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Vote for the Birmingham News 2024 high school softball Player of the Year
Birmingham News· 4 days agoThe Birmingham News Terrific 22 high school softball players were announced earlier today. The...
The complicated legacy of Birmingham’s white baseball legends: Ben Chapman
Birmingham News· 5 days agoAs part of Major League Baseball’s upcoming event at Rickwood Field, AL.com and The Birmingham News...
St. Louis Cardinals have deep connections to Alabama
Birmingham News· 3 days agoAs part of Major League Baseball’s upcoming event at Rickwood Field, AL.com and The Birmingham News will be producing weekly stories that showcase the...
Giants' history has more than its share of Alabamians
Birmingham News· 3 days agoAs part of Major League Baseball’s upcoming event at Rickwood Field, AL.com and The Birmingham News...
3 movies that filmed at Birmingham's historic Rickwood Field
Birmingham News· 4 days agoThe giants of the game -- from Satchel Paige to Willie Mays to Reggie Jackson -- played ball at...
Rickwood 101: Everything to Know Before MLB’s Negro League Tribute Game
Sports Illustrated· 4 days agoIn the last hour of sweltering daylight and the promise of cooler evening air, in a place of...
Willie Mays, Birmingham and Rickwood Field: Baseball Honors a Legend in His Hometown
New York Times· 4 days agoMajor League Baseball is in Birmingham to honor the legacy of the Negro Leagues. With Mays’s death,...
Rickwood Field Was a Scene of Change for Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron
Sports Illustrated· 3 days agoThe small room will have to do. Rickwood Field was built in 1910, before electric traffic lights,...
Deadliest Day: ‘They should all still be here,’ family says of 3 Birmingham officers killed 20 years...
Birmingham News· 6 days agoToday marks the 20th anniversary of the Birmingham Police Department’s deadliest day, the day that...
Birmingham music director who revived Miles College band dies at 87
Birmingham News· 3 days agoAlumni from Carver High School and Miles College are honoring the legacy of a stalwart music...