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Parker: Mark Sanford, welcome back to Washington

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:17:54 -0400

By STAR PARKER - Put me down as happy to see former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford coming back to Washington. He handily defeated Elizabeth Colbert Busch in Tuesday's special election for a House seat he himself once held.

Column: Collins significant, but not true pioneer

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:36:34 -0400

Jason Collins has been compared to Jackie Robinson. And Neil Armstrong.

Henry: Gay athlete Jason Collins gets points for coming...

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:26:40 -0400

By REG HENRY - Nostalgia grows old, but there's a part of me that wishes that sports news was, you know, still about sports.

Moulton: Jason Collins coming out breaks a barrier, but not...

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:26:21 -0400

By DAVID MOULTON - Jason Collins is gay. OK, that's significant. But not as big a deal as most are making it out to be, for a couple of reasons.

After coming out, Collins needs a new NBA home

Wed, 01 May 2013 06:44:56 -0400

The coming-out part is over. Now Jason Collins needs a job.

Collins' big test will be joining an NBA team

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:53:35 -0400

The coming-out part is over.

Celtics players happy for former teammate Collins

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:11:53 -0400

WALTHAM, Massachusetts - Celtics coach Doc Rivers wishes Jason Collins had gotten more rebounds. Jeff Green liked the screens his former teammate set. Jason Terry would love to have Collins' toughness in the playoffs.

Slain student's mother touched by Collins' tribute

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:22:09 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - The mother of a gay University of Wyoming student who was robbed and beaten to death in 1998 says she finds it touching that NBA veteran Jason Collins honored her son by wearing jersey No. 98.

Obama says 'couldn't be prouder' of Jason Collins

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:50:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he told NBA center Jason Collins that he "couldn't be prouder of him" for coming out as gay while playing in a major sports league.

Rep. Kennedy on gay player: 'I'm so proud'

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:02:54 -0400

BOSTON - Jason Collins may have shocked the sports world Monday by becoming the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports to come out as gay, but he did not shock U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III.

Reaction to Jason Collins coming out as gay

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:46:14 -0400

Reaction from NBA veteran Jason Collins' first-person account published in Sports Illustrated, as he came out as the first gay male player in the four major American professional sports:

Collins gets plenty of support after coming out

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:43:39 -0400

Jason Collins nearly got Rick Welts into $200 worth of trouble.

NFL reminds teams of anti-discrimination policy

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:06:04 -0400

NEW YORK - The NFL distributed a document to its teams Monday reiterating its anti-discrimination policy on sexual orientation.