Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, died at the age of 97 this week. Brown, who played nine years in Major League Baseball in the 1940s and early ’50s and ...
With the A's set to make their debut in the Sacramento region soon, KCRA 3 decided to take a look back at the legacy of ...
More than a century ago, two all-Black hotel teams, including one for The Breakers, competed in Palm Beach and beyond.
Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...
In a career that dates back to the 1970s, Ivan Nahem has written and performed music that defies convention. The vocalist and ...
"Spring training is the opportunity for families to unite," explained Traer Van Allen, general manager of the minor-league St. Lucie Mets. "Players bring their families along, and spring breakers come ...
In 1948, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit the first homerun at Dodgertown, the team's new spring training home in Vero Beach. Batting leadoff, he sent the second pitch of the game deep ...
Jackie Robinson signs what is, at the time, the highest-paying contract in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers ... league baseball’s color barrier in 1947. And Robinson had leverage, as he ...
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
Which SEC program has had the most players go on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after the Class of 2025 announcement?
Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...