NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former big league outfielder Billy Bean, Major League Baseball's senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. MLB ...

As Pride Month celebrates LGBTQ inclusion across society, professional sports remains one of the last frontiers where many athletes still feel unable to be open about their identity. Billy Bean, a ...

Billy Bean, the second former professional baseball player to come out as gay and who went on to work in the commissioner's office, died August 6. He was 60. According to Major League Baseball, Mr.

NEW YORK -- Billy Bean, who in 1999 became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay and later became the sport's senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has ...