Long before Jackie Robinson, Black jockeys dominated and changed horse racing
In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Breaking the Color Line – Major League Baseball Integration Began 78 Years Ago
Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...
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Elco baseball coaching legend awaits induction into L-L League Hall of Fame
Lyle Krall once walked past Jackie Robinson as he sat in a hotel lobby and wrote in his journal during spring training. It’s ...
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College baseball's longest winning streaks
The Longhorn baseball program is known for excellence. The 1977 Texas team measured up. The historic journey began on the ...
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU — (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the ...
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Phillies Black player history
Allen will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27. Being included in the fraternity of ...
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Subhash Ghai celebrates Jackie Shroff’s Birthday with a heartfelt memory of Madhuri’s first Audition with him
Recently, Subhash Ghai reminisced about Madhuri’s first audition for him, sharing a special moment from that time. He revealed that the 'big star' Jackie ... and was open to playing Salman ...
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Meet the Black baseball great who played all over in the Minors of the 19th century
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.
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Retired prosecutor said he was not instructed to protect killers in murder of Ahmaud Arbery
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The trial of Jackie Johnson, the former Brunswick district attorney who is accused of obstructing the investigation into the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, continued Friday with ...
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Celebrating Jackie Robinson's birthday and Fla. legacy
January 31 is the birthday of Jackie Robinson ... first time he did so was during spring training in Daytona Beach. That stadium is now named after him. It is where the Daytona Tortugas play ...
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FRFC First Robinson Financial Corporation
First Robinson Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for First Robinson Savings Bank, National Association that provides various banking products and financial services to ...
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Soul Rep producing play about shutdown of first Black theater troupe in the U.S.
Apocryphal or true, the sentiment gets to the thematic heart of The African Company Presents Richard III, a 1988 play that pieces together the short yet influential saga of the first Black theater ...