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[photo: Bianca Smith via Twitter] Bianca Smith is set to score some baseball history. The Boston Red Sox organization is hiring Smith as a minor league coach, according to the Boston Globe. MLB con…
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South African Trevor Noah Gets 'Daily Show'
Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would take over as host of The Daily Show after Jon Stewart leaves the show in late 2015 or early
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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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Kenya: I'm Not Going Anywhere, Chief Justice Tells Kenyans
[Nation] Chief Justice David Maraga has insisted he will fight to the bitter end amid intensified efforts to push him out of office, ending speculations about his imminent resignation.
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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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Winfield student-athlete awards announced
The student-athlete winners of the Winfield Awards were announced last month with adjustments made due to the coronavirus
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Tony Gwynn
Anthony Keith Gwynn, Sr., better known as Tony Gwynn, was a baseball pro who played for the San Diego Padres. He was born on May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California to Charles and Vendella Gwynn. The family moved to Long Beach, California when he 9 years old. He had two brothers, an elder brother
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Barnett, Powell S. (1883-1971)
Powell S. Barnett was a child when his father arrived in Roslyn to work in the coal mines.  Seeing no future in mining, Powell left for Seattle in 1906, and quickly found work. Years later, after working in construction and for hotels, he served as a clerk for State Senator Frank Connor.  Barnett
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Willie Mays
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. is a widely respected retired American baseball player, born on May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama. He played almost 22 seasons in the American Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York/San Francisco Giants, finishing off his career at New York Mets in the early 1970s. He
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MLB Commits $10 Million To Push For Diversity In Baseball– From The Field To The Front Office
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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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Silver says significant spread of COVID-19 in Orlando could halt play - Stabroek News
(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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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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USC alum creates The Big Homie Project to connect students with powerful mentors - TheGrio
Jacqueline Diep is living proof that your early circumstances dont have to define your adult life. The former foster child benefited from mentors growing up and now the USC alum is paying it forward. Diep founded The Big Homie Project last year to connect rising high school juniors and seniors in
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Texas Rangers sell over 38,000 tickets to home opener, marking one of the first full-capacity sporting events in a year | The Atlanta Voice
The Texas Rangers welcomed a crowd of at least 38,000 fans to Globe Life Field in Arlington Monday for the team's home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. The game marked one of the first full-capacity sporting events since coronavirus shut down all sporting events more than a year ago. The paid
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Josh Gibson
Josh Gibson was an American Negro League professional baseball player. He was born in Buena Vista, Georgia on December 21, 1911. His father had a farm there but he moved the family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gibson was studying to be an electrician and only attended school till the 9th grade. He
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Woman killed, 2 injured in freeway crash near Dodger Stadium | L.A. Focus News
LOS ANGELES — A woman was killed and at least two people were injured Saturday when a vehicle went down an embankment off the northbound 110 Freeway as a part of three-car crash near Dodger Stadium. The crash was reported at 1:10 a.m. just past Stadium Way, according to the California Highway
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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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Nigeria: Madagascar's 'COVID-19' Drug Is Mainly Anti-Malaria - Health Minister
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Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. He finished fourth in the National League MVP voting in 2020 after he slashed .277/.366/.571 with 17 home runs and 45 RBIs in 59 games. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan) Fernando Tatis Jr. #23 of the San Diego Padres flies out during the seventh inning against the Los
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   L.A. Vaccination Sites To Close Friday, Saturday Due To Exhausted Supply - Los Angeles Sentinel
The Dodger Stadium mass vaccination site and Los Angeles' four other city-run sites will be closed Friday and Saturday because the city will have exhausted its supply of first-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, Mayor Eric Garcetti said
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Matt Barnes Says the NBA and NFL Have Racist Owners Who Are Just Like Former Clippers Owner Donald Sterling
Before Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office and was accused of being a racist, there was another Donald that made headlines for the same thing: Former Los
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Jennifer Lopez And Alex Rodriguez Reportedly Break Up Months After Questioning If Marriage Was Right For Them
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LeBron James has teamed up with the Los Angeles Dodgers to transform Dodger Stadium into a voting site.
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Former Houston Astros Baseball Player and New York Yankees General Manager Bob Watson Dies at 74
“Bob Watson was a highly accomplished figure in our National Pastime and a deeply respected colleague for those of us at Major League Baseball,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Friday
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