Other Negro Leagues renovations include Hamtramck Stadium near Detroit, at $2.6 million in 2022, and J.P. Small Memorial Park Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, ongoing but thus far costing $9.7 ...

Baseball was in his blood,” said his great-nephew, Ray Mackey III. “He and his siblings grew up playing ball on the sandlots ...

It's possible, though unconfirmed, that it was Stengel, a Kansas City native, who recommended several of the ... Wilkinson’s son, Richard, said Moore was every bit as good as Jackie Robinson. When a ...

“For me, the excitement of Ohtani creates the exact opportunity we have today, to say, ‘Nah, it’s not just Ruth,’” says Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City ...

It’s tongue and cheek, of course. But that same sentiment can be said, in a more serious tone, about Black history: It cannot ...

Frank Duncan played baseball in the Negro Leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs for more than 20 years and was known as a dynamic catcher and explosive base runner. File The Kansas City Star ...

Drue Tranquill with his wife Jackie Tranquill. Drue Tranquill and his wife, Jackie Tranquill, have a love story as old as ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98. He ...

CAIRO, Ga. (WCTV) - The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club’s “Diamond Affair” event featured former Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones as the keynote speaker. Friday’s fundraiser happened on ...

Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...