An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Former Brooklyn Nets player Jason Collins speaks to reporters holding microphones from various news outlets, Image 2 shows Jason Collins #98 of the ...

Collins' death was announced on May 12, a few months after he revealed he had brain cancer The former athlete made history in 2013 when he announced that he was gay in an open letter for Sports ...

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player, died May 12 after an eight-month battle with stage 4 glioblastoma. He was 47. Collins made history in April 2013 when he came out publicly in a Sports ...

Late NBA star Jason Collins is survived by his partner of 13 years, husband Brunson Green. Collins, the first openly gay NBA athlete, died in May 2026. “We are heartbroken to share that Jason Collins, ...

The death of the NBA’s first openly gay player at 47 underscores a hard truth: Male professional sports remains hostile terrain for openly queer athletes. Jason Collins, #98 of the Brooklyn Nets, ...

Jason Collins, who died Tuesday at 47 of brain cancer, was enjoying a peaceful, happy life in the years after his historic coming-out essay in Sports Illustrated. Justin Edmonds / Getty Images Jason ...

With three words, Jason Collins changed everything. Collins, who died Tuesday at 47 after battling Stage 4 glioblastoma, made history 13 years ago when he penned a piece in Sports Illustrated in which ...

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 ...

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain ...