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With Nets, Jason Collins will be NBA's first openly gay player
Collins signed a 10-day contract with the Nets on Sunday, and is expected to be in uniform against the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night. It will be his first NBA game since coming out as gay in a Sports Illustrated article in May. He became a free agent after the 2012-2013 season and remained unsigned.
Seeing Sochi: Photos of the Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Russian President Vladimir Putin, these Olympics' political architect and booster-in-chief, watched and smiled as Sochi gave itself a giant pat on the back for a Winter Games that IOC President Thomas Bach declared an "extraordinary success."
Farewell, Sochi! Russia closes costliest Olympics
Fireworks and a countdown kicked off the closing ceremony in the Fisht Olympic Stadium, packed with spectators who chanted "Ro-ssi-ya! Ro-ssi-ya!" -- "Russia! Russia!" --and were in a party mood after the high-security games passed off safely without feared terror attacks.
Seeing Sochi Day 16: Our favorite Olympics photos
The 2014 Winter Games are almost over, but we're still finding images we love. Here are today's.
Seeing Sochi Day 15: Our favorite Olympics photos
Speed skating, men's hockey and freestyle skiing were among the events Friday at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Canada beats US 1-0 to reach gold-medal game
Canada advanced to the gold-medal match Sunday against Sweden, which beat Finland 2-1 in the earlier semifinal at Bolshoy Ice Dome. The Canadians are on the brink of their third gold medal in four Olympics, and they're guaranteed their first medals outside North America in 20 years.
US teen Mikaela Shiffrin wins Olympic slalom gold
Mikaela Shiffrin is the first American woman to get a slalom medal of any color since Barbara Cochran won gold at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics. She showed her patriotic colors wearing a stars-and-stripes design on her race helmet and a small painted flag with USA written into it on the right side of her neck.