We all know the story of Jason Collins. This year, the 13-year NBA veteran shared another chapter in his story in hopes of inspiring others. Collins made his historic announcement in 2013 that he was ...

Longtime NBA center Jason Collins, who made history as the first openly gay active male athlete in one of the four North American major pro sports leagues, announced some sad news on Thursday. Collins ...

(The Root) — The measure of man is not easily calculated, nor apparent to the eye. Assessing character requires levers of the heart and mind — rendering scales wholly useless. Martin Luther King Jr.

Collins became the first openly gay athlete to play a game in either the NBA, NFL, MLB, or NHL, the four major American sports. On Sept. 11, the National Basketball Association announced that Jason ...

LOS ANGELES -- After he made history by becoming the first openly gay active male athlete in North America's four major professional sports in 2014, Jason Collins thought there would be more ...

Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in the United States to come out as gay, has revealed that he is battling a brain tumor. The NBA confirmed the news, noting that Collins, who is now an ...

Jason Collins is a former NBA player who became the first active openly gay male athlete in the four major North American professional sports. Collins came out in a 2013 personal essay for ‘Sports ...

NEW YORK — NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. The 34-year-old center, who has played for six teams in 12 ...