[outsports.com]- Gay porn star Barrett Long told Howard Stern [Monday] that he has been hired for sex by a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Resident sports nut Artie Lange immediately piped in, throwing out names of Cowboys he thought might be the culprit, including Tony Romo and Michael Irvin. Why would a pro athlete hire Long? The gay-for-pay actor escort says there are 11 inches reasons. From HowardStern.com:

Barrett noted that he had a long client list, including a member of the Dallas Cowboys (which Artie loved). Howard thought Barrett must have “a ton of the New York Mets” on his list, but Barrett denied it.

I’m not quite sure where Artie got the names Romo and Irvin; Both seem heterosexual to the core, to me. Of course, there is one famous Cowboy I’m surprised Artie didn’t mention; Maybe he knew that would hit too close to home.

[The famous Cowboy referred to is Troy Aikman from this article on Outsports:]

Wacko. Clown. Fool. These are some of the words that come to the minds of many when they think of Skip Bayless. The over-the-top sports reporter often featured on ESPN (shocker) made a real name for himself with a book many years ago about the Cowboys of the 1990s. In it he talks about rumors that Troy Aikman is gay; Rumors that he’s been attacked for recently. This week he reiterated those rumors, stuck to them, and went even further:

My only regret about the book is that it does not say that Aikman is gay. I had no idea and nor do I care to this day.

A number of the Black players-with whom I was close-contended that he was bisexual.

He goes on . . .

I wish I had sledgehammered it [the rumor] because it was the truth and everyone who knew what was going on inside the locker room told me the book was a terrific job and that I nailed it.

Because I did. It’s exactly what happened. All I heard from people around the country who didn’t read the book was, “You outed Troy Aikman?”

I didn’t. The coach definitely thought he was gay and a lot of his teammates thought he was gay. More than that, they thought he was racist and they thought he was trying to get Barry Switzer.

I have no idea if Aikman is straight, gay or bisexual. Given that all he does now is badly call games for Fox, I really don’t care too much. But man, these rumors just won’t leave the guy. I just keep thinking what a current Cowboy said: “If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat . . .” or something like that.