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‘The Black Lou Gehrig’ from North Carolina is finally recognized in the MLB record books
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo Sports· 15 hours agoThey called him “The Black Lou Gehrig,” a quiet left-hander from Rocky Mount who clubbed the ball so...
Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and the unsung baseball stars of the Negro Leagues now take center stage
NBC Universal via AOL· 9 hours agoThe all-time statistical leaders in baseball underwent a dramatic shake-up on Wednesday after MLB’s...
He died at just 35 in 1947. Now Josh Gibson is baseball's batting average champ
CBC via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoJosh Gibson, who died just three months before the league's colour barrier was broken, is now the...
In black and white: Mixing Negro League, MLB stats reduces baseball history’s grey area
Dallas Morning News· 9 hours agoIt’s been 53 years since the first Negro Leagues player was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame...
Unreal Athletics closer Mason Miller on pace to surpass Mariano Rivera's career total in just 1...
ClutchPoints· 4 days agoThe news came during an Athletics outburst that broke an MLB drought for a feat last done by Lou ...
David Lamm 1945-2024: Bombastic sports journalist made huge impact in print, radio, TV
The Florida Times-Union· 5 days agoDavid Lamm once echoed Lou Gehrig about his chosen profession. “I’m the luckiest guy on the face of...
General Hospital Bids Adieu to Gregory Harrison
SOAPHUB via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHarrison's GH scene partners paid homage to an actor that they now consider a friend. The post General Hospital Bids Adieu to Gregory Harrison appeared...
Here’s what MLB’s records look like now that it integrated Negro Leagues statistics
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 11 hours ago...Rogers Hornsby — .359 Jud Wilson — .350 Turkey Stearnes — .348 Career slugging percentage Josh...
Public-private collaboration aims to take ALS therapies beyond ‘a shot in the dark’
FierceBiotech· 14 hours agoRapp was diagnosed with the incurable neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—also...
Career and season MLB records that changed following the addition of Negro Leagues statistics
San Francisco Chronicle· 11 hours agoMajor League Baseball said Tuesday that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro...