{"id":236625,"date":"2026-05-13T06:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/236625\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:01:08","slug":"den-forste-apne-homofile-nba-spilleren-er-dod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/236625\/","title":{"rendered":"Den f\u00f8rste \u00e5pne homofile NBA-spilleren er d\u00f8d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"_lead_145nj_2 _lead_6fko5_53 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-l layout-component layout-wide layout-padded _wide_17hqh_1 layout-padded\">Jason Collins, som var den f\u00f8rste \u00e5pne homofile NBA-spilleren, er d\u00f8d etter en \u00e5tte m\u00e5neder lang kamp mot en aggressiv hjernesvulst. Han ble 47 \u00e5r gammel.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Jason Collins fra tiden i Brooklyn Nets i 2014.  Foto: Mark J. Terrill \/ AP \/ NTB.\" class=\"_image_jw3bv_65 layout-component layout-wide\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"1201\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/78fea24d-6a7f-35c4-95d0-debd56edb855.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:0% 0%\" width=\"1801\"\/>Jason Collins fra tiden i Brooklyn Nets i 2014.  Foto: Mark J. Terrill \/ AP \/ NTB.<\/p>\n<ul aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"_images_ntbth_112\">\n<li><a class=\"_link_ntbth_117\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg.no\/forfatter\/ntb\" style=\"z-index:1\" title=\"NTB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Bilde av NTB\" class=\"_image_ntbth_93\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778652068_385_c33980b0-5d07-4027-84a1-813f90a7c8d6.jpeg\"  width=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Oppdatert onsdag 13. mai kl. 07:23     <\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Basketballstjernen spilte 13 sesonger for seks ulike klubber i National Basketball Association. I 2013 kom han ut som homofil, og det fikk stor betydning b\u00e5de innenfor og utenfor basketballsportens verden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">\u2013 Jason forandret menneskers liv p\u00e5 et uventet sett, og han var en inspirasjonskilde for alle som kjente ham og for alle dem som beundret ham p\u00e5 avstand, heter det i en uttalelse fra Collins\u2019 familie publisert via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg.no\/tag\/nba?utm_source=vg-article&amp;utm_medium=auto-tagger&amp;utm_campaign=5pbwQK\" class=\"_link_145nj_39\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Collins fortalte selv sist september at han var under behandling for en hjernesvulst, og han fulgte opp senere med \u00e5 fortelle om at han slet med en aggressiv form for hjernekreft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Collins var ikke bare den f\u00f8rste NBA-spilleren til \u00e5 st\u00e5 \u00e5pent fram som homofil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Han var den ogs\u00e5 den f\u00f8rste til \u00e5 gj\u00f8re det om man inkluderer de tre andre store amerikanske idrettene ishockey, baseball og amerikansk fotball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Da han sto fram gjorde han det i et essay skrevet i f\u00f8rsteperson i magasinet Sports Illustrated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">USAs president Barack Obama var blant dem som st\u00f8ttet og roste ham for sitt mot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_paragraph_145nj_4 _paragraph_6fko5_10 layout-component text-serif-m layout-normal text-serif-m layout-padded\">Da Jason Collins spilte for New Jersey Nets var han med p\u00e5 \u00e5 spille seg fram til to NBA-finaler i 2002 og 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Collins, som var den f\u00f8rste \u00e5pne homofile NBA-spilleren, er d\u00f8d etter en \u00e5tte m\u00e5neder lang kamp mot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[59],"tags":[1617,2201,30,28,29,83,82],"class_list":["post-236625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sport","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-no","tag-norge","tag-norway","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@no\/116565749963430369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}