Chadwick Boseman was not just a cinematic star but a beacon of strength and inspiration in real life. With a remarkable ability to portray iconic figures like Jackie Robinson and T’Challa, he ...

In late 2020, Major League Baseball announced a change that put most of the approximately 160 minor league teams on notice that they would need to upgrade their ballpark facilities by 2026—or else.

A version of this story appeared on MiLB.com in 2021. We present it here, with updates, as MiLB and MLB celebrate Black ...

TCU Baseball opens the season with a demanding schedule against proven programs as the top-10 Horned Frogs prepare for a ...

In 1975 the Cleveland Indians made baseball history when they hired Frank Robinson as the first Black manager for a Major ...

Fifty-eight years ago, the American League announced that Ashford would become the first Black umpire in AL/NL history. That Feb. 20, 1966, announcement marked the realization of a dream that began ...

Dozens of families gathered at the Lincoln Neighborhood Service Center for a community health fair hosted by the Bethel AME Church Health Is Life Ministry.

At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to disavow the comments of another prominent Black American, actor, singer and ...

When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Jackie Vernon voiced one of pop culture’s most beloved, jolly characters. Off-screen, his life was anything but joyful: the stand-up comic had multiple secret families and battled a serious Quaalude ...