LOS ANGELES - Jason Collins became the first openly gay active player in the National Basketball Association, breaking ground in major professional U.S. team sports as the country's growing ...

Former Stanford basketball star Jason Collins '01 became the first active male athlete in a major US professional sport to come out, an historic announcement revealed today in a story for Sports ...

BROOKLYN (CBS SF) – Jason Collins, the first openly gay man in one of the four major professional sports, has decided to retire from the National Basketball Association. He made the announcement ...

Jason Collins became the first active professional athlete in a major sport to come out as gay. ... Montclair Prep in Van Nuys, and made Harvard-Westlake a basketball powerhouse during the ’90s.

Jason Collins, the N.B.A.'s First Openly Gay Player, Retires Collins, who became the N.B.A.'s first openly gay player as a Net after coming out in 2013 while a free agent, announced his retirement ...

Also read: Jason Collins Signs With Nets, Become NBA’s First Openly Gay Player (Updated) Earlier in the day, Collins officially signed with the Brooklyn Nets and he suited up as number 46 in ...

Jason Collins, veteran in the NBA, announced that he is gay, making him the first active male basketball player, or just male player in the four pro sports, to announce that he is gay." ...

NBA center Jason Collins became the first current athlete in a major American sports league to come out as gay, writing in Sports Illustrated, “I’m black. And I’m gay.” In a new piece with ...

At least one NBA coach, however, is convinced Collins will have a job next year. Lawrence Frank, who coached Collins in New Jersey from 2001-2004 as an assistant, and from 2004-2008 as a head ...

LOS ANGELES -- History? Pressure? Jason Collins would have none of it after becoming the NBA's first active openly gay player. After all, there was a game to play. "Right now, I'm focusing on ...