NEW YORK (AP) — Seven Negro Leagues have been recommended for major league status by a task force of the Society for American Baseball Research. The announcement Thursday followed Major League ...

Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that it was elevating seven early 20th century all-Black baseball leagues — known collectively as the "Negro leagues" — to "Major League" status. The move ...

KANSAS CITY — As anyone who has visited Fenway Park can appreciate, there are some historic venues that every sports fan should try to visit. Places like Wrigley Field in Chicago, Lambeau Field in ...

The Greenville Drive and Hub City Spartanburgers will honor the Negro League teams the Black Spinners and Sluggers in an upcoming game. The game aims to educate the public about the history of the ...

Author Frank Deford writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Negro baseball leagues allowed African-Americans the chance to play the national pastime for pay (if not for much). The heyday of the Negro ...

It certainly wasn’t ideal baseball weather. The high reached an unseasonable 89 degrees on April 26, 1925, with summer-like humidity, gray skies and a threat of rain. Despite those conditions, an ...

And I quote: “Strangle holds, razors, horsewhips and other violent implements of argument will be barred at the baseball game at Island Park this afternoon when the baseball club of Wichita Klan ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Savannah Bananas are bringing their antics and a bit of history back to Kauffman Stadium. The Harlem Globetrotters of baseball return on May 30 and 31 of 2026. They sold out ...

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