BE Modern Man: Meet ‘Mr. Baseball’ Bo Porter
Name: Bo Porter Age: 45 Profession: Atlanta Braves Special Assistant to the General Manager / Entrepreneur Social Media: Twitter: @BoPorter16Bo | Instagram: @therealboporter | Facebook:...
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MLB Goal: Spend 20% of Its Money With Diverse Businesses In Next 5 Years
Major League Baseball (MLB) proudly claims that for 21 years it has run the longest Supplier Diversity Program in all major sports. Now, the organization wants to build on that tenure and boost...
View ArticleNashville Stars Could Become Major League Baseball’s First Black-Owned Team
A new professional baseball team may go to Nashville and, if it does happen, it could become the first Black-owned franchise in Major League Baseball history, according to USA Today. The group that...
View ArticleSan Francisco Giants Manager and Players Kneel at Major League Baseball Game
As the nation awaits the sports world to resemble some sense of normalcy following the coronavirus outbreak, Major League Baseball has already returned and is making waves. The practice of players...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball Hires Black C-Suite Exec Michele Meyer-Shipp
In the wake of Major League Baseball being outed for its lack of home runs in the diversity and inclusion area a few months back, Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. announced Monday that...
View ArticleJimmie Lee Solomon, Trailblazer Who Became One Of The Most Powerful Sports...
Leaders from the worlds of sports, business and politics are mourning the loss of Jimmie Lee Solomon, the trailblazer who broke barriers to become one of the highest-ranking executives in Major League...
View ArticleMLB Initiates ‘101 Days of Negro Leagues Facts’ In Honor Of Negro Leagues...
A week after the country celebrated the holiday of Juneteenth, Major League Baseball is doing its part in acknowledging a little Black history. Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball Cancels First Set of Games After Players Reject Final...
With Major League Baseball’s players and team owners unable to agree on a collective bargaining agreement, a proper start to the 2022 season is going, going, gone. The players rejected the last...
View ArticleMLB Players Donate Game Day Salary to Mark the 75th Anniversary of Jackie...
The Players Alliance, a nonprofit started by active and retired professional baseball players, announced commitments by players, coaches and staff to donate their game-day salary in recognition of the...
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‘I Couldn’t Do This Without You’: Newly Drafted MLB Player Thanks His Mom...
After a triumphant decade in the minor leagues, San Diego native Wynton Bernard has finally made it to the “mountaintop,” according to his mother. The major leagues have just welcomed a star! “You...
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...
View ArticleChuck 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...
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