WNBA multiple-MVP winner and three-time Olympic medalist Sheryl Swoopes has just come out in an interview with ESPN The Magazine. She joins Michele Van Gorp and Sue Wicks as the only out members of the league. Swoopes’ announcement coincides with an endorsement by Olivia Cruises and Resorts, who also endorse Martina Navratilova and golfer Rosie Jones. Swoopes will be traveling on Olivia’s Mexican Riviera Cruise October 29-November 5. (Funny how I got the 2006 Olivia catalog in the mail today, too. Those clever marketers. I’ll give Olivia an unsolicited plug, however, and say my partner and I had a great time on their Eastern Carribean Cruise last year, even though we’re not really cruise types.)
This also means, of course, that Swoopes is a mombian. (Small “m”; she’s not affiliated with this site, though if she wanted to be, we’d be happy to have her.) She and her partner of seven years, Alisa Scott, are raising Swoopes’ eight-year-old son by a previous marriage.
I’ve always enjoyed watching Swoopes play ball, although I’ve been a New York Liberty fan, not a Houston one, since the league started. She has a grace beneath her power that makes her a joy to watch. (I’ll stop there; my partner reads this blog, too.) Kudos to her for her courage in coming out.
The Olivia site has links to more news coverage of Swoopes’ announcement.