Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter issued an apology after he appeared to use a profane and homophobic slur during live television coverage of a college baseball playoff game on Monday. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ + news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.

Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter and school officials have issued public apologies after Walter appeared to use a homophobic slur during a heated exchange in the Demon Deacons’ game against Tennessee on Monday.

Wake Forest and baseball coach Tom Walter apologized for what appeared to be a homophobic slur caught by television cameras during an NCAA regional game against Tennessee.