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Brooklyn Nets' Jason Collins, right, takes a shot over Chicago Bulls' Nazr Mohammed during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 3, 2014, in New York. The Nets won 96-80.

When Jason Collins came out of the closet in a Sports Illustrated column during last spring’s playoffs, the veteran center had a good five months before the 2013-14 NBA training camp to find his ...

Last night, Jason Collins played ten minutes for the Brooklyn Nets, making him the first openly gay player in one of this country's major team sports. Collins is only on a ten-day contract and ...

(The Root) — Last April, NBA veteran Jason Collins publicly announced that he was gay in what many supporters — myself and President Barack Obama included — heralded as a courageous leap in ...

LOS ANGELES — Jason Collins made history Sunday, signing a 10-day contract with the Nets and becoming the first openly gay player in any of the four major American professional sports. But if… ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Collins dealt with the ticket requests, handled the media responsibilities, then moved on to what he most wants to do in the NBA. "Win basketball games," Collins said.

Collins’s Brooklyn Debut Recalls Robinson’s in 1947 The Nets’ Jason Collins, the N.B.A.’s first publicly gay player, will make his initial Barclays Center appearance with the team Monday.

Jason Collins, who played for the N.B.A.’s Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards last season, on Monday became the first active male athlete in a major American… ...

Last week, Jason Collins wasn’t even on an NBA team. In two weeks, he might not be on one. But for now, Collins – the first openly gay, active player in the United States’ four big sports ...

PHOTOS: Jason Collins over the years He may be a few seasons removed from that particular showing, but the factors that went into Collins' master class of post defense remain unchanged.

Jason Collins also could not have imagined being told, cell phone pressed to his ear, "I'm proud of you and I support you," by Tim Hardaway, the former player who six years earlier had said, "I ...