Report: Former Net Jason Collins Reveals He's Gay
Center tells SI.com in first-person account he "didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.”
Former New Jersey Nets center Jason Collins, who played for six seasons with the team including a championship run in the 2002-03 season, revealed he was gay in a soon-to-be published story. Collins said in a first-person account in the May 6 edition of Sports Illustrated posted on SI.com that he “didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.” He tells the magazine, “I still love the game, and I still have something to offer. My coaches and teammates recognize that. At the same time, I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful.” In the story, Collins describes how the first person he came out to was his aunt, a Superior Court judge in San …
Trev Dee
11:41 pm on Monday, May 6, 2013
Congratulations on what exactly? Did someone ask him? I'm convinced certain gays in the media are just looking for others. What a way to get more, huh? & if you think that because Jeter runs around with hot women all the time somehow makes him not gay, then let the ignorance stay in bliss, dummy more ›