NBA center Jason Collins became the first active player in a major professional American team sport to reveal that he is gay, doing so to Sports Illustrated in a major cover story released on Monday.
美國職籃NBA中鋒傑森.柯林斯在週一出版的「運動畫刊」(Sports Illustrated)封面故事中大方出櫃,成為全美主要職業團隊運動中,首位承認自己是同性戀的現役球星。
Collins, who is now a free agent, has played in the NBA for 12 seasons with six teams, spending this past campaign with the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards. He helped the New Jersey Nets reach the 2002 and 2003 NBA Finals.