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

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." ...

Jason Collins, a former Stanford basketball star who became the NBA’s first openly gay player during his 13-year professional career, died from brain cancer at the age of 47. Collins’ family announced ...

Jason Collins, a longtime NBA player who became widely known in 2013 as the first openly gay active player in a major ...

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

“To call Jason Collins a groundbreaking figure for our community is simply inadequate. We truly lost a giant today.” ...

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 ...

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, his family announced Tuesday.