Major League Baseball
How Will adding Negro Leagues Baseball statistics change MLB History?
Photo: Twitter Major League Baseball made a historic — and long overdue — announcement Wednesday, elevating the Negro Leagues to a major-league level. The ...
MLB Recognizing Segregated Negro Leagues “Long Overdue”
Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube The great Negro League catcher Josh Gibson was one of the most prolific homerun hitters of all-time hitting between 800 to ...
Panthers Hire Peterson, NHL’s First Black Assistant GM
[NHL\Brett Peterson] US News: “The Florida Panthers on Tuesday hired Brett Peterson as an assistant general manager, making him the first Black executive to ...
Miami Marlins hire Kim Ng as MLB’s first female general manager
[Kim Ng\Miami Marlins] ESPN: “The Miami Marlins are hiring Kim Ng as their new general manager, making her Major League Baseball’s first female and ...
Lou Brock Baseball’s “Stolen Base Specialist” Dead at 81
[Lou Brock\St. Louis Cardinals] MLB: “Lou was among the game’s most exciting players, becoming the 14th player in history to reach 3,000 hits and ...
NBA Boycotts Disrupt Pro Sports in Wake of Blake Shooting
[NBA Boycott\Jacob Blake] NY Times: “The wave of boycotts and postponements was sparked by Milwaukee Bucks players’ responding to the shooting of Jacob Blake ...
Milwaukee Bucks Boycott Stance Sends Shockwaves Across Sports World
[Milwaukee Bucks\Giannis Antetokounmpo] NBA: “The Bucks spoke with Wisconsin government officials during their lengthy locker room meeting (and in particular the state attorney general) ...
MLB Will Allow Black Lives Matter Patches on Jerseys
[Major League Baseball] Yahoo: Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with ”Black Lives Matter” or ”United For Change” on ...
Preston Wilson: MLB Late in Speaking Out on Social Justice
[Preston Wilson] Sports Illustrated: “Nine days after police officers in Minneapolis killed George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement overtook the headlines, Major ...
Will “Nashville Stars” Become Baseball First Black-Owned Team?
[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 ...
