football players at stanford, he was playing masterpieces on the piano and violin and none of us knew for certain but we could have assumed as much but we didn t care. i went back to the college field and i learned about the fears and mental torment that kwame experienced. kwame harris was always a stand out football player from high school to stanford university to first round pick in the 2003 draft. he played six tones in the pros, five with the san francisco 49ers and one with the oakland raide raiders. i loved football. football provided me with experiences and opportunities i wouldn t trade for anything else. at the same time, the cost was great in asking me to not speak candidly or be able to be open about myself in this complete manner. harris is gay. he says he has always known this and concealed it until recently. i wasn t publicly out until
to keep quiet during their careers like former san francisco 49er kwame harris who admitted on camera for the first time to cnn that he s gay. his former teammate coy wire talked to him about it. reporter: came hahe was a st football player, and he played five seasons with the san francisco and one with the oakland raiders. i love football. it provided me with some experiences and some opportunities that i wouldn t trade for anything else. but at the same time the cost was great in asking me to not speak candidly or be able to be open about myself in this complete manner. reporter: harris is gay. he says he s always known this, but concealed it until recently. i wasn t publicly out until about, i don t know, beginning of the super bowl when it was publicized. reporter: it was publicized
reporter: the last closet is an organization to encourage the end of homophobia in male pro sports. have to look back to jackie robinson s days when he came into baseball. he had problem but it was the management that took care of him and made it okay. reporter: for many players it s a nonissue. we ll treat him just like we treat everybody else, every other teammate with love and fairness and kindness and compassion because we know it s going to be a tough burden on that person. reporter: for harris, the burden almost became too much to bear. you want to escape the despair, the turmoil, and maybe your mind goes to dark places sometimes. but i would just say that i i m happy today. i m glad that, you know, i didn t actually. but those are just ideas and i didn t act on any of those things and, you know, it does it does get better.
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act of mercy. she had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for many years. a former nfl player is coming out and opening up about his sexuality for the first time, we re talking about kwame harris. he was outed in the media after an alleged fight with an ex-boyfriend. in an exclusive interview with cnn he talked about the challenges of hiding his sexuality in the nfl. you want to escape the stare, the turmoil and maybe your mind goes to dark places sometimes, but i would just say that i, i m happy today. not one player currently in the nfl is openly gay but harris wants gay athletes to know they are not alone. nelson mandela is resting comfortably in the hospital this morning. statement from the president s office said he was admitted this week because of pneumonia. doctors say the treatment is