"Brian Boitano announces he's gay." No, that's not a headline from 1993

This is going to be short blog, because the title really says it all.  I just saw this story on Yahoo Sports; apparently 1988 figure skating gold medalist Brian Boitano has come out of the closet, shortly after being named to the U.S. delegation for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next February.  Honestly my only reaction to this is that if you told me that was a twenty-year-old headline, I wouldn't have doubted you for a second.  I guess I'm glad he feels comfortable enough to do this now, but it's too bad he didn't a long long time ago.

But really the best part of this story is that it gives me an excuse to post this South Park clip:



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