Basketball

After waiting until Feb. 23 to be signed, Jason Collins will be a member of the Brooklyn Nets for the rest of the season, ESPN is reporting. Collins has been signed to two 10-day contracts and the Nets will extend him through the season, including the playoffs. Since becoming the first openly gay NBA player, […]

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The Nets will offer Collins a second 10-day contract and likely sign him for the rest of the season.

"It was very cool," Judy Shepard said of the gesture. "Very kind and thoughtful."

NBA pledges to donate at least $100k to LGBT groups GLSEN and Matthew Shepard Foundation.

Jason Collins scored three points in just eight minutes of play Thursday night in the Brooklyn Nets' blowout 112-89 win against the Nuggets in Denver. They were the first points of the season for Collins. It was also an opportunity for Collins to meet the family of Matthew Shepard. Collins chose No. 98 in honor […]

Collins had four of the top five selling jersey items in the NBA since he became the first openly gay player in league history.

It was a bad game for the Brooklyn Nets as Jason Collins debuted No. 98.

No. 98 is on sale now and is already a hot-seller.

You will read a lot about Jason Collins suiting up for the Brooklyn Nets, including Cyd's comments here. But the photo above says it all: An openly gay player took the court in an NBA game in the second quarter in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Collins was greeted by polite applause and […]

Collins will join Boston Marathon bombing survivors Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman, among others.

Zeke talks with Michael Musto about the state of the NBA and coming out to his Hall of Fame dad

Jack Harry, a sportscaster in Kansas City, has denied he called the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team the "Gayhawks" during a Sunday broadcast: I listened to it numerous times and it sounds like Harry does say "Gayhawks." According to multiple reports, he is known as rooting for the University of Missouri, Kansas' big rival, and […]

The Jonathan Martin-Richie Incognito incident has shed a bright light on lockerroom hazing and assorted activities. It's in this backdrop that this video purportedly showing NBA rookie Anthony Davis nude and getting spanked while at the University of Kentucky is making the rounds. The video was posted on Twitter and addressed to Deadspin by a […]

Charles Barkley has always made a ton of sense when talking about gay players in the NBA, saying for example that "every player has played with gay guys." So I was very interested to hear his take on the openly gay Jason Collins still being unsigned. He did not disappoint in this wide-ranging Q&A with […]

Saunders High School head basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo talks about the importance of teamwork in sports and the LGBT sports movement

Three pro teams in Portland support same-sex marriage, while Fallon Fox's first pro loss brings out the worst in MMA fans

Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC also support marriage-equality initiative in Oregon

Brittany McMillan's Spirit Day initiative will reach sports fans of virtually every major pro-sports league. Will we see purple on the NFL Network's Thursday Night Football?

Openly gay NBA player Jason Collins still has not had a team sign him. And Gay Bowl XIII kicks off in Phoenix. We're there!