February also marked the month of Robinson’s death in 2019. Robinson died at the age of 83 in Los Angeles. That same week, Jackie Robinson’s daughter Sharon, an educator and author of children ...
Mel Gregory, a well-known figure in Wichita's sporting community and a dedicated supporter of League 42, died on Thursday ...
Art Schallock, the oldest living former AL/NL player and a World War II veteran whose debut with the Yankees sent Mickey ...
While Jackie Robinson would go on to break Major League ... who came from the same group of African-Americans who fought and died for the United States in World War II. As a result, Washington ...
His father, Sylvester, who died last August ... "It bothers me a lot that [sports fans] think of Jackie Robinson and they don't think of us," said Ronald Tanner, 78, of Long Branch, New Jersey ...
The only pitcher in history to win 300 or more games in a career with the same team is the legendary Walter Johnson.
Art Schallock, a left-handed pitcher who in 1951 replaced future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle on the Yankees’ roster and had ...
A new book highlights Chicago’s pivotal role in both upholding and breaking baseball’s color barrier. Here’s what we learned.
Drafted into the Army in 1945, Young led Fleet City to a 48-25 victory over the El Toro Marines in what was billed as the ...
“I had been looking for the individual that I felt could be the Jackie Robinson of business and I ... Tragically, Lewis’s life was cut short when he died of brain cancer in 1993 at the age ...
The Grammy-winning singer and pianist was known for her intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly With His Song, ...