Baseball

The Los Angeles Dodgers will host an LGBT Night Out, Friday, Sept. 27, in a game against the Colorado Rockies. LGBT Night Out at Dodger Stadium will feature a celebrity throwing out the first pitch, and a special guest will perform the national anthem with the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. There will be […]

Plus, Cyd reports from Reykjavik where he sees the naked pictures of Aussie rugger George Burgess for the first time

"Major League Baseball has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination," Commissioner Bud Selig says.

Action is first by a Major League Baseball team and comes during Seattle's pride parade.

The Giants, 49ers, Raiders, Warriors, Athletics, Sharks and Earthquakes come together with Comcast SportsNet to produce an LGBT-inclusive PSA

Mark your calendars for June 25 and Aug. 27

Baer talks with The Last Closet about why and how the Giants have been such pioneers

Landry Jones and Jeremy Affeldt talk about their Christian perspectives on gay athletes

The former Atlanta Braves standout tweets that Rutgers coach Mike Rice shouldn't have been blamed for his actions

Earvin Johnson III, 20, hits the town with his reported boyfriend

USA Today article makes the case that Major League Baseball will have the first out gay athlete in the big pro sports

The former Oakland A's slugger Tweets his support for marriage as the Supreme Court deliberates 'gays and ungays.' Mr. Scalia! Paging Mr. Scalia!

Conference in Orlando aimed at bringing baseball to inner-city kids includes discussion about LGBT youth and homophobia with Wade Davis, Darnell Moore and Aaron McQuade

ESPN The Magazine’s upcoming baseball preview issue asked 110 players anonymously about various issues. Among the findings, according to Buzzfeed: Asked “do you know of any gay players?” only 5% (six players) said yes. “Yes, but that’s as far as I want to go, even if this is anonymous,” said one National Leaguer. These kinds […]

Jose Estevez, an out runner for Boston College, and Patrick Burke of the You Can Play Project get a warm reception when they discuss homophobia in sports with the Blue Jays' minor and major leaguers.

Two Chicago sports legends — Ernie Banks and Richard Dent — are among athletes who have signed a letterr urging Illinois legislators to pass a bill allowing same-sex marriage. Banks is known as Mr. Cub, while Dent was a feared pass rusher for the Bears. Both are in the Hall of Fame. A letter showing […]

Montreal's mascot comes out of the closet. Sort of.

The former pitcher writes for Mile High Sports that gay athletes may have trouble controling themselves in the locker room

Bruce Silverman discusses the importance of straight allies in winning equality in sports

Schilling says he's never understood the 'issue' with gay players