N.B.A. Center Jason Collins Comes Out as Gay; New York Times, 4/29/13

Howard Beck and John Branch, New York Times; N.B.A. Center Jason Collins Comes Out as Gay: "Jason Collins, a 12-year N.B.A. veteran, has come out as the first openly gay male athlete still active in a major American team sport. “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m black. And I’m gay,” Collins writes in the May 6 edition of Sports Illustrated. The magazine published the article online Monday morning. The announcement makes Collins a pioneer of sorts: the first player in the N.B.A., the N.F.L., the N.H.L. or Major League Baseball to come out while still pursuing his career."