In the days since Collins' death this week, those who helped make the article happen have been reflecting on its importance ...

With three words, Jason Collins changed everything. Collins, who died Tuesday at 47 after battling Stage 4 glioblastoma, made ...

His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a ...

Despite the courage Jason Collins showed by coming out of the closet, there is still a closet in male professional sports.

Jason Collins' courage to come out as a gay man playing in the NBA inspired others to live authentically, those who knew him ...

No one will have to bear the burden of being the very first openly gay man in major pro sports because Jason Collins was ...

Collins, who had served as a league ambassador after his playing days, was battling brain cancer.

Until his death this month, the retired basketball player spent more than a decade campaigning for connections, bridging ...

Jason Collins' coming out showed this sportswriter that being gay and covering sports couldn't forever be separated.

Former NBA player Jason Collins became the first athlete in North American major sports to come out as gay in 2013. Learn ...

Jason Collins, a longtime NBA center who became the first openly gay male to play in any of America’s four leading ...

Current and former professional athletes in major sports -- from Kobe Bryant to Kirk Gibson -- weighed in on gay NBA player ...