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Willie Mays, the greatest all-round player in baseball history, who helped to breach racial barriers...
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 55 minutes agoWillie Mays, who has died aged 93, was one of the best baseball players in the history of his sport;...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 4 hours agoThe issue came to a head in the fall of 1953 when an all-star baseball team organized by Jackie Robinson was scheduled to play a barnstorming game at Birmingham ...
WNBA players are bringing the pain to Caitlin Clark. Good! They should
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoNo one in sports will ever endure what Jackie Robinson did when he broke the color barrier in professional baseball. There are no parallels. He was not ...
One catch, one stat: Why Willie Mays' greatness is so easy to analyze
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 4 hours agoLike awaiting baseball’s slow integration, as he spent 1948 with the Black Barons one year after ...
Pasadena’s Jackie Robinson Community Center celebrates its golden jubilee
Pasadena Star-News· 4 days agoThe city of Pasadena celebrated on Saturday the 50th anniversary of the Jackie Robinson Community...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 12 hours agoAfter that, we as a society kind of fast-forward past what other Black players endured in MLB to improve racial equality for baseball players in the future. Yes, we acknowledge some of the Black ...
Willie Mays, Major League Baseball’s ‘Say Hey Kid,’ Dies at Age 93
The Wall Street Journal· 12 hours agoJackie Robinson had broken MLB’s color line just a year earlier, and though Mays was still attending...
Legacy of the Negro Leagues to live on during MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham
USA Today· 4 hours agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. − This is where Willie Mays was born, raised and launched his Hall of Fame baseball...
Rickwood Field, a time capsule of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB for Negro Leagues tribute
theGrio via AOL· 31 minutes agoCommercials and baseball films have also been shot there, including parts of the Jackie Robinson...
Pasadena’s Jackie Robinson Community Center turns 50; Leaders say it still makes an impact
Pasadena Star-News· 6 days agoIt was in the bottom of the seventh inning of his Major League debut in 1947 when Jackie Robinson...