April 29 (The Sports Xchange) - Free agent center Jason Collins revealed to Sports Illustrated last week that he is gay. Collins' revelation was announced Monday. Collins wrote this week's cover story for the magazine after meeting with SI executive editor Jon Wertheim and contributor Franz Lidz. Wertheim wrote on SI.com that Collins is the "first openly gay athlete in major team sports." Collins opens by writing, "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black and I'm gay." Collins wrote that his family was apprehensive about him revealing his sexual orientation publicly. ...
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