As a Black American, I always approach February’s annual celebration of Black History Month with pride and bewilderment.
The Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott, Kansas will host "The Kansas City Monarchs and America`s National Pastime," a presentation and discussion by Phil Dixon on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 12:00 ...
Filmmaker Evelyn Pollard-Gregory and former Indians center fielder Kenny Lofton have taken a trip into Cleveland’s baseball ...
The Royals Foundation is sponsoring free admission to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in February, offering expanded access to Black baseball history.
A search of New Orleans area newspaper archives revealed that his baseball journeys took him to New Orleans on numerous ...
While Sabathia was a runaway choice in the Hall of Fame election, selected on 86.8% of the ballots by the Baseball Writers' ...
A version of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com in 2007. We present it again as Minor League Baseball celebrates ...
Veale played baseball and basketball in college, and for a time appeared ticketed to join the famed Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League. However, the Major Leagues had almost fully ...
In the shadows of these histories, however, lie great sports stories of everyday Black Bostonians who forged their own sporting traditions under prejudiced conditions. “ : A Contested Sports History , ...
In no particular order: Leroy "Satchel" Paige started his career in 1927 in the Negro Leagues, where he became legendarily dominant. In James Kelley's book "Baseball," he reported that Paige would ...
Celebrate Lunar New Year and Black History Month, find out whether more winter is on the way, and explore specials during a pair of restaurant weeks.