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you might recding about that. and from washington, d.c. dave zerin sports writer for the nation. rick let s start with you. you went through this very public process just a couple of years ago. what is your message to jason collins? ell, you think what happened very courageous thing. there s been a lot of anticipation a lot of buildup to who would be the first active player to taketory today, i was very moved by it obviously, you know touched by how difficult this path h been point in his life where this is important to him, and iook back this as a had historic day in men s team sports. rick when you came out of closet, did you think that would cause any current nba players to follow your lead? well, i don t know that you credit one with the othe i think that the problem for me at the time was there had been nobody in a position like mine who hadd to take real barrier. you know jason face the same thing.layer had gone before him. he didn t have the benefit of seeing how people
drove him deep into the closet but jason collins has come out of the closet. as the first openly gay athlete currently playing in a major american team sport, the story appears in next week s issue of sports illustrated owned by our parent company, and it begins with a big, bold powerful announcement. quote, i m aey 34-year-old nba center, i m black, and i m gay. collins played last season right here with the boston celtics. he also played with the washington wizards. other pro athletes have revealed that they re gayn, but collins is the first man currently in a majorit. martina navratilova tweeted these good vibes to collins well done jason co a brave man and a big man at that. 1981 was the year for me. year for you. kind of an interesting comment, kind of reminding people thatg time ago. joining me now from california is rick welts, president and ceo of the nba s golden state he s gay president of the phoenix suns in 2011.
numbers on pending home sales earlier this morning. looks like april will be the fifth straight month of gains for the dow. the nasdaq also jumped today, hitting its highest level since way back in 2001. jason collin has just become the first openly gay athlete in pro sports. collins is with the washington wizards. he tells sports illustrated, i m a 34-year-old nba center, i m black. a very revealing and candid interview in which he discusses coming out, first to his aunt, he says her acceptance made him feel comfortable in his own skin, he didn t tell his twin brother jerron until last year. says h astounded, so much, he says for twin telepathy. the family is behind him and apparently so is the nba. the commissioner david stern issued a strong statement saying, and i m quoting him now, as adam silver, the deputy commissioner and i said to
night. they call it the death valley dream laps 2 before we go our team s top five things of the day. new york jets today sacked their famed backup quarterback tim tebow. he had only attempted 8 passes all of last season. number four, the veteran nba center jason collins became the first man active in one of the four major pro-sports to come out as gay. number three, closing arguments today in the murder trial of abortion doctor kermit gosnell accused of killing four babies after they were born alive in what opponents call the house of horrors. number 2. defense secretary chuck hagel says the u.s. and allies are continuing to assess whether the syrian government unleashed chemical weapons on its own people. and number one tonight, a source confirms to fox news investigators found female d.n.a. on parts of the boston marathon bomb. but that source adds this does not necessarily mean a woman helped build the explosives. and that s the fox report s top five.