Tickets Available at CSNBayArea.com/pages/out
Admission $5.00, Proceeds to Benefit Marty''s Place
Doors Open at 6:30 PM PT
Special Town-Hall Edition of Chronicle Live from the Castro Theatre Following Premiere
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area:
| WHAT: | Â | The premiere of Comcast SportsNet Bay Area''s Out. The Glenn Burke Story and special town hall edition of Chronicle Live from the Castro Theatre. |
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| WHEN: | Wednesday, November 10th | |
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| WHERE: | Castro Theatre | |
| 429 Castro Street (at Market Street) | ||
| San Francisco, California | ||
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| Advance tickets are available at CSNBayArea.com/pages/out | ||
| Limited tickets available at the Castro Theatre box office day of the event beginning at 5:30 p.m. | ||
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| Doors open: 6:30 p.m. | ||
Out. The Glenn Burke Story Castro Theatre screening: 7:30 p.m. | ||
Chronicle Live Town Hall: 9:15 p.m. | ||
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Note: Out. The Glenn Burke Story will debut on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area at 8:00 p.m. | ||
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| Admission $5.00, proceeds to benefit Marty''s Place – a community living facility that served as home to Glenn Burke. | ||
ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY:
Glenn Burke''s journey through baseball began and ended in Oakland, California. His sports career had many stops along the way, starting as a multi-sport star at Berkeley High School, followed by a brief stint at the University of Nevada, Reno as a prized basketball recruit, and then moving into professional baseball with the Los Angeles Dodgers, being hailed by one coach as "the next Willie Mays." Early in his career, Burke felt he had to hide his true self from his teammates. Later, when he began to reveal glimpses into his sexuality the baseball establishment began to close him out. Out. The Glenn Burke Story, is a one-hour program that documents Burke''s legacy as the first openly homosexual Major League Baseball player.
The documentary tells the dramatic tale of Burke''s Major League career as an outfielder for the Dodgers and as a starter in Game One of the 1977 World Series, to being traded to the Oakland Athletics the following season, and then walking away from the game that he deeply loved in 1980. Many of Burke''s teammates were aware of his homosexuality during his playing career, as were members of management. And many of those teammates believe that his sexuality led to the premature derailment of his baseball career.
Out. The Glenn Burke Story then follows him through his public announcement of his homosexuality in a 1982 Inside Sports magazine article and on TheToday Show with Bryant Gumbel, to his downward spiral after his split from baseball, a split that drove Burke to drugs and prison, and eventually to living on the same San Francisco streets where he was once recognized as an icon.
Burke''s story took on another level of tragedy when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1994. Yet at the end of Burke''s life, the game that he claimed abandoned him so many years before reached out to one of its own. The A''s found Burke and provided him with constant support in his final months, as did some of his former teammates.
Out. The Glenn Burke Story features numerous interviews with Burke''s teammates and friends, including Dusty Baker, Davey Lopes, Reggie Smith, Rick Monday, Manny Mota, Rickey Henderson, Claudell Washington, Mike Norris, Shooty Babitt, Tito Fuentes, and former Major Leaguer and gay rights activist Billy Bean.
Out.The Glenn Burke Story is narrated by Dave Morey, who was recently inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in the class of 2010 after 26 years as a morning host at KFOG and nearly 40 years in broadcasting.
After the November 10 (8:00 p.m. PT) debut, Out. The Glenn Burke Story replays on Tuesday, November 16 at 8:00 p.m. PT. Visit CSNBayArea.com for additional air dates and times and channel locations for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.
CHRONICLE LIVE:
Following the screening, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area will air a special town hall edition of Chronicle Live from the Castro Theater at 9:15 p.m. PT. Hosted by veteran Bay Area sports announcer Greg Papa, Chronicle Live is a live one-hour program, and will feature an interactive roundtable discussion and debate about homosexuals in professional sports.
Panelists for the program include Larry Baer (President and Chief Operating Officer, San Francisco Giants), Billy Bean (MLB veteran, gay rights activist), Helen Carroll (Sports Project Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights), Ron Kroichick (San Francisco Chronicle), Andrew McIntosh (Former SUNY Oneonta lacrosse player, team captain), Douglas Murray (San Jose Sharks defenseman), Lorenzo Neal (NFL veteran, Comcast SportsNet NFL analyst), Monte Poole (Oakland Tribune), Ray Ratto (CSNBayArea.com Senior Insider), Bill Romanowski (NFL veteran, Comcast SportsNet NFL analyst), Michelle Smith (FanHouse Senior Writer), Langston Walker (Oakland Raiders offensive tackle), and others (guests subject to change).
For more information on guests and show updates, visit CSNBayArea.com/pages/out.
Out. The Glenn Burke Story online press kit and video excerpts from the documentary are available at CSNBayArea.com/pages/out.
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Contacts:
Comcast SportsNet
Jay dela Cruz, 415-296-8900
jdelacruz@comcastsportsnet.com
