Wizard’s Jason Collins Comes Out as Gay NBA Player

With all the talk about NFL players coming out, it is an NBA player who is the first to come out of the closet.

In a personal essay set to publish in Sports Illustrated, Collins begins, “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.

Sporting News says Collins is has become the first athlete in a major American team sport to come out as gay during his playing career.