The Negro Leagues which, officially, started in 1920 served to showcase the skills of Black baseball players who were whiteballed out of professional baseball due to racism particularly...
WNBA champion Renee Montgomery has announced she is sitting out upcoming WNBA season to focus on criminal justice and civil rights issues.
Renee Montgomery has been known...
Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri joined with a bipartisan and bicameral coalition of Members of Congress to call for former St. Louis Cardinals All-Star center fielder Curt Flood’s...
Bronx Borough President Diaz will host the annual Borough President’s Cup Youth Baseball Family Celebration.
On Sunday, November 24, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben...
Yesterday, Pittsburgh Pirates organization shortstop Stephen Alemais and hip-hop artist WavesOnGianni hosted a baseball clinic at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx....
Yankees iconic closer Mariano Riviera will be honored today, in the Bronx, for his recent induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
Legendary New York Yankees...
The legendary Buck O’Neil founded the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 1990 and served as its Chairman for 16 years.
For more than a decade, Buck used his birthday to help...
It is quite common to be nervous about unfamiliar territory, be it a job interview, college entrance exams, or the first meeting with a new book club crew. The answer….prepare, prepare and...
Last night, Yankees star pitcher CC Sabathia was honored for his incredible career at the LegaCCy Gala at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City.
The black-tie event...
On Thursday, August 29, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., AT&T and the New York Yankees will co-host the ninth annual “Borough President’s...
From the moment Mabel King, Evillene the Witch in The Wiz, belted out the lyrics to “No Bad...
Yankees’ CC Sabathia, his wife Amber, mother Margie and four children hosted a Backpack Giveaway at Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary School in his hometown of Vallejo, California. ...
In celebration of CC Sabathia and his lasting legacy on and off the field, The PitCCh In Foundation will host the LegaCCy Gala on Monday, September 16, 2019, at The Shed at Hudson Yards...
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