playBeing A Gay Athlete Is Complicated (3:04)Pablo Torre and Kate Fagan discuss the story of openly gay college basketball player, Derrick Gordon and the challenges openly gay athletes encounter. (3:04) Pablo S. TorreOct 27, 2014, 10:00 AM ETEmailPrintThis stor...
Collins' announcement last spring was followed by numerous NBA players insisting he would be welcomed in the locker room. Collins has played for five other teams and is respected inside and outside the league - he attended the State of the Union as a guest of first lady Michelle Obama. Form...
The 35-year-old Collinsrevealed at the end of last season he is gay, but he was a free agent and had remained unsigned until Sunday. After his announcement last year, numerous NBA players insisted he would be welcomed in the locker room. He quickly became a kind of ambassador for gay r...
The NBA Has An Openly Gay Player: What Changes?Neal Conan
Jason Collins, the first openly gay athlete in the four major sports, announced his retirement from the NBA in Sports Illustrated.
Collins said "it feels wonderful to have been a part of these milestones for sports and for gay rights, and to have been embraced by the public, the coaches, the players, the league and history." After making his announcement, Collins signed on with the B...
When asked how an openly gay football player would be treated in the NFL today, former Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said, "There would be some apprehension from some players, but it would go away quickly." A veteran player, speaking on the condition of anonymity, was mor...
That is the point — if the vast majority of players were given a gay teammate, and were told to alter some of their language, they would not have a problem with it. There will be bumps in the progress, and one player or another is bound...
“The team comes first,”“Sacrifice your personal goals to win,”“Only be judged by what goes on between the lines” – which is why I find it unsurprising that there are no openly gay athletes in any of the big four professional sports leagues in the U.S.: the NFL, NBA, NHL, ...
“I think this is a good day, against the backdrop of what has happened in the NBA recently,” Margaret Hoover, a political commentator and gay rights activist, told CNN. The NFL Players Association also weighed in on Sam’s good news. ...