The LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2026 Hall of Fame class, four of whom have basketball ties. NBA referee Bill Kennedy, executive Rick Welts, journalist Robin Roberts and former WNBA player ...

Former Brooklyn Nets forward Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA, is battling stage four brain cancer, he announced Thursday. Collins, 47, has a particularly aggressive form of ...

Back in September, the NBA announced that former center Jason Collins, the league's first openly gay player, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. The 46-year-old has been serving as a league ...

Jason Collins has an extremely aggressive form of brain cancer that is well beyond the brain tumor the NBA and Collins’ family had previously announced. That’s one of the big takeaways from an ...

Retired NBA player Jason Collins is receiving treatment for Stage 4 glioblastoma three months after his family shared that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, he shared with ESPN. Retired NBA player ...

After sharing that he was receiving treatment for a brain tumor in September, Jason Collins — the first openly gay NBA player in the league — is shedding more light on his diagnosis. Collins opens the ...

Jason Collins broke barriers in 2013 as the first active openly gay NBA player. Sadly, his story doesn’t have a happy ending as devastating news broke about his terminal brain cancer diagnosis. Former ...

Jason Collins has been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma. The former basketball pro, who made headlines in 2013 when he became the first active NBA player to come out as gay, announced his diagnosis ...

Bill Kennedy has been an NBA referee since the 1995-96 season and became the league’s second out referee in 2015. David Dow / Getty Images The LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2026 Hall of Fame ...

Retired NBA player Jason Collins is receiving treatment for Stage 4 glioblastoma, described as “one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer,” three months after his family shared he had been diagnosed ...

Former NBA player Jason Collins has broken his silence about his recent health problems, revealing in an ESPN interview that he is undergoing treatment for Stage 4 glioblastoma and may not have much ...