- ABC News
- December 19, 2017
Two fans shouted anti-gay slurs at? Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard?while he was?walking to the team bus on Monday night, sources told ESPN. Lillard confirmed to ESPN that the phrases were shouted at him after the Blazers' 108-107 loss to the Timberwolves in Minnesota. "I don't bother nobody," Lillard told ESPN. "They were straight disrespectful." Cellphone video captured an irritated Lillard approaching the hecklers, asking, "Which one of you all said that?" A woman in the area pointed out one of the individuals, and that person apologized. Sources at the scene say no action was taken against the fans. Athlete Ally, a non-profit group trying to end homophobia in sports, issued a statement on Tuesday. "The use of these homophobic slurs have no place in sports or in society," Executive Director Hudson Taylor said. "Fan sections remain one of the most unsafe places for the LGBTQ community, and will remain so if these slurs aren't met with...