[Major League Baseball\Nashville Stars]
USA TODAY: “They also hope to become the first team in baseball history to have African-American majority ownership, and only the second in all of major sports, joining the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, owned by Michael Jordan.”
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Derek Jeter
‘Tip of the Cap’ Campaign to Salute 100-Year Anniversary of Negro Leagues
[Negro Leagues 100-year Anniversary]
On the receiving end of those tributes are many of the Negro Leagues’ greatest alumni: Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, “Cool Papa” Bell and Jackie Robinson, who began with the Kansas City Monarchs.
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