R.I.P Jason Collins

[slightly biased bias fan]

(Former Celtic) Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who has served as a global ambassador for the sport for the past decade, has died of brain cancer, his family said Tuesday. He was 47.

Collins told ESPN in November that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer. He traveled to Singapore this past winter to receive experimental treatments not yet authorized in the United States. Those treatments were effective enough for him to return home, attend NBA All-Star Weekend events in Los Angeles and attend a game at his alma mater, Stanford.

But the cancer returned recently, and Collins died peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family.

[A Future of Stevens]

RIP to that brave man.

[SparzWizard]

Rest in peace to Jason Collins. A pioneer and a cultural-setter for professional sports and esp of a person of color.

KG had high praises and respect for Jason.

[Roy H.]

Sad.  Cancer sucks. I feel for his loved ones.

[Neurotic Guy]

Who we perceive to be great is up to each of us.  We could be right or wrong in our assessment. We never know what?s truly in a person?s head and heart. But I believe Jason Collins was a great man and a model for heroism to the end.