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On This Day, Jan. 12: Major League Baseball gets its first commissioner
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJudge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of baseball, assumes his characteristic pose for the...
'We're not leaving': How Wendell Smith, Sam Lacy and Black press pushed to integrate MLB during...
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoIn February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series "28 Black Stories in...
Famous birthdays for Nov. 20: Ming-Na Wen, Joe Walsh
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMing-Na Wen stands atop her star during an unveiling ceremony honoring her with the 2,757th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 30. The actor turns...
Today in History: November 12, Stalin takes control
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2022. There are 49 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 12, 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler ...
Black Sox scandal tainted Cincinnati Reds’ 1919 World Series win over Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne hundred years ago, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the heavily favored Chicago White Sox in the...
Trump Wouldn't Be the First Non-Confederate Barred From Office by the 14th Amendment
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSource: Wiki Commons; Illustration: Lex Villena Last week's ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court...
Shohei Ohtani, Pete Rose, and Baseball’s Messy History With Gambling
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMajor League Baseball has the precise problem it doesn’t want to have right now. Shohei Ohtani, the...
Column: It's not just Shohei — a massive scandal involving sports betting is just around the corner
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoShohei Ohtani, right, and former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara last month during the Dodgers' series in...
Column: Proposition 27 backers say it will solve homelessness by enabling sports gambling. Don't bet...
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSports betting kiosks at a Connecticut casino sponsored by DraftKings, one of the gambling companies...
Manfred Says Current Term as MLB Commissioner Will Be His Last
Sportico via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoRob Manfred said Thursday his third and current term as Major League baseball commissioner will be...