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Jason Collins makes waves as first active, male major sport athlete to come out as gay

On Monday, for the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, Jason Collins wrote a first-person essay became the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional sport to come out of the closet and publicly say he's gay.

Jason Collins makes waves as first active, male major sport athlete to come out as gay

NBA Star Kobe Bryant Opens an Account on Weibo

NBA Star Kobe Bryant Opens an Account on Weibo

London Olympics may be last hurrah for U.S. basketball Dream Team

London Olympics may be last hurrah for U.S. basketball Dream Team
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US basketball team preps for world championship

US basketball team preps for world championship
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Takeouts: Obama roasts Washington at White House correspondents dinner, NBA playoffs, listeners respond

Takeouts: Obama roasts Washington at White House correspondents dinner, NBA playoffs, listeners respond
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Takeouts: online docs, Kobe, listeners on loans

Takeouts: online docs, Kobe, listeners on loans
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U.S. vs. China in Olympic basketball

The U.S. men's basketball opener vs. China on Sunday will be one of the most-watched Olympic events, and the players on both teams are under pressure to do well during the Games, as The World's Matthew Bell reports.

U.S. vs. China in Olympic basketball
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L.A. Lakers avoid elimination at home, head to Boston for Game 6

?There can only be one,? reads the tagline of the NBA's 2008 playoff marketing campaign, splitting the faces of top players to emphasize that no one gets a participation award. Yet, the Los Angeles Lakers Game 5, 103-98 victory over the Boston Celtics, featured a different kind of split ? the split personality of Kobe Bryant." -Maggie Haskins

L.A. Lakers avoid elimination at home, head to Boston for Game 6