Jason Collins the former NBA player who became the first active male athlete in a major U.S. team sport to come out as gay, is battling a brain tumor. “NBA Ambassador and 13-year NBA veteran Jason ...

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 ...

Former NBA player Jason Collins, the first openly gay male athlete in the league, is battling a brain tumor. The 46-year-old, who played for 13 seasons with teams like the Nets and Celtics, is ...

Reaction from NBA veteran Jason Collins' first-person account published in Sports Illustrated, as he came out as the first gay male player in the four major United States professional sports: ''It is ...

Jason Collins, whose defense helped the New Jersey Nets get to the NBA Finals twice then finished his career with the Brooklyn Nets after becoming the first active gay player in any of the four major ...

With two words — "I'm gay" — NBA player Jason Collins made sports history Monday, drawing widespread praise from fans, ex-teammates and two presidents. "Jason's announcement today is an important ...

Michael Kimmel, a sociologist at Stony Brook (N.Y.) University, studies men for a living. He’s the author books like Misframing Men: The Politics of Contemporary Masculinities and Manhood In America: ...