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Cincinnati Reds honor Jackie Robinson with events at youth academy
The Cincinnati Reds joined Major League Baseball in commemorating Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson's historic breaking of ...
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president will speak in Columbia. Here's what to know
Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, will address a public event hosted by The City ...
Sacramento minor league team scraps 'sexist and demeaning' Gold Diggers identity 1 day after reveal, backlash
Sacramento announced it would take the field five times as the "Sacramento Gold Diggers," with a black and gold uniform ...
Colorado Sports Hall of Fame inducts local Negro League baseball star Theodore "Bubbles" Anderson in Class of 2025
One of this year's inductees, Theodore "Bubbles" Anderson, is the only Colorado native to play baseball for the "Negro ...
Bloom Township high school baseball team honors Jackie Robinson with replica jerseys
Jackie Robinson Day is April 15, in honor of the day he broke into the major leagues. Bloom Township is taking it a step ...
7 statues unveiled inside Covenant Health Park, honoring several pivotal figures in baseball and Black history
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Seven statues in recognition of Black history and baseball were unveiled on Tuesday at the new Covenant Health Park stadium in downtown Knoxville.
Theodore “Bubbles” Anderson, local Black baseball icon, finally gets his due with induction into Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
A bygone Black baseball legend who was initially buried in an unmarked grave is finally getting his Colorado due.
Statues at Smokies Stadium are permanent symbol of Black baseball's history in Knoxville
Knoxville baseball legends such as Claude "Steel Arm" Dickey and Forrest “One Wing” Maddox are immortalized at Covenant Health Park.