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    After 13 years in the NBA, the league’s first openly-gay athlete is retiring. Jason Collins, who currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets, announced his exit in a heartfelt letter published on The Player’s Tribune Wednesday. 

  Teens in Chicago’s After School Matters program will get a boost from the NBA’s Derrick Rose. The MVP and three-time Chicago Bulls All-Star is donating $1 million to the Chicago-based non-profit organization which is devoted to providing “innovative out-of-school programs for teenagers.”

  NBA player Luol Deng has responded to comments made by Atlanta Hawks GM Danny Ferry. Ferry, on a business call discussing whether to sign Deng, said that “[Deng] has a little African in him. Not in a bad way, but he’s like a guy who would have a nice store out front but sell you […]

  Violet Palmer, the first woman NBA referee, has decided to marry her partner of 20 years. Although the NBA has known about Palmer’s sexuality since at least 2007, this marks Palmer’s public coming out. Palmer will marry celebrity hair stylist Tanya Stine today.

    Isaiah Austin, the Baylor basketball star whose NBA dreams were cut short when it was discovered that he had a career-ending condition, has a job offer from the NBA. The NBA has previously ceremoniously drafted Austin, who was slated to be a first round pick, earlier this year. Now, Austin reveals that he has a […]

    A slain transgender woman from Baltimore has been identified as the sibling of Los Angeles Clippers player Reggie Bullock. Mia Henderson, 26, was found dead in Baltimore on the morning of July 16. Bullock confirmed that Henderson was his sibling.

According to a report released by the Policy Economic Research Council, more than 55 percent of African-American households are either unbanked or underbanked. Unbanked means that these U.S. households do not have a checking or savings account and must rely on check cashers or prepaid cards. Underbanked households have a bank account, but are still forced […]

NBA star Jason Kidd has been hired to lead the Milwaukee Bucks. Kidd was selected to be the team’s head coach Tuesday morning, a day after the Bucks sent two second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets as compensation. He coached the Nets for just one season. 

We previously reported on Isaiah Austin, the standout Baylor University player with NBA dreams. The dreams came to a halt, however, after it was discovered that Austin had Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that would prevent him from playing basketball at the professional level. But despite the fact that he’d never set foot on an NBA […]

After mounting pressure from the NBA, the league’s players and the public, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed to sell his team. The announcement came via Sterling’s attorney Maxwell Blecher Wednesday evening. 

  The WNBA is launching a campaign geared towards the LGBT community. The moves makes the league the first pro league to specifically recruit gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered fans to its games. 

The NBA brought formal charges against Donald Sterling on Monday. The Los Angeles Clippers owner was accused of damaging the league and its teams with his racist comments. A hearing, slated for June 3rd, gives owners the chance to terminate Sterling’s ownership of the team with a vote.