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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· 52 minutes agoWillie Mays, who has died aged 93, was one of the best baseball players in the history of his sport;...
Baseball Legend Willie Mays Is Dead At 93
HuffPost via Yahoo Sports· 13 hours agoBaseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays stormed into the MLB right after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. New York Daily News via Getty Images...
Jackie Robinson recognized in Los Angeles County for Juneteenth
NBC Los Angeles· 17 hours agoIn honor of Juneteenth, a national holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United...
Remembering the day Jackie Robinson played in Raleigh, breaking the city’s race barrier
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoWhen Jackie Robinson brought his barnstorming all-stars to Devereux Meadow that October, he...
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 ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 12 hours agoA bat used by sports and civil rights legend Jackie Robinson in the 1949 All-Star Game was sold at an auction for $1.08 million, according to Goldin Auctions ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Willie Mays Will Be Forever
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoHow best to describe Willie Mays? Mays, who died Tuesday at age 93, was baseball’s unprecedented entertainment package: constant offense, stellar...
