a big league player for 12 seasons who spoke five languages, performed stand-up comedy, was dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” and was suspended for punching his Texas Rangers ...

and several more iconic African American figures as part of an ongoing partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Despite the strong cast of new legends, our review cited a “lack of ...

But for decades, General Mills excluded Black athletes from the celebrated cereal boxes. Josh Gibson, aka the “Black Babe Ruth,” and pitcher Satchell Paige, the first Negro leagues player inducted ...

So how, I asked him, would he explain to his grandkids someday that it was possible to play for both teams in the same game … in the major leagues? “Baseball is incredible,” he said.

There’s no such thing as the “symbolic halfway point” for Major League Baseball’s offseason, which can devolve from winter wonderland to grim slog through the tundra for a job, any job.

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New Jersey has approved the first round of sites for the state’s Black Heritage Trail, and they’re getting brand-new historic markers. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Black Heritage ...

Former Oakland Athletics player Rickey Henderson looks on before a baseball game between the Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif., Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Oakland ...

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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick wrote on X. “Was proud to induct him into our Hall of Game in 2015 along with Fergie Jenkins, Ozzie Smith and the late Luis Tiant.

“Rickey was one of the best players in the history of Major League Baseball,” his friend and former teammate Dave Winfield said in an interview. “He could influence the game in so many ways ...

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is inducting five former Kansas City Royals players into its Hall of Game. For many, it is an honor knowing that the museum's entire focus since 2014 has been to ...