It’s a sad day for the NBA. Earlier today, May 12, news broke that Memphis Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke passed away at the age ...

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

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the ...

In 2013, Collins became the first active men's professional athlete to come out as gay. “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center," he wrote. "I’m black. And I’m gay." ...

The NBA announced Tuesday that former player Jason Collins died at age 47 and released the following statement on behalf of his family.

Former Nets center Jason Collins has passed away at 47 after a battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma, his family announced.

Collins and his twin brother, Jarron, arrived at Stanford as heralded recruits from Southern California’s Harvard-Westlake High School in the fall of 1997.

Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in NBA history, has died after a battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma. He was 47.

*Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay active player, has died at age 47 after battling Stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. His family shared the news on May 12, 2026.

Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player, has died of brain cancer at 47, his family announced Tuesday. Collins, a 7-foot center who played for six different teams across 13 seasons, disclosed ...

Jason Collins, a longtime NBA center who became the first man to come out as openly gay while playing in any of America’s four leading professional sports leagues, died Tuesday following months of ...

Jason changed lives in unexpected ways and was an inspiration to all who knew him and to those who admired him from afar,” his family said ...