The NBA has suspended Rajon Rondo for one game after the Sacramento Kings guard launched into a homophobic rant against veteran referee Bill Kennedy, who recently announced he is gay. Rondo also approached Kennedy in a threatening manner and failed to leave the court in a timely manner after being ejected from a Dec. 3 game against his former team, the Boston Celtics. Kennedy came out as gay in a statement sent to Yahoo Sports on Sunday night. He is the second openly gay active NBA official along with Violet Palmer, as well as the third openly gay active official in.
- 12/14/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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