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.”Jason Collins in 2014, the year after he announced he was gay in a front-page essay in Sports Illustrated magazine.
Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47
Scritto il 13/05/2026