Jason Collins: NBA Player Dribbles A Shocker!

Jason Collins the 7'0'' NBA center opens up about his sexuality.

The Washington Wizards center comes out a gay basketball player.

Wow, in one day we seen more stuff come out of the Washington-Baltimore area. And it's only Monday.

I had posted about a big time player in the iron college knocking up four correctional guards in a Baltimore jail. The feds are working on putting the player and his honeys in the iron college for life.

I had posted about President Barack Obama and Conan O'Brien making the rounds at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. And the flack of former governor Palin Da Ass.

I talked about Washington lawmakers failing the people of Newtown, Connecticut when it comes to passing comprehensive gun control.

I haven't talked about the low approved Congress passing legislation to slow down the FAA budget cuts. Those budget cuts will affect air travel. But due to public outcry and politicos suffering too, they've compromised on the slow wound.

Now since the news of Black entertainers and athletes coming out publicly, it's another rocker since Jenna Wolfe made her announcement on national television and print.

Collins is an American professional basketball center with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Collins attended Stanford University, where he was an All-American in 2000–01 and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on March 15, 2000. He finished his college career ranked #1 in Stanford history for field goal percentage (.608) and #5 in blocked shots (89).

In a story appearing in the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated, Collins announced publicly that he is gay, becoming the first active male professional athlete in United States team sports to publicly announce his homosexuality.

The Huffington Post reports that 34-year-old, who appeared in 32 games this season for the Celtics before being traded at the deadline along with Leandro Barbosa for guard Jordan Crawford and is now a free agent, tells Sports Illustrated:

"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."

Collins continues, "When I was younger I dated women. I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue."

As to why he opted to address his sexuality now, Collins says that he was partly inspired by the Boston Marathon bombings, adding that "it takes an enormous amount of energy to guard such a big secret."

"I've endured years of misery and gone to enormous lengths to live a lie. I was certain that my world would fall apart if anyone knew," he writes. "And yet when I acknowledged my sexuality I felt whole for the first time. I still had the same sense of humor, I still had the same mannerisms and my friends still had my back."