RIP Jason Collins

[Jake from State Farm]

First openly gay NBA player. He had a good career, mostly for the Nets. Brain cancer. 47.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48753479/jason-collins-dies-47

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Awful news. Took an incredible amount of bravery to come out in what was a far gentler time. Can't imagine how tough that'd be today. RIP.

 

[Webster]

Awful news. I got to spend a few minutes talking to the Collins twins at a charity event and they were just joyful people.

 

[DanOregon]

I first saw him and his brother at a Nor Cal basketball tournament when they were in high school. "They're going to Stanford," I was told.
Didn't notice Jason's back-up. He ended up taking a different path.

 

[John]

The great Chuck Culpepper, formerly of the Post and now with ESPN, wrote a lovely thank-you piece about Collins: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...gacy-nets-first-openly-gay-nba-player-dies-47

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

The great Chuck Culpepper, formerly of the Post and now with ESPN, wrote a lovely thank-you piece about Collins: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...gacy-nets-first-openly-gay-nba-player-dies-47

That was incredible. Chuck is so good.