Billy Bean, a onetime big-league outfielder who came out as gay after he retired, then later became a Major League Baseball executive and its first “ambassador for inclusion,” died Aug. 6 at ...

Mad Dog Russo announces the death of former Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who is very much still alive. “That’s the different Billy Bean. Still a terrible story. But that’s not ...

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 ...

FILE - Billy Bean, Major League Baseball vice president ... It did not say where he died. Bean was only the second major league player to come out as gay. Glenn Burke, an outfielder for the ...

Former Major League Baseball player and executive Billy Bean has died at age 60. MLB released a statement confirming his death, indicating he died at home on Tuesday after a yearlong fight with ...

Radio host Chris "Mad Dog" Russo had a notable blunder on-air Wednesday when he mistakenly thought Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane died rather than Billy Bean, MLB’s senior vice ...

So, when ESPN’s Chris “Mad Dog” Russo — whose entire reputation and career are owed to knee-jerk reactions — got word of iconic ex-Dodgers outfielder Billy Bean’s death, it’s little ...

Bean died at home on Tuesday after a yearlong fight ... “Our hearts are broken today as we mourn our dear friend and colleague, Billy Bean, one of the kindest and most respected individuals ...

Billy Bean’s death, while not a surprise to those who knew he was ill, still stunned a generation of baseball officials who spent the past decade relying on him. Bean, the openly gay former ...

Aug. 7 (UPI) --Billy Bean, the second openly gay Major League Baseball player and the league's senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, died Tuesday after an illness, MLB confirmed.