Billy Bean, a former MLB outfielder and the league’s senior vice president for diversity, equity & Inclusion and special assistant to the commissioner, died after an 11-month battle with acute ...

By Alex Williams Billy Bean, an all-hustle outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres who retired in 1995 because he thought baseball was not ready for an openly ...

August 6 - Billy Bean, one of the first athletes in American team sports to come out as gay, died Tuesday, 11 months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 60. An outfielder and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...

MLB executive Billy Bean, one of the first openly gay figures in baseball, died at age 60 after a battle with leukemia, the league announced Tuesday. Bean was MLB's Senior Vice President for ...

Billy Bean, a former Los Angeles Dodger who went on to become the first diversity chief for Major League Baseball, died on Tuesday. He was 60. Major League Baseball said in a statement that the ...

Former MLB player Billy Bean has died at the age of 60 after battling acute myeloid leukemia for the last year. Bean, who is not to be confused with the Oakland A’s executive who is also a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...

NEW YORK — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...