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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, UMass head coach Derek Kellogg talks with guard Derrick Gordon (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Richmond, Va. Gordon says in a televised interview that he is gay. Gordon made the announcement on ESPN on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, becoming the first openly gay player in Division I men's basketball. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
FILE – In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, UMass head coach Derek Kellogg talks with guard Derrick Gordon (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Richmond, Va. Gordon says in a televised interview that he is gay. Gordon made the announcement on ESPN on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, becoming the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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AMHERST, Mass. — UMass guard Derrick Gordon has become the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball.Gordon made the announcement in interviews with ESPN and Outsports on Wednesday. Gordon said he gained confidence by seeing an NBA team sign Jason Collins, who became the league’s first openly gay player when he joined the Brooklyn Nets this season.”I want to be myself,” Gordon said in the interview televised on ESPN. “I don’t want to hide and be someone I’m …View “Derrick Gordon of UMass becomes first openly gay Division I player” on Spundge

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