Chuck D Connects With Major League Baseball, Named Music Ambassador In...
Public Enemy’s Chuck D has a voice that’s always recognizable and powerful whenever he blesses the mic, and he has always been an ambassador for the culture of hip-hop. And now, Major League Baseball...
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Natalia Bryant To Honor Father Kobe’s Legacy with First Pitch At...
Natalia Bryant, the daughter of late Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, will get a moment to honor her dad. On Friday, Sept. 1, Natalia will be at LA’s Dodgers Stadium to throw out the first pitch...
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Houston Astros Dusty Baker Retires After 26 Years Of Being A Manager
A legendary baseball manager has decided to hang up his cleats after 26 seasons in Major League Baseball. According to MLB.com, Dusty Baker, the former manager of the Houston Astros, is leaving the...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco Faces Legal Issues In The Dominican Republic
On January 1st, Wander Franco, shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was arrested in the Dominican Republic. Franco is under investigation for having an alleged relationship with a minor, according to an...
View ArticleIn Major League Baseball, Players Are Not Feeling The New Uniforms
Major League Baseball is dealing with an issue with its latest rollout of uniforms made by Nike that have baseball players up in arms. The athletes complain that the latest uniforms look like replicas...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball Is Relying On Diversity-Focused Programming To Increase...
A recent study by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida revealed that in Major League Baseball (MLB), out of all of the players in the league in 2023, only 6.2% were...
View ArticleMLB Has New Stat Kings After Integration Of Negro Leagues Statistics
In 2020, Major League Baseball officially declared that the Negro Leagues were on equal footing with the players of the MLB, a move that foreshadowed their formal announcement on May 29. In a historic...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball And UNINTERRUPTED Announce Juneteenth Celebrity...
A Juneteenth celebration is taking place on June 19 at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama that is being presented by Major League Baseball, the league recently announced. Several celebrities and...
View ArticleReggie Jackson Discusses Racist Treatment Received During Playing Days In...
Major League Baseball celebrated Juneteenth by having a game on June 19 at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. During an interview with former baseball player Alex Rodriguez on the Fox Network,...
View ArticleHomage Paid To Late Willie Mays And Negro Leagues Main Events At Historic MLB...
On June 20, Major League Baseball (MLB) honored the legendary Willie Mays and the legacy of the Negro Leagues at Birmingham, Alabama’s Rickwood Field. Tony Marshall was among a diverse group of people...
View ArticleBaseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., MLB and MLBPA Announce Inaugural...
Major League Baseball (MLB), the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. jointly announced today the launch of the inaugural “HBCU Swingman Classic,” an...
View ArticleBaseball Broadcaster Apologizes After Saying N-Word In Reference To The Negro...
Racism always seems to find a way to make its presence known. Over the weekend, during what should have been a celebratory moment for the National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, sports broadcaster Glen...
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Felix Mantilla, Trailblazing Baseball Player And Teammate Of Hank Aaron, Dies...
Felix Mantilla, who was among the first wave of Puerto Rican players in Major League Baseball and a minor and major league teammate of Henry “Hank” Aaron, who helped Aaron integrate the farm system of...
View ArticleBaseball Fanatics Banned For Interfering With Mookie Betts Play During 2024...
During the 2024 World Series, two Yankees fans grabbed a baseball from an opposing team player’s glove during a play and, based on how it was done, Major League Baseball informed them that they are not...
View ArticlePittsburgh Pirates Will Place Roberto Clemente No. 21 Logo Back On Right...
After baseball fans and the family of Roberto Clemente expressed outrage over the Pittsburgh Pirates’ removal of the Major League Baseball Hall of Famer’s logo from the outfield wall at the team’s...
View ArticleJose Alvarado Suspended 80 Games By MLB, Tests Positive For...
Major League Baseball has suspended professional baseball player Jose Alvarado after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The relief pitcher, who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies,...
View ArticleNegro Leagues Baseball Museum Honors Black Managers With New Exhibit
Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and a key figure behind MLB The Show video game’s Storylines mode, has unveiled a new exhibit, “Leaders & Innovators,” spotlighting the...
View ArticleDetroit Tigers Host ‘Black In Baseball Weekend,’ Honor The Negro Leagues
The Detroit Tigers held its 29th annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game, paying homage to Detroit icons like Norman “Turkey” Stearnes on Saturday, June 14. According to WWJ Newsradio 950, the Tigers gave...
View ArticleNo Mercy: Fan’s Gutter-Level Insult Targeting MLB Player’s Dead Mother Leads...
Major League Baseball player Ketel Marte was caught up in an emotional moment, caught by cameras after a baseball fan shouted derogatory comments about his deceased mother, Elpidia Valdez, who...
View ArticleBarry Bonds Will Be Honored With Statue Outside San Francisco Giants’ Stadium
Although he has yet to be voted into Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame, Barry Bonds will have a statue of the legendary home run king built outside the home stadium of the San Francisco Giants....
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