Jim Buzinski

2 days ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler |Jim Buzinski |Karleigh Webb

Shohei Ohtani isn’t the only Japanese trailblazer changing the way North Americans think about baseball in 2025. On Sunday, superstar pitcher Ayami Sato made her debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Canada’s Intercounty Baseball League. In doing so, she broke the gender barrier and became the first woman to play in a Canadian men’s professional baseball league. Given the history-making nature of Sato’s achievement, her first start was a success the second she took the mound at Christie Pits Park.

3 days ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler |Jim Buzinski |Mike Ciriaco

Welcome back to Talkin’ Gaysball where we mute broadcasters who claim that the Second Spitter worked for the Deep State…By now you’re probably over bloviating reactionary pundits lamenting “You can’t even say [insert homophobic word here] anymore or you’ll get cancelled by the woke mob!”While being paid millions of dollars a year to go on TV and say that very word as they whine that they can’t. Truly no form of censorship is more oppressive than the kind that pays for your Bentley.

5 days ago | outsports.com | Mike Ciriaco |Jon Holmes |Ken Schultz |Jim Buzinski

More in Sports The trans racing driver, the trans ‘Oxford Blue’ rower, and unrequited love In Trans+ History Week, Outsports recalls two trans trailblazers who excelled in sports and whose stories became intertwined. By Jon Holmes | May 10, 2025 Sue Bird won 5 gold medals as a player. She is now in charge of Team USA winning more. After winning five gold medals as a player, Bird is chasing her first as a Team USA executive.

6 days ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes |Cyd Zeigler |Jim Buzinski

Many retirees suffer from a phenomenon of wondering what to do with too much time on their hands now that they don’t have to work everyday. Some people travel. Others take up new hobbies. Sue Bird decided to chase another Olympic gold medal. On Thursday, USA Basketball named Bird to the new position of managing director of women’s basketball, where she will oversee the selection of players and coaches for international play, including the Olympics.

6 days ago | outsports.com | Jim Buzinski |Cyd Zeigler |Jon Holmes |Ken Schultz

Longtime sports journalist Kate Fagan used her final appearance on ESPN’s “Around The Horn” to make a plea for transgender inclusion in sports. “Being on this show has been a privilege and a platform,” Fagan told host Tony Reali in comments at the end of Thursday’s show. “I know it’s my last time on it, and I want to say something worthy of that privilege and platform, and that is this that trans kids deserve to play sports.