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Both MN United and MN Twins fall short in inclusive hiring

'Major League Baseball’s teams must improve inclusive hiring practices in order to accurately represent the players who play the game and the communities they serve.'

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COVID-19: Where We Are; What We Must Know; What We Must Do

(TriceEdneyWire.com) At least 15,000 Black Americans would still be alive if they had died of COVID-19 at the same rate as White Americans. This is according to publication of a recent study from the APM Research Lab called,“The Color of Coronavirus”. Just the latest in a barrage of information

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Astros owner wants fans in Minute Maid Park to make up for revenue loss

Astros owner Jim Crane has an idea of how his season will go and to some it strikes a tone-deaf chord Wednesday when the billionaire told reporters that he will need to allow fans to attend games at Minute Maid Park during this coronavirus pandemic in order to offset revenue losses for the 2020

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven

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Transforming police officers from warriors to guardians – a systems approach to reduce police violence - Black Voice News

In summary How do we create incentives for police officers and departments to improve recruiting, training and compliance, as well as change the culture of policing? By James M. Anderson and James Anderson is the director of the Justice Policy Program and the Institute for Civil Justice at the

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Dennis Quaid marries in secret ceremony - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The couple surprised everyone by eloping in Santa Barbara at a seaside resort on June 2, reports People. "It was beautiful," Quaid tells the

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Robinson, Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt (1919–1972)

When Jackie Robinson took the field on April 15, 1947 wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, he became the first African American in over fifty years to play on a major league baseball team. In the process, he broke through baseball’s color line that had relegated African American players to the

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NBA May Allow Players To Place Political Statements On Jerseys

Chris Paul, who serves president of the National Basketball Players Association, said that NBA officials are working out the details ahead of the July 30 season reboot.

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FBI Says Noose In Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR Garage Was Old

The FBI released preliminary findings from its investigation into a noose found in the garage of NASCAR‘s highest-ranked Black driver, and it came across as the equivalent of a shrug of

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Obama Joins Baseball Greats In Saluting 100 Year Anniversary Of Negro Leagues

George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton also honor the history Black baseball players.

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Not all fun and games as NBA moves into ‘Most Magical Place On Earth’ - Stabroek News

(Reuters) Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Park is billed as the “The Most Magical Place On Earth,” but NBA players arriving at the Florida resort yesterday to prepare for the restart of their COVID-19 season can expect something more dreary than

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Kenny Washington

Kenny Washington , byname of Kenneth S. Washington (born August 31, 1918, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died June 24, 1971, Los Angeles), one of the first African American college gridiron football stars on the West Coast and one of two black players to reintegrate the National Football League

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Multiple Governors Announce Openness To Live Sports Without Fans

As states around the country continue to relax social distancing guidelines involving in-person meetings, a chorus of governors have announced their openness to live sports events in the immediate future, with some offering their states as test sites for teams and leagues looking to restart

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MLB unveils 60-game season set to begin July 23 | The Atlanta Voice

Major League Baseball released its 2020 season schedule on Monday. Every team will play a 60-game schedule entirely against teams in their own geographic region to limit travel. The season will open on July 23 with a pair of games. The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals will host

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Ernest Banks, his family’s first son and second child, was born in Dallas, Texas on January 31, 1931 and devoted the first few years of his childhood to helping around the house and attending Church and Sunday school. For a while, his mother thought that Banks would take after his grandfather to

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Netflix Series to Dramatize Kaepernick’s Path to Activism

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player’s activism. “Colin in Black White” will examine Kaepernick’s high school years to illuminate the experiences that shaped his

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These are the states affected by the travel advisory - L.A. Focus Newspaper

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said the travel advisory applies to anyone coming from a state with a transmission rate above 10 per 100,000 people on a seven-day rolling average or 10 percent of the total population testing positive on

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Chicago White Sox to possibly add ads to uniforms | The Crusader Newspaper Group

With the baseball season on hold due to COVID-19, the White Sox and other MLB teams might be adding a few changes to their current look: “advertisements to their

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RHTY&SC/BCB aid fire victims

A Port Mourant family of five who recently lost their home to fire along with over 1000 families have benefited from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC)/Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) COVID-19 relief programme, a release from the two organisations

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Analysis: The 50 most shocking lines from Trumps Arizona speech - L.A. Focus Newspaper

What the speech was not was any sort of actual turning point for Trump, whose botched handling of the coronavirus pandemic and tone-deaf response to the death of George Floyd have led to a significant polling

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Negro Baseball League Timeline

The Negro Baseball Leagues were professional leagues in the United States for players of African descent. At its height of popularity--from 1920 through World War II--Negro Baseball Leagues were an integral part of African-American life and culture during the Jim Crow

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The Rev. Carroll R. Chambliss, Sr.: An AME Scouting Legend

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Newswire: NASA announces Washington DC Headquarters will be named for Mary W. Jackson

By: tffhthewriter NASA engineer and mathematician Mary W. Jackson is finally getting her just due. On Wednesday (Jun 24) NASA announced plans to rename their headquarters located in Washington DC after the first Black female aerospace engineer Mary W. Jackson. Jackson, who was the agency’s first

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Redskins Removing Ex-owner Marshall from Ring of Fame

A spokesman confirmed the decisions Wednesday, saying Marshall’s name has already been removed from the history wall at the team’s training facility in

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Baseball Great Jackie Robinson born

In Cairo, Georgia on this date baseball great Jackie Robinson was born. The fifth African American to play major league baseball with a white team, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, ending five decades of segregated baseball. At the time of his retirement in October 1972, Robinson is

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Minnesota Twins Remove Statue Of Ex-Owner Calvin Griffith Over Racist Remarks

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins removed a statue of former owner Calvin Griffith at Target Field, citing his racist remarks in 1978 and saying the team could no longer “remain

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Ghana coronavirus: 22,8223 cases; 90% Education Ministry staff infected | Africanews

Ghana is West Africa’s most impacted nation behind Nigeria, at a point in May 2020, Ghana led the regional case load. June has started with progressive lifting of more virus

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Super-sized racism: former McDonalds execs strike back in explosive race

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