Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA, died following a “valiant” battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma, his family announced Tuesday. Collins was 47. The ex-Nets player and 13-year NBA ...

NEW YORK — Jason Collins was an important player on the Brooklyn Nets teams that earned back-to-back NBA Finals berths in 2002 and 2003. The 7-foot center suited up for six teams over 13 NBA seasons, ...

Jason Collins, who played 13 seasons in the NBA as a center-forward, died Tuesday at 47 of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Despite playing for seven NBA teams and starting for the ...

The former Stanford star, who spent more than a decade in the NBA, died from a brain tumor in May ...

LOS ANGELES (AP)-- Jason Collins played his first game with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night, becoming the first openly gay active player in the four major U.S. professional sports leagues, and Deron ...

Jason Collins was ready for his next trail blazing step as the first openly gay man in a major US pro sport after signing with the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. The Nets inked Collins to a 10-day contract and ...

The NBA’s first openly gay player, Jason Collins spent 13 years in the league for six different franchises. Tim Reynolds | The Associated Press Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who ...

Former NBA player Jason Collins, the league's first openly gay player, died on May 12. Collins had been battling Stage 4 gliaobastoma brain cancer since November. Jason Collins was 47. He was much ...

Collins broke a barrier in 2013 that, more than a decade later, no other NBA player has followed. His death from brain cancer ...

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who served as a global ambassador for the sport for the past decade, has died of brain cancer, his family said Tuesday. He was 47. Collins told ESPN in ...