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There is yet another crack today in the long-held belief that the professional sports world is resistant to homosexuals with the release of a survey showing overwhelming support for the introduction of lesbians into major league locker rooms.

"Oh, hell yes," said Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs before the interviewer even finished his question about having a homosexual teammate. "I'd be on a team full of hot lesbians if there was one. Definitely. And I'd be cool with a few gay dudes, too, because I'd know they wouldn't be trying to compete with me for the girls. Yes, yes, yes. I am very open-minded about all that."

Suggs' sentiments were echoed by athletes surveyed in all four major sports.

"It's an interesting question you pose and a topic of great import," said Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett. "Just last night at our hotel I was watching a fascinating documentary about it. Well, I don't know if you would necessarily call it a documentary. It was a porno. But the one girl had a natural rack, so it seemed pretty realistic. Anyway, I'm all for having lesbian teammates and then, of course, instantly making them bi with my rugged masculinity and having non-stop orgies with them."

Athlete after athlete ignored the true point of the question — whether they would be okay with a gay, male teammate — and instead jumped right to lesbian fantasy. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin says that is common for any topic that is brought up in a sports locker room.

"I can say something like: 'Today we're going to work on our two-minute drill,'" said Tomlin, "and without question some player will pipe up with 'You know who I'd like to drill? Two chicks.' Twenty minutes later, I'm still trying to get everyone's attention."

Youth goalie Marc Chenault is only 11 years-old, but many scouts who have seen him play believe he could play in the NHL right now. Currently starring in junior hockey in Quebec, Chenault is 102-0-2 in his junior career with a 0.12 goals against average.

He has an uncanny combination of athleticism, flexibility, hand-eye coordination and competitiveness. But those aren't the biggest keys to the boy's success.

He was also born without a five-hole.

Yes, Chenault came into the world in 2000 as a special needs child. Born with a webbed crotch, many thought he would never live a normal life. But then one day, at age 6, he went to a local rink in the Montreal suburb of Boucherville … and the rest is history.

"He struggled to skate, what with the webbed crotch," said Chenault's father, Rene, whose family carries the rare webbed crotch gene. "It's hard to take long strides. But then he went into the goal and it was magic."