Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuaolo, who is also a musician and anti-bullying advocate, learned how to cook from helping his mom while growing up. After a ...

The joy, elation and relief were all on display. You could hear it all in Esera Tuaolo's gifted and cultivated voice. As the nine-year veteran NFL player spoke about Carl Nassib's brave and monumental ...

Esera Tuaolo, 49, who played in the league for nine seasons, including five with the Vikings, is preparing to host the first NFL-endorsed "Inclusion Party" days before the Super Bowl. It's aimed at ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Esera Tuaolo is a Beaver at heart. He played football on a scholarship at Oregon State University in 1986. "As far as with football, it was a great experience," said Tuaolo. "But as ...

PROVINCETOWN (CBS) -- Support is pouring in for Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib, who came out as the NFL's first openly gay player. Other players have come out after retirement, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In the heart of Minnesota, far from the islands where he grew up, Esera Tuaolo, former NFL star, singer, activist and restaurateur, is sharing something that matters more to him ...

ANOKA COUNTY, Minn. — A former Minnesota Viking is teaming up with Coon Rapids High School's Gay-Straight Alliance to create a prom that identifies as a more inclusive, safe space for people that may ...

When Esera Tuaolo publicly came out as gay in 2002 after retiring from the NFL, he said he didn’t think there would ever be an out active NFL player. The league just wasn’t ready for it, and neither ...

Esera Tuaolo finally has an answer to the biggest question he's been asked over the past two decades. "Twenty years of speaking and going out there and educating people on homophobia in sports and the ...

Esera Tuaolo played many years in the National Football League while hiding a secret from teammates: he's gay. He tells Liane Hansen about his... A Gay Football Player, 'Alone in the Trenches' Esera ...