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NOPE, still seems weird: Brooklyn Nets new head coach Jason Kidd smiles as he is introduced during an NBA basketball news conference. (Photo: Bebeto Matthews/The Associated Press)
The Miami Heat were so hot last night, Justin Bieber’s sunglasses ended up being SEARED ONTO HIS FACE. Because that’s the only reason why he would be wearing sunglasses inside, OBVIOUSLY. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Full-contact NBA action — NBA playoff games are a different kind of games — grittier, more suspenseful and definitely more physical - just ask Marc Gasol #33 of the Memphis Grizzlies, who took a paw in the face while trying a shot against Reggie Jackson #15 and Kendrick Perkins #5 of the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game One of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena on May 5, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Bruce Arthur: Jason Collins coming out a new beginning for sports
Nobody expected Jason Collins. Everybody knew that the day was coming, that one of the four major North American sports would see an openly gay player come out before his career was over, and consciously or subconsciously, everybody had an idea of what that person might be like. A star, probably. Good-looking. Articulate. A hero.
But Jason Collins? Thirty-four years old, a journeyman centre, a guy who spent a career being invisible, or being mistaken for his twin brother Jarron? He faced off with Shaquille O’Neal in the NBA Finals, the hardest job there was; he gave Chris Bosh fits in a first-round series once, too. But he was faceless a player as you can find, setting screens, being in position, fouling when necessary. Smart guy, admired for his toughness, a favourite of his teammates. But he was an extra in the play.
Monday, with the help of Sports Illustrated‘s Franz Lidz, Collins wrote an honest, charming story about himself, and who he really was. He’s the first openly gay professional athlete in the four major sports in North America.
NBA veteran centre Jason Collins has become the first male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay. Collins wrote a first-person account posted Monday on Sports Illustrated’s website.
“I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay,” he wrote in the magazine.
“I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, ‘I’m different.’ If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.” (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
THIS. Stephen Curry wedding photo.
(Source: todaybutwhatday)
NBA Playoffs Fashion is the best Fashion. There’s a lot to look at.
What is LeBron wearing.
Kobe Bryant took to Facebook in the wee hours of Saturday morning to vent about the Achilles tendon injury that likely ended his season, writing the “frustration is unbearable” but the setback will not end his career.
The Lakers’ star felt a pop as he pushed off his left foot making a move during Los Angeles’ victory against Golden State on Friday night. The team, in a final push to make the playoffs, is all but certain Bryant tore his Achilles. He is to have an MRI on Saturday.
The 34-year-old Bryant posted about his “rage” on his Facebook a few hours after being hurt: “Why the hell did this happen ?!? Makes no damn sense. Now I’m supposed to come back from this and be the same player Or better at 35?!? How in the world am I supposed to do that?? “
He added: “Maybe this is how my book ends. Maybe Father Time has defeated me…Then again maybe not!”
“One day, the beginning of a new career journey will commence. Today is NOT that day.” (Photo: Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press)
Amir Johnson has a new career? Great gem from USA Today Sports on how a photographer accidentally dropped his camera on the court — and the Raptors forward picked it up and took a few photos.
(Source: nationalpost.com)
Sixers guard Allen Iverson poses for a April 2001 SI cover shoot. (Gerard Rancinan/SI)
GALLERY: Rare Photos of Allen Iverson
What. Is. Going. On.
