Jason Collins died at 47 after battling glioblastoma and undergoing surgeries in his final weeks.

Collins revealed his diagnosis publicly in December 2025 in a first-person essay for ESPN, describing an aggressive brain tumor that had spread across both hemispheres in a butterfly pattern. Standard ...

Former NBA center Jason Collins spent more than a decade in professional basketball.

Jason Collins’ cause of death has been confirmed after the athlete, who was the first openly gay NBA player, died this month ...

Former NBA player Jason Collins died at 47 after battling brain cancer, leaving behind husband Brunson Green and twin brother Jarron Collins.

Jason Collins underwent a VP shunt and an IVC filter placement weeks before his death at 47 with records detailing Jason ...

Former Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd paid an emotional tribute to Jason Collins following the former NBA center’s death at 47, reflecting on a relationship that spanned more than a decade as ...

With three words, Jason Collins changed everything. Collins, who died Tuesday at 47 after battling Stage 4 glioblastoma, made history 13 years ago when he penned a piece in Sports Illustrated in which ...

John Amaechi's favorite memory of Jason Collins is one for which Collins wasn't physically present. Not long after Collins became the first openly gay athlete to play in any of the major North ...

The death of the NBA’s first openly gay player at 47 underscores a hard truth: Male professional sports remains hostile terrain for openly queer athletes. Jason Collins, #98 of the Brooklyn Nets, ...

Jason Collins, the first openly gay active player in NBA history, died at the age of 47 following a battle with stage four glioblastoma ...

Former NBA player Jason Collins, the league's first openly gay player, died on May 12. Collins had been battling Stage 4 gliaobastoma brain cancer since November. Jason Collins was 47. He was much ...