The diversity of MLB rosters is as strong as ever, and the effects of the league’s efforts to improve its percentage of Black ...

April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day, marking the date he broke baseball's color barrier. But the number of African Americans ...

Scholars find a correlation between playing the sport and growing up with a father at home. Here’s a shocking statistic I learned from “Called Out at Home,” a new study by Joseph Price and ...

The 2025 celebration of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier is taking place in a toxic political environment.

MLB players around the league showcase how they will pay tribute to former Los Angeles Dodgers' Jackie Robinson on his ...

Starting at age 7, Nigerian immigrant Obie Sanni found baseball through another family, one in which proud African-American men pass down the love of baseball like an heirloom.

Today in Sports, April 15 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American to play in U.S. major league baseball ...

David James talks with Kevin Wirthwein about his new book about African American Baseball players. David James talks with Kevin Wirthwein about his new book 'Black Ball in Evansville: Diamonds in ...

Negro leagues were formed as an alternative to the MLB that only consisted of African American players. “There was a minor conspiracy to keep blacks out of baseball,” says Wirthwein.

Covenant Health Park, a joint venture by the Smokies, City of Knoxville, and Knox County, was built with the intention to ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American to play in US major league baseball. 1952 — The ... South African Gary Player wins his third event title by 2 strokes.