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Armstrong Williams: For Caitlin Clark, adversity leads to triumph
The Joplin Globe· 1 day agoIn 1947, legendary baseball star and Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, becoming the first Black athlete to play in Major League < ...
MCWS 2024 championship preview: What's at stake for two legendary programs
ESPN· 7 hours agoThere are plaques lining the wall that separates center field from the outside world, broken up by...
WNBA players are bringing the pain to Caitlin Clark. Good! They should
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoThe best players are Black. Clark is white Clark was a transcendent talent who happened to be white. And that is a large part of this story — which it should be — because ...
Legacy of the Negro Leagues to live on during MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoSo, guess whose uniform they gave him?’’ Teasley, who never played at Rickwood, always wonders how long the Negro Leagues would have flourished if the Dodgers had not integrated baseball ...
Willie Mays: Remembering How He Inspired
Time via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoHe soon emerged as one of America’s first Black crossover stars...look away, when he came to the plate or took the field, because something exciting was...
The complicated legacy of Birmingham’s white baseball legends: Bobby Bragan
Birmingham News· 3 days agoAs part of Major League Baseball’s upcoming event at Rickwood Field, AL.com and The Birmingham News...
What the great Willie Mays lived to see
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoWidely recognized as a spectacular five-tool ballplayer who could do it all, Mays may have been the greatest of all time. Mays passed away at age 93 on...
Birmingham Goes Big to Honor Mays and Enshrine Baseball History
Sportico via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The refurbishment of historic Rickwood Field for Thursday night’s regular season...
MLB pays tribute to Mays and other Negro League stars
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoMajor League Baseball paid tribute to Negro League stars, including MLB legend Willie Mays who died...
Baseball is for everyone
The Cavalier Daily· 3 days agoFrom swinging a tee ball bat and playing Little League to wearing the number 17 in high school, I have found a home in baseball throughout my life....
