Minor league baseball

Ex-minor league umpire sues MLB, says he was harassed by female ump, fired for being bisexual man

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NEW YORK — A fired minor league umpire sued Major League Baseball on Wednesday, claiming he was sexually harassed by a female umpire and discriminated against because he is male and bisexual. Brandon Cooper, an umpire who worked in the minor league Arizona Complex League last year, filed the suit in federal court in Manhattan … Read more

ECU baseball player appears in game with prosthetic leg after boating accident

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GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina sophomore Parker Byrd appeared in Friday’s season-opening win against Rider with a prosthetic leg after having part of his right leg amputated following a 2022 boating accident. The school said he is the first NCAA Division I athlete to play in a game with a prosthetic leg. Athletics spokesman Malcolm … Read more