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The fight over Jackie Robinson
Washington Post· 3 days agoRachel Robinson couldn’t give her blessing at first. At that point, it had been nearly 50 years since her husband, Jackie Robinson, died ...
How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line
San Antonio Express-News· 17 hours ago(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...
Original set of Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers contracts caught in legal dispute
ESPN· 3 days agoJust inside the entrance to the 19,380-square-foot Jackie Robinson Museum in lower Manhattan, a...
Willie Mays has added 10 more hits to his MLB record
CBS News via Yahoo Sports· 21 hours agoMays' record now states he has 3,293 hits, including 10 for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948, the MLB announced last week. Baseball was segregated...
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Deadspin· 6 hours 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 ...
Caitiln Clark Draws Hall of Fame Comparison Amid Chennedy Carter Shove
Heavy.com· 6 days agoCaitiln Clark came into the WNBA with a Michael Jordan-like shoe deal, but she has received Jackie ...
Ty Cobb Dethroned as Baseball's Batting Champion, Nearly a Century After He Retired
The New York Sun· 6 days agoA baseball historian and author, Ralph Wimbish, remembers how a great Black ballplayer, Buck O’Neil,...
Baseball legend Willie Mays says it’s ‘amazing’ he has 10 more hits after MLB integrated Negro...
CNN.com· 2 days agoBaseball legend Willie Mays never expected to get 10 more career hits five decades after his last ...
MLB honors Negro Leagues legends with new baseball cards designed by a former player: ‘They’re...
Philly.com· 1 day agoIt honored Josh Gibson, one of the most talented players to play in the Negro Leagues and the...
Incoming West Coast teams will raise Big Ten baseball's profile. What does it mean for IU?
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo Sports· 3 hours agoAdding programs with that capacity raises the bar for the rest of the conference. And as that tide...