Background
Zeigler (b May 27, 1973) was born in Harwich, Massachusetts, and lived there through high school.
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Zeigler graduated from Stanford University (Bachelor, Communication, 1995), where he founded Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, was on the Stanford Men"s Ultimate (Frisbee) Team, and was a contributor to the Stanford Review newspaper.
Career
He was a track & field athlete and led his high school track team in scoring three consecutive years. He is a former sports editor for Genre Magazine, former associate editor for the New York Blade, and has written for Playboy, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Cable News Network, New York Press and Out Magazine. He has appeared on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Fox Sports Radio, Cable News Network, and Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company as well as contributing to Sports Illustrated, Logo and the New York Times.
In 1999, Zeigler and Jim Buzinski founded Outsports.com.
They co-authored The Outsports Revolution: Truth & Myth in the World of Gay Sports. Zeigler is credited with breaking the story of John Amaechi coming out of the closet in February 2007.
Amaechi had contacted Zeigler months before, and Zeigler connected Amaechi with the publicist Howard Bragman, who had assisted other gay athletes in coming out. Zeigler has also broken national stories including the coming out of then-NFL prospect Michael Sam, the late gay brother of NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin, transgender Division.
1 National Collegiate Athletic Association athlete Kye Allums, openly gay football players Wade Davis and Alan Gendreau, and a racial headline by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in reference to Jeremy Lin.
He previously lived in New York City where he was a research editor for a global financial services firm. He was previously a development executive for Disney Channel, focusing on their movie and music franchises before leaving in 2001.
