Before the pandemic, minor leagues were ready to set new standards for Pride
With Pride Nights on the schedule in 81 cities, Minor League Baseball demonstrates why every team is essential to its community.
By Ken Schultz | May 11, 2020With Pride Nights on the schedule in 81 cities, Minor League Baseball demonstrates why every team is essential to its community.
By Ken Schultz | May 11, 2020We’re taking time this week to pay homage to our favorite MCU superheroes, and our managing editor reveals her crush on the Mets player everybody knows as “Thor,” Noah Syndergaard.
By Dawn Ennis | May 7, 2020Despite the COVID-19 shutdown, A.J. Andrews delivers a daily diamond dream: a simulated baseball season.
By Karleigh Webb | May 5, 2020Etched in a rainbow gradient, underscored by a slithery sea creature, the name struck fear into Florida’s church ladies.
By Dawn Ennis | May 1, 2020Unlike their play on the field, when it came to combining hideousness and racism, the 1970s Indians couldn’t be beat.
By Ken Schultz | April 30, 2020Dodger Blue just feels like baseball, says our Ken Schultz.
By Ken Schultz | April 29, 2020All this week, Outsports is joining SB Nation in looking back at our favorite and least favorite sports jerseys, unis and kits. We begin with the ‘Tequila Sunrise’ jerseys of the Houston Astros.
By Dawn Ennis | April 27, 2020As a Cub fan in the 1980s, it was natural to choose Ryno as a favorite player. In 2016, a simple gesture showed how he could step up in the biggest way.
By Ken Schultz | April 20, 2020The Hartford Yard Goats celebrated what would have been the start of the 2020 season with donations to a food bank and first responders.
By Dawn Ennis | April 12, 2020Fenway Park organist Josh Kantor goes on Facebook Live every afternoon, to play his organ at home — and he takes requests.
By Dawn Ennis | April 8, 2020The Detroit Tigers legend was a first-ballot Hall of Famer on the field. But his lasting legacy was bringing humanity to the game.
By Ken Schultz | April 8, 2020These are the essential films we picked, centered around sports, that will get you through the coronavirus crisis. Did we miss your favorite? Tell us in the comments!
By Dawn Ennis | April 6, 2020Brett Lysohir’s senior season ended abruptly, but not until after he showed his teammates the real him.
By Brett Lysohir | April 1, 2020Gay pro baseball player Bryan Ruby shares his favorite books about LGBT athletes, plus his entire reading list.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 25, 2020We asked. They tweeted. How about you show us your tattoos?
By Dawn Ennis | March 25, 2020As part of the “get to know us better” series, Outsports asked me to write about my favorite subject: myself.
By Ken Schultz | March 19, 2020As LGBTQ athletes and fans, we know fear all too well. We have lived with it, and overcome it. With the NCAA, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and more closing shop, what can we do now?
By Dawn Ennis | March 12, 2020Edenfield was a standout high school baseball player, but when he came out, his teammates shunned him, leading him to abruptly quit his lifelong love and turn to pornography.
By Alex Reimer | March 2, 2020In an appearance on the Outsports LPF Podcast, Bean opens up about painful memories and missed opportunities during his time as an active player.
By Ken Schultz | February 26, 2020Joe Kelly and Justin Turner of the L.A. Dodgers had some fun posing as a same-sex couple for photographers. Our question is: Did you laugh? Or something else?
By Dawn Ennis | February 21, 2020