level of our society, except gay men in the big four professional sports. they re behind the 8 ball on this issue. as sports illustrated noted on the cover, america is ready, is the nfl? the nfl has lots of problems. they need to clean up their act and i think they understand that and they re embracing michael sam shows that they get this. howard, thank you for coming on and sharing your experience this week. daniel, thank you for coming on an sharing your column as well. thanks, brian. thank you. and coming up, the giant cable deal that s got everyone talking. is it a good thing for consumers or a monster company with so much muscle, that it decides what channels you get to watch? i ll give it to you straight when we come back. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. this magic moment it is the story of where every great ide