Hello and welcome to On Deck Circle for today, Monday, March 1, 2021. Today marks the beginning of Women’s History Month, Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month and it’s the day my New York Mets start their exhibition spring training games!
The wait is over…Today is a game day! #LGM pic.twitter.com/GPecFkt8Jj
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 1, 2021
Your need to read time today is 90-seconds.
Today’s LGBTQ Sports History Highlight:
Get off the sidelines and into the game
Our weekly playbook is packed with everything from locker room chatter to pressing LGBTQ sports issues.
On this day in 1903, Major League Baseball Rules Committee rule that pitcher’s mound must not be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate. So, it turns out, size does matter!
Today’s Outsports Headlines:
Celebrate the historic achievements of girls and women in LGBTQ sports, beginning with Billie Jean King
UCLA kicks runner off team after alleged racist and homophobic comments surface
Read an exclusive excerpt from Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke
‘I think it’s crazy what’s happening:’ Donald Trump denounces ‘biological males’ in women’s sports
Other LGBTQ Sports stories making news…
Activists protest SD House passage of transgender athletics bill
“Describing it in one word, lifesaving”; Kris Wilka who is transgender talks importance of sports
ESPN catches up to a story we did in Outsports in January: Heard of the Steelers? No, not them, the gay rugby team from London
‘Lioness’: Olympic Champion Boxer Nicola Adams Subject Of Feature Doc
Blackhawks send NBC’s Steve Kornacki new retro jersey
Today’s SB Nation’s top story…
Dan Dakich stuck his foot in his mouth again and is being investigated by ESPN
Top LGBTQ News…
Different fight, ‘same goal’: How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists
Rosamund Pike Wins Golden Globe for Lesbian Thriller ‘I Care a Lot’
Rome unveils lesbian kiss street art at subway station
And HRC wants you to remember this is Bisexuality+ Health Awareness Month!
Today’s OutShout:
Out High School athlete Connor Murphy relied on Outsports for the Sports Equality Foundation’s weekly look back at the week in LGBTQ sports on TikTok! Watch by clicking here:
@sportsequalityfdn Sports Equality weekly wrap up- Ep. 6 #queerathlete #gaytiktok #sportsequality #queer
♬ Brittle – Gonek
If you’re an LGBTQ person in sports looking to connect with others in the community, head over to GO! SPACE to meet and interact with other LGBTQ athletes, or to Equality Coaching Alliance to find other coaches, administrators and other non-athletes in sports.
Social Media Spotlight:
Billie Jean King was at Madison Square Garden Sunday night for the first-ever PWHPA women’s hockey game and the first to be nationally-televised!
A night to remember forever.
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) March 1, 2021
The first professional women’s hockey game ever played @TheGarden and the first to be broadcast live on national television.
Congratulations to the @PWHPA and all involved in this historic night. pic.twitter.com/jOY7rWpFxK
If you want your social media post to be included here, or to share one showcasing LGBTQ sports, email us the link at [email protected] or tag @Outsports on Instagram or Twitter!
Today’s Outsports Podcast:
Nearly every day of the week, Outsports has a new podcast for your enjoyment. Today, Cyd Zeigler returns with a fresh episode of Five Rings To Rule Them All. His guest this week is Jon Holmes, a powerful force in British sports media, and an advocate for coverage of LGBTQ athletes and inclusion in sports. An editor at SkySports and the manager of Sports Media LGBT+, Holmes has dramatically increased coverage of the issues at his own publication. Click here to listen:
This and all Outsports podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and on every platform where you find Outsports!
Today’s Sports Calendar:
MLB Spring Training:
Exhibition games are underway! Click here for MLB’s guide to your favorite teams’ schedules.
NHL:
Click here for ESPN’s schedule of men’s pro hockey action today.
NBA:
Click here for ESPN’s schedule of men’s pro basketball action today.
NCAAM:
Click here for ESPN’s schedule of men’s college basketball action today.
NCAAW:
Click here for ESPN’s schedule of women’s college basketball action today.
SOCCER:
Click here for ESPN’s schedule of soccer action today.
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