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How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line
The News-Times· 2 days ago(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...
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Deadspin· 2 days agoJackie Robinson wasn’t the only Black baseball player to suit up in the big leagues in 1947. After he broke the color line and became the first Black baseball ...
With Negro League stats, MLB links legends like never before
ESPN· 3 days agoWHEN MLB ANNOUNCED last week that its official statistical record would be updated with the treasure...
Caitiln Clark Draws Hall of Fame Comparison Amid Chennedy Carter Shove
Heavy.com· 7 days agoCaitiln Clark came into the WNBA with a Michael Jordan-like shoe deal, but she has received Jackie ...
Why context, truth most important in MLB's integration of Negro League stats | Press Box Wag
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoHe died of a stroke, at 35, a few months before Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers in...
Willie Mays has added 10 more hits to his MLB record
CBS News via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoBarons. Mays' record now states he has 3,293 hits, including 10 for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948, the MLB announced last week. Baseball was...
Negro Leagues players finally get some measure of statistical justice from MLB
The Hill· 4 days agoNo sport has a closer relationship with statistics than baseball. For decades major league owners...
Chicago Sky’s Chennedy Carter Likes Posts Mocking Caitlin Clark After Knocking Her Down
Heavy.com· 7 days agoChennedy Carter has liked and shared a number of posts on X that mock and criticize Indiana Fever...
Bill Swank: San Diego's Walter McCoy was a living link to Negro Leagues, baseball history
U-T San Diego· 1 day agoEditor’s note: Last week, Major League Baseball announced that Negro Leagues statistics from 1920-48...
Yankees vs. Dodgers: What to know with Aaron Judge facing Yoshinobu Yamamoto in potential World...
CBS Sports· 1 day agoThree-game series opens Friday at Yankee Stadium