The Brooklyn Nets have signed Jason Collins to a 10-day contract while the team is on a west coast road trip and the free agent forward is expected to play on Sunday night in Los Angeles at the Staples Center when the Lakers host the Nets and it is historic, as he is the first openly gay player to be active one of the four professional sports leagues.
Read full storyThe Brooklyn Nets are waiting to find out the future of Glen Davis before the team considering signing Jason Collins to a 10-day contract.
Read full storyThe Brooklyn Nets gave free agent center Jason Collins a workout in Los Angeles and now the team may sign him after the trading deadline passed and the team did not work out a deal with the Lakers for Jordan Hill, who was being shopped around the league by the team.
Read full storyThe New York Knicks have suffered a tough injury to their starting center in Tyson Chandler after he suffered a nondisplaced fracture of the right fibula and now with questions about depth, could NY be the team that signs Jason Collins to a contract finally?
Read full storyThe Miami Dolphins situation involving Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin is a nightmare of sorts for the NFL, because practices that have long been allowed to go on and tolerated are now being aired in public and while this story could be isolated to the league, it says a ton about team sports and professional sports in general and that is one reason why I think it will be a long time before an openly gay player is in the NFL.
Read full storyTeams around the NBA are trying to fill out their rosters as the summer comes to a close and after names like Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and Josh Smith signed to deals, that leaves a number of lower-tier players left on the market, including names like Jason Collins, Al Harrington and Daniel Gibson.
Read full storyWhen Jason Collins came out as the first pro basketball player to publically be open as a homosexual, it was received with support from many in the media and from around the sport, but one person who was not so happy about the revelation was Carolyn Moos, the former fiancee of the basketball player.
Read full storyESPN admitted it was a mistake to put Chris Broussard on the air when discussing Jason Collins.
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