Derrick Gordon comes out and receives mega-support on Twitter

By Sam Gardner

Published Apr 9, 2014 11:25 am ET

University of Massachusetts guard Derrick Gordon came out as gay and the Twitterverse reacted quickly and with plenty of support.

His coach and others took to Twitter to praise his star guard:

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