including discussion about Michael Sam's unique opportunity to demonstrate to young LGBT people that they can grow up to be anything they want to be, including an NFL player.

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GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis joined former professional football player and You Can Play Executive Director Wade Davis in discussing Sam's coming out with mainstream media outlets this week. But when I listen to Michael Sam, I do think it's time to celebrate him now." And I want to believe that there will be a day when we do celebrate 'em. It's our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.' We've always been able to recognize 'em.

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"Civil rights activist Audre Lord said: 'It is not our differences that divide us. DALLAS Dale Hansen goes Unplugged about the Pro Football Hall of fame finally recognizing Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson. But I do understand that he's part of mine," Hansen said. "I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay I don't understand his world.

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And sign up for our weekly email for the North Texas news you need to know.On Monday, Dale Hansen, sportscaster for the Dallas news station WFAA TV Channel 8, announced his support of gay NFL prospect Michael Sam's coming out and criticized those who spoke out against having a gay teammate on his show Hansen Unplugged in a clip that has now gone viral. The High Five is KERA’s daily roundup of stories from Dallas-Fort Worth and across the state.

That means it's healthy, right? There's a vodka manufactured in Fort Worth made out of black eyed peas, and it's getting awards.

“In that case, the officers will just leave their hats in their car.” (Alvarado is about 30 miles south of Fort Worth.) WFAAs Dale Hansen shares his thoughts after an ambush in downtown Dallas left five police officers dead and seven others wounded.Connect with Dale Hansen:Fa. "The only issue is that while we are out on the highway and a big truck drives by they are easier to blow off our heads,” APD Chief Brad Anderson said. The Cleburne Times-Review reports that most of the officers like the change.

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Hat tip: Alvarado Police Department officers now wear cowboy hats, replacing the traditional bus driver style hats of most police uniforms.She was just kind of still," locksmith Douglas Smith said. She had been trapped for more than 30 minutes, and they were initially afraid she wasn't getting enough oxygen. Safe scare: Denton firefighters pried open a gun safe and rescued a little girl stuck inside at an Academy sports goods store Tuesday evening.Brand battle: ABC will air the University of Michigan-Michigan State University football game on Saturday night, and the network promoted it with an ad that referred to MSU as “Mean Green.” Another Mean Green football team - The University of North Texas' - wasn't having it.Some links have a pay wall or require a subscription. Here's a recent Hansen "Unplugged" commentary: "When you have a gay man wanting to play in America’s favorite sport, and the commentary comes from an old fat, white, bald guy in Texas, you put all of that together and that’s how it became this international story." "I think Michael Sam raised the bar for me," Hansen said about the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team. That rings a bell: KERA's Rick Holter talked with Hansen in 2015 about how the reach of his "Unplugged" segments grew global.

"But I do know some people are thinking, Who is this fat, old, white sports guy and why is he telling me what to do? I don’t fit the stereotype.” "I can’t really explain why people listen to me," Hansen told the Times. Hansen's still the weeknight WFAA sports anchor that North Texas has known since the '80s, hosting his weekly Dale Hansen's Sports Special and presenting his beloved Christmastime "Thank God for Kids" segment.īut his "Hansen Unplugged" segments - kind of a sports "plus" brand of commentary where he excoriates incidents of spousal abuse, gun violence, racism, and homophobia, sometimes sharing deep personal experiences with his perspectives - often go on-fire, around-the-world viral. The New York Times recently paid Hansen a visit at his home in Waxahachie to discuss the unique spot he finds himself in: a sports broadcaster-slash-progressive opinionator in conservative Texas.

Over the last 34 years, Dale Hansen has grown from local TV sportscaster to internationally-known social commentator. Five stories that have North Texas talking: The New York Times' take on Dale Hansen's 'folksy' viral commentaries a 'Mean Green' controversy a vodka made from black eyed peas and more.