The team’s story begins in 1953. Robert Morrison, president of the Cannon Street YMCA, petitioned Little League Baseball to create a league for Black teams, and Little League Baseball granted the ...

Mays, who played for the Giants in New York and then San Francisco and a brief stint with the New York Mets at the end of his career, entered the MLB after a brief stint with the Birmingham Black ...

And while none of the Blue Jackets have any regrets about how things unfolded from there, they do look back fondly on the old ...

1945 — Jackie Robinson signs a contract with ... earlier in a win over Pittsburgh. 2019 — All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new ...

When slugger Joe Carter hit the last World Series pitch thrown in Canada over the left-field wall to win the Toronto Blue ...

Besides, the Jays are Canada's only major-league baseball team. But what really matters in the 2025 World Series is that, ...

Don’t think of them as Toronto’s team. Think of them instead as Canada’s team. Suddenly, the Toronto Blue Jays, underdogs in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, have an entire country ...

With Inter Milan, Juventus, Manchester United and Real Madrid having all tried to sign Pele, the Brazilian government, under president Janio Quadros, declared him an ‘official national treasure’ to ...

2020 — The National Hockey League announced the annual NHL All Star Game and Skills Competition ... Wis. 1945 — Jackie Robinson signs a contract with the Montreal Royals, minor league farm team of the ...

Shohei Ohtani gives up a two-run home run to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. before Toronto scores four runs in the seventh to take a 6 ...

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. The World Series (finally) starts tonight! Plus a new documentary about the ...

An electric 2025 WNBA season came to a close Friday night, as the Las Vegas Aces entered legitimate dynasty territory with their third title in four years. It was quite the journey—from flirting with ...