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Frank Robinson
Born: 8/31/1935 Beaumont, TexasFrank Robinson is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played for five teams from 1956 to 1976, and became the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American LeaguesBusiness / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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Padres vs. Dodgers takeaways: Manny Machado goes deep and Yu Darvish makes history in San Diego win news -The Black Chronicle
Monday night at Petco Park, the San Diego Padres and defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers renewed what has quickly become the most entertaining rivalry in baseball. The
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Founder of Pro-Line
Comer Cottrell, founder and president of Pro-Line Corporation (1970), the largest African American owned business in the Southwest and the first African American to be part owner of a major league baseball team (1989), the Texas Rangers, born
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Dec
7
1931
Buck Leonard
Buck Leonard , byname of Walter Fenner Leonard (born September 8, 1907, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.—died November 27, 1997, Rocky Mount), American baseball player who was considered one of the best first basemen in the Negro leagues. He was among the first Negro leaguers to receive election
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Nov
27
1997
MLB opens draft with Black Lives Matter message, donations | The Atlanta Voice
Before the first pick was made, Major League Baseball delivered a message: The sport stands fully behind the Black Lives Matter
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Silver says significant spread of COVID-19 in Orlando could halt play
(Reuters) – The NBA season could again be put on hold if there is a “significant spread” of COVID-19 among its players in Orlando, where the league is set to resume play on July 30 with no fans in attendance, commissioner Adam Silver said
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MLB Plans 60-game Slate, Shortest Since 1878 As Union Balks
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative and possibly unhappy return to the field amid the
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Community colleges could see influx of athletes as coronavirus disrupts sports recruiting | Black Voice News
Thanks to the coronavirus, he was right: In March, the California Community College Athletic Association announced it was cancelling all spring sports, mirroring a similar decision by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which oversees university
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Backtrack: All-Black Pro Baseball – Indianapolis Monthly
Banned from Major League Baseball, black players debuted the pro Negro Leagues in Indianapolis and stayed for decades.
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“I Take The Time To Speak On This For My Son” Evelyn Lozada Reacts To Ex-Fiancé Carl Crawford’s Domestic Violence Arrest
This past Friday, we reported that former major league baseball player Carl Crawford was arrested for allegedly choking his ex-girlfriend and mother of his 1-year-old child while he held her at
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MLB’s lacking social voice and the decline of African-American ballplayers
Every April 15, Major League Baseball touts the legacy of Jackie Robinson and the game’s role in changing the face of sports in
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Chicago White Sox ACE program showcase several players in the Wilson Premier Classic | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Joseph Phillips, Crusader Sports Editor The Chicago White Sox ACE (Amateur City Elite) program sent seven players to participate in the fifth-annual Wilson Premier Classic (WPC) from Thursday, September 10 through Monday, September 14, in Emerson, Georgia. The seven players who represented the
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Professional baseball player, Frank Robinson was named MVP of the American Leagu
Professional baseball player, Frank Robinson was named MVP of the American League, 1966
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Sep
2
1966
Michael Jeffrey Jordan's Birthday
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, 36, Basketball player, former minor league baseball player, Born New York, New York, February 17, 1963
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Feb
17
1963
Slater, Rodney (1955- )
Rodney E. Slater, former cabinet member, attorney, and state government official, was born in Marianna, Arkansas, on February 23, 1955.  In 1977, Slater graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his law degree in 1980 from the University of
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Feb
23
1955
LA Protesters Detained In Cruelly Ironic Location
UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League Baseball’s first Black player and a school
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Hank Aaron, home run hero - WORLD
Relying on Christ, “Hammerin’ Hank” thrived on the ballfield despite immense racial prejudice
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A Liberal Dose of Sports.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Am I the only one who has noticed that the four major sports leagues in the U.S. have all made a conscious decision to promote radical liberal causes at the expense of simply being a sports
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‘There’s An African-American Man Threatening My Life’: Woman Calls NYPD After Being Asked To Leash Her Dog, Later Apologizes
A woman reportedly made a call to the New York Police Department (NYPD) accusing a black man of threatening her and her dog during an argument Monday morning that started when the man asked the woman to leash her dog in Central
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Here we go into MLB playoffs! -
Sixteen teams have survived, including the Miami Marlins, the only team with a Black team president, Derrick Jeter, the legendary New York Yankee. Source
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Howard University
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States
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Mar
2
1867
MLB ‘Unfiltered Series’ Features Conversations on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Major League Baseball's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is hosting its annual "Unfiltered Series" featuring conversations with Tony Reagins, MLB's chief baseball development officer and former Los Angeles Angels general manager.
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Bryan Burwell
Bryan Ellis Burwell (August 4, 1955 – December 4, 2014) was an American sportswriter. He wrote for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and as on-air talent on CBS Sports 920 in St. Louis, weekday afternoons.…
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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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Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas was one of the biggest baseball stars of the 1990s. He was born on May 27, 1968 in Columbus, Georgia and attended Columbus High School. He was the fifth of six children born to Frank and Charlie Mae Thomas. He was very close to his family, and being one of the youngest siblings, he was
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May
27
1968
Black Baseball in Minnesota: The Pipestone Black Sox
In the following article historian Bruce A. Glasrud follows the exploits of an all black baseball team in the southwestern Minnesota town of Pipestone in the 1920s which at the time had virtually no black residents.  Nonetheless the team competed with other white, all-black, and racially integrated
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Roy Campanella
Roy Camanella was major league baseballs first black catcher.
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Jan
0
2000
For Dodgers, signing Trevor Bauer is a triumph of the nerds | L.A. Focus News
Editor’s note: This is the Thursday, Feb. 11 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter from reporter J.P. Hoornstra. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Trevor Bauer’s three-year contract with the Dodgers is official. On stage at a press conference in the Dodger Stadium
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Nationals slugger Kyle Schwarber set for MRI after injuring hamstring news -The Black Chronicle
USATSI Washington Nationals outfielder Kyle Schwarber has been one of the most potent power hitters in baseball this season, but he may now be facing an extended absence because
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Bob Watson, All-Star Slugger and Executive, Dies At 74
Bob Watson, an All-Star slugger who became the first black general manager to win a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1996, has
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