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NBA veteran tests positive for coronavirus after attending Nets game
Jason Collins, the retired longtime Nets center and first active openly gay athlete in major North American sports, says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Collins, 41, believes he...
Jason Collins changed the 'playbook' for gay athletes and is helping others follow
Jason Collins remembers the words of support he got after coming out as gay in 2013, and has spread that message in the years since. "In my opinion, out of...
Amar'e Stoudemire slammed as sad homophobic man-child
Amar’e Stoudemire has enough to worry about as the co-owner and ostensible star of a team in the far-flung outpost of Israeli basketball league. He probably didn’t need to attract the...
Jason Collins returns to Brooklyn for Pride Night event
The Nets held their first Pride Night on Wednesday, with on-court entertainment and prominent members and allies of the LGBTQ community holding a pregame panel titled “Spread Diversity and Inclusion,...
Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player, calls it quits
Jason Collins made history by becoming the first openly gay professional athlete in one of the four major U.S. professional sports, and a year-and-a-half later, the time was right for...
NBA pioneer Jason Collins to retire at Nets-Bucks game
Jason Collins, who made history earlier this year when he became the first openly gay player to appear in the NBA, announced his retirement Wednesday. In a first-person essay published...
2014 US Open serves up celeb-powered fun
Some stars never get tired of the back and forth — especially when tennis is involved.
Allen Roskoff returns after Christine Quinn's exit
Roskoff, the gay rights activist and president of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, was an arch-foe of Quinn.
Jason Collins' season went way beyond basketball
With the Nets season officially in the books, it’s time to look back at the year that was. We’ll look back at a different player each weekday, before wrapping up...
The new playbook for coming out as a gay athlete
NEW YORK — A new type of playbook is fast evolving in the world of sports: An informal, commonsense protocol for how prominent gay and lesbian athletes can come out...
Nets bench-warmer named one of world's 100 most influential
Jason Collins found out about his place on Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people the same time everyone else did — when the list was announced...
Post deals out NBA honors, dishonors
The 2013-14 NBA regular season has dwindled to a few remaining games, so area fans can debate the topics that truly matter this time of year. What in blazes happened...
Sports pros share the films that made them cheer— and cry
All of the on-the-field drama can’t compare to what goes on behind the scenes when the NFL draft comes to Radio City Music Hall every year. So when director Ivan...
Nets rewind: Hotshots at home
Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 116-104 victory over the Pistons in Brooklyn Friday night: 1. The biggest reason the Nets have been able to win 15 straight home...
Signed Jason Collins jerseys up for special auction
Three signed Jason Collins Brooklyn Nets jerseys – including two game-worn jerseys – will be available on auctions.nba.com through April 22, the NBA announced Friday. All proceeds from the auction will...
Nets rewind: The real on-court value of Jason Collins
Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 104-89 win over the Kings in Brooklyn Sunday: 1. If you look at the stat line for DeMarcus Cousins from Sunday’s game — 28...
Garnett scratched from third straight Nets game
Venerable Nets star Kevin Garnett will miss his third straight game Wednesday against Memphis. But Nets honchos insist they’re not worried about their aging power forward, saying it's part of...
Nets sign Jason Collins to another 10-day contract
The Nets have signed Jason Collins to a second 10-day contract, the team announced Wednesday morning. Collins, whose first 10-day contract expired Tuesday, is all but certain to be signed for...
Collins appears to be staying with Nets
Jason Collins isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The Nets are expected to sign Collins to a second 10-day contract Wednesday, a formality after the initial pact he signed Feb. 23,...
Nets get back to .500 for first time in 54 games
It took them awhile — nearly four months, in fact — but the Nets are finally back to .500. Behind 20 points from Deron Williams and an excellent all-around performance...