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New novel explores the life of Effa Manley, the first female Negro Leagues team owner

Credit: Book art from X by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Effa Manley (1897-1981) was the first female Negro Leagues team owner, the only woman inducted into the Baseball...

Nearly 200 Baseball Hall of Famers have played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham

Willie Mays is one of 182 Baseball Hall of Famers who have played at Rickwood. Since opening, Rickwood Field has been home to the Minor...

Saying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey’ kid

Willie Mays playing stickball in Harlem in 1954. Bettmann/Getty Images by Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University In 1959, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev visited San Francisco and...

The Once and Future King: Josh Gibson is number one after Negro League stats join MLB

Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays, 3 April 1931. Photo: Homestead Studios / Wikimedia Commons. by Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Just a few months...

What the Blue Jays can learn from missing out on the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes

Shohei Ohtani during a Los Angeles Angels baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Sept. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) by Ryan Clutterbuck, Brock...

Kemp blames Stacey Abrams for MLB pullout

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp struck out with the MLB and is deflecting the backlash for the vindictive and repressive voting legislation he signed into...

MLB finally recognizes Negro League players as Major Leaguers

  It has taken 100 years, but Major League Baseball (MLB) announced on Dec. 16 that the Negro Leagues will be included in the organization’s...

IN MEMORIAM: MLB Great Bob Gibson dies at 84

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Robert Gibson (born Pack Robert Gibson — in his father’s honor — November 9, 1935 – October 2,...

Pirates star CF Starling Marte suspended 80 games for PEDs

   (Photo by Will McBride/ For New Pittsburgh Courier) NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Starling Marte has been suspended 80 games by Major League...

Former pro baseball player Omar Washington training Black youth for the big leagues

Omar Washington, a former professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox is on a mission to increase minority participation...

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