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In 1949, the Brooklyn Dodgers had Jackie Robinson. Colorado Springs had the Brown Bombers.
Just two years after the Dodgers’ star broke Major...
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The NAACP released the following on the passing of baseball legend and homerun king Hank Aaron who died Friday at age 86:
The NAACP mourns the passing...
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Major League Baseball issued the following statement on today's passing of baseball icon and home-run king Hank Aaron:
It is with great sadness we share...
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Hall of Famer and longtime home run king Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron died Friday morning, his daughter confirmed to WSB-TV in Atlanta.
The Atlanta Braves...
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The Red Sox have hired Bianca Smith as a minor league coach making her the first Black woman to coach professional baseball.
“The opportunity is amazing,” Smith...
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Major League Baseball recent decision to include the statistics of Negro League Baseball players means great players like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson above (two of the...
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Major League Baseball made a historic — and long overdue — announcement Wednesday, elevating the Negro Leagues to a major-league level.
The decision is validation...
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The great Negro League catcher Josh Gibson was one of the most prolific homerun hitters of all-time hitting between 800 to 1,000 homeruns in his career,...
Ken Williams said this summer that he had reason to believe things would be different.
In an emotional interview posted by the White Sox, the team's executive vice president and...
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One of Ohio’s MLB teams, the Cleveland Indians, will change its name following a national movement to remove mascots and monikers from sports teams that use Native American...
One thing can be said about former Major Leaguer CC Sabathia: He doesn’t mind putting his name out there for a good cause. That includes doing almost anything when it comes to promoting the Negro...
The Miami Marlins are hiring Kim Ng as their new general manager, making her Major League Baseball's first female and first Asian American GM, the team announced Friday.
Ng, 51, has...
Newly approved New York Mets owner Steve Cohen says he believes his players are “entitled” to protest social injustice and other political matters as long as they give it their all when they're “...
WNBA players above sporting shirts that show their support for Rev. Raphael Warnock over current Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler who has attacked WNBA players for fighting for social justice.
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LeBron James is hoping the Los Angeles Dodgers will follow the lead of his Los Angeles Lakers and do what they set out to do from the beginning of the season: win it all.
The Dodgers...
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