Jason Collin's 98 reason

Dec 26, 2013, 11:06 AM

In April basketball player Jason Collins became the first active professional sportsman in any of North America's top sports to openly declare himself as gay. Collins has always worn the number 98 on his shirt, but up until his coming out he never revealed the reason behind his choice of jersey number.

It turns out that it was, in part, to honur the memory of Matthew Shephard who, in 1998 was murdered, just for being gay. Matthew's father Dennis spoke to usabout this tribute and his son...

Here's a brief clip ahead of Saturday's show