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NBA’s first openly gay : Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player, is reportedly undergoing treatment for a brain tumor

The couple reportedly tied the knot over the Memorial Day weekend in a ceremony in Austin, Texas, after the two had been together for more than a decade. I thought I had to live a certain way. [1] He went on to play for the. Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, ) is an American former professional basketball player who was a center for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Collins came out in a personal essay for Sports Illustrated inwhich made him the first openly gay athlete in a major American team sport. He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal, where he was an All-American in – Collins was selected by the Houston Rockets as the 18th overall pick in the NBA draft.

Former NBA center Jason Collins -- the league's first openly gay player -- is receiving treatment for a brain tumor. The ceremony was attended by family and friends, including longtime teammate Richard Jefferson, according to Outsports.

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He had started his NBA career in with the Nets, who were still in New Jersey at the time, where he spent parts of seven seasons with the organization before stints with the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Hawks and Celtics. Collins started dating Green in and described how the two met in a Sports Illustrated interview inaccording to The Independent.

Former Nets player, and the first openly gay athlete in the NBA, Jason Collins married his longtime partner, Brunson Green, recently.

I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue. Collins returned to the Nets in for one final run in Brooklyn before retiring that same year.