Former NBA player Jason Collins shared some incredibly heavy news in December 2025, revealing that he’s battling stage 4 brain cancer, specifically glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain tumor.

Jason Collins has been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma. The former basketball pro, who made headlines in 2013 when he became the first active NBA player to come out as gay, announced his diagnosis ...

(The Root) — When Jason Collins announced to the world that he was gay on the cover of the May 6 issue of Sports Illustrated, the announcement took the media by storm. As the first athlete in ...

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