NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2015, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, who acknowledged Mays’ impact on sports and society. “It’s because of...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Since opening, Rickwood Field has been home to the Minor League Birmingham Barons, the Negro League Birmingham Black Barons and the Birmingham A’s,...
Art Rust Jr. is their Curt Flood for those hosting talk shows about baseball and other sports. And, like most baseball players who reap the spoils...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Bianca Smith, 29, becomes the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball. She will work with the team’s infielders at the Red...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over 22 mostly magnificent seasons, the lefty swinging Joe Morgan, who memorably flapped his left arm before each pitch thrown to him, totaled...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gibson emerged as a raw, but immensely talented rookie who would not be denied stardom. He became a full-time starting pitcher in July...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Flood fought a multi-year court battle, ultimately ending in the Supreme Court, trying to end the reserve clause and institute free agency (the...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN RECORDER — The Tigers’ championship run a half-century ago, capped by winning the 1968 World Series in dramatic and historic fashion, was a healing...
Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times The FBI and Justice Department are investigating members of the front office of the St. Louis Cardinals...
JOE KAY, AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Mocking t-shirts are available online. Deprecating jokes are making the rounds. Social media is saturated with derogatory lines...
Derrick Goold, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)—Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, a rising meteor of talent who was considered one of the top hitting...
BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer BOSTON (AP) — Weather permitting, the World Series is set to start Wednesday night at Fenway Park with the Boston Red Sox hosting the...
