Everybody wants to wear No. 98.
Last Sunday, Jason Collins became the first out athlete to play in a men's NBA game. Today, Jason Collins jerseys will go on sale even though he's only on a 10-day contract.
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Vicky Picca, the NBA’s senior vice president for licensing and business affairs, said that the league was receiving an "unprecedented" amount of inquiries from fans who want to own a jersey with Collins' name on it.
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Collins’s jersey number of choice is 98, in honor of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student from Wyoming who was murdered in 1998.
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On Sunday, the Nets scrambled to get Collins in uniform for a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Collins wore No. 46, a jersey the team travels with in case of emergencies.
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