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Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47
Updated 18 hours ago
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His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.” This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
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Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47
His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.”
The Washington Post
Jason Collins, a gay trailblazer in the NBA, dies of brain cancer at 47
He was the first active, openly gay player in the league’s history. In December, he announced that he had a deadly form of brain cancer.