Rick Welts, the president of the Golden State Warriors, arrived at New York’s Pride March on Sunday with his partner, Todd Gage, wearing a T-shirt that read, “Proud Champions.” While the shirt commemorated the Warriors’ recent romp through the N.B.A. playoffs, its graphics were not confined to the team’s blue and gold but were instead shaded in the colors of the rainbow.
Jason Collins, who in 2013 became the first active N.B.A. player to come out as gay, told Welts that he would love to get his hands on one of the shirts as they prepared to board the league’s float in the parade, an event the N.