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Major leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into major league records
theGrio· 5 days ago“You get to learn about a lot of names and a lot of people that we may not have heard about,”...
Why the Negro League stats belong in the MLB record books
CNN Sports via Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoThey hit for more power too with a higher slugging percentage (.455) than the average (.380). The...
Yankees welcome back oldest living ex-MLB player as one of their own
New York Times· 3 days agoWhen the oldest living former major leaguer turned 100 earlier this season, several current New York...
Betting scandals for MLB's Marcano and NBA's Porter are hardly the first in pro sports
Associated Press· 14 hours agoMLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 with a legal sportsbook in...
Gambling in baseball: Scandals through the years
WSB Radio· 1 day agoOn the same day Marcano was banned for gambling on baseball, Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for superstar Shohei Ohtani, pleaded guilty to bank...
Condescension masquerading as justice: MLB tries to whitewash its history
The Hill· 18 hours agoMajor League Baseball (MLB) is in the middle of rewriting its history. MLB would like to be...
MLB Partners With White House in Fight Against Opioid Overdoses
Sports Illustrated· 1 day agoMajor League Baseball announced on Tuesday that it will partner with the White House in efforts to...
Hank Foiles, 94, was a legend at Granby High and spent 11 seasons in the major leagues
The Virginian-Pilot· 2 days ago“It’s something everybody wants, but few attain,” Foiles once told The Virginian-Pilot. Foiles, a...
MLB bans Marcano for life for betting on baseball, four others get one-year suspension
WBFF Fox45 Baltimore· 2 days agoMLB said ...Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly was suspended for one year for betting on baseball while...
WNBA discourse brims with racist and sexist craziness as media spotlight grows
theGrio· 15 hours agoESPN host Dominique Foxworth recently made an excellent point during an appearance on Bomani Jones’...