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Spring is here, and Boston’s LGBTQ sports leagues are ready to go, with the Beantown Softball League open for members, with June opening the Cambridge Boston Volleyball Association.

Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Justin Verlander says he "wouldn’t mind" having a gay teammate.

A right fielder fror the Detroit Tigers has been criticized for telling the Los Angeles Times that an out player would make him "uncomfortable."

Tank Carder of the Cleveland Browns quickly backtracked after using the word "faggot" on Twitter and promised never to use the anti-gay slur again.

The NBA follows the MLB’s footsteps and adds "sexual orientation" to its bargaining agreement.

Two weeks suspension is the punishment Roger McDowell, the pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves, faces for having hurled anti-gay insults at a group of fans and then seemingly threatening a man with a baseball bat.

The Atlanta Braves are doing well in the game--but off the field, the team is dogged by an alleged incident of homophobia and threatened violence that reportedly took place April 23 in San Francisco, where the Braves were playing the Giants.

Three weeks ago, baseball umpire Billy Van Raaphorst was the target of a team manager’s anti-gay rant, delivered right on the diamond. Now, the epithet-hurling manager, Brent Bowers, is out--and Van Raaphorst is still calling them like he sees them.