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Review

In addition to becoming a nationwide best-seller, Jocks changed the face of athletics forever. Gay jocks realized they were not alone, young gay athletes discovered role models, and straight people learned that gay people are their teammates and coaches.

Much has changed since 1998: Gay jocks are coming out even in high school, gay sports teams compete in every major city, and in almost every major sport--even testosterone-fueled contests such as rodeo, snowboarding, and mountain biking--there are openly gay competitors. But the locker room is still far from a friendly place for out athletes.

Jocks 2 takes over where Jocks left off. Author and journalist Dan Woog introduces us to a host of gay athletes, including:

• The first openly gay college athletic director in the U.S.
• An Ironman competitor.
• An HIV-positive former street hustler whose life was changed by wrestling.
• A student manager driven from his college team by the athletes he admired.
• A baseball fanatic who finally found self-esteem on the diamond.

These pointed, dynamic, and often poignant profiles of gay athletes continue the tradition established by Woog in such books as Jocks; Gay Men, Straight Jobs; and Schools Out of clearly illustrating that gay people are the friends, colleagues, neighbors, and teammates of all Americans.