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The first openly gay man in the NBA wants you to read his words — Jason Collins is seeking a book deal!!

Apparently he's writing a memoir, though we're not sure if we really want one yet… unless he promises to publish ANOTHER one after his career as an out-and-proud-gay-man is over! Seriously, his crazy story has just begun!

Regardless, three different publishing houses are reporting that they've been contacted by him

Tags: book deal, gay, jason collins, nba, player

The Jackie Robinson movie 42 is getting some decent buzz and reviews, but we have a feeling it's because those people reviewing the movie weren't Jackie's former teammates and also have no idea how things actually went down! LOLz!

According to 88-year-old George 'Shotgun' Shuba, the story the movie tells behind the iconic photo of Jackie shaking hands with him isn't quite right. In fact, they just decided to rewrite history altogether and CUT him from the scene!!

Here's what George says:

Tags: 42, baseball, black, george shuba, handshake, iconic moment, incorrect, inspiration, jackie robinson, player, race

We say the NFL is READY for an openly gay player!!

Sure, we're willing to bet it'll be hard at first, but breaking into something like this will always be. It just takes the brave first few to make history, and the rest will change with them! Plus, we get the feeling that A LOT of the players will actually turn out to be super supportive!

That's why we're pumped to hear that there's an active NFL player on the cusp of coming out publicly!

Tags: announcement, gay, mystery, nfl, open, player, soon

Hockey is a brutal sport, and we hope that players know what they're getting into when they decide to suit up.

During a playoff game, Ronny Keller, a Swiss ice hockey player, was injured so badly that he has been left paralyzed — permanently. The damage to his fourth thoracic vertebra is not reversible.

Tags: game, hockey, injury, paralyzed, player, sad, spine

Adrian Hamilton is a linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens.

A paparazzo recently caught up with him and asked for his two cents on the whole Manti Te'o scandal.

The back and forth went a little like this:

Tags: adrian hamilton, baltimore ravens, draft, football, manti teo, nfl, pap, paparazzo, photog, play, player

Chris Culliver is an NFL football player for the San Francisco 49ers.

He also recently spouted out a bunch of homophobic remarks regarding gay football players in the locker room.

After receiving what we're sure was immediate backlash Chris has now released a statement that said:

Tags: 49ers, chris culliver, football, gay, homophobic, locker room, media, men, nfl, play, player, statement, team

Kris Humphries is starring in a new Foot Locker commercial.

In it, NBA star James Harden is talking to a member of his entourage.

He noticed his friend didn't have the latest shoes on, even though Foot Locker has new shoes coming in every day.

He then threatens to send his friend to Kris Humphries' entourage!

Ha! Apparently there are few fates worse than being forced to be in Kris Humphries’ entourage.

Kris really has no problem making fun of himself we guess.

He even tweeted:

"Boom! Just debuted my new @footlocker commercial with @jharden13! Check it out #approved."

It's actually pretty funny!

Check out the video (above) to peep his new commercial.

Tags: basketball, commercial, debut, entourage, foot locker, funny, james harden, kris humphries, nba, player, tweet, video