NBA Rumors: Jam Harn Tra Talks, Joel Embiid, PJ Tucker, Rudy Gay

Contents:

• JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• THE GAY-BASHG KNICKS FANS ARE STILL THE PROBLEM AFTER JASON COLLS' MOMENT
• 5 REASONS STEVIE NICKS IS A GAY IN
• NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE
• JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY

JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY

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Jason Colls says he's news servicApr 29, 2013, 11:46 AM ETNBA center Jason Colls on Monday announced that he's gay a story for Sports Illtrated, beg the first active player one of the four major Amerin profsnal team sports to announce that he is gay. "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport. Me personally gay men the locked room would make me unfortable.

As Amerins grow more acceptg of gay rights and same-sex marriage. Last year, durg his re-electn mpaign, Print Barack Obama announced his support for gay after Colls disclosed his sexualy, Obama reached out by phone, exprsg his support and tellg Colls he was imprsed by his urage, the Whe Hoe Print Bill Clton, whose dghter Chelsea attend Stanford wh Colls, also appld Colls' announcement.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

"Jason's announcement today is an important moment for profsnal sports and the history of the LGBT [lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr] muny, " he said a statement.

"He said the first relative he told he was gay was his nt Teri, who is a superr urt judge San Francis.

He said she told him, "I've known you were gay for years, " which ma him "fortable my own sk.

THE GAY-BASHG KNICKS FANS ARE STILL THE PROBLEM AFTER JASON COLLS' MOMENT

"Colls said he realized he need to make his sexual orientatn public when his former roommate at Stanford, Massachetts ngrsman Joe Kennedy, who is straight, marched Boston's Gay Pri Para last Boston Marathon bombgs earlier this month then rerced to him "that I shouldn't wa for the circumstanc of my g out to be perfect. "When I told Joe a few weeks ago that I was gay, he was grateful that I tsted him. Colls says he quietly ma a statement for gay rights even while keepg his sexual orientatn a secret.

98 wh the Celtics and Wizards -- 1998 was the year that Matthew Shepard, a gay llege stunt Wyomg, was killed, and the Trevor Project, a suici preventn anizatn, was found. "When I was playg, I had never had nversatns around what meant to be gay.

"Sayg 'I'm gay' sets a new standard of honty, openns and teamwork that will posively affect athlet and fans at every level of sports.

5 REASONS STEVIE NICKS IS A GAY IN

Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay.

Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward. And that kd of attack agast a gay uple, by a bunch of straight guys Carmelo Anthony jerseys outsi an NBA playoff game, is exactly what pro sports leagu have been worried about — even before the official embrace of article is om the archive of our partner New York Police Department released vio last night of eight New York Knicks fans whom ps want to qutn a potential hate crime that, the victims say, volved homophobic slurs, flyg fists, pullg hair and more, right outsi Madison Square Garn. And that kd of attack agast a gay uple, by a bunch of straight guys Carmelo Anthony jerseys outsi an NBA playoff game, is exactly what pro sports leagu have been worried about — even before the official embrace of Jason Colls's g out last week.

NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE

Ined, if the straight players n accept the new realy of gay players, this may be a microsm of the fal hurdle: Sports fans need to get wh ially releasg a photo of one man nnectn wh Sunday's alleged attack, the NYPD is now tryg to intify this entire band of apparent Knicks supporters:Those guys are wanted for qutng an ongog hate-crime vtigatn to an cint that left 27-year-old Nick Porto wh a broken nose, his 22-year-old partner Kev Atks wh a broken wrist, and their belonggs, cludg a cellphone, stroyed — all after an afternoon walk home om a long Sunday bnch. Police say the cint occurred on Eighth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets, jt a block om Madison Square Garn's fan ex — and, as most New Yorkers uld tell you, right between two of the cy's most proment gay neighborhoods, Hell's Kchen and Chelsea. But even the major pro leagu that have been champng gay rights, like the NHL and creasgly the NFL, have had ongog ncerns that was anti-gay fans they were most ncerned about.

Meanwhile, CBS's Mike Freeman, reportg the early word that potential NFL gay player might be nsirg g out as well, sisted that players weren't the hold-up — fans were: This player's te ncern, I'm told, is not the reactn si an NFL locker room but outsi of .

JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY

The player fears he will suffer ser harm om homophobic fans, and that is the only thg preventg him om g out. Acrdg to a Washgton Post/ABC News poll released Thursday, almost seven 10 Amerins supported Colls's cisn to e out, and 55 percent of 1, 008 people polled said that they support gay marriage.

That's excellent news for the LGBT muny and gay rights advot — shows that Amerins are growg more tolerant as their role mols do — but a poll of a thoand people seems a lot ls real the face of ugly vlence on the real streets of article is om the archive of our partner The Wire. Joed ESPN 2017In a al that livers the anchise dramatic fancial flexibily, the Atlanta Hawks are tradg forward John Colls to the Utah Jazz, sourc told ESPN on Hawks are acquirg forward Rudy Gay and a future send-round pick for Colls, who is owed $78 ln over the next three seasons, sourc said.