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be honest with you. i mean it seems to me that jason collins is exactly the same person on tuesday that he was on sunday. and he has played with any number of players, hundreds of players over the course of his career. he s played on multiple teams so he s played with hundreds of guys and there s never been any issue. there s no reason to think there would be one going forward. common sense would say that but we know we aren t always dealing with common sense. the good thing here is my kids are 23, 22, 18, green s are 12 and 10 so this generation coming along is way more accepting of this so i think even younger players in sports i think will be accepting of this. how are your viewers reacting? or your listeners? well, listen, listeners and viewers, as you would expect, i mean it s a huge cross-section of the united states. so i think the majority say good for him. and let s get on with it. and let s talk about the nba playoff games last night, and there were some who had differe
make, saying it has a low crime rate, it s idyllic. they re shocked what happened to them here. one man saying i moved from stockton to be here. and around the corner from me, a little girl s life is taken. understandably rattled. paul, thank you very much. appreciate it. it s 19 minutes past the hour. the man accused of mailing letters laced the ricin to president obama and two others, is being held without bond. a judge has scheduled a preliminary hearing on thursday, for james everett dutschke. he is charged with using and processing ricin. he allegedly sent the letters to the president, mississippi senator roger wicker and a local mississippi judge, as well. you may not have heard of jason collins before yesterday. but you can bet on seeing a lot more on this nba trail blazer. what coming out could mean for endorsement deals. that s coming up. [ jennifer gat powerful sunscreen feel great? actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer.
character is found in those who lead. i would like to commend you, jason, for coming out and showing us what leadership looks like. i am glad he took that step. and i wish him the best. and i hope that nba guys can get past sexual orientation. all that b.s. at the end of the day, he s a good guy. he s a hard worker. he s a good basketball player. that s what he should be judged for and known for. reporter: not everyone is accepting of his sexuality. chris broussard, a prominent espn basketball analyst, called collins a sinner. i m a christian. i don t agree with homosexuality. i believe it s asin, as i think all sex outside a marriage between a man and a woman is. reporter: it was the boston marathon bombings that pushed him to action, helping to realize, things can change quickly. and there would be no perfect time to divulge his sexuality. he decided to wear rarely seen
country. many from the nba community also expressed support. character is found in those who lead. i like to commend you, jason, for coming out and showing us what leadership looks like. i m glad he took that step. i know he feels liberated for doing it. i wish him the best and i hope that you know, nba guys can get past sexual orientation. you know, all that b.s. you know at the end of the day he s a good guy, he s a hard worker, he s a good basketball player and that s what he should be judged for and that s what he should be known for. reporter: not everyone is accepting of his sexuality. a prominent espn basketball analyst called collins a sinner. i m a christian. i don t agree with homosexuality, i think it s a sin, as i think all sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman is. reporter: in his magazine article, collins said he first thought about revealing his secret during the 2011 nba lockout but it was the boston marathon bombings that pushed him to action. hel