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Detroit Mayor Bing will not seek re-election

Dave Bing's time in the turbulence of Detroit, its politics and immense urban problems will end after only four years.Full story

Kobe Bryant battles mom over Laker’s star’s memorabilia

  It's a question many parents and their grown children have grappled with: what to do with all that stuff stored in attics and basements? If you're Kobe Bryant's mom, you auction them! That is not sitting well with the NBA superstar. NBC's Diana Alvear reports.

Coming out when the lead is ‘I’m black’

  In coming out, NBA player Jason Collins wrote, "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.” Former NFL player Wade Davis, who revealed he was gay after leaving the league, joins Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about whether “coming out while black” matters more.

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  The iconic moment for gay rights in American sports

Jason Collins became the first active player in a major sport to come out of the closet this week. Up host Steve Kornacki’s talks with John Amaechi, one of the few people in the world who knows what that experience is like.

  What the sports world will look like post-Jason Collins

Mary Curtis, contributor to the Washington Post's "She The People" blog, Democratic State Senator Kelvin Atkinson of Nevada, former NBA player John Amaechi, and NPR sports reporter Mike Pesca join Up with Steve Kornacki to discuss what NBA player Jason Collins coming out means for culture wars in Am

  Is LGBT acceptance really a generational issue?

The Up with Steve Kornacki panelists talk about Jason Collins coming out, the reception among other NBA players, and what it’s like to come out as gay when you’re a member of the black community.

  Oprah and Collins Family

During the interview, Jason's twin brother, former NBA player Jarron Collins, their parents Portia and Paul Collins and their aunt, Teri Jackson, a San Francisco Superior Court judge, open up to Oprah about what it was like for Jason to come out to them.

  What Jason Collins means to gay rights movement

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses what NBA player Jason Collins's announcement means to the gay rights movement with Judy and Dennis Shepard, the parents of Matthew Shepard, who was slain in a hate crime.

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